Captain America: The Winter Soldier: The Super Bowl teaser

Well now this is just getting stupid. Here's a 15 second teaser for the Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer set to premiere during the Super Bowl. I swear if the next thing I post is half a still shot from the Avengers 2 teaser set to premiere during the Super Bowl, I'm shutting this blog down.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Super Bowl trailer part 1

So I guess we're releasing trailers in two parts now? Be glad Peter Jackson didn't direct this it the trailer would be split into 7 chapters each one released at Christmas. Also Spider-Man would be a sexy elf.

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NFL Cheerleading Is A Scam: A Former Ravens Cheerleader Tells All. Last week I ran a story about a Raiderette suing the Oakland Raiders over back pay and abusive working conditions. Here's some anonymous confirmation from a former Raven's cheerleader that everything you heard was correct... and quite frankly a bit worse.

I'm not sure how I feel about this. It does sound like cheerleaders are really getting the short end of the spirit stick but whose fault is it? If one quits there's a hundred more girls just looking to take their place. Maybe stories like this will put a bit more pressure on football teams to treat their cheer squads a bit better. also, GO HAWKS!

Empire's X-Men: Days of Future Past Covers. Empire Magazine which I know exclusively for being the magazine that always has the first on set pictures of nerdy movies but they get published on line so why would I buy a magazine like some sucker from 1992? has a bunch covers featuring the characters of X-Men: Days of Future Past. I went with Warpath who is one of my favorite X-Men and is sure to get all of 3 minutes of screen time. Hopefully whilst gutting someone with his cool vibranium knives.

A Guide To The Great American Pastime Of Celebrities Dressing As Princess Leia. Call me crazy but I've been so desensitized to Slave Leia that I actually think the long white dress from the movie poster Leia is like a thousand times hotter than Slave Leia. Heck, these days I'll take Hoth Leia over Slave Leia. As long as it's not Cloud City Leia... a man has to have standards.

Tiffany Amber-Thiessen turned 40.

Tiffany Amber-Theissen turned 40 last week and she still looks pretty fantastic. In related news how is it that Tiffany Amber-Theissen is only 2.5 years older than I am? I remember watching Saved by the Bell Saturday mornings and they all seemed WAY older than I was. Next thing you'll tell me is that Luke Perry is still in his 40s. (checks Wikipedia) damn it.

Now that's how you sell a thermostat

This commercial for Schneider Electric's programable wi-fi thermostat is pretty good. They kinda lost me after the hot tutor wasn't on screen but whatever. I totally get the point of the advertisement. Schneider Electric's thermostat is the best thermostat for getting girls to take off their clothes. That was the point, right?

Taser Football, again?

I'm almost positive I've posted this clip on Taser football before but the video appears to be disabled so I'm not 100% sure.

You know what, I take that back. I'm am 100% sure. I guess I can sleep well tonight knowing that I was a good two years ahead of WithLeather and Reddit on this one.

Dungeons and Privilege

Generally speaking I hate the use of the word privilege in this sort of context but funny is funny. HA! Stupid smelly girl cleric.

Too much Puff not enough Power with these girls

Yesterday it was announced that Cartoon Network was pulling the plug on a special alternate cover of Powerpuff Girls #6 (published by IDW). They said they had received a complaint(s?) about the sexual nature of the cover (shown above, duh) and thought it was best to just pull it from the shelves.

What followed was a bit of back and forth between the offended and the unoffended with a lot of other nerds throwing in their 2 cents. Speaking of nerds throwing in their 2 cents...

I'm not offended at all by the cover (I've drawn far far worse) but I understand how some would think it inappropriate for a comic about children geared towards them. The publisher and in this case more importantly the editor, need to recognize the books target demo and make sure that everything is kosher. I feel bad for the artist because she drew what she was paid to draw, in the style she normally draws in. Like I said, I think her editor really dropped the ball by accepting the cover in the first place. You look at the cover for 2 seconds and your eye is drawn to the near upskirt shot of the pink ranger (they're like power rangers right?).

Here's how to fix this problem before it even started. Change the horizon line on the page by about an inch. There's almost no way you can draw a girl sitting in a skirt that short from below without it turning into an upskirt shot. I know, I've drawn a girl sitting in a skirt that short before.


See how less pervy it is (minus the huge boobs) when you can't see the bottom curve of the leg? It's at least 90% less pervy. I'd almost argue that I drew Supergirl's skirt shorter than the Powerpuff girl's skirt but because you're looking at it from a slightly higher angle it looks more conservative.

Long story short, IDW should totes hire me to draw some Powerpuff girls covers. My rates are dirt cheap.

Mystery Solved

I'll say this once. If Half-Life 3 doesn't ship with the new Steam Machines I'll eat my hat.