Theocratically speaking, Superman could fit in any kind of culture or country. He is undeniably stereotype super hero. But is superman American hero? Indeed he is an American character, but is he typical American character ? My answer is yes, even though superman is kind of too good to be true, and even alien like power makes his character somewhat non-realistic. However, since America is all about this perfect, and going by the book society, Superman is an American character. Some people may say he is not, but he is. Also, the way he grew up is all about American frontier, and represent immigrants who moved into America. Superman grew up in farm and moved into the urban society. His transformation into urban society is representing the time superman was born, and at that time it was time of transformation and frontier for American society. Also, he represented immigrant society, and American dream by moving into urban society and becoming a superhero of urban society.
To begin with, I really do like the idea of reading a comic about comics. I think it's a great idea and it's very well executed. As I was reading the first two chapters, I was surprised at how many examples there were of art in recent (and ancient, in some cases) history that are variations of "sequential visual art" and thus the foundations of modern comics. I'd never even thought about it before and it was hard to believe how many different kinds there were. I also love all the discussion about how our human brains automatically interpret certain images in a specific way, how we see others constantly but we identify ourselves when we look at cartoons, and how inanimate objects automatically becomes extensions of our bodies. The pyramid of styles was very interesting too as a way to conceptualize and almost graph or "place" a specific art style in comics. In Comic Book Nation , I enjoyed reading about the evolution of early comics from "funnies...
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