Was good to do some research on comics for the research paper. Found information and art for Wally Woods "Superduperman", a spoof he did for Mad magazine in 1953. Hilarious and well drawn.

Wood,W. (1953). Superduperman. Mad Magazine.

         Retrieved from: http//wwwstendek777.worppress.com

      Fantastic anatomy and inking tied in with good humor. Basically Clark Kent is depicted as an extremely pathetic wretched nerd (see lower right), still trying to win the affections of Lois Lane by (in this case) beating up Captain Marvel. He succeeds in destroying Marvel but Lois is still unimpressed and even rejects him while he is dressed as Superman.

     Funny and well drawn,- two aspects that I look for in a comic. Particularly like the treatment the artist used to depict the tight "spandex" over the mussels of Superduperman.  Nice stuff! 

     Interesting to contrast it with a more recent version of Superman by John Romita.

   Romita, J. (2014,August). Superman#32 Comicbook.com.
         Retrieved from: http://www.comicbook.com

      I like the comparison of these two images, one has Superman punching out an old man, the other a huge robotic ape. Romita's finnish is beautifully detailed with a high production value but I think Wood's version has better anatomy and more confidant naturalistic inking. Romita has all the qualities of dynamic posing that is found in Marvel comics and the like, but I still prefer Wood's work not only for the confidence of the drawing, but also for the simple fact that Im more attracted to humorous comics as opposed to action hero, and Superduperman was a nice meshing of both.

     Was interesting also to see the extremes in comic or Graphic novel content. The next two images are at either end of the polls in storyline and imagery.

  Klein, T. (2014). Follow the leader. Comicvine.

       Retrieved from: http: //www.comicvine.com

 

Remi, G (Herge). (1943). The adventures of Tintin. Red backhams treasure. Comicvine.

      Retrieved from: http: //www.comicvine.com

      One has sick looking gimp enquiring if someone can help him put back together a kitty cats severed head (funny cause its just TOO sick), while the other has Tintin cruising around in his wee shark submarine. 

      

     Will have to keep this in mind should I seriously persue my own comic. Do you write and draw for a specific audience or for yourself?. Process or product?.

     Have mostly enjoyed the process of producing the comic for tech. Brutal assignment in some ways (have been up at tech till closing a number of nights), but hugely rewarding and has definitely extended my drawing and digital coloring.

     These images are going to Armageddon so will be great to get some feed back having and them in the public eye.

     Have almost completed the comic too so will be good to now focus more on the CG Maya, Nuke, After affects programs for the compositing and environment assignments. Will update these in next blog.