Filed under: Movie News, WTF A controversial move was made in the world of comics this week with Superman, of all people, threatening to give up his American citizenship. The Los Angeles Times reported that in the latest issue of Action Comics, Clark Kent's alter ego decides. Read more Permalink .[...]
[Super Hero News] MediaConnection eNews - 4/29/11
This Week In MediaConnection http://www.mediaconnectiononline.com Kirby: Genesis #1 Arrives In June 'Doctor Who' Premiere Sets BBC America Record THQ and Games Workshop Extend Warhammer 40,000 Video Game License Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation Announces All-Star Cast for 'Call of the Dead' Tonner.[...]
Where's the Certificate of Loss of Nationality?
Now that they have been shown the long form birth certificate, there is a new trend in denying Barack Obama's citizenship–that his having lived in Indonesia as a child led to his loss of citizenship. As a dual national (US & UK), I have to say that is the silliest thing that one could say. First off.[...]
I Don't See It: Unpacking the Joke
Superman renouncing his American citizenship is like Doctor Who renouncing his British citizenship. Because, of course, Doctor Who isn't a British citizen. Superman is American the way Doctor Who is British: both are cultural heroes; moreover, both are cultural heroes in a way that undermines the au.[...]
Anti-Superman screeds are moronic - but not because Superman's fictional
The hysterical kerfuffle over the latest issue of Action Comics, in which Superman renounces his American citizenship, has predictably inspired a huge amount of jingoistic blathering. And of course there have been plenty of calm, well-reasoned rebuttals from people who actually understand the point .[...]
Required Reading
A playfully simple and lovely idea from Aakash Nihalani (via flickr.com/aakashnihalani) Links worth a look … Reuters financial reporter unpacks mega-collector Adam Lindemann's very limited take on collecting. Lindemann writes: The notion that great art can be of no value, or that one should "buy wha.[...]
Truth, Justice & the Global Way?
There was a surprise twist hiding in this week's special anniversary issue of the original Superman title, Action Comics #900. After an incident in the Middle East prompts criticism of Superman's actions and accusations of American interference, Superman decides to solve the problem by renouncing hi.[...]
UP UP AND AWAY
Superman Renounces U.S. Citizenship in Latest Action Comic Have a good trip! "Once upon a time", when I was a wee ladd,, my comics came from a news stand somewhere in Beaumont Texas, I tried never to pay the $.10 that they cost and elected to wait and when the new comics came in I would get the thro.[...]
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