Guinness Book of World Records

Link Ink: Comics, Film/TV and Gaming News Links 10.07.14
Link Ink: Comics, Film/TV and Gaming News Links 10.07.14
Link Ink: Comics, Film/TV and Gaming News Links 10.07.14
Each weekday, ComicsAlliance brings you a carefully selected variety of links from around the web about comics and comics-related media, including movies, video games, toys, and whatever else might be worth noting. Quite frankly, these are items you may just need to know about to have a productive day. Take a look at today's hand-picked links after the jump.
Albertans Break Guinness Record For Largest Gathering Of Batmen
Albertans Break Guinness Record For Largest Gathering Of Batmen
Albertans Break Guinness Record For Largest Gathering Of Batmen
Throw out your old trivia books. The record for the largest gathering of people dressed as Batman ever witnessed has been broken. Shattered, actually. Over the weekend, 542 employees at Nexen, an oil and gas company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, dressed up like The Dark Knight, came together, and did what anyone in that situation would do: Danced.
Guinness Certifies World's Largest Comic Book Collection
Guinness Certifies World's Largest Comic Book Collection
Guinness Certifies World's Largest Comic Book Collection
After nearly two years of convincing Guinness' record judges that his comic book collection is, in fact, the world's largest, Mission Viejo, California man Bob Bretall was able to announce on his Facebook page that it's finally official: His comic book collection is on page 172 of the new Guinness Book of World Records. Bretall's collection totals 94,268 issues, all of which are "unique" books, which presumably means there are no duplicates. The whole collection weighs a whopping 16,800 estimated pounds. That's more than eight tons of comics.
Link Ink: Controversial Female Superhero Art, ‘Minecraft’ Lego Sets and New ‘Prometheus’
Link Ink: Controversial Female Superhero Art, ‘Minecraft’ Lego Sets and New ‘Prometheus’
Link Ink: Controversial Female Superhero Art, ‘Minecraft’ Lego Sets and New ‘Prometheus’
Opinion: We can't show you them here, but Oni Hartstein has created a series of NSFW female superheroes illustrated as vaginas to provoke a dialogue about how women are sometimes depicted in superhero comics. TV: Katie Cassidy (Gossip Girl) has been cast as Green Arrow's younger sister Moira Queen in The CW's "Arrow" pilot...
Link Ink: Brandon Graham’s ‘The Speaker,’ CliffsNotes Animates Shakespeare’s Plays and a Mutant Three-Eyed Fish
Link Ink: Brandon Graham’s ‘The Speaker,’ CliffsNotes Animates Shakespeare’s Plays and a Mutant Three-Eyed Fish
Link Ink: Brandon Graham’s ‘The Speaker,’ CliffsNotes Animates Shakespeare’s Plays and a Mutant Three-Eyed Fish
Upcoming: King City creator Brandon Graham's The Speaker will debut in Dark Horse Presents #7 this December. Actors: According to the Guinness Book of World Records Ultimate Nick Fury, I mean Mace Windu, I mean Samuel L. Jackson is the highest-grossing actor of all time...
Cosplayers Attempt To Break ‘Most Heroes’ World Record In Hollywood
Cosplayers Attempt To Break ‘Most Heroes’ World Record In Hollywood
Cosplayers Attempt To Break ‘Most Heroes’ World Record In Hollywood
If you notice a large gathering of costumed superheroes in Los Angeles tomorrow, don't worry -- Galactus isn't about to attack. On Friday, August 27th, fans will don their spandex and capes in Hollywood in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for most people dressed in superhero costumes in one place at the same time...
12,000 Toy Pokemon Collection Sets World Record
12,000 Toy Pokemon Collection Sets World Record
12,000 Toy Pokemon Collection Sets World Record
First of all, I did not know there was a "Gamer's Edition" of the Guinness Book of World Records, but there is, and it just came out. In this book you can learn many things, like the fact that a British woman named Lisa Courtney now has the largest Pokemon collection in the world...
Link Ink — Kids Break Superhero World Record, U.S. Army Graphic Novel
Link Ink — Kids Break Superhero World Record, U.S. Army Graphic Novel
Link Ink — Kids Break Superhero World Record, U.S. Army Graphic Novel
-- A school in Berwick, Maine has unofficially broken the Guinness Book of World Record's record for having the most people dressed up as superheroes in a room for at least 10 minutes, with a grand total of 109 superkids. -- The U.S. Army's infiltrating your comic shop with its own graphic novel, which is "as realistic as you can get, because as a soldier, every detail counts...