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SWAMP THING-BATMAN free webinar 8/30

Aug 23, 2023 | 0 Comments

Wednesday, August 30 @ 6:00pm EST:

“WHEN SWAMP THING MET BATMAN” free webinar!

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!

So come to comic book historian (The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) Arlen Schumer’s SWAMP THING-BATMAN webinar, as he’ll discuss and dissect not only that issue, but the entire SWAMP THING run by Wrightson and writer/co-creator Len Wein–supplemented by background material and black & white original art–dynamically displaying its pages, panels, and covers in ways that will make you see their magnificent SWAMP THING series as if for the first time!

ZOOM MEETING: https://bit.ly/3st2QV2

MEETING ID: 852 7678 7610

PASSCODE: 575304

MANHUNTER-Walt Simonson webinar by Arlen Schumer

Jul 31, 2023 | 0 Comments

Thursday, August 3 @ 6:00pm EST:

“THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF MANHUNTER” free webinar!

Monday, July 31, 2023 marked the exact 50th Anniversary of the newsstand release of the debut appearance of the 1970s version of the DC Comics superhero MANHUNTER, written by one of the great comic book writers of the 20th Century, ARCHIE GOODWIN, and illustrated by one of the greatest comic book artists of the 20th and 21st Centuries, WALT SIMONSON!

Though MANHUNTER was only a backup feature that ran for just 7 episodes, it won numerous comic book industry awards, and is the series that made Simonson’s bones!

So come to comic book historian (The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) Arlen Schumer’s MANHUNTER webinar, as he’ll discuss and dissect the innovative series–supplemented by background material and black & white original art–dynamically displaying its pages and panels in ways that will make you see Goodwin & Simonson’s magnificent MANHUNTER as if for the first time!

ZOOM MEETING: https://bit.ly/3OEwsaY

MEETING ID: 841 3920 2428

PASSCODE: 072474

THE SHADOW of KALUTA pt2 free webinar 7/19

Jul 9, 2023 | 0 Comments

This Wednesday, July 19 @ 6:00pm EST:

“THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHADOW BY KALUTA Part 2″ free webinar!

Last Wednesday, July 12th, 2023 marked the exact 50th Anniversary of the newsstand release of the first comic book issue of what many comic book and pop culture aficionados consider the definitive version of one of the 20th Century’s greatest fictional characters (and a forerunner to superheroes), THE SHADOW, illustrated by one of the greatest comic book artists and illustrators of the 20th and 21st Centuries, MICHAEL WM. KALUTA–and all five of Kaluta’s 1973-4 issues were discussed and dissected!

So come to Part 2 of comic book historian (The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) Arlen Schumer’s Shadow-Kaluta webinar, as he’ll do the same with the balance of Kaluta’s Shadow-works to date–supplemented by background material and black & white original art–dynamically displaying their covers, panels and pages in ways that will make you see Kaluta’s magnificent SHADOW as if for the first time!

ZOOM MEETING: https://bit.ly/3Q67Qcj

MEETING ID: 819 6748 7069

PASSCODE: 188763

THE SHADOW of KALUTA free webinar 7/12

Jul 1, 2023 | 0 Comments

Wednesday, July 12 @ 6:00pm EST:

“THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SHADOW BY KALUTA” free webinar!

July 12th, 2023 marks the exact 50th Anniversary of the newsstand release of the first comic book issue of what many comic book and pop culture aficionados consider the definitive version of one of the 20th Century’s greatest fictional characters, and a forerunner to superheroes, THE SHADOW, illustrated by one of the greatest comic book artists and illustrators of the 20th and 21st Centuries, MICHAEL WM. KALUTA!

So come to comic book historian (The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) Arlen Schumer’s new webinar, as he’ll discuss and dissect all five of Kaluta’s 1973-4 issues (supplemented by background material and black & white original art), dynamically displaying their covers, panels and pages in ways that will make you see Kaluta’s magnificent SHADOW as if for the first time!

ZOOM MEETING: bit.ly/3NWBG1l

MEETING ID: 824 2995 1810

PASSCODE: 796822

JOKER-BATMAN free webinar 5/10

May 3, 2023 | 0 Comments

Wednesday, May 10 @ 6:00pm EST:

“THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREATEST JOKER-BATMAN STORY” free webinar!

This summer marks the 50th Anniversary of what many comic book aficionados consider the single greatest Joker-Batman story of all time, “The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge,” written by Denny O’Neil and illustrated by Neal Adams, published in Batman #251, September 1973.

With apologies to that other “greatest Joker-Batman story of all time,” Alan Moore’s and Brian Bolland’s 1988 graphic novelette “The Killing Joke,” it would not have been possible without the impact and long-lasting esteem the O’Neil-Adams story is justly renowned for, re-establishing the Joker’s original persona of homicidal maniac, for the modern era.

So come to comic book historian (The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) Arlen Schumer’s new webinar, as he’ll discuss and dissect this landmark issue, dynamically displaying its cover, panels and pages in ways that will make you see the single greatest Joker-Batman story of all time as if for the first time!

ZOOM MEETING: https://bit.ly/3M2Jqhr

MEETING ID: 896 8474 1608

PASSCODE: 018673

NEW YORK CITY in COMICS webinar via NY Adventure Club 5/19

Apr 28, 2023 | 0 Comments

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!

The famous skyline, buildings, and environment of New York City have been as much a part of American comic art history as any of its most famous characters and superheroes who lived in it, and whose exploits and adventures took place there. The very first modern American comic strip appearing in 1895, Richard Outcault’s The Yellow Kid, took place in the immigrant tenement slums of the City.

And up through the 20th Century and the evolution of the comic book and the genre most associated with it, the superhero, New York City would be the setting for so many of its super-powered protagonists, even if they lived in thinly-disguised versions of the City, like Superman’s Metropolis and Batman’s Gotham City.

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!

TIX: https://bit.ly/3HirdJB

•••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

Apr 28, 2023 | 0 Comments

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!

TIX: https://bit.ly/422cD1z

•••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

Apr 20, 2023 | 0 Comments

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!

TIX: https://bit.ly/3KUps6x

•••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

Apr 4, 2023 | 0 Comments

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!

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!

TIX: https://bit.ly/3Uazhl4

•••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

Mar 21, 2023 | 0 Comments

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”!

TIX: https://bit.ly/3JyPJXw

***Can’t make it live? Register and get access to the full replay for one week!

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