A friend shared this on facebook today. It appears that they have a new design for Super Grover. What do you think of Super Grover 2.0? Also: am I the only one who thinks that Elmo is Grover’s younger, mentally handicapped cousin?

I will watch this. But really, they cancelled Heroes, do they expect this to succeed where that didn’t? I don’t know. Either way, I’m on board. Via Bleeding Cool.

GeeksAreSexy.net posted this great piece where fashion personality Tim Gunn analyzes superhero styles. He’s smart, funny, and has a lot more interesting things to say about these costumes than most of us might have thought of initially. He also gets it. He understands the cultural relevance of these characters. He gets why Superman and Spiderman [...]

I have yet to read any of Chabon’s novels, but The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is definitely on my shortlist of need-t0-read books. He has an interesting essay in the current issue of The New Yorker that examines the utility and origin (not just in comics, but in society) of the superhero costume. [...]