Okay, some of you are old enough to know old Sesame Street are old enough (or geeky enough) to know the great Mandrake the Magician?
Mandrake the Magician is a U.S. comic strip created in 1934 by Lee Falk (also creator of The Phantom) and mainly appearing in syndication in newspapers. Falk soon gave the job of drawing the comic strip to artist Phil Davis, while continuing to write the storylines. Davis worked on the strip until his death in 1964; Falk then recruited current artist Fred Fredericks. On Falk's death in 1999, Fredericks took over writing the strip as well. Mandrake is widely believed to have been the first bona fide superhero.[1]
Mandrake was an illusionist whose work was based on an impossibly fast hypnotic technique. As the narrator informed us: "Mandrake gestured hypnotically" and the subject or subjects of this hypnosis would suddenly see the illusions he wanted. Mandrake fought criminals and other villains in his spare time. This would include common gangsters, mad scientists, and aliens from outer space or other dimensions.
(from Wikipedia)
Of course, I bring this up because a mandrake feature film is in the works. Here's the plot:
Jackson Mandrake has always lived life on the edge. Working as an underground magician, Mandrake’s act has grown far too dangerous. One fateful afternoon, a CIA agent approaches Mandrake and requests that the legendary magician help the CIA on a dangerous covert operation. Mandrake reluctantly agrees but soon finds himself caught up in an intricate web of deceit, fighting for his own survival from a brilliant criminal mastermind.
Okay. Okay. I know you all just want to know about Batman and Iron Man II and don't give a magic rabbit's turd about ol' Mandrake. Truth is, I can't work up that much excitement for him either. This was really all just an excuse- a clever ruse, if you will- to pimp out a long time, good friend to the whole Spill Crew...
The Amazing...
'Stupendous...
and Truly Bizarre...
I would invite you all to check out his latest project "Scam School". If you're not careful you may learn something before it's done...and get a few free drinks out of it:
Mandrake is based on a real Magician: Jasper Maskelyne, who worked for the Military during WW2. Creating Military Illusion against the Nazis. There was one famous illusion, which you can find in Wikipedia, but what most people didn't realize his real mission was to work on mind control with Hyposis.
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