Things We Saw Today: Alfred, The Only Sensible Member Of The Batfamily

This is a fan-made take on the recent Dark Knight Rises posters which featured Batman, Catwoman, and Bane. Only Guilherme Zanettini decided to spotlight some of the secondary characters like Alfred, Commissioner Gordon, and Deputy Commissioner Foley. And well, it is raining in these posters afterall… (via MTV Splash Page) 

• JC Penney, who stood behind their spokesperson Ellen DeGeneres when hateful people came calling, is featuring a real-life gay couple in their Father’s Day ads. Check it out at The Frisky!
• SpaceX’s commercial spacecraft Dragon, which recently took Scott’s ashes to space and docked with the International Space Station, is now safely back on Earth. (via Geekosystem)

Archie Comics debuted their zombie-themed variant cover for Life with Archie #23, with art by Francesco Francavilla. (via Comics Alliance)

• Here’s the complete soundtrack information for Pixar’s Brave including the two original songs. (via Daily Blam)

A great Mario Shy Guy/pop-culture mash-up titled Decisions Decisions by Fanboy30 and for sale at Redbubble. (via Hey Ashley!)

• Have you heard the theory that Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds takes place in his overall Tarantino-verse? Basically that means all the characters in his films live in a world where Hitler was…you know. Read more about it at First Showing.

Remember Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe? Those people are back with an all-DC character fighting game in which our heroes have gone bad. Here’s the trailer to judge for yourself if this is a good or bad move. (via Kotaku)

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Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."

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