Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Chow / Nerd Today in Cakes for Nerds
Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, May 6, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Slog tipper Clinton directs us to am.fm.pm, who has made what is, quite possibly the greatest cake in the history of the world*. It is The Thing, from the Fantastic Four comic books, rendered in Rice Krispy Treat:
I think The Thing is one of Jack Kirby's best designs and one of Marvel's best superhero characters. Everything about him, from his orange rocks to his little blue trunks to his thick Noo Yawk accent is compelling. This cake is the perfect folk art representation of him. And the Coors Light can to his left is hilarious, too.
UPDATE: Gold Star Comment is Brent's: "It's slobbering time?"
*On a totally unrelated note: You guys, my birthday is in May.
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When is cake bad. I was cake abused as a child, there was only one allowable birthday cake. Angel food. flavorless and light. My dad tried to bring home a devils food cake. My mom threw it out. Cake abuse must stop.
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Paul, If I had any artistic skill I would totally make you that cake... How about a pan on ricekrispe treats with a picture of The Thing on top? (sadly that is my best offer, but I promise the treats will be tasty)
@2... You where abused, tell Dan cause that should go under every child deserves a mother and a father.
@2... You where abused, tell Dan cause that should go under every child deserves a mother and a father.
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fact: the fantastic four sucks in this order, from least to most:
4. the thing
3. human torch
2. reed richards
1. sue richards
4. the thing
3. human torch
2. reed richards
1. sue richards
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I think that you could make it better by making it out of Star$$ new gluten-free Orange Valencia Cake. Same color and gluten free for those allergy-stricken nerds.
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Tina you could make that cake. Its just molding orange rice crispies. In fact i bet you could make a great thing cake, which we would then devour in a debilitating case of the munchies.
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I think Rice Crispies are gluten free. My gluten free friends can eat them, anyway.
Paul, are you a Taurus?
Paul, are you a Taurus?
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@6 Okay, tell you what I will attempt to make the THING cake as depicted above in honor of the birth of Paul (whom I find kinda dreamy exspecially after the whole spring roll thing) and if it actually turns out looking like the photo I will attempt to deliver it to the Stranger offices where I am sure I will be imediatly escorted away by the nice men in the blue uniforms who will undoubtablly question my sanity as I will have succeeded in creeping out an entire office by actually appearing in real life, causing poor Paul to have a nervous breakdown... Or perhaps they will let me in and we can sing happy birthday... who knows?
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I have to agree with Christy O @9
Rice crispy treat is not cake.
Still, I like the little candles in his fists.
Rice crispy treat is not cake.
Still, I like the little candles in his fists.
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@8: I'm a Gemini. It's later in the month.
@Tina: That's very sweet of you, but you don't have to do that. It should be noted, however, that nobody has ever been turned away from The Stranger's offices for bringing us food.
@Tina: That's very sweet of you, but you don't have to do that. It should be noted, however, that nobody has ever been turned away from The Stranger's offices for bringing us food.
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The only thing that ever came out of the fantastic four miniverse that was even remotely cool was the Skrulls, and only because Deadpool killed them all via mutant cancer.
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@16, Paul I happen to enjoy baking and making interesting cakes for friends birthdays anyway... And I do love a challenge, and well I believe everyone should get what they want for thier birthday if its at all possible, and as you say yours in in May and I have derived joy from your posts it seems only resonable that I should attempt to make you a cake to express my appreciation. So as long as it wouldn't totally freak you out to have some chick from the internet show up at the office with A THING cake, I will give it a shot and see if I can make it happen for you.
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Joh is mostly right.
Doctor Doom, Uatu the Watcher, and Galactus are prime examples of the FF franchise not being completely worthless.
Doctor Doom, Uatu the Watcher, and Galactus are prime examples of the FF franchise not being completely worthless.
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@19 btw, Marvel just greenlighted the Deadpool movie. I'd post a link but I'm on my phone, and I'm lazy.
Hopefully they throw away all that garbage at the end of wolverine.
Hopefully they throw away all that garbage at the end of wolverine.
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That was supposed to be a New York accent all these years? I just figured it was Marvel's generic tough guy accent. The same one they used for Wolverine. (Don't tell me you weren't surprised the first time they told you that guy was supposed to sound Canadian.)
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@14: i took that into consideration - and i stand by my ranking. just because i'd like to see her riding little max don't mean she can act.
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Whatever. The Fantastic Four is "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine." It says so right on the cover. You can't print it if it's not true.
Plus, The Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android, Annhilus, The Negative Zone! The Inhumans, The Silver Surfer, unstable molecules. Ai-Yi-Yi.
Plus, The Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android, Annhilus, The Negative Zone! The Inhumans, The Silver Surfer, unstable molecules. Ai-Yi-Yi.
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The Inhumans? Maybe. One good limited series does not make greatness.
Silver Surfer? No, unless it's Jack Kirby era.
Unstable molecules is a great premise, but even all three of these things together do not equal to The World's Greatest. Comic Magazine.
Reed Richards is one of the most boring characters in Marvel. He counter-balances anything you can pull out of the FF pantheon. Even if you combined all the guest appearances from Power Pack, Black costume Spiderman, and the West Coast Avengers in one, the sheer 2-d blahness depth of Reed Richards would still keep the title mediocre at best.
The only time I bought a FF comic over all the titles was the one when he died. And even that was a terribly disappointing story....
Silver Surfer? No, unless it's Jack Kirby era.
Unstable molecules is a great premise, but even all three of these things together do not equal to The World's Greatest. Comic Magazine.
Reed Richards is one of the most boring characters in Marvel. He counter-balances anything you can pull out of the FF pantheon. Even if you combined all the guest appearances from Power Pack, Black costume Spiderman, and the West Coast Avengers in one, the sheer 2-d blahness depth of Reed Richards would still keep the title mediocre at best.
The only time I bought a FF comic over all the titles was the one when he died. And even that was a terribly disappointing story....
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