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FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE TO THE UPPER EAST SIDE: I'm proud to announce I'll be presenting my VisuaLecture on THE CENTENNIAL OF THE KING OF COMICS, JACK KIRBY, at THE premier think tank in New York City, the 92 Street Y! Tuesday, Oct 10th @ 7:00 pm Tickets: https://www.92y.org/event/the-centennial-of-the-king-of-comics.aspx #jackkirby #kirby #arlenschumer #92stY #92streetY #the92streetY #thesilverageofcomicbookart #superheroes #Marvelcomics #DCcomics #comics #comicart #comicbooks #comicbookart #comicshistory #comicarthistory #comicbookhistory #comicbookarthistory

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New York Adventure Club announces its "GREAT COMIC BOOK ARTISTS OF THE SILVER AGE" summertime webinar series starting July 6! Some of the greatest comic book artists of their generation created some of their greatest works during The Silver Age of Comics (circa 1956-1972); they not only drew definitive versions of the industry’s greatest characters— the same ones featured in today’s blockbuster Hollywood movies and television series—but also set trends in the art of comic book storytelling itself! And now New York Adventure Club is hosting a brand new summertime webinar series by noted comic book historian Arlen Schumer, based on the eight great comic book artists in his award-winning book, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art! So whether you’re a longtime comic book reader who’s familiar with the original comics, or a newcomer from the films and TV shows based on them, Schumer’s dynamic displays of comic book covers, pages, and panels, coupled with his witty and trenchant pop culture commentary, will make you look at, and enjoy, the works of these great American artists as if for the first time! REGISTER for the ENTIRE webinar series and get a DISCOUNT! TIX & INFO: https://bit.ly/3OslCSP •••CAN’T make it LIVE? A ticket allows you to watch a recording of each webinar for up to a week after! #arlenschumer #comicbookhistory #comicbookhistorian #thesilverageofcomicbookart #carmineinfantino #steveditkoart #jackkirbyart #gilkaneart #joekubert #genecolan #jimsterankoart #nealadamsart @dgareps @dbbushman @richard_syrett https://www.instagram.com/p/CfUK3sWL6ea/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[arlenschumer]

THURSDAY, MAY 20 @ 9:30pm EST: THE SILVER AGE OF COMIC BOOK ART webinar! Some of the greatest comic book artists of their generation created some of their greatest works during The Silver Age of Comics (circa 1956-1972). They not only drew definitive versions of the medium's greatest characters—the ones being made into films and television shows today—but often set trends in the art of comic book storytelling itself! And while their art reflected the dominant motifs of the 1960s, from the futuristic idealism of the Kennedy years to the post-Vietnam realism of the late ‘60s, the superheroes they drew changed as well—from establishment conservatives like Superman, The Flash and Green Lantern, to counterculture liberals like Spider-Man, Dr. Strange and Green Arrow. Join @nyadventureclub and comic book-style illustrator and historian Arlen Schumer (The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) as we explore the origins of the superhero tradition, its personification of American ideals and values, and how these attitudes and portrayals changed during that most turbulent of 20th Century decades! TIX: https://bit.ly/2SZxSSV CAN'T make it LIVE? Register and get access to the full replay for one week! @dgareps #arlenschumer #thesilverageofcomicbookart #thesilveragecomics #superhero #superheroes #dccomics #marvelcomics #comics #comicbooks #comicbookart #comicshistory #comicbookhistory #comicbookhistorian #comicarthistory #carmineinfantino #steveditko #jackkirby #gilkane #joekubert #genecolan #jimsteranko #nealadams #murphyanderson #johnbuscema #nickcardy #wallywood #curtswan #superman #spiderman #greenarrow https://www.instagram.com/p/CPBGi3vhBuw/?utm_medium=tumblr

[arlenschumer]

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY I will be debuting the ONLY New York-area showing of my new VisuaLecture, "1968: THE YEAR IN COMICS" on Saturday, December 1st @ noon at WINTERCON: http://nywintercon.com "The year 1968 is known as one of the most tumultuous years for America in the 1960s, if not in all its history—political and cultural upheaval, the Vietnam War and its protests and demonstrations, the horrific assassinations of King and Kennedy—but in the arts, it was a creative watershed: The Beatles charted their greatest single with “Hey Jude”; in film, director Stanley Kubrick released his timeless masterpiece, 2001: a Space Odyssey; and in the field of comic books, 1968 has to be considered one of its greatest years, because so many Hall-of-Fame artists created some of their best-known, most seminal works of their entire careers, featuring their most iconic characters. My VisuaLecture will detail those creators and their creations in that most impactful year of 1968." #wintercon #arlenschumer #thesilverageofcomics #thesilverageofcomicbookart #superheroes #comicbooks #DCcomics #marvelcomics https://www.instagram.com/p/BqkXwaCB81O/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f04z8y0uww9f

[arlenschumer]

DAYS OF DITKO, Day 4: in honor of his passing, I will post a different spread from my book, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art, with its accompanying text--mostly by Ditko himself--for the next week, as we all sit SHIVA (noun, Judaism: a period of seven days' formal mourning for the dead) for STEVE DITKO. "The thirty-nine issues and two annuals Steve drew had the essence of strangeness, of darkness, that not even the massive success and consequent loss of a single guiding spirit could obliterate. Spidey is Spidey and no one else because of Steve Ditko.” –Steve Englehart, DC and Marvel Comics writer Strangeness and darkness meet in Ditko’s Spider-sense design... “At some point,” Ditko said, “I took a pencil and drew squiggly lines radiating from Spider-man’s head and said to Stan, Spider-Man has ‘spider senses,’ the way bats can detect, sense insects, objects at night. “By using a split-face when Peter Parker made or heard any reference to Spider-man, I could show Spider-man in a symbolic presence in ordinary situations…where Spider-Man couldn’t be in costume/action.” http://www.silverageofcomicbookart.com #ditko #steveditko #spiderman #marvelcomics #marvel #superheroes #arlenschumer #thesilverageofcomicbookart #comics #comicbooks #comicbookart #comicshistory #comicbookhistory

[arlenschumer]

THE ORIGIN OF JACK KIRBY’S BLACK PANTHER! My NEW VisuaLecture at the 4th Annual White Plains ComicFest at The Galleria at White Plains, New York Saturday, May 12 @ 2pm "Marvel Studios released their long-awaited and much-anticipated Black Panther film in February 2018, a cinematic version of the Marvel Comics superhero that artist/storyteller Jack Kirby created back in 1965 as The Coal Tiger, a black superhero without a full-face mask—or mask of any sort—that The Black Panther would eventually wear when he debuted in print in ’66. The circumstances surrounding this drastic change, along with details and insight into the character’s fascinating origin and background that Kirby gave him, and how these are—and are not—reflected in the movie, will be discussed and shown by comic book art historian and illustrator Arlen Schumer (who’ll also be signing copies of his hardcover art history book, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art)." More info: https://theconatwp.com #blackpanther #theblackpanther #jackkirby #kirby #marvelcomics #marvel #stanlee #superheroes #blacksuperheroes #arlenschumer #thesilverageofcomicbookart #thesilverageofcomics #comicbooks #comics #comicbookart #comicbookhistory #comicbookarthistory #comicbookhistorians #theblackpanthers #theblackpanthersparty

[arlenschumer]

3 NEW VISUALECTURES FOR 2018! For comic conventions and art/design/cultural institutions, that are specifically tied in to '18 anniversaries and events! The 3rd of 3 is “The Origin of Jack Kirby’s Black Panther”: Marvel Studios will be releasing their long-awaited and much-anticipated Black Panther film in early 2018, a cinematic version of the Marvel Comics superhero that artist/storyteller Jack Kirby created back in 1965 as The Coal Tiger, a black superhero without a full-face mask—or mask of any sort—that The Black Panther would eventually wear when he debuted in print in ’66. The circumstances surrounding this drastic change, along with details and insight into the character’s fascinating origin and background that Kirby gave him, and how these are—and are not—reflected in the movie, will be discussed and shown. Contact me if you'd like me to VisuaLecture for you! #kirby #jackkirby #marvel #marvelcomics #arlenschumer #thesilverageofcomicbookart #comics #comicbooks #comicart #comicbookart #dccomics #DC #comicshistory #comicbookhistory #superheroes #comicbookarthistory #comicarthistory

[arlenschumer]

3 NEW VISUALECTURES FOR 2018! For comic conventions and art/design/cultural institutions, that are specifically tied in to '18 anniversaries and events! The 2nd of 3 is “50 Years of Neal Adams’ Batman”: 2018 marks the 50th Anniversary of Hall-of-Fame comic book artist Neal Adams’ revamping of Batman, in one single issue in the summer of ’68, from the campy clown of the ’66 TV series (that left the air only 3 months before Adams draws him) into the “Dark Knight” we have known and loved ever since. Without Adams doing what he did with the character—bringing him back to his earliest, darker roots after the TV series left him in a campy shambles—a young Frank Miller might not have been inspired to eventually create his influential Dark Knight graphic novel, that in turn inspired all the live action film interpretations that have followed, leading to Batman being one of, if not the, most popular fictional characters in the world. Contact me if you'd like me to VisuaLecture for you! #nealadams #batman #darkknight #thedarkknight #arlenschumer #thesilverageofcomicbookart #comics #comicbooks #comicart #comicbookart #dccomics #DC #comicshistory #comicbookhistory #superheroes #comicbookarthistory #comicarthistory