If you missed Heroes and/or Topless Robot‘s Heroes Live-blog last night, then I pity you. We were finally introduced to the one character who might justify this entire season?a decrepit, trailer park-dwelling bum with the ability to turn (at least his arm) into metal. The fabulous CTrees dubbed him THE MIGHTY HOBOLOSSUS, and frankly, my life is significantly better since his powerful, yet foul-smelling presence entered my life. If you meet him, I’ve been advised he will happily give you a “fastball special” for the other half of your sandwich.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.