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Friday, January 09, 2009

Boys of Steel: The Jewish Origins of Superman - Tue., Jan. 13th @ 8:15 PM

Superman thundered into existence in 1934, the product of two Jewish teens (Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) creating a character who was everything they were not. Marc Tyler Nobleman - author of Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman, the first-ever illustrated biography on the superhero genre and the rise of comic books - shares secrets and rare, unpublished photos about the creation of the world’s first comic book superhero.

Location: 92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY

Price: $27.00

There's a Comicology.TV interview with Nobleman on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrbQ6R9yhUQ.

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