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Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum

November 30, 2014 by Museum Fatigue

The holiday weekend has given me a little extra time to go through images from last summer’s midwestern road trip—including the Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum. Before much more time passes I thought I should get images up on my Flickr feed and at least make a short post here. The museum is located in a two-story structure behind the owner’s home in the outskirts of Elkhardt, Indiana. It is not just any structure, but built in a form of […]

Categories: Collecting, Museums, Popular Culture • Tags: action figures, cabinet of curiosity, collectibles, collections, comic book collector, comic books, Hall of Heroes, Stan Lee, superheroes

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The Day I Met Superman

January 13, 2013 by Museum Fatigue

Last November a film blog that I regularly read shared a short documentary video that touched me in an unexpected way. It featured Christopher Dennis, a guy whose alter ego is Superman on Hollywood Boulevard. I had never heard of him before, but given my fascination and often adoration of people who create elaborate costumes of their favorite cosplayers, I clicked on the video. The documentary’s soft, colorful, cinematography complemented its fantastic subject. It portrayed Mr. Dennis in a respectful […]

Categories: Fame, Mythologies, Popular Culture, Tourism • Tags: cosplay, hollywood, superman

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“Never Seen Before”: A Senior Documentary Project

May 18, 2012 by Museum Fatigue

The film begins with a bit of disorientation—an institutional building, a cacophonous crowd, a group of men in soldier uniforms. Was that man carrying a giant sword? A woman with striking blue raspberry hair walks past, as the camera weaves through the crowd following a group of three young Hmong women up an escalator to a room where they transform themselves. In the next scene they emerge as a trio of characters from a Japanese animation, or anime. The mini documentary, Never Seen […]

Categories: Documentary, Popular Culture, Teaching • Tags: student projects

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