Tien Canadese contributies aan de nerd cultuur

RDJ134 13 september 2012 om 19:52 uur

Bij nerd cultuur denk je snel aan Amerika, want daar komen alle coole games, films en comics vandaan waar we zo van genieten. Maar ook hun buren Canada hebben een grote contributie aan de nerd cultuur gegeven, alleen weten veel mensen dat niet. Daarom heeft de website Topless Robot nu deze top tien gemaakt, waar op voor veel mensen een grote verassing staat. Namelijk:


3) Wolverine

Wolverine, a.k.a. Logan, a.k.a. James Howlett, is hardly the only Canadian superhero; The Great White North has its own superteam Alpha Flight (of which Wolvie has been a member, of course). However, my discussions with a Canadian comics aficionado (that's right, real, live Canadians were consulted in the compiling of this list!) have led me to believe that many Canadian fans see Alpha Flight as annoying, if not offensive caricatures and stereotypes. So I decided to stick aolely with Wolverine. First appearing in 1974 in The Incredible Hulk #180, Wolverine was created by writer Len Wein and Marvel art director John Romita, Sr., and first drawn by artist Herb Trimpe. He appeared here and there in several different comics as a mysterious agent of the Canadian Ggovernment before joining the X-Men's "all-new, all-different" roster in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975). His character was further developed by X-Men writer Chris Claremont, the infamous Frank Miller, and Canadian-born artist/writer John Byrne. Byrne championed the character and kept him going when Claremont (who preferred Nightcrawler) was considering dropping him. Byrne, as a non-fictional Canadian, didn't want to lose the X-Men's only Canadian member.

Wolvie has, over the years, become arguably the most popular character in the X-Men, emerging as he did in the post-Vietnam antihero boom, a period when violent, anti-authoritarian, morally complex superheroes were supplanting the pro-establishment "boy xcout"-type characters of the previous generation. Along with appearing in several X-Men titles, Wolvie has also done stints in the aforementioned Alpha Flight and the Avengers, as well as starring in his own comic, and a slew of flashback and origin miniseries detailing his long and colorful past. Hugh Jackman has so far portrayed him on the big screen five times (if you count the cameo in First Class).

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