Category: illustrations

All men are equal, where one excels in mental ability, another may excel in physical strength and power. My Last few posts have explained the heroes from my question, the ‘traditional hero’ and the ‘marvel misfit’. I have looked closely at the two and also influences surrounding them. I think that the genre see the…

Marvels ability to pick up on the social concerns was the start of another popular culture. 1960’s saw a fear of radiation. This influenced the Character called ‘The Incredible Hulk’. He was created by the same two men that created the famous Spiderman. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had amazing talent of creating characters that…

In the 1960s a new creation of superhero was designed. An artist called Stan Lee had come up with a hero that the genre could relate too. He caught a cold, had flu, ached after he fought and missed vital appointments. A hero that forgot to pay his rent and can’t afford new shoes. He…

Superman is one of the most famous and popular comic book superheroes. The idea of a man with a dual identity stems from two men, writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. They created the character in 1932 and were first pictured in a small comic called ‘science fiction’ (January 1933). This comic by Siegel…

Comics have been the most noticed, popular but least appreciated forms of art. The comic is targeted at a wide range of genres. These include action, romance, adventure and humour. Action comic books are formed from a combination of the newspaper comic strips and pulp fiction. They present visions of strength, heroism, secret powers and…

Superheroes have been a huge success and have been going since 1930’s. These heroes have fought evil villains, monsters, aliens and even each other. Throughout their long history. Stories that are either utter triumph or utter disaster, these are superhero’s at their best. Displaying tremendous strength and powers, keeping peace with the law but defeating…