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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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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It was the thrill of a lifetime for me to visit Cleveland last week. As a Superman fan, there have been many great moments in fandom to be a part of- meeting a creator at a con, watching a Superman movie in the theater for the first time in twenty years, the release of a …
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The first time I had ever seen Mike Perkins’ art was on his fantastic team up with Dan Jurgens on Green Lanterns. The highly detailed, wonderfully moody art worked perfectly for a story that took place in space, with plenty of dimly “lit” pages. It served as an awesome spinoff to Superman Rebirth in that …
