Jim Lee

Superman is the hardest character to draw. There are a couple of things that make him difficult. He's got a very simple costume and doesn't have the long cape like Batman. He's not a character that is necessarily always in shadow, and he doesn't have a mask.

South Korean Artist

Gene Luen Yang

Superman is such an old character. He's an old character with this huge legacy behind him. And one of the awesome things about the fact that he's been around for these decades is that he's gone through these different phases.

Chinese Writer

T. E. Lawrence

I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself.

British Soldier

Vikramaditya Motwane

Graphic novels are all about fantasies. Superman and Batman started it. It's like a reaction to environment around you. You desire to do things in comic books or films what you can't do in real life.

Indian Director

Peter Drucker

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.

American Businessman

David Bowie

I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on.

English Musician

John Hurt

Not everyone wants to see children's films, comics, and supermen.

British Actor

Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.

I never said I was a robot or a superman or a super being.

Mexican Boxer

Ram Gopal Varma

I feel that Sarkar is a realistic superman in his life.

Muhammad Ali

American Boxer

Describes someone with exceptional abilities, not necessarily literal strength or powers.

Figurative Use

Used to praise someone's extraordinary performance or achievements.

Exaggerated Compliment

The term superman is often used to exaggerate someone’s capability for effect.

Hyperbolic Language

Superman often represents the pinnacle of heroism and moral righteousness in Western culture.

Cultural Icon

Referring to a person as Superman doesn’t mean they literally have superhuman powers.

Not Always Literal

Remember that Superman is a copyrighted character; use cautiously in publications.

Trademarked Name

Superman in philosophy describes an evolved human ideal beyond current societal norms.

Philosophical Idea

Philosophical superman is more about psychological strength and moral will than physical power.

Not Just Strength

Nietzsche’s superman is sometimes misunderstood and can be seen as controversial.

Controversial Concept

 And the internet became this portal to a magical other world. I emailed scientists, and they broke through paywalls and sent me their medical journal and science journal articles directly. I read everything that "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve had achieved, after a fall from a horse

A love letter to realism...

 that a lot of us probably have noticed, which is there are some movies that just sort of zip right up and out to our houses. They enter the queue, they just zip right out. So "Iron Man" zips right out, and "Waiting for Superman" can wait for a really long time.

Beware online "filter...

 You know, cats falling. Cats do this. They twist their bodies. But geckos do it better. And they do it with their tail. So they do it with this active tail as they swing around. And then they always land in the sort of superman skydiving posture.

Robert Full: Learning...

 spacesuits and zero gravity isn't easy but there are some upsides we were moving around pieces of equipment the size and the shape of the grand piano no way could I have moved that around on the earth you know you feel like Superman up there

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 And even worse, when stuff got hard in my class, they would use comic books as a way of distracting me. They would raise their hands and ask me questions like, "Mr. Yang, who do you think would win in a fight, Superman or the Hulk?"

Comics belong in the...

 a little kid, well, named Cedar Wright-- Obviously hippie parents, right? and an amazing dresser later in life become the superman of rock climbing, that I am today? Well, actually, some people might disagree with that statement.

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 ever implemented. There was a lot at stake then, and there's a lot at stake now, and we won't solve our problems if we expect it to be solved by a few supermen or superwomen. Now we need everybody,

Margaret Heffernan: Why...

 These are the easy parts you're looking at. This was an original thing we called "Superman Crawl" which you go through. I can get through that. So, that's not a particularly tight squeeze

Discovering Homo Naledi:...

 as if they were building blocks, in vivid colors. And if it were about superheroes instead? I would do them like this, inspired by -- in my opinion -- the greatest of Superman.

Martina Flor: The secret...

 Superman was a foster child; Cinderella was a foster child; Lisbeth Salander, the girl with the dragon tattoo, was fostered and institutionalized;

Superman

Figurative Use

Exaggerated Compliment

Hyperbolic Language

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