These Superman cartoons still stand up today, despite being produced in the 1940s. Sure, they might be light on story, but they look great. Now, Warner Bros. is releasing a collection of them all. Press release (and video clip) below.
Warner Bros. and DC comics opened the vault to release the very first animated DC Comics Superman cartoons. Commonly known as the Fleischer Superman Cartoons, the series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films will be released on DVD as a 2-disc collection featuring 17 action-packed vintage theatrical cartoons.
The Max Fleischer Superman title also includes great bonus features including a revealing documentary which defines the tradition of the “Super Human” archetype of hero and why Superman resonates with fans on such a deep and personal level. Also included in the bonus features are interviews with surviving members, relatives and biographers of the animation and production team and contemporary animators such as Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series), Paul Dini and Dan Riba (Superman: The Animated Series) who detail the influence these cartoons have had on their own works.
Top Cow Productions, Inc. revealed today the names of the participating retailers in their “Let Us Win YOU Over” initiative for April and the program would continue the second part of their “War of the Witchblades” storyline – Witchblade #126.
Press release below from Image, which is good news for those who like all-ages fun and frivolity in their superhero reading.
I’ve been reading the Superman Homepage for, well, years now. It’s the place to go for all your Supes-related news. Yesterday, being April Fool’s Day, they launched a few pearlers. 
Challengers Comics is throwing a city wide party this Saturday April 4th, 2009 at 5pm.
This is sad. I loved Angel, the Buffy TV series spin off. Sure, David Boranaz isn’t the greatest actor, but Angel was awesome -perhaps even better than Buffy. Not as funny, but it had characters worth caring for and those lovely cliff hanger endings that creator Joss Whedon (and fanboys) love so much. The singing demon Lorne was one of the show’s highlights and the light to the dark the stories often presented. Sadly, the actor who played Lorne, Andy Hallet has passed away. He died on Sunday, at the age of 33-the same age as me, as a result of his heart disease. His impact on the show was great, and his return to the series in the final episode was a truly effective surprise.
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