{"id":540,"date":"2007-07-25T09:38:42","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T16:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=540"},"modified":"2007-12-08T16:43:08","modified_gmt":"2007-12-08T23:31:08","slug":"jewish-panel-at-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Panel At Comic-Con"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Wills has a "geek blog" for the Jewish Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From his profile: "A Jewlatto who edits and writes for The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. He’s been online since the mid-1980s, when he bought a 1,200-baud modem for his Commodore 64 after seeing “War Games.”"<\/p>\n

Adam writes:<\/p>\n

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For those lucky enough to be attending the sold-out ComicCon<\/a> July 26-29, be sure to check out:<\/p>\n

Friday, 10:30-11:30
\nComics Arts Conference Session #5: Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero—<\/strong>Superheroes were created by Jews. Is that significant, or a complete coincidence and no big deal? In a reading from his provocative new Continuum book, Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero<\/em>, longtime Spider-Man editor and author of Superman on the Couch<\/em> Danny Fingeroth<\/strong> explores the backgrounds of the young, largely Jewish men from Eastern European backgrounds who created the most well-known superheroes. Fingeroth will discuss how the creators’ Jewish backgrounds may have helped make superheroes the most familiar popular culture icons of all—on TV, in movies, and in electronic media, as well as in comics. Room 30AB<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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