Monday, January 12, 2009

"Superman's First Home on Earth" author visit tour

In the real world, Superman was molded in Ohio.

In the comics, Superman
—to be precise, Clark Kent—was molded in Kansas. He grew up on a farm in fictional Smallville.

Therefore, last week, I made my first trip to the Jayhawk State (that nickname sounds cooler than the Sunflower State). I called it the "Superman's First Home on Earth" author visit tour.

Just as I spoke at various institutions in Cleveland in November, encouraging the locals to take pride in the icon that was created in their backyard, I spoke at schools and a library in the Kansas City area figuratively winking at the audience when I told them an infant Superman's rocket landed in a cornfield in their home state.


One school really got into the spirit. Aside from plastering the halls with signs about the book, and ensuring that it was read in every class before I came, they even blasted the theme from Superman: The Movie as the students filed onto the bleachers. That music is so inspirational that it is a hard act to follow!



The Superman/Kansas hook worked so well and the people were so welcoming that I am already happily scheduled to return to Kansas in October (and possibly earlier), for part two of the tour.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

if U were a crossword puzzle doer, you would have known Superman's first home was COMIC'S. Not your 3 choices. But hey, those were great guesses.

Marc Tyler Nobleman said...

Ah, of course! I hadn't yet seen the puzzle when I posted that. I since have...or so I thought: http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-mob.html.

Now I have to go back and find the correct week's puzzle!