As yet another Superbowl weekend rolls around, it's hard to describe my apathy toward the overblown event and professional football in general. However, upon further reflection, it dawned on me that the seemingly disparate worlds of the NFL and superhero comic books actually have a surprising amount of stuff in common:
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You're just helping jocks think of themselves as geeks. I will have no part of this!
Posted by: Siskoid | January 31, 2008 at 07:36 AM
No...I'm helping geeks think of themselves as jocks....or that, deep down, we're all kinda geeky...or...helping us all release our Inner John Madden...or...Ah, heck with it.
Posted by: Mark Engblom | January 31, 2008 at 08:47 AM
I laughed out loud when I got to Obnoxious Commentators.
Posted by: Z Ryan | January 31, 2008 at 04:25 PM
Yeah, probably the only time you'll see me that close to the insufferable Terry Bradshaw.
Posted by: Mark Engblom | January 31, 2008 at 04:39 PM
Yeah it always cracks me up, somebody can wear a jersey or a sports related shirt and somehow thats "cool", Somebody wears a Superman logo t-shirt and they're an instant geek.
They can name all the players on a football team without missing a name, I list all the members of the Justice League TV show (and c'mon 3 of those are American icons) and somehow I'm a loser. :)
I just wish the sports fanatics would call themselves what they truly are - GEEKS
(just like us!)
Wow! the guy with the bear headpiece looks like Spidey's old foe, The Grizzly!!!
Posted by: Wes C | January 31, 2008 at 04:54 PM
LOL! Another classic, Mark! Made my night with some healthy guffawing. The "obnoxious commentators" killed me, mainly 'cause I totally agree w/you about Bradshaw.
Again, thanks!! :-)
Posted by: Hube | January 31, 2008 at 07:18 PM
Wes-
Yeah, the double standard is a little goofy when it comes to knowing "legit" sports trivia vs. comic book "useless knowledge" Hey, it's ALL useless knowledge...and our fannish obsessions have more in common than not. Heck, even our notorious fan negativity has its parallels in the sports world!
Hube-
Hey, thanks alot for the kind words (and the link from your site). Glad you liked it.
Posted by: Mark Engblom | January 31, 2008 at 10:44 PM
I knew a guy who could instantly name the seating capacities of every major sporting arena in the US and several in Europe.
Somehow, he was cool for knowing this. Meanwhile, my detailed knowledge of all things Ghost Rider makes me a geeky fanboy.
Luckily, I married a geeky fangirl, and we have geeky fankids, so it's worked out.
Posted by: Ivan Wolfe | February 03, 2008 at 09:45 AM
"Luckily, I married a geeky fangirl, and we have geeky fankids, so it's worked out.
...and the Geek Nation slowly but surely continues to grow.
Posted by: Mark Engblom | February 03, 2008 at 06:14 PM