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The Gay Geek (June 4, 2008)

"The Prism Guide to Comics" arrives in stores, a zombie musical and more!

The Week in Gay Geek: Happy Pi Day, another Young Avengers/Runways team-up, Lil Bruce Wayne and more!

Lyle Masaki

Getting a piece of the pi:
Hey Math Geeks (or, if you're like me, Math Pun Geeks) didja know it's Pi Day? Yep, today is March 14, and therefore the day to celebrate the number we couldn't measure circles without. And if you didn't realize it even the hip kids at NPR are total nerds. Yeah, perhaps it's an odd thing to note, but then again I had a co-worker who'd take April 20th off every year.
And you thought Rorschach had issues...:
The fine Pink Kryptonite crew recently named Captain Excelsior as a webcomic to watch and, after taking a peek, I'm in total agreement. The webcomic follows the comically soapy dysfunctions of a superhero family -- think The Incredibles meet Soap with the morality the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia crew. Excelsior's son is rather hilariously dealing with coming out right now, which, so far, is one of the comic's more human moments. Of course, Captain Excelsior frequently has fun with that old Lois Lane joke:
The two great teams that (you'd think would) go well together:
While we're still waiting for news on the second volume of Young Avengers, it turns they'll soon team up with the kids from Runaways once more thanks to Marvel's Secret Invasion event. I have to admit, I'm not yet excited about this but maybe it'll turn out to be the team-up I hoped Civil War: Young Avengers/Runways would be.
From the department of solicitation of clever and subtle plans:
There may not be much more than a teaser image here but this one's too good not to share. The Fable 2 team recently shared a bit of teaser art with the Gay Gamer gang. This character is described as, "one is for all the girls, gays or male gamers who just feel adventurous!" Once again, I do love the Lionhead Studio guys for their inclusiveness.
I have to admit, tho, there's something about this design that makes me expect him to be a bit dim with a tendency to suggest subtle and clever plans that are neither clever or subtle.
A hilarious work of PhotoShop genius:
Ah, the creative minds you can find on the internet. Over at the frequently-hilarious Chris' Invincible Super-Blog, we get a peek at DC's long-forgotten light-hearted silver age title, Li'l Bru¢e Wayne:
Ah, those were the good days, when Frank Miller were telling stories about the Happiest Kid on Earth.

Legion no more?
Here's a bit of news I'm feeling very mixed about: things are looking grim for the Legion of Super-Heroes cartoon. The part of me who's been a part of the Legion's gay fanbase for ages is a bit saddened to hear this but, on the other hand, the animated adaptation missed the comic's best qualities for me, never capturing the melodramatics of the 30th century's teen superteam found in classic stories like "The Super-Sacrifice of the Legionnaires!" I'm talking to a gay audience, here, so there has got to be some Legion fans reading -- do you think anything we're missing out on much if the Legion cartoon doesn't get a third season?

Gay comics chatter:
Finally, here's a bit of Wondercon hype I missed the first time, but still seems worth watching. So Super Duper's Brian Andersen and comics retailer Rich Boutell appeared on Bay Area talk show OUT Spoken:

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