Superman is a good guy. More than that, Superman is the best guy. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster in 1932, he's the archetypal superhero, a man of enormous power who places himself in service to the powerless. To borrow a famous phrase from the 1940s Superman radio serial, he stands for "truth, justice and the American way". -
Why Orson Scott Card isn't the right man to write Superman.
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posted by Artw
on Feb 14, 2013 -
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In 1977 Dial Press of New York published Robert Mayer’s first novel, Superfolks. It was, amongst other things, a story of a middle-aged man coming to terms with his life, an enormous collection of 1970s pop-culture references, some now lost to the mists of time, and a satire on certain aspects of the comic superhero, but would probably be largely unheard of these days if it wasn’t for the fact that it is regularly mentioned for its supposed influence on a young Alan Moore and his work, particularly on Watchmen, Marvelman, and his Superman story, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? Alan Moore and Superfolks:
Part 1: The Case for the Prosecution,
Part 2: The Case for the Defence,
Part 3: The Strange Case of Grant Morrison and Alan Moore.
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on Nov 18, 2012 -
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Hellblazer, the DC/Vertigo comic starring Alan Moore created occult investigator John Constantine, is being
cancelled at issue #300 to make way for a new comic set in DC's New 52 universe. Hellblazer was
DC's longest running continuously numbered comic and it's cancelation marks the last of the DC Comics characters with Vertigo titles being taken back into the mainstream DC universe (
previously). Vertigo was originally an imprint for mature readers occult themed titles and creator owned work, though it has changed over the years with an adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo becoming the first Vertigo to
receive TV advertising.
posted by Artw
on Nov 9, 2012 -
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"I've always loved the music from the Saturday matinee serial, and I figured a short that was animated to this music could be a really cool piece. I designed the character mixing all the traits from my favorite Superman actors from the past, and then looked at the work of Hugh Ferriss for inspiration on the background design." -
Superman Classic (yt) - A Superman fan film by disney animator by Disney animator
Robert Pratt.
posted by Artw
on Feb 9, 2011 -
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Superstar Scottish comics writer
Grant Morrison is about to tear the DC Universe apart again with
Final Crisis, the latest in a series of apocalypses and world ending events he's inflicted
on various comics worlds over the years. But there was a time before fame when he wrote the tie-in comic for
ZOIDS, the robot dinosaur children's toy. So what did he do? Ushered in the apocalypse, in the form of
THE BLACK ZOID.
posted by Artw
on Apr 17, 2008 -
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