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Come to My Free Library Talk on Superheroes
Posted: November 21, 2011
This Wednesday November 23rd, 6.30-8pm, as part of the Comica 2011 Festival, Islington Central Library, 2 Fieldway Crescent, London N5 1PF kindly invited me back to talk about my passion for comics. This time, I’ll be giving an illustrated lecture about superheroes. Rather than some definitive history, The History and Future of Superheroes! will be a more quirky and personal take, reflecting my shifting tastes in this predominant genre in American comic books and sharing some of the controversies and questions they raise, from their Golden Age origins to today’s multi-platform ‘superbrands’.
I hope it will also open out into some discussion with the audience about we love and loathe about these 20th century icons. This talk also ties in with the new guide I have edited and co-written, 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die, which of course includes a fair few outstanding superheroes, American and international. Copies will be on sale after and I’ll be happy to sign yours for you.
This is a free Comica event but numbers are limited. So to obtain a ticket please phone 0207 527 6960 or email angelica.ashcroft[at]islington.gov.uk - see you there and remember, the dress-code is capes and cowls!
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