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Mark Waid in conversation with Brad Ricca

Mark Waid in conversation with Brad Ricca

(View video on YouTube) On Saturday, October 14, we were honored to host acclaimed comics creator and editor Mark Waid who visited Cleveland Public Library as the featured speaker of our conference dedicated to all things Superman. Mark’s connection to Superman runs deep, including his being the author of Superman: Birthright. Waid began the evening …

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Voices from Krypton: A Conversation with Mark Waid and Ed Gross

Voices from Krypton: A Conversation with Mark Waid and Ed Gross

Click the image below to view the recording on YouTube! On Saturday, October 7, 2023, we hosted an online conversation between acclaimed comics creator Mark Waid and Ed Gross, veteran entertainment journalist and author of Voices from Krypton: The Complete, Unauthorized Oral History of Superman. In its over 700 pages, Gross’s Voices from Krypton has …

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Cultural Icon Conference

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Cultural Icon Conference

On Saturday, October 14, we’ll be hosting It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Cultural Icon: A Superman Conference, an all-day academic conference, as part of Superman’s Cleveland: Lineage and Legacy, at Cleveland Public Library’s Louis Stokes Wing, 525 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114. The conference will feature lectures and panel presentations by scholars …

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