Unpack the Boxes and Where’s the Toothpaste
The LS Blog has successfully defected from mySpace, home of weird midi backgrounds and BFF posts. So now it’s the real blogworld with pants and a raised pinky. The rules here are simple:
1. Superman. That’s the starting place but we can go into other stuff. Except that Gelfling who won Project:Runway. The goal here is to question and analyze who and what Superman is. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun (don’t you hate it when people say that?). What I mean is that most comics “scholarship” is so self-aware of its own perceived shortcomings that it pads itself to a level of Wickhamesque freaky. Comics can be great sites for intellectual inquiry. But they can also be a cool place to wonder if the Hulk can beat Batman in space. So be smart, be cool, and don’t forget the spinner rack (raised fist).
2. My promises to you, the surfer: no ads (this is an academic enterprise), no talk about cats or how you can knit (in 25 easy steps) a “My Mama 4 Obama” multisheen baby bib (that’s not a political statement, more a knitting one). Otherwise, be prepared to be amazed. You will see and hear things you can nowhere else in the continuum. Welcome aboard, Captain.
ok ok I guess, if only in the spirit of unbridled community enthusiasm:
and don’t forget! the old blog is here.