This engineer on The Takeaway podcast insists that science can't make insect-sized robots to take on missions that require itty bitty remote-controlled automatons (yet) . Unfortunately, I still won't be sleeping at night, 'cause they…
So for the record, I was kinda worried (although also excited in my nerd brain) when I first learned about the Rain City Superhero Movement, a collective of costumed community activists ("real life superheroes") that formed around charisma…
In an interview with Avant/Garde Diaries , costumed activist Phoenix Jones tells his origin story, explains why he does what he does, and reveals the worst thing he has ever seen on the job. ghettoManga.com comics . hiphop . news . art . culture
Costumed community activist Phoenix Jones recently tracked stolen guns and electronics with the help of a n informant with a tracking device , but was discouraged from intervening by area radio jock Dori Monson ... I appreciate where Monson is comin…
Phoenix Jones and the Rain City Superhero Movement took to the streets of Seattle to help maintain order in case any Mayan Calendar-inspired riots or hysteria popped off. Our buddy Joshua Boulet rolled with the costumed activists once more, sketchb…
That dude Josh Boulet ( Green Reefer , Draw Occupy Wall Street , B-Girls vs D-Grrls , The Wrong Night in Texas ) beat me to it. With Black Book #23 and drawing tools in hand, Josh rolled with costumed activist Phoenix Jones and the rest of the Rai…
Apparently, in Washington it is perfectly legal to fight as long as both combatants agree. So this dude picks a fight with Rain City Superhero Movement point-man Phoenix Jones , and well... I so wish the camera dude could have gotten closer. .. I w…
People often ask me where I get the ideas for my comics. The answer is real life of course! If you need inspiration for alien creatures, giant monsters or denizens of the deepest pits of hell, just go to your friendly neighborhood science website...…
One of the things that makes science fiction awesome is aliens. Traveling to alien worlds- or having aliens come to Earth- would require faster-than-light travel, which is virtually impossible in the non-fictional universe we inhabit. The warp drive…
In comics, a hero's greatest enemy is often a friend gone bad. From the looks of it, life is imitating art again in Vernal, Utah where 19 year old Kristofer Ryan Huff allegedly attacked his roommate with Wolverine claws for giving his moms the o…
Scream Phoenix: Not in My City © Samax Amen In this episode of Scream Phoenix , Seattle based costumed activists ("real life superhero") Phoenix Jones and Midknight Jack stalk track and help police catch an FBI fugitive wanted for his alle…
This kid learned the hard way not to f*** with mixed martial artist turned real life superhero Phoenix Jones. Lesson learned... Here's some audio of a mom calling in to a local radio station (I guess) to talk about how her kid found out that…
While you were reading Facebook posts about what your friends had for dinner, I learned that not only did scientists discover a star shooting out superheated water at speeds 80 times faster than machine gun bullets, but they postulate that ALL "…
In comics, a lightning strike generally leads to super-powers and a life of ass-kicking, world-saving (or conquering, if you're nasty), and generally being awesome. In real life... not so much... Lightning strike victims die about 20% of the ti…