Mike Sterling over at Progressive Ruin sat down and watched arguably the worst movie of all time, Batman & Robin, in order to liveblog it. That poor bastard.
Watching some the clips he linked to (because I’m never, ever going to watch that movie) reminded me of the single best thing ever to come of it: Mr. Cheese. From the pages of Greg Hyland’s Lethargic Lad comes this fantastic mockery that has a legacy far deeper than the movie ever will.
According to his biography: “While trying to find a cure for his wife’s rare cheese disease, Dr. Arnold Cheese fell into a giant vat of liquid cheese, which turned him into a supervillain. Mr. Cheese… also has an encyclopeadic knowledge of cheeses, which he uses within his speech; either as puns, or just as a sign of insanity.”
The character is responsible for dozens of awful cheese puns. Seriously, every appearance is Cheese pun after Cheese pun, and instead of freezing people, he has guns that shoot liquid cheese. It’s even better than it sounds.
So to finish up this post I was going to go recommend you check out Lethargic Lad Online, creator Greg Hyland’s regularly updated webcomic featuring Lethargic Lad, Mr. Cheese, and all of the superhero parody characters you love! But… Dude, Greg, if you’re reading this (hey, it’s Chris! Long time…) your webcomic has the single worst interface I have ever tried to use. All you need is a “NEXT COMIC” button and a “PREVIOUS COMIC” button and we’re good. But your current system makes me reconsider wanting to read your funny comic because each comic takes 2 clicks and two mouse moves to go from strip to strip. It’s the opposite of intuitive design. I recommend: ComicPress, a plugin for WordPress.
Anyway, Mr. Cheese! Ask for him by name, in better back-issue bins everywhere. It’ll be gouda for you to meet him!
– Chris