You Gotta Fight / For Your Right / To Cooooooossssssplllaaaaaaayyyy
You may or may not be aware that Los Angeles recently banned people from dressing up like superheroes and loitering on Hollywood Boulevard. Well, this week the heroes fought back — and when I say fought back, I mean, Darth Vader, Superman, the Hulk and the White Power Ranger went to City Hall and held hand-made signs. Let’s just say it wasn’t exactly Civil War. My favorite part is the newsguy listing who RSVPed for the protest but didn’t come, including Batman and Elmo. Batman, I understand, the Joker probably escaped again or something. But what the fuck was Elmo doing? What an asshole. Thanks to Mordbrand for the tip.
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.