Dad, are you a superhero yet?

December 11, 2012 6:52 AM

You better watch out. My dad's a superhero! A short and sweet story from artist Jon Laing.
posted by jbickers (5 comments total)

Damn you.
posted by signal at 6:59 AM on December 11, 2012

I have a friend who's been taking the new diabetes medicine extracted from gila monsters (which are from a part of the country known for nuclear testing.) He says he is very disappointed that injecting himself with (potentially) radioactive lizard spit is not having the desired result.
posted by Karmakaze at 7:01 AM on December 11, 2012 [3 favorites]

I would call this more "heart-wrenching" than "sweet."
posted by leesh at 7:10 AM on December 11, 2012

Maybe "poignant".
posted by Malor at 7:16 AM on December 11, 2012

Yeah, "sweet" doesn't normally mean "makes me sit here at my desk sobbing uncontrollably." You might want to recalibrate, there.
posted by webmutant at 2:01 PM on December 11, 2012 [1 favorite]