In movies, superheroes are usually nerdy losers who, at the hour of need, emerge as handsome heroes who save the day. Malcolm knows about superheroes, but has never seen a superhero movie. As a result, he really doesn’t get it. Perhaps this is why he knows that Batman kicks ass, but knows not how or why. He just says, “Batman is a bad guy who eats people.”
So, it shouldn’t come as a big shock that he doesn’t fully understand how the superhero thing works. Instead of being somewhat nerdy by day, he is totally adorable. This picture is him, going off to his job as trial attorney in a big firm in SF. He loves his mommy and daddy, enjoys his friends, and was born on earth. He is a well adjusted young man, free from any inner hatred or radioactive bug bites.
He does, however, have an alter ego. Since he doesn’t really understand the superhero thing, his “sinister” side is the sweet little pachyderm to the left. In yesteryear, they would have called him cream puff, but our hero here is called EE Malkie, the EE standing for Effeminate Elephant. EE Malkie enjoys pretending his trunk is a saxophone, playing baseball, and reading books. Prehaps his most astonishing trait is his superhuman love of his mommy (and his grandma, who made the EE suit), as elephants are known to stay with their mothers for 30 or 40 years. Actually, I made that last part up, and if Malcolm is still in our house when he is in his thirties, I am gonna be pissed.
So, imagine Malcolm’s surprise when one day, he ran into some of superhero friends. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the Batmen tried to get Malcolm to join them creating mayhem. Malcolm refused, and then found his real calling as superhero. He tried to get the Batmen to not be bad guys and to not eat people. He tried to show them that there is something to be said for loving their mommies and being sweet to each other. Of course, he failed and right after this picture was taken, one Batman tried to pull of EE Malkie’s tale and the other one punched him in the stomach. Malcolm quickly shed his outift and returned the hostilities in kind, proving that no one is a superhero all of the time.
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What an adorable tribute to our little guy!