Tuesday, April 5, 2011

This June, Witness the Brightest Day

Ever since I was a kid, I have always been a fan of Superman. I guess it was because he was the ultimate superhero, capable of doing almost anything imaginable. In fact, when I was a whole lot younger back in Butuan, me and a cousin of mine would play around with me being the Big Blue and her being Supergirl.

As I got older, I started appreciating Batman a bit more. In fact, until recently, I had started collecting Batman graphic novels. It was the human aspect of Batman, and maybe the near-psychotic nature of his stories that appealed to my older, more mature sensibilities. Add to the fact that a couple of geniuses by the name of Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan made Batman films that rocked my world, and my appreciation for the Dark Knight was gaining ground on my idolatry of the Man of Steel.

And then I picked up a graphic novel that featured a DC superhero who wasn't part of the Big Three (Supes, Bats, and Wonder Woman). His name was Green Lantern.