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Sagatrope’s Postmodern Classics— #1: Superfolks From Wikipedia: ——-  Super-Folks is a 1977 novel by Robert Mayer (hb ISBN 0-207-95814-9, pb ISBN 0-417-05460-2). The novel satirizes the superhero and comic book genres, and was aimed at a more adult audience than those genres typically attracted. Super-Folks also examines comic book conventions and clichés from a more serious, “literary” perspective. The novel was influential on many writers of superhero comic books in the 1980s and 1990s, notably Alan Moore and Kurt Busiek. Although the book’s pop culture references clearly date it to the 1970s, its influence on the deconstruction of the superhero genre is still felt through Moore’s Watchmen, Marvelman, and Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?. A modest success upon publication (also featured as a special book club edition), Super Folks eventually fell out of print. It was republished in 2003 in limited quantities by About Comics with a new cover by Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons and an introduction by Busiek. It reprinted again in March 2005 by St. Martin’s Griffin with a new cover by Mike Allred and an introduction by Grant Morrison (ISBN 0-312-33992-5). ——- Read Entire article HERE. Great i09 article on superhero characters in postmodern writings HERE. 

Sagatrope’s Postmodern Classics— #1: Superfolks

From Wikipedia:

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 Super-Folks is a 1977 novel by Robert Mayer (hb ISBN 0-207-95814-9, pb ISBN 0-417-05460-2). The novel satirizes the superhero and comic book genres, and was aimed at a more adult audience than those genres typically attracted.

Super-Folks also examines comic book conventions and clichés from a more serious, “literary” perspective. The novel was influential on many writers of superhero comic books in the 1980s and 1990s, notably Alan Moore and Kurt Busiek. Although the book’s pop culture references clearly date it to the 1970s, its influence on the deconstruction of the superhero genre is still felt through Moore’s Watchmen, Marvelman, and Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?.

A modest success upon publication (also featured as a special book club edition), Super Folks eventually fell out of print. It was republished in 2003 in limited quantities by About Comics with a new cover by Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons and an introduction by Busiek. It reprinted again in March 2005 by St. Martin’s Griffin with a new cover by Mike Allred and an introduction by Grant Morrison (ISBN 0-312-33992-5).

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Read Entire article HERE.

Great i09 article on superhero characters in postmodern writings HERE. 

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