Volcano or no volcano, I'm heading off to Virginia Tech's Gender, Bodies and Technology Conference on Monday. After that I will be in New York for a little while, completing some research. My internet access will be sporadic, so the blog could be a bit quiet until I get back. Or not. I'm not sure yet. In any case, for those of you tragically unable to witness my presentation, here is what I will be talking about:
So, I'm writing about Batman, race, performativity and the grotesque right now. Nearing the end of chapter four (now chapter one) and feeling pretty positive.
And then people have to go and make a Batman porno.
Yes, it is real, and no, I'm not linking you to the site where you can watch it. Pervert. Here is a nice safe trailer:
Please. Am I supposed to believe that Batman would be 'having relations' with anybody other than Robin?
"January 7, 2010-Holy porn parody, Batman! Vivid Entertainment Group today officially unveiled a teaser for Axel Braun's long-anticipated "BATMAN XXX" at the AEE show in Las Vegas. Featuring the top names in the adult entertainment world, and a production that spared no expenses in faithfully recreating the look and feel of the original, "BATMAN XXX" is a sexy spoof of the 60's Adam West/Burt Ward TV show. Coming soon on DVD and Blu-ray."
Well, at least they put some money into it. It had better be camp-to-the-max to justify its existence. Now it would be great if they could just stop talking about it until after I have presented my Batman paper next month.
I'm thinking of looking at comics for my forth chapter, primarily because I have discovered a recent (2007) Batman series devoted to our hero's battles with a freakish malignant named 'Grotesk.' Now, I haven't read any of the comics yet because I know myself too well. I have #1 and #4 - once I start reading I'm just going to get overexcited and skip the middle issues thus ruining the chronology and upsetting my waters.
Sometime in the next two weeks I will be receiving nearly every comic in which this 'Grotesk' character has starred. Bless the internet. These include such luminaries as Namore the Sub-Mariner (vol 1), The Avengers (vol 20) and The Mighty Thor (vol 481).
It has not escaped me that this chapter may well take my nerd quotient (over 9000!) beyond anything that has gone before.
