Comics

Superhero is the word that inevitably gets bandied around when it comes to describing comics, and let's face it, that is mostly boy stuff. Compared to that play-in-muddy-puddle Peppa Pig, the characters are way more macho and brutal.

I haven't paid attention to DC Comics before. I discovered much more about Aquaman, Joker and Wonder Woman when I visited the Powerhouse Museum this week.

That's an exhibition from a New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya who had created loads of real-size superhero characters simply out of LEGO bricks. A pure story of elegant creation.

My daughter isn't a big fan of those heroes. Even so, she literally walked me through the exhibition, introducing me the character one by one.

"I'm surprised," I told Jasmine. "I didn't know you'd known so much. I have never heard about Green Lantern."

She must have learned them from her classmates, and becomes more knowledgeable than her dad. It's as if she took me out to a school field trip.

Who says that Batman or Superman is the province of boys only? Gender inequality is soooo last millennium.