All Star Superman Day

Finally, the trade of the Morrison-Quitely All Star Superman vol. 1 is out. But first I'll show you Zoë's b&w version of the cover.

Tell me that isn't the most awesome thing you've ever seen. I like how Superman has sort of a vaguely Toulouse-Latrec dissoluteness. Like he just spent the night on a cloud knocking back black kryptonite-and-absinthe cocktails:

You can see the original under the fold.

She then proceeded to color it in, adding k-lobbing Lex Luthor and - since there is an aesthetic theory according to which clouds without cloud-bunnies are too minimalist: crayon cloud bunnies.

Comments

[belle waring]

I was underwhelmed by the All Star Superman. you can hardly be credited with making us understand how the nebbishy Clark Kent could never be recognized as Superman when your methodology consists of drawing Clark Kent to look really different. I mean, yeah, if you want to stipulate that he dons 35 ill‒distributed pounds and a chin‒weakening device from Krypton along with the glasses, then I guess he would be hard to recognize! also, too much soft focus on Lois' ass. props for the 4 panel backstory, though.

[belle waring]

also our daughter is a genius. ;)

[ozma]

Yes, that's fairly amazing. A melancholy superman.

She even draws the eyelids!

Who is the fierce little baby in the sky?

[Kieran]

This is Superman as written and illustrated by Saint-Exupéry.

[The Modesto Kid]

Also overly minimalist: suns without shades.