Sunday, April 21, 2013

Wonder Woman! The Untold Story of American Superheroines Extended Trailer

The crew of  "Wonder Woman! The Untold Story of American Superheroines" have released an extended trailer for the film, which you can watch below, in anticipation of the film's public airing on PBS.
The film talks about the history of Superheroines, particularly Wonder Woman, and the parallels of the feminist movement, and you can read more about the documentary at the film's website.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Visual.ly's Infographic Roundup

New York City Superheroes 
Visual.ly has a round-up of several superhero infographics, a few of which have been featured on this blog before, with a focus on the recent superhero movies. You can check them all out here.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Superheroes and Life Insurance

Business Insider has an interesting article about life insurance and how it would apply to Batman, Spider-Man, Harry Potter, Fred Flintstone and Marge Simpson. The full article can be read here.

Monday, February 25, 2013

The Problem with Billionaires

Today we're featuring a comic from Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal featuring one of our favorite superheroes.

Monday, February 4, 2013

The Correlation Between Gun Availability and Murder

Today we've got a comic from VirtualShackles.com, detailing the direct correlation between gun availability and murders and the lack of correlation between gun related murders and video games. You can read more comics by them on their site.Bust a Graph in Yo' Ass

Thursday, January 31, 2013

VH1's 10 Reasons Why Christian Bale Is A Real Life Superhero

In celebration of Christian Bale's birthday yesterday, VH1 has put out a Top 10 List of why he's a real life superhero, which includes a lot of his charity and political work. The full list can be read here.

Superhero Simulations Make People More Altruistic

A new study published on Wednesday has found that people who experience superhero simulations, such as through the virtual reality video games used in the study, will act significantly more altruistic that people who have not experience such simulations. The full study can be read at PLOSOne.org, and a summary can be read at AdelaideNow.com.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Independent Voters Think Climate Change is Real when it's Hot


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A new study reveals than people who identify as Independent Voters in the US tend to shift their opinion that Climate Change is real depending on how hot the weather is. A summary of the study can be read here.

Christian Bale Calls Young Cancer Patient to Talk About Batman

Christian Bale called a 8-year-old leukemia sufferer Zach Guillot just to talk about Zach's favorite superhero Batman.