We're Number 1!

I did it! I am officially the first entry in Google for Shake Shack Spider-man. My co-worker Viviana was unimpressed since that's probably not a particularly popular search term, but whatever. As someone whose name has been co-opted by both a famous rock musician and a well-known journalist (not to mention a photographer and a voice actor(?!)), I'm just happy that I'm the first to show up for anything.

It does make one wonder, though...

What if everyone--well, anyone with a web presence--secretly has one slightly random search topic that they're the first entry for and they've just never happened to search for that one specific thing? Try it, oh loyal but silent readers (I know you exist... yes, I'm talking to you, Lizzie.)! Try it and let me know if you find anything. I figure I can milk this whole thing for at least one more post if you do, right?

Whoa!

Apparently my last post has brought me ever closer to a position as the foremost authority on the topic of the Shake Shack and Spider-man as they relate to one another. That is to say, I'm now number 3 on Google if you search for Shake Shack Spider-man.

This post is in no way an attempt to move myself up to number one. I swear.

Spider-man Shake Shack: The Reckoning

So I know it's been over a week since my last post, and specifically over a week since I said that I'd post a picture of Spider-man at the Shake Shack, but never let it be said that I do not deliver when I make a promise.
(Click the image for full-size)


EDIT: Here's a picture of the real thing for comparison purposes. (The cup is also dead-on identical, but I couldn't find a good picture of that.)


I heard they bought several issues over at the Shack after I told them about it. And by I heard I really mean that my manager friends over there told me.

Another interesting thing is that the shack says "Master Shack" on it, which I can only assume is a reference to Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

(As a semi-related note, astute readers may notice I did not use the summer tag on this post. That's because I'm now back at school, which is why my scanner is set up, which is how I'm able to bring you this image. Word.)

I'm awesome!

So today was my last day as an intern at Marvel. It's been a fun time; I hope my blogging about the comics has been at least somewhat entertaining. On the plus side, I'll probably have a lot less cultureblogging to do, which means I won't be able to slack off and replace regular posts with those.

It's also friday, which at Marvel is bundle day. That means that around 3:30 in the afternoon, the interns (and many junior editors) head downstairs to the mailroom to pick up bundles of free comics for the editors. Each editor gets a copy of every comic Marvel puts out; the senior editors also get every DC comic along with all of the Marvel trade paperbacks (which are compilations, usually of about six issues). If you're an intern, you get whatever the editors don't want or have finished reading. Surprisingly, I've managed to snag a lot of cool stuff.

Anyway, the point of this whole bundle day explanation (besides taking advantage of my last chance to talk about my internship) is that this week's bundle contained Issue 40 of Sensational Spider-man. It's the last real issue of Sensational Spider-man before it's cancelled, and features Spidey in a rather angry and contemplative mood. Naturally, he runs into God (in hobo form) and they decide to have a chat while eating a burger. And where would they go for a burger if not the "Master Shack", a slightly-altered version of the Shake Shack?

As you might expect, I got a big kick out of Peter Parker hanging at my former place of employment, so I wanted to post a scan of the page in here. Spider-man and the Shake Shack are probably two of the most popular topics in the blogosphere (if you cut out politics and music :-\) so I figured it'd be a piece of cake to find one online. No such luck. I did discover, though, that if you Google Shake Shack Spider-man, I'm the fifth entry. That's pretty cool. So now I know that somebody's reading my blog besides Max and my dad, even if you're not commenting. Ha! And you thought you could trick me...

So yep, I'll be adding the Shack to the places I share with Spider-man, a list that already includes Columbia, where we both go to school, as well as 10 East 40th Street, former home of Marvel Comics, current home of Echo Design (where my parents work) and headquarters for some villainous businessmen that showed up an issue of Spectacular Spider-man. Yeah, I'm pretty awesome.

Okay, that's all for now. Expect a scan of that page soon, and thanks for putting up with a REALLY geeky (but maybe in a cool way?) entry.