In all the years I've had this site, I really haven't written nearly enough about the Fleischer Superman cartoons. Each short that the studio produced between 1941-1942 is nothing less than a masterpiece in animation that has few parallels, even today. The legendary story of how Fleischer's people secured the license to the Man of …
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You guys know how much I like books about comics! Way back in 2015 I had the pleasure of interviewing the fantastic Larry Tye, former journalist for the Boston Globe who also made a name for himself writing books about Americana. His credits include the biography "Satchel: The Life and Times of An American Legend" …
“When I close my eyes and think of Superman, I think of Dan Jurgens’s Superman.” - Joshua Williamson, from the introduction The circle is now complete. One of my all time favorite Superman eras- and I’ve been reading Superman for a long time- is Rebirth. I would put it up there with anything else that …
Continue reading Superman: Action Comics by Dan Jurgens Omnibus Vol.2- A Review
Although I could have left this topic exactly where I ended the last article, which for me was the absolute crescendo of the trip, there were a few more miscellaneous sights I thought I’d share as well. I’ll start with the first Superman site I saw in Cleveland, which was a nice little display inside …
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The final leg of my trip to Cleveland was really the centerpiece of the visit and the part I was looking forward to the most. The neighborhood of Glenville is where both Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster grew up nearly a century ago. I have read many, many accounts of both of their upbringings, and …
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