![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
YR NEW FAVORITE SUPERHERO
Mar. 10th, 2009 07:31 pm
Or, as I like to call myself, “Hard Brain™”.
In reality, of course, my underpants would be MUCH tinier.
And I'd be the evil villain. Obviously.
Make yr own here.
Glommed from pretty much everyone by now.
A Hard Brain’s gonna fall,
This is hB
SUPERMAN IS LOIS LANE’S SLUT
Jan. 15th, 2009 11:59 amITEM [via io9]: Coming this April: Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-Creator Joe Shuster.
Published by ComicArts, the new graphic novel imprint from publisher Harry N. Abrams, it covers Shuster's relatively unknown 1950s sideline at illustrator for S&M magazine Nights of Horror.
A lot of the art is strikingly good.
( And probably NSFW. Beware. )
To hear executive editor Charles Kochman tell it, it sounds like a fascinating story, as Nights of Horror was banned by the US govt in the 50s when comics were being blamed for America’s ongoing moral death spiral, but no one realized that one of the artists was the guy who created a character that was the embodiment of Truth, Justice and The American Way™.
In retrospect, it’s hard to see how they could have missed it, since Shuster apparently didn’t stray too far from his basic Clark/Lois character design.
( Exhibit A! )
To say nothing of the dead giveaways that appeared in the actual Superman comics.
Looking forward to the next installment featuring William Moulton Marston (creator of Wonder Woman, who also enjoyed herself some rope-play). Surely he did a little something on the side as well.
Man of steel,
This is dF
Published by ComicArts, the new graphic novel imprint from publisher Harry N. Abrams, it covers Shuster's relatively unknown 1950s sideline at illustrator for S&M magazine Nights of Horror.
A lot of the art is strikingly good.
( And probably NSFW. Beware. )
To hear executive editor Charles Kochman tell it, it sounds like a fascinating story, as Nights of Horror was banned by the US govt in the 50s when comics were being blamed for America’s ongoing moral death spiral, but no one realized that one of the artists was the guy who created a character that was the embodiment of Truth, Justice and The American Way™.
In retrospect, it’s hard to see how they could have missed it, since Shuster apparently didn’t stray too far from his basic Clark/Lois character design.
( Exhibit A! )
To say nothing of the dead giveaways that appeared in the actual Superman comics.
Looking forward to the next installment featuring William Moulton Marston (creator of Wonder Woman, who also enjoyed herself some rope-play). Surely he did a little something on the side as well.
Man of steel,
This is dF
ALL UR THEME ARE BELONG TO BATMAN
Oct. 28th, 2008 05:42 pmWhenever people ask me (as they always do), “Who’s the best Batman of all time?”, I typically flip a coin to choose between Adam West and George Clooney – because I enjoy the looks of disdain I usually get. Of course, I generally say “George Clooney” because hey, someone has to – and anyway, while we can all agree that Batman And Robin is the suckiest Batman movie ever, I think a case can be made that Clooney was the only good thing in it.
But I stand by the Adam West incarnation. I like the current Dark Knight/Christian Bale incarnation just fine, but I’m also a fan of high camp, and the Batman TV show is as much to blame for that as anyone else. And it’s arguably had a higher impact on pop culture than any other superhero incarnation.
For example, it has the best theme song. You know this because in 1966, when the show came out, just about every garage band in America released a cover of it, or at least a song based on the show. Check out this list from 60sgaragebands.com, which doesn’t even include versions from British bands like The Who and The Kinks. And half of them even went as far as to dress up in bad Batman/Robin knock-off costumes.
Like so.
And so.
I don’t see anyone doing that with today’s so-called superhero franchises. Okay, so it was the 60s. You could get away with stuff like that then. Today, you can only get away with it once a year in San Diego (or whichever comic-con you fancy). But my point stands. Name one sci-fi/superhero TV show that’s come out in the last ten years with a theme song awesome enough to inspire a flood of cover versions.
FUN FACT: For the record, my favorite cover version of the Batman Theme is by Link Wray & The Raymen. Because Link Wray is awesome. And because he improvised his own dialogue and sound effects.
Biff bang pow,
This is dF
But I stand by the Adam West incarnation. I like the current Dark Knight/Christian Bale incarnation just fine, but I’m also a fan of high camp, and the Batman TV show is as much to blame for that as anyone else. And it’s arguably had a higher impact on pop culture than any other superhero incarnation.
For example, it has the best theme song. You know this because in 1966, when the show came out, just about every garage band in America released a cover of it, or at least a song based on the show. Check out this list from 60sgaragebands.com, which doesn’t even include versions from British bands like The Who and The Kinks. And half of them even went as far as to dress up in bad Batman/Robin knock-off costumes.
Like so.
And so.
I don’t see anyone doing that with today’s so-called superhero franchises. Okay, so it was the 60s. You could get away with stuff like that then. Today, you can only get away with it once a year in San Diego (or whichever comic-con you fancy). But my point stands. Name one sci-fi/superhero TV show that’s come out in the last ten years with a theme song awesome enough to inspire a flood of cover versions.
FUN FACT: For the record, my favorite cover version of the Batman Theme is by Link Wray & The Raymen. Because Link Wray is awesome. And because he improvised his own dialogue and sound effects.
Biff bang pow,
This is dF
