Superhero

At first, Luisfe who is from Chile said “a superhero of my country is condorito”. Condorito is normal man but looks like condo and has some feathers and tail. This character represents Chile culture. The most interesting thing is that this character is almost for adult not children because this comic satirizes society and sometimes government. He lives in virtual city, Pelotilleahue, and the city name comes from meaning of stupid in Spanish. This character is very famous and important in Chile. There is no person who does not know this condorito in Chile. He can be anybody such as priests, vendors, and political persons. He also has girl friend (He is better than me, he looks like the bird though). Actually, he does not have any superpower like superman. However, this character represents Chile’s comic culture and industry.



This character is "Condorito"


We do not have many superheroes in Korea because cartoon industry of my country could not develop as much as America. We have only own character. The character name is Doli who is a baby dinosaur. He was in big iceberg and drifted and then after melting the iceberg, he came out and went to one of houses in Seoul. Actually, this character is only one and last one representing our comic industry and comic culture in Korea because Korea government gave him social security number officially. Another superhero is “Hong-gildong”. He is a kind of robin hood. Actually, he was real person in 1440. He resisted corrupt government at that time. He was also leader thief guild and stole properties of corrupt political persons and distributed them to poor people. This story is quite similar to robin hood. Although we have also some characters who have superpower, such characters are not popular even in Korean. Therefore, I think these two characters are most popular and famous in Korea.




This character is "Doli"





This character is "Hong-gildong"


In America, there are a number of superheroes. Jess said that we cannot count how many superheroes exits so far. Her favorite superhero is “Tank girl” that I have never heard before. However, the story is similar to “Hong-gildong” and “Robin hood” but the age of background is future. The superhero also opposes corrupt government. While she, Jess, explained her superhero, she said very interesting information how such superheroes were made. Most American really needed someone who can save their country and life during World War 2. Ironically, at this time, so many superheroes were made. Superman is one of them. People contained their hope into such superheroes and American could achieve their wish indirectly through superheroes comic series. Actually, it is not fiction that most superheroes were made by America in the world. This is most different thing between American and other countries, including Chile and South Korea. Even though Chile and South Korea also has some characters, nobody knows the superheroes except their own people. In addition, I felt this different thing how much a superhero is familiar. I mean, in South korea, people who like cartoon are considered as this people who are incapable. However, I often saw someone who spoke like this “I have a feeling that I became a superman” which means this comic culture including superheroes is settled deeply in Americans’ thinking.



This character is "Tank girl"