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When Jay Batzner’s daughter was invited to a princess/superhero birthday party, where girls were supposed to dress up as the former and boys as the latter, he thwarted convention by letting his daughter go as both. Jay submitted his story and video to the tumblr Superheroes are for girls, too which is a cool tumblr that [...]

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  I’m not sure how I feel about it. But Boom! Studios is coming out with an new ongoing Peanuts comic with new material by not-Charles-Schulz. From the press release: Snoopy and the gang are back in a monthly comic book series kicking off this November with a special #0 — for only a buck [...]

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Apparently Costume Contumely’s 1st anniversary passed unacknowledged last week. Our owner, Cliff Francis, was quick to call your editor on the carpet for the oversight. So, we would just like to take a moment and thank all of you who have stopped by our site over the last year. There are more and more of you [...]

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Have you seen that Marvel now has an exclusive collection of superhero kitchen and bakeware merchandise exclusively sold at Williams-Sonoma? The program launches with an array of bakeware and kitchen essentials including Cookie Cutters, Pancake Molds, Adult and Child Aprons, Spatulas and Iced Cookies. Product will be available at all Williams-Sonoma stores in the U.S. [...]

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Jeremy Schultz is out to prove it with a photography book called Souls of Toys focused on vintage action figures. Shultz’s imagery isn’t meant to play up the realism or articulation of the figures, as most marketing photos or fan dioramas do. My photography captures the toys in larger-than-life images, exploring the details we missed [...]

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    Socrates Sculpture Park – Queens, New York

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By Adam Carlson

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