Comments on: Paul Levitz: Fashion and Fantasy

By: Martin Gray

Martin Gray — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:43:20 +0000

Paul, thank you for the tribute to Jim Mooney on this week’s DC Nation page. I wasn’t expecting it and burst out crying in the diner on reading it. Which is fine - it’s a tribute to how much Jim’s work gave me some of my best childhood reading pleasure.

By: douglas

douglas — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:16:10 +0000

Peter and Vinnie: Ah. Thanks, I did not know that about Ditko. I thought perhaps he might be peeved over some past work he was uncompensated for, and shown at the Met or something, etc. But that did not seem to fit in the context of the blog article. Thanks again. -d.

By: Arion

Arion — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:24:27 +0000

Wonderful piece, Paul. Now I’m dying to visit the exhibition.

By: Torsten Adair

Torsten Adair — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:17:52 +0000

There is an online slideshow of the exhibition at the Met website, as well as an exhibition catalog published by Yale University Press.

So, Mr. Levitz, what will happen to the statue once the exhibit is over? Might we see them at a future con?

Regarding the various clothing licenses… does DC maintain an archive of the various T-shirts, hoodies, underoos, shoes, etc.?

By: Peter Svensson

Peter Svensson — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:02:01 +0000

Douglas, Steve Ditko has a long standing policy of avoiding publicity. There are no interviews with him, no photos, no public appearances.

By: Vinnie Bartilucci

Vinnie Bartilucci — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:01:59 +0000

Steve Ditko eschews publicity. He does not do interviews, he does not appear at photo ops and he does not make public appearances. Not a recluse per se, he just sees no reason to put himself in the limelight, letting his work speak for him.
And my wife, bless her, has met him at least twice.

By: douglas

douglas — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:32:23 +0000

“Steve Ditko won’t show on principle…..” Does anyone know what this means? Is Ditko bitter about something or did I miss something obvious? Thanks.

By: Vinnie Bartilucci

Vinnie Bartilucci — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:09:02 +0000

The statues looked a HELL of a lot taller then twelve feet to me.

I’m sorry I missed seeing you at the show.

By: Tim O'Shea

Tim O'Shea — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:06:58 +0000

BTW, it may be the Matt Salinger Cap movie costume that’s frightening me…

More importantly, here’s a link to a news story covering “People of The (Comic) Book: Jews In American Comics”
http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/050808/pmbComicsMavensReveal.html

While I think the author left off the word experts in her lede (thus leading to imply Claremont and Levitz are Jewish superheroes…) it has some great quotes, such as this one:

“The bulk of superheroes,” said Levitz, “reflected not so much an identity as Jews or even Holocaust issues, but a sense of social justice. They were very much left of center. There was a very great class consciousness in the material.”

I’d love to learn more about Andre Benhaim’s course from just the little I’ve read about it.

By: Tim O'Shea

Tim O'Shea — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:54:57 +0000

In the interim, here is the Met’s official website for the exhibit
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/superheroes/index.asp

Any exhibit that features the 1970s Captain America TV series costume both intrigues and frightens me.

By: JK Parkin

JK Parkin — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:04:32 +0000

“I’d like to see more pictures of this…Are they on their way or do we get just the two?”

There are more coming on the main site … tomorrow, I think.

By: Rod

Rod — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:55:15 +0000

Very neat. Wish I lived in the New York area to go see it. As for the whole movie comment. What about the small screen? DC and Warner have brought their characters to T.V. over the last few years but it doesn’t match the movies? Cartoons such as Justice League Unlimited and shows as Smallville have done very well. 8 years of Smallville easily brings more awarness than any movies. The Justice League cartoon lasted years also along with various Batman cartoons. Millions of viewers watch or watched these various shows not just thousands. And please let us not see a race just to get movie projects out the door. Constantine, Road to Perdition, and V for Vendatta are great movies though fanboys seem to forget they were based on DC properties. Plus next year Watchmen. Spiderman movies seems done now while DC still has possiblities with all their characters. Quality over quantity please. And Paul feel free to write a Legion story like say an annual anytime!

By: some guy

some guy — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:48:57 +0000

I’d like to see more pictures of this…Are they on their way or do we get just the two?

By: Nicholas Post

Nicholas Post — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:18:27 +0000

WB and DC’s weapon before the Dark Knight is the upcoming DVD animation Dark Knight.

So they are doing fine.

By: Zenstrive

Zenstrive — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:43:31 +0000

Those statues better appear in Trinity

By: Scott Mateo

Scott Mateo — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:23:30 +0000

I was reading some back issues of THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS, and from what I understand you and Bob Rozakis used to be pretty tight when you were both chipmunks. Do you guys still keep in touch and any chance of seeing any of his work reprinted, like ‘MAZING MAN, or some of his TEEN TITANS or FREEDOM FIGHTERS?

By: Rob S.

Rob S. — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:50:04 +0000

*Do* movies create more awareness? It’s broader awareness, certainly — everyone knows who Iron Man is right now, and the same will be true of the Hulk and Batman later in the year — but I’d suggest that cartoons create deeper awareness of the universe and context of the characters — and do it among a very impressionable audience.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:41:14 +0000

Hey Paul,

Awesome that you take time to do this. I definitely appreciate it.

I do have a question, and I’ll be frank with you about it. It seems like Marvel is embarrassing DC and Time Warner in the movie department, and while TW and DC are kicking butt in the animation front, let’s face it, movies bring more awareness. I know there have been problems with scripts and money and producers and etc, but what is TW and DC doing to better this situation?