Some clever soul has created an interactive map of The Simpson‘ hometown of Springfield (click on the image to go to the site).

DC’s Crisis on Infinite Earths is still the most audacious idea any comic book company has ever come up with: a gripping story to reset the universe and clear up all the lingering plot holes (some of which had been around for decades!) that had been plaguing writers and editors. Not to be outdone, Marvel gave us Secret Wars (I and II because one really should flush twice), to which all comic book maxi-series’ and crossover badness can trace its ancestry.

Worse, such badness has become de rigueur; every year, a new crisis or complex or conflict has to invade the Big Two’s Universes and (without getting into too much detail) they all blow goat cock. Sorry, but I still don’t know what Infinite Crisis was all about, who died, and why I should care.

That’s where Matt Gardner comes in. Matt, AKA “wogoat”, has created a series of stunning flash videos which beautifully summarize all of Marvel and DC’s incomprehensible plot lines and editing gaffes. My personal favorites are Phoenix Season (not only because I love Jean Grey, but also because I love anything that makes fun of X3 and Emma Frost) and Justice League: Countdown (mostly because of Zatanna and her mind-wiping “magic”).

Enjoy!

Thanks to Mando for the link!