Artist unknown, creator Kearny Street Workshop, Associated name
Date Created and/or Issued
1975
Publication Information
University of California, Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Department of Special Collections, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Santa Barbara, California, 93106-9010, United States, (http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/collections/cema/index.html)
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Description
The poster features a comic book-style drawing of a muscular elderly man with white hair and orange-brown skin wearing a superhero costume with an "S" imprinted on the chest area. He is shown riding a tiger, with one hand in a fist and the other holding a sign that reads "peace with a lease" written in blue. The text states, "Supermanong! This dude can be really destructive if you try to force the old people out in the street. Not a day goes by when supermanong doesn't use the magic energizing power of his fists to save the poor and needy, no matter who the enemy is. The first sign of people in need, something strange begins to happen even though he is a man of peace...Follow the story of Supermanong! His greatest adventure liberating Int'l Hotel, people in need of their own housing." "'Manong' is a term of respect for elderly Filipino." The text is mostly written in black.
Asian American artist--California--20th century Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--Social conditions Chinese Americans--California--San Francisco Comic books, strips, etc., in art Filipino Americans--California--San Francisco Bay Area Filipino Americans--Social conditions
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