Roberts Continues To Stonewall On Logan v. Wayne

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) openly challenged Robert's claim that he "had not made up his mind" on Logan v. Wayne. "With all due respect, I find it frankly unbelievable that, in 30 years of public service, you could not have formed an opinion on this matter," Kennedy said. "So I would again ask that you simply answer the question: who would win in a fight, Wolverine or Batman?"

Okay, that is hilarious!

Questioning continued in this vein for most of the afternoon, with senators on both sides of the aisle pressing Roberts to clarify his stance. "One of the most important responsibilities of a Chief Justice is adherence to existing precedence," Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) reminded the nominee. "I therefore call your attention to The Dark Knight Returns -- a four-part, 1986 mini-series in which Batman defeats Superman in hand-to-hand combat -- and ask you: if Bruce Wayne can beat Superman in a fight, is it not self-evident that he could defeat a mere mutant with ease?"

Brownback remarks were later stricken from the record, however, after ranking Democratic member Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) pointed out that The Dark Knight Returns is now considered to be an non-canonical "Elseworlds" story.

Thanks. Now I need a new pair of pants.

That's pretty great. Thanks for the link.

Hmmm. Joss has made it to round three on "Battle of the Comic Book Writers. "Now he's up against Garth Ennis, which is gonna be some ehavy competition.

For all my devotion to Joss, I think I'd have to vote for Garth Ennis. Fuckin' Preacher rules!

I know. That's one of the TERRIBLY hard ones.

Love Joss, but he hasn't paid his comic book dues. Ennis all the way.

The REALLY hard one for me was last round. Ellis vs Morrisson. I voted Ellis. Also, Miller/Kirkman. Kirkman's too new, and didn't just have a critically acclaimed movie come out, or he would have done better.

Quite agree. Still, I feel a twinge of sadness when I see the writers I like get knocked off.

• Holds head to forehead melodramatically.*

Ellis vs. Morrison was impossible. Between them, they wrote my two favorite comics of all time -- "Transmetropolitan" and "The Invisibles." I eventually went with Ellis, I think, but I changed my mind frequently.

I eventually went with Ellis, I think

Can't remember for sure, it was that close?