Anthony Dean

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I'm the owner of Diverse Tech Geek, a blog covering media and technology, as well as diversity issues. Interested in comics and animation. Pronouns: he/him. 🏳️‍🌈

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Soccer in cartoons

A list of references to soccer in cartoons, from “The Simpsons” and Mickey Mouse to the South African cartoon “Supa Strikas.”…

Diverse Tech Geek

HALLOWEEN COSTUME SHOP OWNER: "Sorry, we're all sold out of Superboy costumes. We've got a few others: Pikachu, Austin Powers, the iMac..."

KID: "iMac?"

OWNER: "It's got no floppy drive. Scary, right?"

KID: "Whatever. I'll just get this 'Sponge...Bob'. Wonder if he'll ever take off."

LETTERMAN: "First the Euro, and now a fellow Midwesterner with superpowers! Which leads to my 'Top 10 Ways Superboy Will Party Like It's 1999!' #10: He'll use his superspeed to get every Pokemon card in Smallville! #9: He's underage, so his partying will consist of Snapple..."
FOX: "Superboy is illegal and must be sent back where he came from! [...] Wait, I'm being told where he came from is nothing but kryptonite rubble, he'd have no powers, and he'd immediately die. Plus every other country, from Canada to China, would welcome him in ASAP. [Pauses] I'm still right!"

More floating timeline fun: Assuming Superman's at least 35, in 2026 an eight-year-old Superboy would've debuted in 1999...

CNN: "Our top story: A super-powered boy has appeared flying over Kansas. 'Superboy' states he's willing to help humanity. It's unclear whether that includes the Y2K problem."

Superboy in recent decades seems to have made on-and-off comebacks. He seems to be (for now) back; wonder if DC realized the public *does* like seeing Clark having adventures as a teen (the longest-running Superman TV show is "Smallville")...
Extra images (for the "debuts as Superman" crowd):

Today's "Superman Day," the day Superman (or Superboy) made his public debut.

(Art by Joe Shuster, Leonardo Romero, Al Plastino, and Romeo Tanghal.)

#1976DCCalendar #DCComics #comics #Superman #Superboy #Smallville #SupermanDay

CNN Journalists, Execs Defiant at Ted Turner Event, Say Founder Would 'Be the First to Speak Up' Against Media Mergers

https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/politics/cnn-journalist-execs-ted-turner-paramount-warner-merger/

CNN Journalists, Execs Defiant at Ted Turner Event, Say Founder Would 'Be the First to Speak Up' Against Media Mergers

CNN journalists, executives and luminaries past and present gathered Wednesday in Atlanta to honor the legacy of founder Ted Turner, whose grandson said he would be "the first to speak up" against the kind of media consolidation that the original cable-news network now faces.

TheWrap
Didn't see that coming (the Knicks mounting a massive comeback)...