jools&jim Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Jaylam said: One of my favorite Superman covers from the Silver Age wasn't even drawn by Swan. Can you guess which one? Hint: Infantino and Anderson. This would have been an awesome post in a thread titled "Post Your Favorite Covers NOT Drawn by Curt Swan"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senormac Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 great thread !! kav, ComicConnoisseur, 1950's war comics and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jools&jim Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Senormac said: great thread !! I'll say! In terms of "house styles", Swan was in some sense DC's superior predecessor to Marvel's Buscema brothers, all rolled up into a singular non-Kirby influenced titan -- i.e., a reliable journeyman at first, and then a master craftsman who eventually became THE definitive artist for the first and best of National's only two truly great properties. Swan's expert storytelling (heavily influenced, in my view at least, by Reed Crandall), lithe women, nuanced facial expressions, and (yes, it really does matter) draftsman-like backgrounds were so smooth and natural that it was terribly easy, and also a terrible mistake, not to notice them. Take heed, modern artists: Swan made the fantastic look plausible and the everyday look real. Wow. So, naturally, DC put him out to pasture. What a damned, dirty shame... Edited October 15, 2018 by jools&jim kav, Gnasher, frozentundraguy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 12 hours ago, kav said: Yeah theyre really hammering top criminals, Their motto was nip it in the bud. They didn't want another super-crim on their hands! kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) Not sure I like Supes smiling... at least this variant shows that some debt is owed to the man. Edited October 15, 2018 by Gnasher kav, frozentundraguy and 1950's war comics 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 ComicConnoisseur, SkOw and kav 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 It's really tough to come up with a favorite, there is just such a large body of work by Swan, but this cover stands out to me. Gnasher, jools&jim and kav 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 1:37 PM, Jaylam said: It's really tough to come up with a favorite, there is just such a large body of work by Swan, Totally agree, there's countless choices. 1950's war comics and kav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 his splash pages were nothing to sneeze at either Gnasher and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 He had a natural affinity for drawing the human body in any angle or pose without inventing muscles and skeletal articulation, completely natural looking. Compare to: 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I believe Curt Swan was on one of the TV sales programs (QVC or HSN or something like it) back in the early 90's promoting comic books they were selling in a segment. Does anyone remember this? I've looked on YouTube and other places and cannot find anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaylam Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 13 hours ago, kav said: his splash pages were nothing to sneeze at either Gotta love those polka dot PJ's. kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 15 hours ago, kav said: his splash pages were nothing to sneeze at either This was my favourite splash page of his, from Adventure Comics 369: worthy of making the cover, which in this case went to Neal Adams. kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcity Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Gnasher said: This was my favourite splash page of his, from Adventure Comics 369: worthy of making the cover, which in this case went to Neal Adams. One of my favorite Swan splash pages, too. Also the World’s Finest 172 posted earlier. Choosing from covers is very hard as all his work is so impressive. Gnasher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnasher Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) From the Superman annual #9 (1983) Splash page for a story which he appears as himself. And the next page...... Edited October 19, 2018 by Gnasher ADAMANTIUM, kav and Alf Pogs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post frozentundraguy Posted October 31, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2018 I had been meaning to post this book for a while. It's one of my favorite Silver Age Superman covers. Shadow, ADAMANTIUM, Alf Pogs and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 5 minutes ago, frozentundraguy said: I had been meaning to post this book for a while. It's one of my favorite Silver Age Superman covers. Bought my CGC copy from Bob Storms about 7 years ago! I had read the story as a kid in a reprint book in the late 70’s. Bought for sheer nostalgia and love the cover. frozentundraguy, Gnasher and kav 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 Unlike most all comic artists Swan had no problem drawing children. Most everyone else draws midgets with adult proportioned faces. Gnasher and 1950's war comics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 2 hours ago, kav said: Unlike most all comic artists Swan had no problem drawing children. Most everyone else draws midgets with adult proportioned faces. Interesting observation. Here's another example, and a pretty cool 4 part Swan cover. Gnasher and Alf Pogs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 1 minute ago, frozentundraguy said: Interesting observation. Here's another example, and a pretty cool 4 part Swan cover. He could draw any age effectively. Many artists just draw children by giving an adult head a small body and old people just a face with a bunch of lines on it. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
