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ANNIVERSARY OF THE MEMORYMAN COMIC BOOK MemoryMan, the comic book, is celebrating 25 years. Creator David Markoff, a Malibu resident, is the real MemoryMan, and he brings a smile to everyone who meets him. Most locals only know him as MemoryMan. He is approachable and generous with advice. His humble demeanor conceals his impressive achievements. David set the world Bara Byrnes, the lead record for memorizing actress on the project, 50 two-digit numbers plays Stargazer. She in one minute. He brings depth and charisma created his own method to the role. Bara’s life is of remembering facts, also an inspirational story. and has presented his Bara is both beautiful memorizing method at and talented. She wrote colleges and universities, a one-woman show and and taught young children performed in it throughout the with Alec Baldwin. country. Memory can read and numbers “The idea that You more about Bara have been his life a superhero in her book, “A and identity. MEMORYMAN has a power Bittersweet Tale… David lost both of his parents when he was that is usable Of A Hollywood Failure,” a candid four years old and was sent to an orphanage and intoxicating in ‘real life’ with his brother and baby sister. He was BARA BYRNES AND MEMORYMAN witness to his mother’s domestic abuse is intriguing. memoir. and is still haunted by the guilt of not being Everybody All the difficulties David faced were channeled able to help her. During his 14 years at the into MemoryMan, the comic book and now needs to use orphanage, he also saw hundreds of children MemoryMan the movie. David pulled himself die. Through self-reliance, David persevered memory, up and spent his time helping others. The silver and focused on helping others through even if it’s to anniversary of MemoryMan is not only a time storytelling. celebrate the superhero, but also a personal remember to be to triumph for David, a celebration on persevering David wrote MemoryMan in 1990. Bob happy.” through overwhelming personal adversity. Kane, creator of Batman, and Jerry Siegel, creator of Superman, encouraged David to create his comic book hero, MemoryMan. “Memory is a superpower,” David said. “The idea that a superhero has a power that is usable in ‘real FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT life’ is intriguing. Everybody needs to use memory, even if it’s to remember to be happy.” Some of the http://ww.MemoryMan.com highest grossing films today are of superheroes. It is no wonder that the MemoryMan comic book was a springboard to making the movie of the same title. 20 / December 2015 . January 2016 MALIBUCHRONICLE.COM