BW’s Daily Video> Superman’s Humanity

Oh, we’re still doing this through the rest of the month.

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Jake & Leon #556> Culturally Green

Has he actually forgotten he made the Mario Brothers movie people don’t like?

Not one of my best titles but the point is I don’t think John realizes his character was Italian, but he is part of the group who thinks only someone of that race can play that character, which doesn’t make as much sense in most voice acting roles. You can’t see the person, and black and Latino voice actors have played non-black/Latino characters in the past. So by his own rules HE shouldn’t have played a Brooklyn-born Italian plumber because he’s neither of those things. He’s a Columbian-born Latino actor.

Also, I drew Luigi without tracing this time! Not sure which is better.

Over at The Clutter Reports this week I’m still dusting but I found a neat video of an artist decluttering and organizing her art space.

I’m still going to attempt to slip Superman into every day for the rest of April since I missed the actual anniversary day, but I will have feature articles and daily quickposts not featuring Superman as well. And he’s in none of the regular comic reviews while the Chapter By Chapter book review (which will be multiple chapters again) is still Batman: Knightfall, with no Superman appearing. So there will be non-Superman options for those of you so inclined. Speaking of comic reviews it’s the reboot of the Tandy Computer Whiz Kids as we near the end of that series on Monday’s comic reviews. There will also be a couple of days where events may distract me into getting out something late or if something goes wrong with switching back to our previous provider tomorrow may cause me to miss a post or day (hopefully one max), so don’t be surprised if that happens. Have a great week, everyone!

Saturday Night Showcase> Look Up In The Sky! The Amazing Story Of Superman

Usually on Saturday Night Showcase I show off a work of fiction, a good example of the things we talk about in the positive about storytelling. Tonight, as part of the what’s left of the month tribute to Superman (next year Google Calendar will remind me it’s Superman and Lois’s birthday) I thought I’d bring you an official documentary about the various adaptations of Superman…which of course ignores the cartoons except for the Fleischer shorts and some lip service to Superfriends and the DCAU. The Filmation show gets a clip and the Ruby-Spears show is ignored completely. I’m surprised the comics get equal focus with the shows and movies.

Look Up In The Sky! The Amazing Story Of Superman initially came out as a promotion for Superman Returns but actually discussed the comics as honestly as it does the live-action shows, the radio show, that crap musical, the movies, the serials, and the Fleischer shorts. It’s not a deep dive but a brief overview of the comics and adaptations. They of course never mention how National Comics screwed over Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, or this wouldn’t have been posted to DC’s official YouTube channel in 2020. However, it is a mostly decent look at the long history of the Man Of Steel. Sadly Dan DiDio makes a cameo but it’s short so don’t let it ruin things. Enjoy.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> The Blue Beetle #9

I guess Yarko and Zanzibar were both busy that day.

The Blue Beetle #9

Fox Publications, Inc (October, 1941)

It’s still an anthology but Yarko and Zanzibar are not in this one. Also no Dynamo or Dyamite Thor. The Blue Beetle actually gets the first four stories in his own title, followed by new heroes (to me, anyway, since they might have appeared in the other books seeing as how all of them are anthologies and I’m considering giving Mystery Men Comics a second shot since Wonder Comics still only has two or three stories worth reading and one of them got his own book) we’ll be introducing later. One of them is a gorilla with a human brain. So we may be missing our occultic heroes but we’re still getting something resembling insanity.

What I’m saying is Casually Comics is really sleeping on these stories. She should click this link and read along. And you, too.

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BW’s Superman Comic Recommendations (part 2)

In case you missed it, here’s part one of our list.

Please note that this list of recommendations isn’t coming from me as a critic. It comes from me personally based on comics I’ve read and owned. This isn’t even a full list of my favorites. There’s one I read in a book I used to get from the local public library often called Superman From The 30s To The 70s in which Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne are sharing a cabin on a cruise ship when a fire breaks out and they accidentally learn each others’ identities. Their first reaction is to team up and save the ship and thus became friends. I like Superman and Batman as friends from the start, bonding over their shared desire to help others even if they do it in different ways due to how crime works in their cities.

I actually pulled a lot of recommendations off because this list would be way too long and I don’t want to spend the whole month on this one list. I’d like to do some other Superman related stuff if I can, though given how many times I’ve done articles on why I love Superman, why I think he’s great, and that he is indeed relatable I don’t know how many other topics I can cover. Pretty sure I’ve even done a list of all my previous Superman-related articles at some point. So here’s the rest of the list of comics I think you should check out should you ask me “what Superman stories do you recommend?” and I pointed to…

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Tangent Comics: The Trials Of The Flash

“I guess this is the closest we get to background until our next DC crossover.”

The Trials Of The Flash

Tangent Comics (September, 1998)

“Making Light Of The Situation”

WRITER: Todd Dezago

PENCILER: Paul Pelletier

INKER: Andy Lanning

COLORIST: Joe Rosas

SEPARATIONS: Heroic Age

LETTERING: Comicraft

EDITOR: Eddie Berganza

CONCEPT: Dan Jurgens

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BW’s Daily Video> Why Superman Is More Relatable Than You Think

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