The story about Batman is unlike any other super hero who are said to have supernatural powers. Batman does not possess any powers, except strength and a noble heart to help the people living in a fictional city known as Gotham City. He is the one hero that uses his wealth, intellect, investigating skills, science and technology, physical power and torture to win his battle

Batman is portrayed as a rich industrialist, a playboy and also a philanthropist. Due to a murder that took away his parent’s lives he was lead into intensive training physically and mentally to fight for justice. By wearing a costume inspired by the creature, a bat, he fights the villains to save the world. Alongside with him would be his sidekick Robin and his butler Alfred Pennyworth.

Another great thing about Batman is you get to see how he utilizes the technology and adapts it to his cars. The cars are crazy and always ready for battle. Nothing beats having a superhero in the world, and Batman is the most realistic hero we have that is worth worshipping.

As I grow up, my childhood is leaving me and as I got so used to Superman and Batman, I started to become bored of it and that was when I realised that I needed something else to amuse me, rather than just Superman and Batman. To me, they seemed outdated and I need something fresh. Then came along characters by Marvel Comics, such as The Hulk, Fantastic Four and Iron Man. It was cool to see such new and lively characters. I really love the characters, and when they are made into movies I make sure I watch it in the cinema rather than on TV.

The results: I have fantastic adventures and so much fun watching the movies and I never stop watching them. I have always been interested in comics and their movies. I am waiting to watch The Hulk, and I can’t imagine how I will feel. I am sure I am going to have a good time watching movies from comics, and I do hope that they will keep on making movies out of comic characters - I am sure to watch them in cinemas. Comic characters are the latest addiction of mine, and something I hope I will never lose interest in again.

Marvel Comics as we know consists of groups of fantastic artists that can produce such great characters with powers beyond imaginations. They even came up with Iron Man, the most sensible superhero, as this superhero is a man-built superhero. There are no special powers gifted from mutations or magic, but he is a simple and high tech human built superhero. Then there is The Hulk. The Hulk is making its way to the big screen again, and this time for more adventures.

Still, Marvel Comics and its rival DC Comics are doing great in promoting the art of comics and comic characters. They manage to bring up the standard of comics by having them made into movies as part of promotions and since then, it has turned into a trend everyone is following. This can be a good news but, it seems as though we are lacking original screen writers as most of the movies are based on either comics or novels that are drawn and written by someone else who is given credit of course. Still, I can see a bright future in producing movies straight from the comics themselves.

Some children can go extremes and even pretend to be the superheros as depicted in the comic books. This is worrying for the parents as some of their kids are very obsessed with the superheros. However, not all kids are obsessed with the superheros, others are just admiring the superheros. Some others may get inspiration of their own, and create their very own superheros. Undeniably, these kids are doing great as they developed interest in comic characters and at the same time embark on their own career in the comics industry. Most of the parents are proud of their kid’s achievement.

Only a small portion of the children will do badly when they are so addicted to comics, others are well educated enough to distinguish between comics and reality. Still, parents must ensure that the kids are balancing well enough their comic reading, and studying to perform well in the examinations. Comics should not reflect how children are doing badly in their studies but it must be an encouragement to even study hard and achieve better results so they can have a bright future.

Apparently its rival, DC Comics, is doing the same. DC Comics is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment. DC Comics has a list of well-known characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman under its belt. So first came the comic books of these characters, then came the era of cartoon shows and finally there are games dedicated to worship the characters and movies to depict the comics in action on the big screen. They are willing to produce these games series and movies with big budgets. Of course, these movies normally manage to rake in high amount of profits.

It is a fast growing trend where everyone is copying each other’s concept and it is not uncommon for novels to be adapted into movies as well. Still, these giant comics companies manage to bring in much deserved fun and laughter as well as surprises to the audience with a wide range or products. Nothing beats the popularity of old school comic books though.

Rodolphe Topffer is considered as the key figure behind the early comics exposure in the late 19th century. He was a Francophone Swiss artist. Then came the early 20th century where comics were at its peak glory and fame. In China, they had Lianhuanhua, which are palm-sized picture books. In Belgium, comic artists produced comic strips for newspapers to be printed in their supplements as entertainment for the readers. Then, comics were also printed in booklets to be sold to people, generally teenagers and kids, who love comics. Comics have become part of our life and culture.

Usually a comic artist would use a variety of pencils, papers and even waterproof ink to draw their cartoon characters and its storyboard. Then there are a variety of brush sizes and different colour markers for the inking. Overall, it is not easy to draw comics, as you need to have the talent, the ideas and the right utensils to get started. However, now as we have the latest technology such as computers, most of the artists would use the help of computers to generate their comics, including drawing and inking, all by using computers alone. Such technology is really bring an advancement to the comics industry.