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Please find time to read Mark Frauenfelder take on Craig Yoe’s Event at Meltdown Comics July 29th. Excerpt follows:

The sad fate of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster – Boing Boing.

“Last night my friend Colin and I went to Meltdown Comics & Collectibles in Los Angeles to listen to comic book historian Craig Yoe’s (center) presentation on the weird, sad life of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster.

Here’s my glossed over summary of Yoe’s fascinating presentation (which included lots of great slides that you can’t see here but are in the pages of Yoe’s fantastic book…

…After the presentation the Suicide Girls (above) acted out several of the scenes from illustrations in the book. I’ve uploaded photos to my Flickr account, but they should be viewed by adult intellectuals only.”

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Secret Identity party at Meltdown Comics in LA, Wednesday, July 29 – Boing Boing

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Jul 292009

Secret Identity party at Meltdown Comics in LA, Wednesday, July 29

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, July 27, 2009 11:31 AM | permalink

A fun time is in store for adult intellectuals who visit Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 29.

Comic book historian Craig Yoe will be signing copies of his book, Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-Creator Joe Shuster. And the world-famous Suicide Girls have kindly offered to join in the festivities by donning fetish outfits and acting out scenes from the book.

Secret Identity party at Meltdown Comics in LA, Wednesday, July 29 (Google Calendar link)

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Secret Identity event RATED X. 18 & over. ID will be checked

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Jul 192009

Secret Identity event RATED X. 18 & over. ID will be checked

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21 & over for open bar!

Announcing: Secret Identity West Coast Party 07/29, 8PM

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Jul 122009

Secret Identity event RATED X. 18 & over. ID will be checked

Purchase book here

Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-creator Joe Shuster showcases rare and recently discovered erotic artwork by the most seminal artist in comics, Joe Shuster. Created in the early 1950s when Shuster was down on his luck after suing his publisher, DC Comics, over the copyright for Superman, he illustrated these images for an obscure series of magazines called “Nights of Horror,” published under the counter until they were banned by the U.S. Senate. Juvenile deliquency, Dr. Fredric Wertham, and the Brooklyn Thrill Killers gang all figure into this sensational story.