Supergods

To promote his book Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human, out later this month, Grant Morrison will be making the following U.S. appearances:

New York
Midtown Comics Grand Central – afternoon signing – July 19
Barnes & Noble at Warren St. & Greenwich – talk, Q&A, signing – July 19

San Diego Comic-Con – several appearances – July 20-24

Los Angeles
Meltdown Comics – talk, Q&A, signing – July 28
Vroman’s Bookstore – talk, Q&A, signing – July 29

San Francisco
Book Passage – talk, Q&A, signing – August 5
Isotope – talk, Q&A, signing – August 6

The book, promoted as explaining “why superheroes matter, why they will always be with us, and what they can tell us about who we are,” has been called an “excellent survey of pop deity origins” and “a rather astonishing piece of work”. Here’s another thorough review by a comic fan.