A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about an auction that was mounted to help save the house where Jerry Siegel, the writer who, as a teenager, first dreamt up of Superman in the very same house, grew up in.
The Siegel and Shuster Society, the organization behind the whole effort, targeted $50,000 for the exterior repairs to Jerry Siegel's home. And after the second week's auction haul of $18,996, the organization has already raised $53,455, clearly surpassing their target. So yes, ordinary people DO change the world.
As mentioned in my previous blog post, the auction will run for the whole September. And to say that the items being auctioned are good is an understatement. After all, there's an original Superman artwork from Tim Sale, the man behind Isaac Mendez' painting on the Heroes TV series. There's also a copy of the original Superman: The Movie script prior to Mario Puzo's re-write that's signed by the movie's director, Richard Donner. And then there's what could be this week's prize catch: a limited edition Superman artwork of Alex Ross that's a huge 36" x 24" Giclee print on canvas.
Now, although most (read: ALL) of the items are beyond what my meager salary can afford, the Siegel and Shuster Society are also selling some items that will help continue the funding to the house's repairs once the auction wraps up - and THOSE items I'm sure we can afford.
In some small way, Superman has touched everyone's lives, whether it was the fascination of seeing him portrayed on screen by the late Christopher Reeve or simply just the joy of seeing kids run around in a department-store bought Superman costume. So, I say we pay it forward by doing our share to help save Superman's house from neglect.
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