The Hero Show

19th-century American author Mark Twain transformed literature. Through his enduring characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, he portrayed life as an adventure, challenging social norms with courage, resourcefulness, friendship, and independence. 

American cartoonist Bosch Fawstin has risked his life to promote freedom of speech. Not only was he inspired by heroes throughout his life, but he created his own superhero, Pigman. In this episode, he poses the question, “Would your heroes admire you?”   ALSO CHECK OUT Table for One by Bosch Fawstin https://www.amazon.com/Table-One-Bosch-Fawstin/dp/0974955809/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UEHMFJ637GR7&keywords=table+for+one+bosch+fawstin&qid=1678713647&sprefix=table+for+one+bosch+fawstin%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-1 The Infidel by Bosch Fawstin https://www.amazon.com/Infidel-featuring-Pigman-Trigger-ebook/dp/B015YJ0AD8?ref_=ast_author_mpb  

Explorers such as Columbus, da Gama, and Magellan stood on the shoulders of Prince Henry the Navigator. Henry’s vision launched the Age of Discovery, the period in which explorers vastly expanded knowledge of the Earth.    While discovering new lands, Prince Henry also made Portugal a force in global trade, opening up routes that were previously blocked by the Moors. 

Actor, director, and writer Sidney Poitier pushed film boundaries. He chose moral character and individualism over accidental traits, such as race. In 1967 he portrayed a teacher, a doctor, and an investigator in the top three box office films.