Comic Book Religion Database

The Comic Book Religion Database is a database that records the religious affiliation of comic book characters. This is not as easy as it sounds. They sometimes have to go to great lengths to try and figure out what religion a character is likely to be. It's fun to go through and see what religions various iconic characters belong to. Check it out.

Hero Machine

If you're like me, you've always wanted to be able to draw that awesome superhero you came up with when you were twelve and have been secretly daydreaming about ever since. And if you're like me, you can't draw a straight line, much less a person. Fortunately for us, there's Hero Machine. Hero Machine allows you to mix and match parts, body styles, colors, and so on to create your very own superhero. You can even print it out! Now if DC will just return my calls...

Polite Dissent

There are tons of comic book blogs out there, and I love them. There is enough comic book history for thousands of blogs to dig into and still not cover every angle of the geekiest form of art. Polite Dissent is a website and analyzes not only comic books, but also TV series from the point of view of a doctor. Scott will dig into the latest comic books and tell you whether the medicine and surgical procedures in them are even remotely plausible, and on which points they pass and fail. He also does this with TV shows, most notably House. Of all the blogs on the internet, I have never found another one that fills this niche. Check it out.