{"id":1202,"date":"2004-10-27T07:17:37","date_gmt":"2004-10-27T15:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/10\/27\/new-superman-comic-by-scott-mccloud\/"},"modified":"2004-10-27T07:17:37","modified_gmt":"2004-10-27T15:17:37","slug":"new-superman-comic-by-scott-mccloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1202","title":{"rendered":"New Superman comic by Scott McCloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not one to get excited about a new Superman comic. But this upcoming comic<\/a> – written and laid out by Scott McCloud <\/a>– looks like it could be fun.<\/p>\n

\"superman_scott.jpg\"It’s a shame that the finished drawings are so mediocre. Worse, judging from a page for which both Scott’s layout <\/a>and the finished art <\/a>are available to be seen, the artist seems to miss the point. On the page before this one<\/a>, a bad guy has just blown some smoke from his cigarette into Superman’s face.<\/p>\n

In Scott’s layout, check out Superman’s expression in panel three. Superman is pretty serene; some guy blowing smoke into his face isn’t enough to ruffle his feathers, because he’s, you know, Superman<\/i>. He’s too big <\/i>to let his feathers ruffle so easily. This fits in with Scott’s interpretation of the character:<\/p>\n

“If you can lift an elephant, if you can fly through steel walls, if you can do all this amazing stuff, in a lot of ways you’re going to be a calm guy. That strength is going to manifest itself in an unflappable character.”<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now look at how the finishing artist, Aluir Amancio, has rendered the same panel. Superman in the finished art is anything but unflappable; every muscle on his face is tense. It’s the face of a man who is either severly pissed off or suffering mild constipation, and in either case it’s failing to communicate what Scott’s layout called for.<\/p>\n

It’s too bad, because Scott’s vision – that true strength actually reduces <\/i>the need to strike a macho pose – is a pretty interesting counterpoint, not only to the usual superhero writing, but also to contemporary politics.<\/p>\n

(Via Kip<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m not one to get excited about a new Superman comic. But this upcoming comic – written and laid out by Scott McCloud – looks like it could be fun. It’s a shame that the finished drawings are so mediocre. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cartooning-comics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}