Superheroes (Supereroi)

4.5 meters per second.

To get less soaked, you'd have to run 4.5 meters per second.

When I was a kid, I thought that if I walked slowly,

the rain would only wet my head, but for more time.

But if I walked fast,

the rain would soak me all over but for less time.

So I never knew which was better.

May I?

RS represents the "raindrop speed."

AS represents our "average speed."

If we walk 6 km/h,

it will take around 23 minutes to be totally soaked,

but if we increase the speed to 10 km/h,

we can reduce the "soak factor" by 40%.

If we increase the speed even more,

at that point, the soak factor is further reduced…

In any case…

the best solution is always to buy an umbrella from a street vendor.

4,000 lira, problem solved.

- Thanks. - You're welcome.

- I'm going this way. - I'm that way.

- Do you want… - This is yours.

What's the probability?

Of what?

Since you're a whiz with numbers…

What's the probability of us meeting again?

Such a low percentage, it'd be considered statistically insignificant.

Bye.

Bye.

Well, you done, done me in You bet I felt it

I tried to be chill But you're so hot that I melted…

Another scorcher today! While surfing online, I found this.

"Don't count the days. Instead, make the days count."

Seems like a good way to start this Sunday morning…

What does MWC mean?

"My winter corduroys."

Can you come down? I need a hand.

I hate anniversaries.

I know. Just come here.

Blow it out.

Look into your heart And you'll find love, love, love, love

Listen to the music of the moment people Dance and sing

We're just one big family

And it's our Godforsaken right to be

Loved, loved, loved, loved, loved

So I won't hesitate

No more, no more

It cannot wait, I'm sure…

- Hey, babe. - Morning.

Morning.

You worked all night?

Mm-mm.

Anything good?

Yes.

Coffee?

- Boss? - Hmm?

I want to make a comic book about superheroes.

- You and half the world. - I know.

But mine are special.

- What makes them so special? - They're together.

Huh?

They're together.

Couples.

They are today's real superheroes.

I'm separated.

- Okay. - I like it. Start working on it.

Great.

Thanks.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Why didn't you call me? - You miscalculated the soaked factor.

And your number washed off.

What'll it be? A portrait of you in ten, 20, or 50 years? Same price.

Me now.

No, I draw age-progression portraits.

Now.

- Please. - Okay.

- You're afraid to see yourself as old? - No, I'm not interested.

I want to know how you see me now.

All right.

Turn your head.

Look straight at me.

Gotta be cool, relax

Get hip and get on my tracks

Take a back seat, hitchhike

And take a long ride on my motorbike

Until I'm ready

Crazy little thing called love

She drives me crazy

Crazy little thing called love

She drives me crazy

Crazy little thing called love

What?

You're odd.

Everyone's odd from close up.

You could be a comic book.

How would you have drawn me as old?

No, Anna! This is a rental^...

Hush!

It's nice.

And an elderly you?

I prefer to draw others.

Where's the bathroom?

There's no key?

- Nope. - Okay.

Who's Drusilla?

My alias.

- Sleep in this. - I'm not sleeping over.

It's late.

I'm not sleeping over.

- It's the middle of the night. - I can't.

Why?

Someone is waiting for me.

Mmm.

That's not reasonable.

- Huh? - I said that's not reasonable.

WHAT IS REASONABLE?

Bye.

Goodnight, Anna.

- Morning. - Morning.

- He fucks with his socks on. - Mmm.

What do your books say?

- He's gymnophobic. - But he took his underwear off.

I should hope so.

- Fold up the bed. I'll help. - Fine.

I had a good time.

That's a change!

- Why didn't you stay there? - I don't like leaving things around.

What's the big deal?

I told him someone was waiting for me.

You told him you're with someone else?

What did he say?

He said, "That's not reasonable."

That pretty much sums up everything you do.

And then?

Then he said, "Goodnight."

- Bitter? - Sweet.

"Sweet"?

Why can't I have a man like that?

Ask yourself that!

- So? - So she left, Vittorio.

- But you wanted her to stay? - I wanted her to be happy.

- The third. - Huh?

To the third power.

I'd like to see you with a woman.

You've been alone for a long time.

Time doesn't exist.

Right.

Hey.

Look.

Wow!

Well?

- How odd. - Good odd or bad odd?

Just odd. Lots of people will see this.

- Right? - I sure hope so!

Read it.

Okay… "Happy anniversary to us, happy anniversary to us.

But it hasn't been ten years."

- Wait, what? - Keep reading.

I see…

"It depends on when you start counting."

Mm-hmm.

Here's the cover for the second issue. Each one focuses on a mission.

Every mission has an obstacle to overcome to stay together.

Be it boredom, kids, work, silence.

- I have enough material for 100 issues. - Sure.

The next one is about sex.

Ah!

So, having sex after ten years is a mission impossible.

Impossible.

- Almost impossible. - Almost.

Time doesn't exist.

Time only exists as a mathematical entity.

Time is not a dimension we live in.

It's a dimension we think in.

The difference between past, present, and future is an illusion.

A stubbornly persistent illusion.

- These are the words of… - Einstein.

Thank you.

Before him, time and space were separate.

After him, they became one and the same.

Anna Malatesta, is love so scary that it requires a superhero couple?

No, but the passing of time is.

Yes?

What's the relationship between Drusilla, your first comic, and Anna?

Drusilla has merely grown up or is trying to.

So we could say Anna is the alter ego, but…

- Who is Marco? - Marco…

is a purely invented character.

How could such an absurd person exist?

Your comic book focuses on struggling with the passing of time.

How long does it take to become a superhero couple?

A single concept of time doesn't exist. We all have our own.

Art runs in your family. Were your parents a superhero couple?

We can say my mom's superpower was invisibility,

and my father's was super-speed.

Meaning he bolted before I was born.

So yes, my parents were superheroes.

You focus on stability in couples. How indispensable is it?

A couple is a couple if it lasts.

Otherwise, it's just two people staying together.