You are what you read, but what if it's mostly about an alien in blue tights?
Lusting after Kevlar power suits and flowing capes could only mean - either you're a hardcore member of a fetish club or you're secretly hoarding the Marvel universe (Hulk, Fantastic Four and X-men) memorabilia in the dusty confines under your bed.
How often have you glanced at a bookshelf and instantly judged the owner? You graduated from a quick think of science fiction equals nerd to science fiction equals creative mind. Now, if we apply that rule to comics and comic book heroes, are you busy hiding those Spiderman (nerd lives out ultimate hero fantasy) and Wonderwoman (we're thinking dominatrix and S&M) comics?
"I loved Superman," says model Niketan Madhok unabashedly. "Everyone wants to be a nice guy and a hero." If you thought that's making Niketan the nicest model on the block, think again. He's also crazy about Lucky Luke - a mischievous cowboy.
"I liked Asterix and Tintin. They were simple stories that I could relate to," explains television actor Ronit Roy. "Archie and the gang led a life we enjoyed reading about, but didn't always get."
If you still aren't sold on the concept, we've kept the best for the last. Sculptor Arzaan Khambatta builds up a convincing argument for his choice. "I loved and still do the Flintstones. They were so inventive!" he laughs. "Using parrots as intercoms, and all those dinosaurs as machines in their quarries. I like the fact that they found a use for things they found lying around them."
It's a reasoning we can accept considering Khambatta's use of material around him to turn around and give a new artistic meaning to. Photographer Darren Centofanti preferred the out of the box imaging of the Mad comics. "Their last page had an image that if you folded showed a completely different image. I also picked up some sneaky ideas from the ‘Spy v/s Spy' series," he laughs. "That choice is reflective of my work today. I like to think of myself as an illusionist - just like that folded page."
We hope we've given you reason enough to stride through the streets in that PVC catsuit you've been hiding in your cupboard. Let's face it - we all wanna be a hero, right? And there's no harm in living it vicariously through a man in blue tights.
