Superheroes In My Pants! Another Collection of POV Columns

POV

by Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragonés (Artist)

Mark Evanier returns with yet another volume collecting old columns and new essays, examining comic books...the people who create them, the people who read them, and why they do these strange things. Superheroes in My Pants includes essays on Julius Schwartz, bad convention panels, Curt Swan, cheap comic fans, unfinanced entrepreneurs, stupid mistakes in comics, Pat Boyette, and other aspects and practitioners of the Art Form. It's all profusely illustrated by Evanier's longtime collaborator, Sergio Aragones.

Genres: Essays

Paperback

First published July 6, 2004

About the author

Mark Stephen Evanier is an American comic book and television writer, particularly known for his humor work.

Reviews

[Rod Brown]

Another collection of columns about the comic book industry and collectors from Evanier's old columns in Comics Buyer's Guide. I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first as it is tainted by the extended presence of Julius Schwartz and Evanier's repeated pooh-poohing of Schwartz's dirty old man reputation. It's hard to read about Schwartz's lecherous treatment of waitresses and convention staff in a humorous light given the accusations of sexual harassment and assault that came out following his death.

But I still liked the rest of the book quite a lot and am currently making my way through a third book from the POV series.


FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: Introduction -- The Absolutely True Accept-No-Substitutes Origin of Groo the Wanderer -- Julius Schwartz (Part One of Many) -- Julius Schwartz (Part Two of I Don't Know How Many Yet) -- Julius Schwartz (Part Three of It Looks Like Five) -- Julius Schwartz (Part Four of It's Gonna Be Five) -- Julius Schwartz (Part Five of Five) -- Table for Fourteen -- My 1996 Convention Report -- From Walden Pond -- The Happiest Place on Earth -- The Superman Man -- Still the Happiest Place on Earth -- Duck Man Detour -- A Stupefyin' Evening -- Unfinanced Entrepreneurs (Part One of Three) -- Unfinanced Entrepreneurs (Part Two of Three) -- Faster Than a Speeding Sergio -- Unfinanced Entrepreneurs (Part Three of Three) -- Pat Boyette -- Your Truly, Dopey -- The Wheels of Justice -- Changing Minds -- When Things Go Wrong -- When Things Go Wrong . . . Again -- A Never-Ending Battle -- Bad Convention Panels -- Superheroes in My Pants -- The Last Julius Schwartz Column

[Brett Bydairk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mark's third collection of selected columns from his POV column, about his and other people's lives in comics - writers, artists, editors, and whoever else he wants to write about.
A unique perspective from someone on the inside.