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July 27, 2006
Deep tunnel led to sinking, jury
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Sentinel article
July 19, 2006
Ganymede: New comics
superhero debuts in Waterkeeper Magazine's summer issue
From
waterkeeper.org
Move over, Batman,
Spider-Man and Catwoman! A new guardian of justice is on his way,
and he's not happy! Polluters of America's waterways, prepare to be
struck by a Tidal Blast from Ganymede the Waterkeeper.
Ganymede is the brainchild
of Jeff Gomez, president and CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment,
Inc, and artist Savark Dicupe. "We conceived Ganymede because he is
the mythological cup bearer to the gods," says Gomez. "Water is the
source of life." The new superhero has turned out to be a lifesaver
for Waterkeeper Alliance.
"Waterkeeper needed magazine
cover art to creatively illustrate the problem of illegal sewage
spills," says Gomez from his office in Manhattan. "My first thought
was how valiant the people of this organization really are.
Waterkeepers patrol and fight for their lakes and rivers, bays and
coastlines. What Waterkeeper Alliance needed was a new superhero who
could raise awareness in young people about this critical issue."
"Waterkeepers are
superheroes," says celebrated environmental advocate Robert F.
Kennedy, Jr., president of Waterkeeper Alliance. "Pollution is as
insidious and evil as any comic villain, only it is real.
Waterkeeper has 153 leaders around the world standing for their
waterbodies, confronting polluters and fighting for clean water and
strong communities."
So Gomez and Dicupe created
a comic book serial to illustrate the real-world problems and
solutions environmentalists face each day. Celeste Swan, an
African-American Waterkeeper, while testing the water in her local
river, finds human waste. The illegal sewage spawns a huge hideous
monster...and FWAASH! The blue superhero Ganymede strikes like a
storm to vanquish the beast.
Swan knows better, however.
It takes more than just a muscle-bound water elemental to get to the
heart of the pollution dilemma. She vows to fix the problem using
whatever legal means necessary.
"Swan, like all Waterkeepers
around the world, takes personal responsibility for her waterways
and is proactive in her approach," says Eddie Scher, communications
director of Waterkeeper Alliance, from his office in Irvington, New
York. "Sewage spills are not an easy problem to illustrate. Comics
allow us to show how Waterkeepers work: confront the problem, solve
it and move on to the next problem."
Waterkeeper Magazine is
available at some newsstands and from Friends of Milwaukee's Rivers'
office.
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