It had been several years since San Francisco hosted a comic convention (long before COVID, as WonderCon moved to Anaheim some years ago), so it came as a pleasant surprise on my Facebook feed a few months ago when I saw that a show would be coming back! SF Fan Expo was held the weekend …
Hi again guys! I recently came across an extensive Tim Sale interview done by The Comics Journal, which had some wonderful insight about the making of "Superman For All Seasons." I figured I'd post the excerpt of that interview that related to Superman here, as a way of continuing my Tim Sale tribute. After the …
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I first met Tim Sale at Emerald City Comic Con in 2010. He was wearing a Seattle Mariners cap and jersey, and in between signing books and speaking with fans, after hearing someone mention his favorite baseball team, he looked up from his table and asked, "Did we win today?" Sale, like me, grew up …
“That’s maybe the only one, because it was derived from the Shuster version.” - Steve Rude, on influences to his animation art style Steve Rude is truly an artist’s artist. His simple, streamlined and highly emotive style was huge when he caught on in the indie comics scene of the 80s, and has propelled …
“Then I stumbled upon Max and Dave Fleischer’s Superman cartoons... The scene that lit up my brain like a Christmas tree showed Superman using his cape to protect Lois Lane from a cascade of molten metal. Rather than being angry at her for getting in trouble, he was gentle and brave...” - Becoming Superman, pg.32 As …
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