By Chris Knowles, Joseph Michael Linsner
Used to be Superman's arch nemesis Lex Luthor in accordance with Aleister Crowley? Can Captain surprise be associated with the solar gods on antiquity? In Our Gods put on Spandex, Christopher Knowles solutions those questions and brings to mild many different exciting hyperlinks among superheroes and the enchanted international of estoerica.
Occult scholars and comic-book fanatics alike will notice numerous attention-grabbing connections, from little recognized proof corresponding to that DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz began his profession as H.P. Lovecraft's agent, to the tantalizingly huge impact of Madame Blavatsky's Theosophy at the beginning of comics, to the mystic roots of Superman. The e-book additionally strains the increase of the comedian superheroes and the way they relate to numerous cultural developments within the past due nineteenth century, in particular the occult explosion in Western Europe and the United States.
Knowles unearths the 4 simple superhero archetypes—the Messiah, the Golem, the Amazon, and the Brotherhood—and exhibits how the occult Bohemian underground of the early twentieth century supplied the muse for the trendy comedian ebook hero. With the recognition of occult comics writers like Invisibles writer supply Morrison and V for Vendetta author Alan Moore, the large ComiCon viewers is poised for somebody to significantly introduce them to the esoteric mysteries.
Chris Knowles is doing simply that during this epic booklet. Chapters contain: historical of Days, Ascended Masters, God and Gangsters, Mad Scientists and smooth Sorcerers, and lots of extra. From the ghettos of Prague to the halls of Valhalla to the castle of Solitude and the aisles of BEA and ComiCon, this can be the 1st e-book to teach the inextricable hyperlink among superheroes and the enchanted global of esoterica.
• Chris Knowles is affiliate editor and columnist for the five-time Eisner Award-winning comedian e-book Artist journal, in addition to a popular culture author for united kingdom journal vintage Rock.
• Knowles labored with Robert Smigel at the X Presidents photo novel, in response to the preferred Saturday evening dwell comic strip, and has created designs and paintings for lots of of the world's best superheroes and myth characters.
• beneficial properties the paintings of Joe Linsner, author of the mythical sunrise sequence, and extra lately a collaborator with comics maestro Stan Lee.
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