PBS named "Boys of Steel"...

No, that's not the end of the sentence. PBS didn't name Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman, though I'm sure given the chance, whatever they would've suggested would've been great.

What PBS did kindly do is name Boys of Steel a "best book for boys - middle readers."

I wonder if just having the word "boys" in the title is enough to merit such an honor? If so, my next book might be renamed Beach Read of Steel.

The Superman/Justin Bieber connection

Angela Santomero, co-creator of Blue's Clues and Super Why, plus all-around nice person, kindly interviewed me about summer reading and other topics for her PBS series The Parent Show. (PBS also kindly named Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman a "best book for boys.")

Six degrees of super-ation

My public posting of some of my research on the stories behind Superman (Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) and Batman (Bill Finger) has resulted in a fun variety of people contacting me.

Here’s a list off the side of my head, which is a spot reserved for information that may be of interest only to me:

• various people (often college students) interested in writing a book, play, or screenplay on these subjects
• a lawyer who represented the Siegel family (I didn't get in trouble)
  
• a producer for Warner Home Video (seeking info on Finger for a short documentary to be included on the DVD of a Batman animated film)
  
• the son of a longtime editor of Superman comics
• a producer for the PBS show History Detectives (regarding a claim that a man other than Finger or Bob Kane created Batman)
  
• a talent I can mention by name—fellow Shusterite Craig Yoe, author of Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster (just to introduce himself, good chap)
  
• an executive producer for a late night talk show
• a co-producer of a PBS documentary series on superheroes
  

Speaking of information of interest only to me, I’ve already used the title of this post on this blog, but within an earlier post. It has since called out to me for marquee treatment.