Effed in Park Slope | Friday, June 1, 2012 at 2:00PM 
illustrations J. Charles | Friday, June 1, 2012 at 12:00PM 
pic via Studiophototrope.wordpress.com
I don't hide my nerdiness for comics. I embrace it.
And with the upcoming cinematic summer full of movies like The Avengers, Spider Man and Dark Knight Rising, even non-nerds are going to geek out over comics, which is awesome. Park Slope, while known for many splendid attributes, doesn't really come across as a "Comic Book Mecca," yet it kind of is. We have three comic shops in the nabe -- Bergen Street Comics, Galaxy Collectibles, Brooklyn Comics and More -- and in November, King Con, Brooklyn's own mini Comic-Con, will be returning to its home at the Lyceum Theatre on Union and 4th Ave. In addition, Park Slope is home to many talented comic writers and illustrations, some of whom I've profiled on FIPS.
Thomas | Friday, June 1, 2012 at 7:00AM 
Photo via Flickr User threecee
People. People. PEOPLE!
It has come to our attention that certain denizens of Park Slope have been shooting up and having sex on a dirty mattress behind the Key Food on 5th Avenue. And, to add insult to injury, certain other denizens of our neighborhood have started to blog about the fact that you're on their block shooting up a bad bundle of antifreeze and turning tricks to pay for it.
Really, Park Slope? Really?!? Do you think that we have time to write FiPS posts about your sloppy drug and dirty sex habits? We do not. We're busy trying to save the world from people like you, if you must know.
In case you're not one of the nasty freaks shooting eight balls behind the grocery store, let me 'splain what's going down. Gregory Place is that dead-end street behind the 5th Avenue Key Food, and while it's always had a reputation for a great place to spark up a doobie and get laced, the people on that block have started to notice that the sitchy-ay-shun has turned south in a big way. Addicts are shooting up, people are making secksie time, and there are used condoms everywhere.
Effed in Park Slope | Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 2:00PM 
Hey, Nets fans! Your team's moving to Brooklyn, so you're going to need some new gear, yes? Gear that actually says the name of the proper city on it? If so, local graphic artist HeadHoods has designed a Brooklyn Nets t-shirt (you can decide if it's better or worse than what the new Nets logo will (probably) look like).
If you hate the Nets AND the Barclays Center AND Bruce Ratner but still want to support a local company, you can bypass the t-shirt and go straight for this rad Abraham Lincoln Hoodie.
Mike | Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 1:00PM 
via onlyhdwallpapers.com
If you're like me, you're still excreting BBQ from last weekend. (TMI? TMI.) That, along with the sweatiness of the last several days -- and the return of music in the park! (see below) -- means that another Park Slope summer is upon us. Wrap your sunburned arms around it with Whassup: Hey June! Edition:
* Ongoing: NEW Summer Classes!, BK Brainery: Did you know that we actually learn better in summer because the heat makes our brains more absorptive? THAT'S NOT TRUE! But, you can learn a bunch of other things that ARE true at Brooklyn Brainery's new bevy of summer classes. Take on the great aphorizing philosopher (and possessor of ALL the consonants) Nietzsche, re-learn the cursive you never mastered in third grade, bolster your arguments against climate-change deniers, and more.
* Thursday, May 31: Housing Works Bike Night, Brooklyn Brewery: Housing Works is a fantastic organization, and they've finally got a Brooklyn event I can pimp here. This celebration of Bike Month (I guess that's a thing?) fills you with $2 Brooklyn Drafts in support of BRAKING THE CYCLE, a NYC-to-DC ride supporting Housing Works' fight against homelessness and AIDS. 7:30pm.
