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encourage Tom Hiddleston “brings it” when playing the role of the witty and crazy daring Loki, as mention by Peter Traver. In the film review “'Avengers': Multiple Marvels, Diminished Fun”, Joe Morgenstern discredits the film, The Avengers, by implying marvel just threw together superheroes and made them a team when he said, “What if Marvel gave a party and everybody came?”. He also mentions how the only star was Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man and how the film only got better when Iron Man…

Different careers call to different types of people, be it working in at a desk or defending their country. This can be shown in the articles The Super Man Behind Super-Man, written by Bijal P. Trivedi and Over the Top, written by Rene Skelton. The article Over the Top talks about photographer Carson Peter and his job photographing dangerous places. The Spider Man Behind Spider-Man talks about Steven Kutcher and how he took his career of being an Entomologist though a twist and began to work in…

Like so many, I felt an undeniable call to action after watching Davis Guggenheim’s film Waiting for Superman. The film poignantly illustrates the imperative need for a long overdue paradigm shift in American education. In the film, activist, educator and founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone, Geoffrey Canada, shares the disillusionment he felt as a child upon realizing that Superman was not coming to save him from the perils of his impoverished South Bronx neighborhood. His message in the film…

was born on October 11, 1913. Joe Simon started off with an art career in the newspaper field. Kirby was just as good as Joe when it came to being known for his drawing style ("Jack Kirby." Encyclopedia of World Biography.) Jack and Joe worked for marvel which published their comics. When Jack and Joe first met they creatively formed a partnership that would lead to the creation of Captain America. Kirby found superhero comics losing popularity, this was fixed when he and Simon made new titles…

Doctor Strange based his anti-patriotism off the causes of this war. The creator of this comical hero was “Steve Ditko” who was born November 2, 1927. He was best known as the artist, and behind Spider-man and the mystical Doctor Strange in the marvel comic books of the 1960s (Ditko,Steve,biography). Although Stan Lee, born December 28, 1922, was the co-creator and wrote one of his first comic book strips that backed up Captain America’s story. He signed his work “ Stan Lee’ which was the…

Twisted Art Squares, circles and triangles - geometric shapes are the building blocks for mosaics and murals. Explore geometry's role in traditional and modern art with Rubik cubes. Join us in making mosaics, street art, design 3D sculptures and learn the secret to making the prefect spiral. Choice 2 A Study of Diversity using Comic Book Ironman, Wonder Woman, and Batman were all introduced to motivate the world that change is possible in the world. With the rise of movies like Avengers, the…

Imagery is a powerful weapon especially if it's presented with audio. That's what the Hollywood is known for. The long list of superheroes that have been created and in some cases introduced by the Hollywood or the media in general. As the popularity of superheroes grew even I was not an exception to have been impressed by their larger than life images. The one superhero that I became fascinated with is called the captain America. The first idea of a superhero came out while the Americans were…

If you have ever watched a movie or read a graphic novel which included super heroes or crime fighters, you likely understand what vigilantism is. Some vigilante characters include spider-man, batman, power rangers, and others like these. These days vigilantism is very popular, especially in the film business. Thor, Captain America, and even the Transformers are all versions of vigilantism which the film industry has marketed off of and has been very successful in doing so. These film versions…

An ironist is a writer that describes a person with positive and powerful attributes, who looks to have everything figured out, but then an event occurs that reverses the previous sentiment about the person. The person is no longer perfect but has faults. An ironist uses the universe and compares it to the fragile nature of humans. Ambrose Bierce reveals this ironist perspective through his story tittles “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” In his story he explains in great detail a man about…

Most of the heroes in the superhero universe can be broken down into three groups. Marvel and DC Comics are the main contributors to this superhero fandom. These two companies even contributed the term superhero. Neither company owns it, they just share it. Many of the interesting heroes/ heroines have brain powers, body powers, and some are even powerless. I like to call this class the Brainiac’s. Not because they are smart, but because they have brain powers. Brain powers include telekinesis,…