Independence Day

This is just a quick post to scratch and itch I have been having.

When I was a little boy, I would crawl blurry eyed out of bed before the crack of dawn to watch repeats of very old Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor cartoons, follow by the slightly less old Spiderman cartoons.

They weren’t old to me, I had never seen ’em before, and I ate it up …along with my giant bowl of Captain Crunch or Lucky Charms. Something about the basic ideas resonated with me back then, and they still do.

Time passes, the world changes and we grow up. But the basic truths of right and wrong are still there, even if obscured by hallow facades and beset by lawyerly arguments and rationals. I blame MTV, but that’s another blog altogether.

I have had the good fortune and privilege of knowing a few real superheros in my time, those at the point of the spear. In the face of all their own bewildering contradictions and those of this screwed up world we all live in, underneath, they look a whole lot like those brightly colored heroes that inspired my summer days.

Which leads me in a serquitous way to an interview with Frank Miller on maxim.com that can be found here. “10 Rules For Being a Superhero”.

Obligatory pic – this is a very old marker sketch I did on piece of poster board. It’s based on cover design from an old comic book.