Chip Zdarsky

In response to yesterday’s blog post about WATCHMEN 2 over on warrenellis.com, I have created t-shirts with my classic catchphrase. They can be found among my friends’ weed tshirt ideas. Hooray!

So, Warren Ellis asked me to write something for his blog. I am a VERY busy man, but luckily I had an excerpt from my in-progress autobiography “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Supergod (I Am Here To Destroy You).” This particular chapter deals with the time I was approached to write WATCHMEN 2.

Thanks, Warren!

Writing love poems is so hard, guys.

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Mark Wahlberg apologizes for claiming he would have prevented 9/11 tragedy

“If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have been down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying ‘OK. we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry.’” [Photo illustration by Steve Murray]

TODAY! STARTING AT 10 A.M. ET! I will be your wikipedia, filling the massive void. Come and ask questions, or do it on twitter, @NPsteve, or using the hashtag #postipedia.

WE CAN OVERCOME INFORMATION.

Why my job is the best, reason #465.

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Film Review: The Iron Lady

She is Medusa with a head of auburn snakes shellacked into a helmet, but somewhere beneath this follicular cement crown looms the elusive heart of a human being — at least, that’s how Meryl Streep plays Margaret Thatcher, the still-vilified former British prime minister who waltzed with Ronald Reagan while the masses rioted in revolt. Illustration by Steve Murray

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Extremely Bad Advice: Picky Situation

Dear Steve, I always make sure that my kids eat healthy and that they always eat what is served to them. Not so for my niece, who is a very ‘selective’ eater. This means that at family dinners, while my kids are gagging down their kidneys and Brussels sprouts, Miss Picky-Picky gets to enjoy an entire cheese pizza. This drives me crazy. My wife says I should mind my own business but, being a petty and vindictive little man, I just can’t. Please, Steve, how do I address this horrible inequity?

THIS IS ONE OF MY SEXIEST SEX COLUMNS EVER (SEX)

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Extremely Bad Advice: Nice Spice Advice

“You can do all sorts of things though, like making love on a different part of the bed, speaking only in vacation-level Spanish, or giving each other’s body parts cute nicknames like “Li’l Gary” or “Flooferbubs” or “Horrible Cave of Nightmares.””

FRIENDS. I have illustrated AND written a piece about the superhero movies this year and my nerdy delight. GO SEEEEE

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Cultural Lessons: It’s impossible being green: From Hornet to Lantern, heroes of this hue lost the battle in 2011
When people talk about the marvellous modern age we live in, they often say things like, “We put a man on the moon,” or “My phone has no cord and is full of dirty photographs.” But when I think about the wonders of today, my first thought is, “They made a Thor movie. They actually made a Thor movie.”

I’m a nerd; a very specific nerd, thank you. Gandalfs don’t Frodo my Sam, Super Marios don’t Koopa my Troopa (though I do happen to understand all of those words). I’m a comic book nerd and I’m living in an entertainment world where Hollywood has torn apart my bedroom of 1989 in order to plan their big-budget movies of 2011. And honestly? It’s pretty fabulous. This year I finally got to see Captain America awaken in the modern era and Thor do battle on the Rainbow Bridge and not have it all be as utterly dumb as it sounds. But for every superhero success, there’s a Shaq-filled Steel lurking or a Dolph Lundgren/Thomas Jane/Ray Stevenson Punisher stinking up the joint, and this year the busts can be summed up with a colour: green.