Admittedly, the Joker works pretty well as a court jester.

London's Telegraph newspaper gives us a gallery of what a variety of geekdom heroes and villains would look like if dressed in a 16th century makeover, courtesy of photographer Sacha Goldberg. Because I think we all knew that Shakespeare's real weak spot was missing out on including Spiderman in Hamlet, amiright?

Goldberg's attempt was to combine American cultural icons with those of the Flemish painting style of the 1500s. The project wasn't a small endeavor, with over 100 people involved, when you include models, costume designers, hairdressers, and makeup artists.

In case you're wondering--Spiderman is mildly frightening in 16th century garb. It borders somewhere between a sadism suit and half the nightmares I had as a child.




photos: The Telegraph

In honor of People Magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive,' Bustle.com creates a list of sexiest literary characters including Lady Chatterley and...Star Lord?

Chris Hemsworth, a.k.a., Thor, has been named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2014.

This has led Bustle.com (a real website apparently, read by tens of people) to create their list of the sexiest literary characters alive.

The list ranges from the obvious (D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley) to the curious (To Kill a Mockingbird's Atticus Finch--Gregory Peck never nebbishly smoldered so much!) to the random (Guardians of the Galaxy's Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star Lord).

I don't know if a comic book qualifies as 'literary.' If that's the case, how come the Incredible Hulk gets no love? Green skin and anger issues are a turn-off? Why the hate?

'Avengers' costumes top list of Halloween outfits.

Good news if you've always wanted to let people know what a Nordic hunk you were underneath that belly flab--dressing up like Thor from The Avengers is a popular choice this Halloween, according to a poll by Fandango.

In fact, all of The Avengers are popular this year. Thor leads the group, followed by Iron Man, Captain America, and the Hulk. [Not Black Widow and Hawkeye, which just look like a couple who had a bad night at Burning Man.] Indeed, superheroes are popular all around with costumes this year, with Batman, Catwoman, Katniss (from The Hunger Games), and Kristen Stewart's version of Snow White all popular choices for dress-up.

Yeah, but wait until everyone sees my costume of Truman Capote where I look like an actuary, circa 1955. It's like the superhero of insurance.

The Incredible Hulk as Winnie the Pooh.

That's like saying "Martha Stewart as Kanye West." Takes a second to wrap your head around it, but if you try hard enough you can picture it. *

The whole Avengers team of superheroes get the Pooh-like makeover, with Hulk playing the role of Pooh.

Artist Charles Paul Wilson III is behind the drawings--blending together comic books and children's books in some sort of bizarro world alternative universe. Geeks the world over have a very special pants tent.

*Get with me on this.


pictures: cpwilsoniii.deviantart.com