Captain Pugwash is a persistent urban legend, repeated by the now defunct UK newspaper the "Sunday Correspondent", that ascribes sexually suggestive names – such as Master Bates, Seaman Staines, and Roger (meaning "have sex with") the Cabin Boy – to "Captain Pugwash"'s characters, and indicating that the captain's name was a slang Australian term for oral sex. The origin of this myth is likely due to student rag mags from the 1970s. John Ryan successfully sued both the "Sunday Correspondent" and "The Guardian" newspapers in 1991 for printing this legend as fact. In May 2017, a live-action film adaptation was announced, directed
The Urban Legend (comics) The Urban Legend (comics) The Urban Legend is an Eritrean/Norwegian comic book series created by Josef Tzegai Yohannes with art by "NewTasty" (Steve Baker). It features a black superhero that uses martial arts skills to fight street crime. The Premiere Issue of The Urban Legend, titled “The Birth of a True Superhero,” was originally published by Josef Yohannes in January, 2012 in Norway. In 2013 the 1st 8 issues of season 1 of The Urban Legend was released. The Urban Legend - Season 1- “A Real Superhero in the Making” compilation book was released in October 2014 through Gyldendal Forlag.