What makes Superman interesting...still?
I'm sure a lot of people wonder why a grown man such as myself would still bother to read superhero comic books. Yes, I'm sure that more than one of you (even amongst people who read "indie" comic books) think that superhero are silly concepts that cater to kids that want to see muscular guys beating each other up. Well, I was reading an interview of Grant Morrison today that might help provide a bit of an explanation as to why I still enjoy these particularly "childish" stories.
"The superhero is a crude attempt to imagine what we all might become if we allowed our better natures to overcome our base instincts. If we are not a race of predatory monsters intent on murdering ourselves with toxins and famine and war, then the superhero is the last, best shot at imagining where we might be headed as a species. The superhero occupies a space in our imaginations where goodness and hope cannot be conquered and as such, seems to fill what I can only describe as a spiritual hole in secular times."
So…that's why I read silly superhero comics. Thank you, Grant. That's a great reason.