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Tag Archives: Comics
Mischievous Penguin Comics
Reblogged from Orkinpod: OK, I’ll admit it – I’m up for a bit of humor and frivolity these days. And as a fan of Iceland as well as Ragnar and the gang on “The Vikings,” I’m grateful to Orkinpod for … Continue reading
Notes on Superman and The Superman Song
It doesn’t take much reflection on superheroes (see my previous Batman post) to remember Superman. For me, he always brings to mind a strange, funny, and poignant song by The Crash Test Dummies from their 1991 debut album, “The Ghosts … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Fantasy, Movies
Tagged Christopher Reeve, Comics, Crash Test Dummies, Culture, fantasy, fictional characters, movies, Popular culture, Superheroes
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Holy Pathology, Batman!
Batman, originally Bat-man or The Batman, first appeared in Detective Comics #27, in May, 1939, the creation of artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. Popular from the start, Batman had his own comic by 1940. The Caped Crusader joined … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Movies, Psychology
Tagged 2012, archetypes, Batman, Comics, Culture, fantasy, fictional characters, movies, Popular culture, Superheroes
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