…for rigorous medicine applied to that often non-medically-rigorous venue, the comics. The most recent example, quoted at length (and there’s more at source — I trimmed it a little):

Dr. Koslowski (narrating): Dr. Singh decided to inject 5ccs of Adrenalin directly into the Joker’s heart. It was our only chance to save thousands of lives.

Injecting medication directly […]

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— if Fox has its way? A federal judge has denied Warner Bros.’ motion to dismiss 20th Century Fox’s current lawsuit against it, claiming that Fox still owns rights in the Watchmen project dating back to the 1990’s. And the release of “Watchmen” is presently scheduled for March ‘09.
This one could get very messy. (Side […]

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In today’s xkcd: whoops.
(See, this is what happens when you get careless about translation issues.)
Tags: religion, trinity, accident, ghosts, buster

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Before introducing footage from the new Wolverine movie, Hugh Jackman jumps down off the stage to shake Len Wein’s hand.
What a super moment! And so very deserved.

Once he was back on stage, Jackman gave a really heart-felt speech to Wein saying, “I waited a long time to thank you personally and I wanted to shake […]

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Just stumbled across a reference to this at Lou Romano’s weblog —
TotoroForestProject.com

Totoro Forest Project is an international charity effort to save Sayama Forest, also known as Totoro Forest. This endangered sanctuary on the outskirts of Tokyo is where director Hayao Miyazaki got the inspiration for his much-loved character “Totoro”.
Over 200 top international artists from […]

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What Justice League Member (Male) Would You Marry?
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(snort)
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Just a note in passing: Ed Benes has some handsome character art up on his website.
(At least one drawing suggests strongly that the answer to “Does Raven ever get the occasional bikini wax?” is “Yes.”)
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…The trouble is, this report is all too believable. Still, I pray that This Cup May Pass and that the script for the new Green Lantern movie…
…will not involve a guy being chosen to wield the Power Ring because he ate a coyote on a reality TV show.
(Edit: Oh, vast relief, this has […]

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…is The Dark Knight. (Variety confirms the Hollywood Reporter story.)
Heath Ledger has been signed to play the Joker.
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I can’t believe I’m watching “Krypto the Super-Dog” dubbed into Irish. (As gaeilge: Krypto, an Madra Iontach.)
Thank you, TG4…
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Peter sent me this link to a very charming animation:
Cake Dance
(Sorry, it’s Flash again.)
Technorati Tags: anime, animation, humor, sweet

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No sooner do I find out that they did a fifth season of the animated Teen Titans — which our SkyPlus box seems to hate, as it keeps dropping scheduled recordings — but now this:
Looks like there’s an anime version of the Powerpuff Girls. (Henshin sequence here on an episode guide page.)
…I confess I kind […]

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