Arlen’s Events Blog
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SWAMP THING-BATMAN free webinar 8/30
Wednesday, August 30 @ 6:00pm EST:
August 2023 marks the 50th Anniversary of the newsstand release of the much-anticipated first meeting between DC Comics’ relatively new character, SWAMP THING, and their longtime star, BATMAN!
“Much-anticipated” because everyone, both fans and pros alike, was looking forward to how superstar artist BERNI WRIGHTSON would illustrate the Dark Knight! And he did NOT disappoint; the issue is considered the high-water mark of Wrightson’s run of ten issues!
MANHUNTER-Walt Simonson webinar by Arlen Schumer
Thursday, August 3 @ 6:00pm EST:
THE SHADOW of KALUTA pt2 free webinar 7/19
This Wednesday, July 19 @ 6:00pm EST:
“THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHADOW BY KALUTA Part 2″ free webinar!
THE SHADOW of KALUTA free webinar 7/12
JOKER-BATMAN free webinar 5/10
“THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATEST JOKER-BATMAN STORY” free webinar!
NEW YORK CITY in COMICS webinar via NY Adventure Club 5/19
Friday, May 19 @ 5:30pm EST:
“NEW YORK COMICS: Images of the City in Comic Art History” webinar via NY Adventure Club!
As much as the original superheroes themselves, New York City itself has played a prominent role in the history of American comic art!
So come join New York Adventure Club and illustrator & comic book/pop culture historian Arlen Schumer (author/designer, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art), as he presents a verbal and visual overview of images of New York City in comic art history!
•••CAN’T make it LIVE? Register and get access to the full replay for ONE WEEK!
VIVIAN MAIER webinar via NY Adventure Club 5/3
Wednesday, May 3 @ 5:30pm EST:
“VIVIAN MAIER: The Greatest Photographer of the 20th Century?” webinar via NY Adventure Club!
The life, career, and truly unbelievable story of American photographer VIVIAN MAIER (1926-2009) gives truth to the adage that “truth is stranger than fiction.”
How else to describe how a woman with no formal artistic training could take over 100,000 photographs in her lifetime, hardly develop or print any of them, die unknown and unmourned—and then, in the quirkiest of fates, have her works accidentally discovered posthumously by a young photographer, who brings them to public exposure and subsequent acclaim, fame and renown?
So join New York Adventure Club and pop culture historian Arlen Schumer (author/designer, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) as we explore the life and career of Maier, and how her esteemed body of photographic works measures up to some of the greatest photographers of the 20th Century!
•••CAN’T make it LIVE? Register and get access to the full replay for ONE WEEK!
1964 webinar (Part 2) via NY Adventure Club 4/27
Thursday, April 27 @ 5:30pm EST:
“1964: When The ’60s Became The ’60s (Part 2: July-Dec)” webinar via NY Adventure Club!
While the 20th century is packed with culturally defining moments in American entertainment history, no year was more transformative than 1964!
In a single year, American popular culture changed forever with musical moments like The Beatles’ debut on American television and Bob Dylan’s declarative “The Times They Are a-Changin’”; theatrical debuts like Fiddler on the Roof and Funny Girl (featuring Barbara Streisand); and film debuts like Mary Poppins and Goldfinger! And so much more!
So join New York Adventure Club and pop culture historian Arlen Schumer (author/designer, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) as we go month-by-month through the year (Part 2 covers July-December, while last week’s Part 1 covered January-June), presenting a plethora of classic still images and vintage film clips, to uncover the artistic moments and stories that shaped 1964 into one of the greatest years in American pop culture history!
•••CAN’T MAKE IT LIVE? Register and get access to the full replay for one week!•••
1964 webinar (Part 1) via NY Adventure Club 4/20
Thursday, April 20 @ 5:30pm EST:
“1964: When The ’60s Became The ’60s (Part 1: Jan-June)” webinar via NY Adventure Club!
While the 20th century is packed with culturally defining moments in American entertainment history, no year was more transformative than 1964!
In a single year, American popular culture changed forever with musical moments like The Beatles’ debut on American television and Bob Dylan’s declarative “The Times They Are a-Changin’”; theatrical debuts like Fiddler on the Roof and Funny Girl (featuring Barbara Streisand); and film debuts like Mary Poppins and Goldfinger! And so much more!
So join New York Adventure Club and pop culture historian Arlen Schumer (author/designer, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) as we go month-by-month through the year (Part 1 covers January-June, while next week’s Part 2 covers July-December), presenting a plethora of classic still images and vintage film clips, to uncover the artistic moments and stories that shaped 1964 into one of the greatest years in American pop culture history!
•••CAN’T MAKE IT LIVE? Register and get access to the full replay for one week!•••
CHRIST in COMICS webinar via NY Adventure Club 4/7
FRIDAY, APRIL 7 @ 5:30pm EST:
“CHRIST IN COMICS” webinar via NY Adventure Club!
“For Jor-el so loved the world he gave his only begotten son, with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men!”
Ever since superheroes first burst upon the American scene in the late 1930s, they have always used their mighty super powers defending the causes of “truth, justice and the American way,” to quote the famous motto of the first superhero, Superman.
But there is something more, something embedded in the superhero mythos that goes deeper than their surface feats of derring-do. Because for all of their mighty displays of super-strength, speed, flight, heightened senses or occult, supernatural powers, the greatest superpower of them all is the power of love: the love every superhero has for the people they’re protecting from harm or rescuing from the forces of evil.
Some of the most memorable stories in the history of comics have been about superheroes sacrificing their lives for their friends, families, or mankind itself. “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends,” from John 15:13, is one of the most memorable passages in The New Testament.
So come join comic book-style illustrator and historian Arlen Schumer (author/designer, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) as he explores how superheroes in American comic book history have always reflected Christological aspects of heroism and self-sacrifice, whether overtly, subconsciously or unconsciously; you’ll see some of your favorite superheroes and comic book art in ways that will make “all seem new again”!