{"id":5034,"date":"2003-11-13T11:15:39","date_gmt":"2003-11-13T18:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=5034"},"modified":"2003-11-13T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2003-11-13T18:15:39","slug":"best_comic_book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/11\/13\/best_comic_book.html","title":{"rendered":"Best comic book essay ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

And it’s not even by a comic book author. Larry Niven’s “Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex”<\/a> essay is online now, with permission. <\/p>\n

Even if it’s slightly out of date, continuity-wise (not only does it predate the Byrne reboot, but Clark and Lois are, after all, married now), it’s still a classic Niven extrapolation. <\/p>\n

The problem is this. Electroencephalograms taken of men and women during sexual intercourse show that orgasm resembles “a kind of pleasurable epileptic attack.” One loses control over one’s muscles.
\nSuperman has been known to leave his fingerprints in steel and in hardened concrete, accidentally. What would he do to the woman in his arms during what amounts to an epileptic fit?<\/p>\n

(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And it’s not even by a comic book author. Larry Niven’s “Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex” essay is online now, with permission. 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