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Thanks for posting this one Bosch. I'm literally awe-struck every time I see this piece. Your work tends to have a feeling of harsh justice to it which is always encouraging(as evidenced by the expression on the face)... but the pallette shows a strong underlying benevolence that is always necessary to this particular character.

A truly excellent piece of work and thanks again for posting it.

---Landon

Post 1

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 9:59pm

My pleasure, Landon.
While I read a Superman comic here and there when I was young, it wasn't until the first Superman film that I really learned to appreciate the character. Christopher Reeve not only physically embodied the character perfectly, but he also came off as such a benevolent force for good, as you mention, that his powers came second to that. And no matter how much those at PC Comics do their best to make the character as uninteresting as possible, he's still here after 72 years and there are still times when they get him right. Here's a link to the story of the creation of the character by two teenage kids from Cleveland:
http://theages.superman.ws/History/Version0.php
(Edited by Bosch Fawstin
on 8/30, 10:00pm)

(Edited by Bosch Fawstin
on 8/30, 10:03pm)

Post 2

Tuesday, August 30, 2005 - 10:04pm

Thank you once again Bosch,

I was a bit younger when the Superman movies were out so they set a wonderful precedent for me. Seeing Christopher Reeve as the man of steel was one of the first really defining moments for me and for that I am eternally grateful to both him and those two kinds from cleveland.

---Landon

P.s. thanks for the link I may actually have to start that article after reading it.

Post 3

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 3:12pm

Superman is my favorite comics character. Great job, Bosch. Sanctioned.

Post 4

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 3:31pm

Nice use of the Kirby hand! Like the colors, too. So many comics today are DARK colored, but Superman always works best in the bright primaries.

Post 5

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 3:38pm

Thanks, Bob, glad you like it.

Post 6

Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 3:55pm

Joe, I suppose that Is a Kirby hand come to think of it.
Yeah, when doing Superman, you can't make him dark, it's not just the nature of the character, though they try. In fact, there's a limited series about Lex Luthor at the moment where they're trying to make us understand him at the expense of Superman. In this, Superman comes off as a dark, dangerous, silent alien. I believe it's supposed to be a take on Superman as seen through the eyes of Lex Luthor, but I don't buy it. Luthor doesn't hate Superman because he thinks Superman's evil, he hates him because he's Super good. And he's in Luthor's way.

(Edited by Bosch Fawstin
on 8/31, 3:56pm)

Post 7

Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 7:24pm