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Read through Kevin Smith's script for "Superman Lives" [link] today, and was reminded of just how much I love the last son of Krypton. I think most Superman COMICS are kind of bleh, but as a character and a mythology he's the bee's knees. High on my list of DC or Marvel properties I'd want to write.
That's Superman's biological father Jor-El, telling the Kryptonian government their planet is going to explode (which I also drew, along with the rocket carrying Jor-El's infant son, Kal-El), and Kal-El himself, in his early years as a superhero.
That's Superman's biological father Jor-El, telling the Kryptonian government their planet is going to explode (which I also drew, along with the rocket carrying Jor-El's infant son, Kal-El), and Kal-El himself, in his early years as a superhero.
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I really like this! Superman has really been "meh" for a long time! The last good things I read were Birthright (which did the origin in a fresh way without being as scientific and cold as Byrne's), Red Son (which is a good re-imaging of the Silver Age Superman) and All-Star (which is probably the best Superman ever. Besides the Fleischer version. Bud Collyer rocks as Superman.
I like how you draw Jor-El with a more priestly look to him (the white stripe running down the black collar and the robe over that). It really plays into the whole "Superman=Jesus" allegory that some people have tried. And while some (*cough*Donner*cough*) are really heavy-handed with it, some people do the idea justice. There's actually a book that talks about it, called "the Gospel According to the World's Greatest Superhero," which talks a great deal about this. I think the idea is a little... off, considering Siegel and Shuster were Jewish, and therefore didn't believe in Jesus.
This sketch (and the other one you did of Superman) also remind me of the radio show, which had a strange version of the origin. Instead of Superman landing as an infant and being raised by the Kents (or being raised in an orphanage, if you've read Action Comics #1), he arrives as a grown adult, and gets the idea for his "Clark Kent" identity from the first people that he saves (who mysteriously never appear again). I think this origin (or the orphange version) would be an interesting miniseries to write, since instead of learning his moral compass from the Kents, Superman has to make his own way, and decide his morals for himself.
Hmm... I wonder how old you have to be to send DC Comics a proposal for a story idea?
I like how you draw Jor-El with a more priestly look to him (the white stripe running down the black collar and the robe over that). It really plays into the whole "Superman=Jesus" allegory that some people have tried. And while some (*cough*Donner*cough*) are really heavy-handed with it, some people do the idea justice. There's actually a book that talks about it, called "the Gospel According to the World's Greatest Superhero," which talks a great deal about this. I think the idea is a little... off, considering Siegel and Shuster were Jewish, and therefore didn't believe in Jesus.
This sketch (and the other one you did of Superman) also remind me of the radio show, which had a strange version of the origin. Instead of Superman landing as an infant and being raised by the Kents (or being raised in an orphanage, if you've read Action Comics #1), he arrives as a grown adult, and gets the idea for his "Clark Kent" identity from the first people that he saves (who mysteriously never appear again). I think this origin (or the orphange version) would be an interesting miniseries to write, since instead of learning his moral compass from the Kents, Superman has to make his own way, and decide his morals for himself.
Hmm... I wonder how old you have to be to send DC Comics a proposal for a story idea?