What became a huge event in comic book history only came about through the need to fill a gap in planned stories. Clark Kent had revealed his identity to Lois Lane and they were engaged to be married, meetings were held to plan the duos wedding, however they hit a stumbling block as it was […]

I still remember the night back in 2006 I went to see ‘Superman Returns’ in Auckland, NZ in all its IMAX 3D glory, sick partly from the bad pizza I had just eaten but also from nervousness at finally getting to see a movie I had excitedly anticipated for over a year. All through its […]

So this is a meshing of two of my favourites - Superman and Seinfeld. The comedian, a huge fan from his youth had Superman referenced numerous times in the long running sitcom, whether it be a Superman statuette positioned at various spots in his apartment or entire episodes parodying elements of the Superman mythology. Subsequent […]

How the character of Superman arrived on Earth has been subject to many revisions yet the basic story has remained unchanged and well known. For the first of my posts we look to the real people behind the characters creation. Such a long history has meant that many people have been associated with the Man […]

The year in film to date marked a true highpoint around Oscar time and now has lulled into a world where ‘Meet the Spartans’ topped the US box office in the past few weeks. In the midst of any tacograph of creativity there is usually some talent worth watching but in an age of as […]

Tomorrow brings with it the 1st of April and so too the 70th anniversary of the first appearance of Superman in Action Comics No. 1. If you read the blog anyway regularly you will know I am a huge fan (see here) and in celebration of this benchmark I am putting together a set of […]

The Watchmen, originally published as a 12 series graphic novel by DC in the mid ’80s is credited with revolutionising what we view today as a graphic novel. The layers and dimensions of the work earned it a place amongst TIME’s greatest novels of all time and universal adulation. From the off the story packs a […]