The Great Comic Book Heroes by Jules Feiffer

As said by Bill one can recognize the ‘not particularly well drawn’ Superman in his earlier issues compared to the realistic depictions done by Marvel and DC these days. The book has a compilation of the earliest issues of who’s who of the superhero world which comprises of Superman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Human Torch, Wonder Woman, etc. withstood the criticism of modernist elitist prejudices and still survive in its most graphic and sophisticated forms. But comic books after being accused of as junk, trash, pulp, etc. Comic books and other forms of mass culture, for Adorno, were the Capitalist ploy of standardizing and homogenizing a society. Art historian Clement Greenberg coined the term ‘kitsch’ to refer such debased decadent mass culture and its popularity. The book traces the early history of comics and its subsequent popularity especially in USA. It was a book titled ‘The Great Comic Book Heroes’ compiled and annotated by Jules Feiffer. What inspired Tarantino to write these popular lines? After a quick research on internet, thanks to Google, I found the reason behind the influence. I was always a big fan of QT, but this was something marvelous. The calm and composed, yet sadistic, Bill (David Carradine) narrating this long monologue to injured Bride (Uma Thurman) remain as one of the best Tarantino sequence ever. I forgot all the slaughter, and blood spill. Clark Kent is Superman’s critique on the whole human race.”Īfter watching both Kill Bills in one go, only this long monologue remained in my head. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He’s weak, he’s unsure of himself, he’s a coward. That’s the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. What Kent wears – the glasses, the business suit – that’s the costume. His outfit with the big red “S”, that’s the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he’s Superman. And it is in that characteristic Superman stands alone. He has to put on a costume to become Spider-Man. When that character wakes up in the morning, he’s Peter Parker. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is there’s the superhero and there’s the alter ego. But the mythology … the mythology is not only great, it’s unique……About two minutes, just long enough for me to finish my point. I find the whole mythology surrounding superheroes fascinating. “As you know, I’m quite keen on comic books.

The Great Comic Book Heroes by Jules Feiffer