[[Two people stand in a small restaurant or party of some sort; there are various individuals chatting in the background and paintings on the wall.]]
Comic Fan: I feel like you see the SUPERMAN-AS-CHRIST-FIGURE metaphor a lot.
Comic Fan: But consider THIS:
Comic Fan: Jor-El and Lara were the only ones who could see that Krypton was doomed.
Comic Fan: So they constructed an ARK to save what they could - their son Kal-El.
Comic Fan: In this reading, Superman represents NOT Christ, but all the animals of Noah's Ark!
Comic Fan: Think about it - it's so OBVIOUS!
Comic Fan: He can fly - LIKE A BIRD. He's strong - LIKE A GORILLA.
Comic Fan: He has super eyesight - LIKE A CAT. He has super breath - LIKE A WHALE.
Comic Fan: He has tough skin - LIKE A RHINO. He has super hearing - LIKE A BAT. He's very fast - LIKE A CHEETAH.
Comic Fan: He has heat vision - LIKE, uh, one of those BLOOD-SPITTING IGUANAS
Comic Fan: He has X-ray vision - ALSO probably like those iguanas
Comic Fan: He can survive in space - JUST LIKE those iguanas, I'm pretty sure
[[The comic fan's friend appears doubtful. The comic fan squints her eyes in suspicion.]]
Doubter: I... don't think you know very much about iguanas.
Comic Fan: Or do I know TOO MUCH
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{{alt-text: Ever see an iguana sunning itself on a rock? BEING ENERGIZED BY OUR YELLOW SUN??}}
Ever see an iguana sunning itself on a rock? BEING ENERGIZED BY OUR YELLOW SUN??
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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