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Two-man team invented famed Man of Steel in Cleveland. Ribbon-cutting open to public
By Rich Heldenfels
Beacon Journal popular culture writer
Published on Thursday, Jul 09, 2009
It's no accident that part of this weekend's events in Cleveland is called a ''Supercon.''
After all, Cleveland is the cradle of Superman, the powerful hero who first saw public life in Action Comics in 1938.
Activities tied to the Ingenuity Festival and the Screaming Tiki Cleveland Supercon comic-book convention will pay tribute to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the team that created the Man of Steel.
Foremost among those is a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday at 16022 Kimberly Ave. in Glenville, the house where Siegel grew up and where he and Shuster developed the Superman character.
While the home is privately owned and will not be offered for tours, the home has been restored through an effort by the Cleveland-based Siegel and Shuster Society and by author Brad Meltzer, whose novel Book of Lies dipped into Siegel family history.
Meltzer, as well as Siegel's widow Joanne (who inspired Lois Lane), are among the people expected at the ribbon-cutting.
The home will also have a special commemorative fence. Another fence will be at Amor and Parkwood streets, the site of the now-gone apartment building where Shuster lived.
The ribbon-cutting is open to the public. Admission is free.
As part of the Screaming Tiki Supercon, there will be a panel discussion with Siegel and Shuster family members at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Hanna Theater. (Shuster died in 1992, Siegel in 1996.)
The discussion will be preceded at 3 p.m. by a showing of the documentary Last Son, which examines the lives of Siegel and Shuster and the creation of Superman.
Cleveland resident Brad Ricca made the film, which was also shown at the Akron Film Festival in April.
Other Superman-themed events include a panel discussion with Michael Rosenbaum, Helen Slater and Sam Witwer, all representing TV's Smallville, at 1 p.m. Sunday, and a discussion of Superman in animation, at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Those will be in the Halle Building at 1228 Euclid Ave.,
the main location of the Supercon.
Tickets for Supercon, which begins Friday, are $20 for a single day, $30 for the weekend. Children under 12 get in free when accompanied by an adult. For more information, go to http://www.screamingtikicon.com or e-mail info@screamingtikicon.com.
Rich Heldenfels writes about popular culture for the Beacon Journal, in the HeldenFiles Online blog at http://heldenfels.ohio.com and on Twitter.
It's no accident that part of this weekend's events in Cleveland is called a ''Supercon.''
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, OH
Posted 10:16 AM, 07/09/2009
Most of the guys going to this can easily afford the $30 for tickets because of all money that they've saved on not having to buy condoms for the past ten years.
copley, oh
Posted 10:43 AM, 07/09/2009
I disagree girls dig comic book nerds!
