Then and now.

[demiurgent]

Thirteen years ago, I could cheerfully write any Superguy story I wanted, asserting the most banal bullshit and getting things wrong gleefully with a toss of my head and saying (in my best Ed Wood, Jr. voice) no one's going to pay attention to the little details.

Today, I work on a super hero story and have to stop and think oh shit. I have a throwaway sentence about close up magic. Now I have to buy and read seven books -- including books by Bill Severn and Penn & Teller.

I'm not sure I've gained anything.

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Re: superguy

[(Anonymous)]

do you have any info about Superguy/Andy Awesome? i have been looking for some information and I thought I finally found someone who knew about it....Please le tme know if you can help. thanks

Re: superguy

[demiurgent.livejournal.com]

Yeeeeeees?

Like I said. What do you want to know? Since I don't have an e-mail address or contact method, I'd like to help if I could, but I can't do that without better knowledge.

Re: superguy

[(Anonymous)]

well, I just discovered Superguy by accident while on the net... I read that some of the characters were based on real people (and some of the people were unaware that they had become a superhero). i wanted to know if Andy Awesome was based on Andrew Goodwin (manager for Burt Ward)? If it was, then any other info would be great. thanks

Re: superguy

[demiurgent.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhh!

To my knowledge, no. A very not-based-on-Burt-Ward Burt Ward appeared in Superguy, and Andrew Goodwin did as well, but this was an "Andrew Goodwin" that the author of that series in question, Dominic White, went to the University of Hartford with in the late eighties and early nineties. It seems unlikely that Andrew Goodwin went on to manage Burt Ward.

Not impossible, mind. But unlikely.

Re: superguy

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks so much. I was unsure of where to get any answers. I appreciate your help.