Gonna bring Superman Thoughts back for a bit, I think. Maybe not weekly, but more often. Gotta be getting something up here.

The reason for today’s Superman Thought in particular is the news that we almost got a Superman cartoon that looks like it would have been very close to what I’d want from a Superman cartoon.

As reported in this article, there was a proposed Superman Family cartoon. It would have combined Silver Age sensibilities with the diverse cast of Superman characters that have been introduced since the Silver Age. It probably would have been pure gold.

What is happening?

Well, I’m obviously still spending a lot of mental energy on Superman and his franchise, and I still have notes about things I could write about on here, but I expect 2019 to be lighter on the Superman Thoughts posts than last year.

Why? Well, first of all, writing these on here has been quite successful at getting this stuff out of my head. The need to vent feels less urgent. Secondly, I am investigating a different way to let out Superman Thoughts, of which I will tell you later.

Besides, having to have one of these scheduled every week just adds to the list of things keeping me from completing other things. Can’t have that.

I had the time to draw a picture of that supervillain team I was constructing in previous Superman Thoughts posts. Here is that picture:

I still don’t have a name for this group.

This Month I decided that I am celebrating Superman’s Pal on Twitter with the hashtag #JimmyOlsember.

Here is the back half of that celebration:

13 December:

Prankster and Toyman sabotaged the character customization system in Jim’s new video game, making him take his character’s form. If there’s a downside to being Space Princess JO, Jim hasn’t found it.

18 December:

The Superman Revenge Squad has turned Jim into an insectoid for reasons not yet entirely clear. It is ruining Ron Troupe’s birthday party.

21 December:

To win a bet with Steve Lombard, Jim had Thaddeus Killgrave turn him into a cyborg, but he still has to have the photos from the dog show on Perry’s desk by nine.

22 December:

The Wicked Warlock has turned Jimmy into a snowman as part of a plan to ruin Lex Luthor’s Christmas.

28 December:

A rogue Kandorian scientist wanted to recreate the animals of his homeworld and, to that end, has turned Jimmy into a Kryptonian tri-snout.

30 December:

A member of Jim’s fan club was nostalgic for the old transformations, so he slipped Jim a magic potion turning him to a fat elastic werewolf.

I didn’t have a Superman Thoughts post scheduled for today because I’ve been doing my JimmyOlsember thing to get my Superman energy out this month, but I feel like I’ve got to throw out something. So here’s a picture of Metropolis’s other James Olsens. After all, it’s kind of their month too. Here we see them being nicknamed by regular Jimmy based on whatever surface element of their appearance first catches his eye.

These are the poor suckers who would be killed off if Terminator came back in time to kill regular Jimmy.