| 'Heroes Among Us' Exhibition at The NYC Fire Museum, 278 Spring Street / Also visit The NYC Comic Book Museum online January 22 - February 7, 2002 The artwork displayed on this page is the property of the respective copyrights. Visit other WTC related pages on New Yorkled |
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Click to view Photos taken at the Gallery As excerpted from their handout at the exhibition Heroes Among us was conceived by The New York City Comic Book Museum as a tribute to the real-life heroes of this city. In this exhibit we have collected art from Marvel Comics' HEROES book and Alternative Comics' 9-11: Emergency Relief and a few individuals to allow you to experience the raw power and beauty of the comic book medium. Comic books have always played an important role in reflecting the Zeitgeist and American culture. In the Forties, comics gave us Captain America as our war hero. In the Sixties, Spider-Man, The Hulk and the Fantastic Four were introduced to help allay our fears of the atom. Even the introduction of the X-Men in 1963 was a parable calling for racial harmony and peaceful coexistence at the height of civil unrest and continued segregation in our society. The comics you see on display today continue in the same vein as their predecessors. They are here to remind us of world we live in. They are here to remind us never to forget. But most importantly, they are here to remind us of the heroes among us. David Jay Gabriel |
I'd like to thank the NYC Comic Book Museum, the Fire Museum and all others involved for bringing us this important exhibition. I personally found some of them to be just as touching as any of the many other images I've seen since September 11th. I hadn't set my eyes on a comic book since childhood. But to see Captain America weeping in one piece of artwork and recovering from disaster in yet another is really something else. Below on this page is just a small sampling of the artwork at the exhibition. Click to view them. You
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NYC Fire Museum Note: The proceeds of the sales of books created in tribute go to relief charities. |
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| "The Lord is near to the
Brokenhearted" Pencil and Digital Color by Mario Ruiz and Ben Prenevost © American Bible Society |
Marvel Comics Heroes John Stanisci with Hi-Fi and Paul Mounts Heroes © 2001 Marvel Entertainment |
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| Heroes © Marvel Entertainment |
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| Marvel Comics "Heroes" Nelson with Hi-Fi Heroes © 2001 Marvel Entertainment |
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| Marvel Comics "Heroes" Joe Quesada with Todd McFarlane and Richard Isanov Heroes © 2001 Marvel Entertainment |
Marvel Comics "Heroes" Georges Jeanty with Dexter Vines and Hi-Fi Heroes © 2001 Marvel Entertainment |
