Sometimes It’s Only Madness That

We Love Our Superheroes Because They Refuse To Give Up On Us. We Can Analyze Them Out Of Existence, Kill Them, Ban Them, Mock Them, And Still They Return, Patiently Reminding Us Of Who We Are And What We Wish We Could Be.

We're The New Power, Come To Replace The Old. Cameras In The Head, Children With Microchips, Spin Doctors Rewriting Reality As It Happens.

I Think That Superhero Comics In Particular Are Really Useful For Talking About Big Emotions And Feelings, And Personifying And Concretizing Symbols.

The 'medium' Is Unaware Of Its Attractiveness, That's All. Everyone Loves Comics. I've Proven This To My Own Satisfaction By Handing Them Out To Acountants, Insurance Brokers, Hairdressers, Mothers Of Children, Black Belts, Pop Stars, Taxi Drivers, Painters, Lesbians, Doctors Etc. Etc. The X-files, Buffy, The Matrix, X-men - Mainstream Culture Is Not What It Once Was When Science Fiction And Comics Fans Huddled In Cellars Like Gnostic Christians Dodging The Romans. We Should Come Up Into The Light Soon Before We Suffocate.

Then I Reminded Myself That All Intelligent Children Suffer Bad Dreams.