Childhood toys

As a child I had two doll houses. One was a barbie doll-house knock-off that never quite fit my barbies (they had to bend over to fit in.) and the other was this:

 

This toy was the coolest. I loved both of my doll houses.  The Wayne Manor had collapsible windows on top that you could crash through. I remember as a child I used to sleep with my batman and robin action figures most nights. Can't seem to track down those exact toys on the interwebs. 

This was my other favorite toy in the entire world:

 

This velociraptor toy was the bane of existence for of anyone who played with me. Always made the barbies marry the dinosaur. But why? One day I accidentally dropped it over by the farm. Years later my dad accidentally dug it up with a tractor and brought it back. Still have it. Such a great toy.

My favorite barbies I owned:

 

Becky. Because she had the best clothes and accessories, and strangely was very pose-able and moveable unlike the other barbies. 

 

 The other was shaving Ken. I have no idea why. Perhaps it has the longer hair. what a strange toy. I think you could style his hair too, but my Ken's hair always looked like that too. I think this toy could also double as "College Ken."

Just this.

 

Women in Refrigerators

So everyone knows comic books can be sexist, and that they can idealize the human body. Both male and female. There is Trope of female superheroes who are brutalized, de-powered or killed to further the story of a male hero. Although coined from a Green Lantern comic, it is present in most forms of story-telling.

Interesting points. Here's the WIR list:. Wiki link here.

Update of sorts.

Now that "Jeff Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis" finally shipped from amazon yesterday. I feel closer to uncovering the truth. Not really, but I am excited. It won't be here for a few weeks sadly. Jeff Smith played Dracula from what I can tell... so I guess there's no guarantee that there will even be a clip with Gregory Battcock as Batman. Still, it looks like it's as close as I'm going to get. They said it's a lost video... but obviously if there are scenes from it in "Jeff Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis" then SOMEONE has a copy. Also, my books arrived from St. John's as well. That's swell. 

 

Still on the topic of Andy Warhol, did you know that he created a series of prints entitles "myths" which basically deals with contemporay mythos through pop culture. Similar to what I'm hoping to explore. 

Myths; Superman
Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board.
1981
38" x 38"

What better contemporary myth to screenprint but the man of steel/apollo/Jesus Christ creature?

... But more on Superman later. That's a whole 'nother can o' worms.

Research

Thank you, MUN library.

 

 

 

A New Term

So here I am, wondering how to approach this new semester of digital. Already back on the Cape Crusader's trail?

Still looking for Batman Dracula.

Found this.

And still looking for this:

... And I just bought it on Amazon. Awesome. I'll have it in 8-10 business days.