superdickery

[rivendellrose]

I keep forgetting to link to this, but procrastination is great for getting me to do things I otherwise neglect!

Here it is, folks - Superdickery.com, home of a zillion and one covers and frames from the old comics, brought together to prove that Superman... is a dick. Also contains all sorts of fun old comics featuring propaganda, really stupid 'super' powers, and more (presumably unintentional) innuendoes than you can shake a stick at.

Examples?

"Robin - What have I done to you??"

The infamous "slap a Jap" campaign.

Let's just hope this villain doesn't make it into the screenplay, shall we?

And since I was already in the Wonder Woman gallery... umm... yeah.

Yup... he's a dick, alright.

Edit How could I have forgotten? In which Batman and Superman make Robin and Jimmy dig their own graves.

Comments

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Those are all so awesome, but I have to say...the Wonder Woman ones are THE best!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I know, isn't it great? I always end up coming back to that one, on this site... it's just so... special.

[ikona-rakasha.livejournal.com]

what is it with her and bondage? i mean gee whiz.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

One of my housemates tells me that the guy who originally wrote Wonder Woman was a bondage/polyamory enthusiast. Which would definitely explain a lot. ;)

[coramegan.livejournal.com]

0_o Wow. That's special.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Yup. Very special indeed. *g*

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

Um...right.

Ah, WWII propaganda. Because being a racist is just patriotic like that.

I did a paper on Dickinson during WWII and there was some really offensive "humor" in the school paper from the time. I cringed, I really did.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Oh heck yes, didn't you know? You can't be pro-America unless you're against all those other countries. And especially those other races.

It's awful stuff, it really is. I'd hate to see what the UW had in the school paper at that time...

[coralia13.livejournal.com]

... Is it real?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

*g* As far as I know. My housemate who's a big comics buff has never doubted their authenticity, frighteningly enough.

They are kind of beyond belief, aren't they? Some of them are almost too crazy to've been made up, though...

[coralia13.livejournal.com]

That is seriously scary. The "Robin - What have I done to you??" one is great, but I don't get the Superman and Batman making Jimmy and Robin dig their own graves thing, or the one with Superman adopting and then abusing Jimmy. So sad!
Speaking of Superman, though, have you seen the preview for the new Superman movie? Looks pretty awesome - it might end up being what Smallville should have been! Hooray!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

They're totally scary, aren't they? Just boggles the mind.

No, I haven't! I don't watch TV (literally - we have a TV entirely for video games and DVDs, but no cable and not even a pair of rabbit ears), so I miss out on a lot of previews unless someone points me their way and I seek them out, or see them in the theater. In general, I'm a Batman or X-Men kind of girl, but I'm more than willing to see how they're playing up Superman this time!

[coralia13.livejournal.com]

Oh, Superman. So fun when you are not a dick.
I saw the preview in the theater - I don't know if it's on TV yet. No time to watch TV in college (although I think I might be making a regular exception for "House"), and no cable of any sort at home, what with living between mountains in the middle of Idaho. I did use to watch TV when we had it in CT, before I went to college, and I watched Smallville for, like, half a season, but it got so annoying, I had to stop. The guy is 6'5", looks about thirty, and yet is supposed to be fourteen? And NO ONE realizes he's an alien? Also, Mr. and Mrs. Kent made me want to go Lex Luther on their asses. Yay, movie, though! (I hope.)