Costume Contumely

Today, I’m happy to introduce Jim Sterna, one of our new guest bloggers here at Costume Contumely.  Jim is a Hoosier that’s been collecting comic books and toys for over 30 years and at one time owned his own comics and collectibles store. You may have run into him on any number of message boards, [...]

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Have you always wanted to be a star of the internet? Do you feel that your opinions are more valuable than those of others? Maybe you just like to write on and on about superheroes, comic books, action figures, or movies? Now is your chance! Costume Contumely is actively seeking guest bloggers. We’re looking for [...]

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In an extraordinary turn of events, more than four hours after Warner Bros. announced  that Anne Hathaway had been cast as Catwoman in the upcoming Dark Knight Rises, a Google Image search for “Anne Hathaway Catwoman” still returns NO results containing photomanipulations of the actress as the comic book character. It is still unclear what [...]

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Did you see USA Today this weekend? I’m guessing you didn’t. Because…USA Today, right? Well they had a short article about superhero sidekicks. Even in this day and age when comic book stories and other genre properties are the biggest money makers in mass media, it’s still rare for a mainstream news organization to publish anything [...]

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It appears that the character Sam Wilson (aka The Falcon) may have a brief cameo in Marvel’s  Avengers movie. Actor Jason George is said to be cast. A source remaining anonymous because they were not authorized to speak on the matter, says that Wilson will not appear as the Falcon, but as a S.H.I.E.L.D. operative. The appearance [...]

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    He should have green boots and white gloves. And what are those horns growing out of his hips? I know, I know, it’s his “movie look”. Whatever. It’s still not comic accurate. The new images of Green Lantern movie figures come courtesy of The Dailly Blam. It’s unclear whether these are 6″ scale [...]

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Stan Lee gets a long overdue star on Hollywood Boulevard’s walk of fame. Not much to add to that story. Pretty straightforward. What has me perturbed this morning is the quality of reporting around this event. It’s pretty commonplace to have “genre” news reported by “journalists” that have no idea what they’re writing about, and [...]

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Last week, Ohio’s Department of Transportaion sent out this press release. “Taking a cue from the comic book superhero who uses green light to protect the people of Earth, the Ohio Department of Transportation is hoping a Green Lantern will protect its snowplows from a dangerous spike in crashes this season.”   Ahem. While I certainly [...]

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