Batman flavored ice cream:
Courtesy of Marion Vitus. What does it taste like? It appears mysterious, cool and aloof…like the man.

Three out of three people we surveyed today agree that Dunkin’ Donuts coffee now tastes like complete swill.

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UPDATE: Early adapters suffer flames of purgatory:

This *** big time I had to quit partying for a month to scrape up money for the iPhone. I feel terrible! $200 is quite a lot of money, especially for a student. They even deleted my thread Very unprofessional)

§ Toronto Fan Expo link round-up at Sequential.

§ Round-up of cupcakes in comics courtesy Rachel Kramer Bussel:

§ Jon Spencer Geek explosion interview at Daily Cross Hatch. BTW, Spencer’s wife, if we recall, is Boss Hog’s Christina.

What are you reading [comic-wise, naturally]? The Pushman & Other Stories by Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Silverfish by David Lapham, B.P.R.D., Fear Agent, Batman, Jeff Smith’s Shazam, The Pride by Brian K. Vaughan, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, and anything by Sfar and/or Trondheim.

Harvey Pekar’s appearance on No Reservations aired last night but we’re sure you can catch it in reruns.

It seems that television favorite chef Jamie Oliver, is going to become a cartoon. but not just any cartoon — an AARDMAN cartoon.

Jamie Oliver is to be immortalised as a cartoon character by Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman Animations.

The celebrity chef will be presented as a 10-year-old cartoon version of himself in the show called little j.

The series, made by the Bristol-based Oscar winning animators, follows little j on a quest through a surreal cartoon world as he searches for the secret of becoming a great chef.

The cartoon, aimed at seven to 11-year-olds, is populated with bizarre characters such as a depressed ham and a mad scientist called Eggs Benedict.

The show will have 52 11-minute episodes. Guess the popularity of cartoon cooks evidenced by RATATOUILLE is spilling over.

From England a shocking tale of good turned to the dark side: A watchdog group called Which? has determined that cartoon heroes are being used to sell unhealthy snacks to children:

Spidey was blasted for backing sugary Nesquik Chocolate Flavour Cereal, while Scooby-Doo Mini Pizza Breadsticks were found to be high in salt.

A Which? spokesman said: “The companies which own and use these characters need to review their policies.”

Marvel, who own Spider- Man, said they did not have “a specific policy” on using their characters in food marketing.

Scooby-Doo owners Warner Bros said their characters were used “in a responsible manner”.

Meanwhile, in the US, where kids are even tubbier than in the UK, several cartoon nets have

already vowed to be more mindful

Cartoon Network Friday joined the growing list of media companies joining the fight against childhood obesity.”Cartoon Network will limit the use of its original characters related to its company-owned original series targeted to children under the age of 12 to food and beverage products that meet specific nutritional criteria,” the network said. That came after Discovery Kids and Nickelodeon had made similar pledges

Bring back Count Chocula. That would make everything OK again.

¶ New studio: Atomic Revolver as introduced by B. Clay Moore at CBR:

Me, Tony Moore, Jeremy Haun, Jason Aaron, Jason Latour and Seth Peck. The main goal is to pool resources and brainwaves. We’ll be sharing a group blog and website, exhibiting together at cons, which most of us do already, collaborating on projects in various media, and leaning on each other for inspiration and creative guidance. This weekend, Tony, Jeremy and I will all be snuggled together in Artist’s Alley at Wizard World Chicago [tables 5500-5504], but we have plans for a massive con presence to “officially” launch down the road.

§ Bill Willingham interviewed at The A.V. Club on the origin of Fables:

I write the worst proposals for projects, in the history of writing, or proposals, or projects. They’re all a mess. There’s almost two things you have to do to work in the business. You have to be good at getting the job, and good at doing the job. I’ve never been good at getting the job. Just by the nature of the fact that I was involved in it, it was a disorganized mess. I would cringe to look at that original proposal now, but they seemed to like it. It caught on. Jeanette Kahn was still at DC at the time. She was on her way out as the publisher of DC, and heading to Hollywood. She got a look at the proposal at this early stage and said, “This could be a good movie property, so, yes, we’re accepting this.” The rest was history.

§ French teen arrested for making his own translation of Harry Potter

A French teenager suspected of posting his own complete translation of the latest Harry Potter book on the internet has been arrested. The 16-year-old, from the southern city of Aix-en-Provence, has been released but could face charges for violating intellectual property rights. The official French language version of the final book in the Potter series is scheduled for release on 26 October. Police have closed down the website it was found on and are investigating.

Link via Colleen who wonders if this will have a chilling effect on scanlations.

§ Chris Butcher talks lunch at a local food blog:

You’ve got $10 to buy lunch – where do you go?

Well if I’ve got $10 for lunch that means chances are I’m at work at The Beguiling in The Annex (just around the corner from Honest Ed’s!). 9 times out of 10, my lunch choice is hitting up Roti Palace (744 Bathurst Street) for a goat roti (spinach, no hot sauce) with an order of doubles. I love their roti, so much so that I usually have to avoid having it more than once per week - I’d hate to get sick of it!

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