Holy @#$% This Exists
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It’s a statue of Superman fighting Muhammad Ali, based on the cover of the comic… titled Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali. It’s due out in November, is 10 inches tall, and will be $250. I… I’m speechless. It’s not that I disapprove, or that I think it’s silly or whatever — it’s just that if our society has progressed to a point that we can actually make expensive collectibles based on esoteric shit like the Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali comic, then… then we’ve really turned a corner as a civilization. Seriously, the sky’s the limit. If this can be made and people buy it, anything is possible. There are no limits, no more morality in pop culture merchandising. Frankly, I’m pretty sure this is how Japan started. (Via ToyNewsI)
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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.