Published on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 3:49am
You know, SUPERMAN wasn't born on Krypton... But The House That Birthed Him Needs Your Help! Save Superman's Home!!!
Hey folks, Harry here - There's a lot of charities and worthy causes in the world. All of them are very much worth donating to. Whether it is something like Katrina, Pediatric Cancer or whatever other pet charity you folks know of. Well - I've got one that maybe you haven't heard of.
It's one about preserving History. About a group of geeks like us, that went on a pilgrimage to find the house that birthed SUPERMAN. Popular legend has it that Superman was born on Krypton. First off, how is that even possible? Did they speak English on KRYPTON. Was it on Krypton that he leapt buildings in a single bound? Did they even have bullets he could race on Krypton? I think not. At the very least - some reporter that beheld this marvel from Krypton named him... but in actuality - SUPERMAN was birthed by Siegel & Shuster - and the house where it happened was in Cleveland of all places. The town from A CHRISTMAS STORY.
And two summers ago when I traveled to Cleveland to attend the Alamo Drafthouse's Rolling Roadshow screening of A CHRISTMAS STORY at the fabled house where it all went down... It was amazing. That major prize from Italy was in the window. And inside the house everything was as our collective memories kept it. That's because somebody cared. All the BIRTHPLACES for everything that you've ever visited that got preserved - and that perhaps you've visited, that your grandparents took you to, that your parents took you to... or that perhaps you'll take your kids one day. Well those places are there because people like us said, "NO - IT WON'T BE TORE DOWN" and we gave what we could to preserve it.
That's what this post is about - Over at OrdinaryPeopleChangeTheWorld.Com A large gathering of Comic Folks have been setting about a movement to preserve the house that gave us SUPERMAN.
Wow. Can you imagine? We could lose that spot. We could lose a spot that bore the kernal that made so many heroic. How many soldiers, firefighters, policemen, journalists, comic folks and film folks wouldn't have dreamt of SUPERMAN, been inspired by his feats - had this house not given them that comfort to dream. This is the house that incubated those dreams.
Right now - they're working on raising about $50,000 to preserve the exterior of the house before they tackle the inside. This is urgent - as without preservation, the house could go in the next few months.
Now - if you just want to make a donation - Click Here!
In addition to setting up a donation area - they've assembled a great deal of loot that they're auctioning off - with all the funds going towards saving this house. OH - I got your attention. What sort of stuff you ask?
Along with work from Neil Gaiman, Dan Brereton, Dave Gibbons, Allen Bellman, George Perez, Travis Charest, Ian Churchill and the opportunity to have a character named after you in Greg Rucka's latest work.
BUT wait - there's more! In future weeks you could end up on an episode of HEROES, own a painting by Alex Ross - along with art from a stunning array of artists - and even VIP seats on the set of THE COLBERT REPORT!!!
The point of all of this is to one day have a shrine to the man of steel and the creators behind him. It is too much to dream that an angel would come and single handedly rescue the Man of Steel's birthplace... and honestly... that's not fitting. What's fitting is if we all did it. If we all came together and justified every sense of truth, justice and the American Way that Superman taught us. That we people of Earth are worth caring about, because we care right on back.
Well... don't ya?
"Moriarty" here.
Want some exclusive artwork to sweeten this article up even more? Hmmmmmm?
I'll bet you do. Here's some that Brad Meltzer hisself sent over for you guys:
I'm talking about exclusive art from John Cassaday and Murphy Anderson.
You see what caring gets you? It gets you EXCLUSIVE ARTWORK!
