Fictional Cats that weren’t played by real cats (and who might not even be actual cats at all) [Random Pop Culture Top Fourteen]

As I said in a recent post that was posted in the recent past, I have longed loved cats.

That recent post was all about fictional cats (normal cats, or cats that at least appeared normal) who were played by real cats (that were presumably were normal). This is the follow on–about Fictional Cats that were not played by real cats at all, and in some cases were not even real cats, and did not appear to be so.

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Top 60 Favorite Fictional A.I.’s – Part Four [24-13]

Continuing here our rundown of my 60 Favorite Fictional Artificial Intelligences.

You can have a look here for Part One, which includes some of the rationale for this list, as well as some of the explanations and qualifications, and here for Part Two and here for Part Three.

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Legion of Super-Heroes Futurescope 1 – Adventure #247

Welcome to the Futurescope, where my comic-loving daughter Johanna (16 years old) will be joining me on a re-read of the early day so of the Legion o Super-Heroes, as presented in DC’s handsome archive editions. I don’t know how frequently we’ll be able to get to this, but we’re going to give it a go!

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100 Years, 100 Creators – Part 4

Over a few posts, I’m choosing different creators or creative teams–novelist, composer, scriptwriter, comic book artist, etc–who have influenced or inspired me, and in most cases brought me a lot of enjoyment.

Peanuts_Lucy_Linus

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Weekly Geeky Question #23E: Superheroes with weird powers: The Tournament (Part 5 – Final!)

Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #23, and for this extended, bonus-length edition of this series, we’re now finishing with the question from last week:

Pick the weirdest powered characters I can think of, rank / seed them and then pit them against each other in a tournament!

Polecat

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Weekly Geeky Question #23D: Superheroes with weird powers: The Tournament (Part 4)

Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #23, and for this extended, bonus-length edition of this series, we’re still dealing with the question from last week:

Pick the weirdest powered characters I can think of, rank / seed them and then pit them against each other in a tournament!

Rann Antar

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Weekly Geeky Question #23C: Superheroes with weird powers: The Tournament (Part 3)

Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #23, and for this extended, bonus-length edition of this series, we’re still dealing with the question from last week:

Pick the weirdest powered characters I can think of, rank / seed them and then pit them against each other in a tournament!

Ronn Kar

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Weekly Geeky Question #23B: Superheroes with weird powers: The Tournament (Part 2)

Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #23, and for this extended, bonus-length edition of this series, we’re still dealing with the question from last week:

Pick the weirdest powered characters I can think of, rank / seed them and then pit them against each other in a tournament!

Plaid Lad

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Weekly Geeky Question #23A: Superheroes with weird powers: The Tournament (Part 1)

Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #23, and following on last week’s question, we are still dealing with:

Pick the weirdest powered characters I can think of, rank / seed them and then pit them against each other in a tournament!

Arm-Fall-Off Boy

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Weekly Geeky Question #22: Superheroes with weird powers…in a tournament!

Every week in 2018, the plan is that my friend Rod is going to ask me some geeky question that will answer in a post. This week is Week #22, and this week’s question, is…

Pick the weirdest powered characters I can think of, rank / seed them and then pit them against each other in a tournament!

Stone Boy

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