Museum Exhibit

Last weekend me and my wife went to a museum exhibit here in the Beautiful Garden state.

It was at the Montclair Museum of Art and it was the evolution of superheros and superhero comics.

You can view the info here: http://www.montclairartmuseum.org/exhibitions.cfm?id=18

This was amazing. Right when you walk in you are greeted with a gallery exhibiting the Kubert family art. Next you make a turn then sitting right in front of you is the holy Grail of comics. Action Comics #1 and Detective Comics #27. I don't think the wife was impressed until i told here that we were looking at about $1 million in comics. On the next wall was a vintage copy of Seduction of the innocent and the explanation of the CCA. You turn the corner and we learn about Marvels origins and there was the Best copy of amazing Fantasy #15 that i have ever seen. Next we see original art from the Green Lantern/ Green arrow series that brought social consciousness into the medium.

Next room was the 80 and we see original Gibbons art from Watchmen as well as Miller stuff from Dark Knight Returns. All day they were showing the History Channel Documentary "Super Heroes Unmasked. I got this from netflix a couple of weeks ago so i didn't need to see it but i would also recommend this to anyone that hasn't already seen it.

Lastly, Downstairs they were holding a mini Convention. This the wife was not so impressed with. I think she got really scared when I started crawling around on the floor for 50% off books. She didn't understand that the boxes weren't in any real order and she would have to spend the time going through each box to find something she wanted. I also think she was unhappy that some smelly fat guy would be jammed next to here doing the same thing and that was me, nevermind a complete stranger.

At the Convention I picked up:
the spectre Eclipso trade from Infinite crisis (fucking pot there goes the memory i have no clue what this book's title is)
The Harbinger HC
6 issues of Hitman
And a Mad Magazine trade for her.

In all I spent $22 for all of that. Good times.

I would highly recommend anyone in the area go and see this exhibit while it is there.

TJ