By David Perlmutter — Photograph from author’s collection. I realize that I am a new arrival to Medium and not everyone may know who I am yet. But I also don’t want to waste your time, so I’ll be brief. Vital Statistics: Born July 22, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Lived nowhere else except Winnipeg…

Did you know I am a book author? I am. For this book lovers day, I thought it was appropriate to remind folks that I am book author with materials available for sale: Like my book on the history of television animation:

Wanting to be and being are two different things… I. I’m not supposed to be here, I told them. I’m not one of them. I got lost in here, and I can’t find my way home. One of you, I mean. I mean, really, I’m not. I’m…

What happens when a superheroine is conned out of her powers? Find out… I. All right. Let’s get this out in the open. It has happened to me. Me- Muscle Girl: the fastest, strongest, most intelligent prepubescent female on planet Earth! …

Another important occasion… Friendship is one of the most important things in this world. Hard to find, difficult to maintain, but always worth it, friendship is an essential element of the world. Some of what I have written touches on the importance of this idea as a central component of…