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…

Celebrating important (to me) fictional beings — Celebrating important (to me) fictional beings April 28 is National Superhero Day- and, as an avid fiction writer and pop culture historian on this topic, I wasn’t going to let it go unnoticed. Those of you who follow me here know that I have cultivated my own fictional superhero universe…

A shocking superhero adventure…. — A shocking superhero adventure…. I. I had just returned home from school when the phone rang. I knew it had to be the Mayor, because nobody else contacts me with that ring. We have a deal, the Mayor and I. I save the city from destruction when it needs to…

Dangerously funny…. — Dangerously funny…. From www.CIA.gov, August 20 — -. WANTED: Any information on the current whereabouts or activities of the Cartoon Republican Army. These so-called “freedom fighters for the rights of animated cartoon characters the world over” are a grave threat to our nation’s security, and must be stopped immediately. Their…