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Post by Alex on Dec 19, 2012 4:56:43 GMT -5
Please let us know what you think of this issue!
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Post by UltimateDC on Dec 19, 2012 18:05:23 GMT -5
I liked this. This reminds me a lot of Grant Morrison's take on the Last Son of Krypton: a combination of fantastical sci-fi and down-to-earth morality. The various timelines seem kind of ambitious, but they come off well and make for a good portrait of Superman throughout the ages. I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes. Keep it up.
-UDC
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Post by Hush10 on Dec 19, 2012 18:30:27 GMT -5
What can I say besides AMAZING!
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Post by Fantômas on Dec 19, 2012 19:06:12 GMT -5
Thank-you, both of you.
Earth A's Trinity are now all present and accounted for, so it can't be long until we see an Earth A team-up, right? If you haven't read Alex's Batman: Gotham Knights or Scott's Wonder Woman, get on board and get informed, because 2013 is going to be all about Earth A.
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Post by VintageViktor on Feb 14, 2013 16:41:58 GMT -5
I loved this! You've got the characterization of Superman nailed to a T, all the more impressive considering you tackle him from different centuries. My favorite was the stuff in Smallvile; you really did Ma and Pa Kent justice. Also, I absolutely LOVE the idea that a little kid would point at Clark and shout "Superman!" - small detail, but added so much. Fantastic stuff, can't wait to read more.
Oh, and that cover is flipping BEAUTIFUL.
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Post by Steve K. on Apr 25, 2013 13:14:37 GMT -5
Super! A very ambitious start to what I can tell is going to be a great series. I really dig the idea of a grand lineage of Supermen.
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Post by Ben McInnis on Sept 19, 2013 5:27:49 GMT -5
Fantastic work! I was impressed at how well the divergent timelines were handled and how you wove them into a single consistent whole. Very well done! Looking forward to more!
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Post by Fantômas on Sept 19, 2013 6:23:16 GMT -5
Fantastic work! I was impressed at how well the divergent timelines were handled and how you wove them into a single consistent whole. Very well done! Looking forward to more! Thanks, Ben. Hopefully I'll do more. It's just that I find it really hard to write Superman. It feels like everything he does should have weight to it, like he can't have wasted action or words (go figure that I think Clark cooking isn't wasted action). But I've got some more stories to tell with Clark, and after I've seen through the first arc of my Batman Inc. story I'll get around to them. Still got a take on Doomsday that I think people might like, and that works very well with the multiple timeline perspective (trying to emulate Clark's 'super-memory'), and one that would go through a load of Kryptonite variations, see what we can do beyond 'green kryptonite hurts Superman'. |
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Post by HoM on Sept 19, 2013 7:05:47 GMT -5
Fantastic work! I was impressed at how well the divergent timelines were handled and how you wove them into a single consistent whole. Very well done! Looking forward to more! Thanks, Ben. Hopefully I'll do more. It's just that I find it really hard to write Superman. It feels like everything he does should have weight to it, like he can't have wasted action or words (go figure that I think Clark cooking isn't wasted action). But I've got some more stories to tell with Clark, and after I've seen through the first arc of my Batman Inc. story I'll get around to them. Still got a take on Doomsday that I think people might like, and that works very well with the multiple timeline perspective (trying to emulate Clark's 'super-memory'), and one that would go through a load of Kryptonite variations, see what we can do beyond 'green kryptonite hurts Superman'. I've had this conversation with you before, Fant. Superman is SO hard to write right, I think. My runs with the character false-started all over the place until Action Comics became a bloody ensemble book with Superman nowhere to be seen. That said, reading and writing the Superman titles did develop my love of The Guardian, so I do love them so. When I get back to being able to write Metallo with any regularity, I fully intend to build upon the fact he was rebuilt in Secret Society of Super Villains with multiple Kryptonite lenses-- of all colours-- in his chest. I just have a thing about trying to make the most ridiculous characters-- human brain, robot body, Kryptonite heart!-- terrifying. Yay! |
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Post by Ben McInnis on Sept 19, 2013 9:41:42 GMT -5
The way you handled the "super-memory" reminds me of how Moore handled Dr. Manhatten in Watchmen. Multi-dimensional existence, memory, etc. has always fascinated me, but I agree with you that things like that (and Superman, lol) are very difficult to write in a way that translates coherently to an audience. I am looking forward to seeing more of your writing in general, Fantomas.
Charlie: The thing I have always had difficulty with as far as conceiving to write about Superman (I have never written anything with him in it) is how to not make him come off as campy without turning him into a genocidal maniac. Superman is an anachronism, especially in our society, but he is an anachronism the human psyche needs on a profound level. Superman is the embodiment of hope and that is phenomenally difficult to write. I may have to give a crack at it at a later date once I get me feet a bit wetter, lol!
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Post by Fantômas on Sept 19, 2013 9:53:12 GMT -5
Dr Manhattan and his counter-part in Final Crisis, Allen Adam, the Quantum Superman.  "The endgame of the idea that spawned the likes of you, Ultraman [...] I am beyond conflict." Hints of Superman's power levels one day moving beyond our comprehension, turning into the ultimate expression of 'the best thing we can imagine' as Superman Prime, is a really fun concept.  Oh, and just incase anyone hasn't seen this: sites.google.com/site/deepspacetransmissions/Resources/superman-2000-proposalA pitch by Millar, Morrison, Peyer and Waid that never came to light entirely, though you can see elements of it here and there in their writings since. You'll see I cribbed a fair few ideas from it for this issue. If you want to see more of my writing, Ben, I'd point you in the direction of Batman Inc.. Big things coming up for Batman in DC2, with more writers pitching in and all kinds of fun new places to go. |
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