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une_croix (une_croix) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-05 23:32:00

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Entry tags:	char: superman/clark kent, creator: tim sale

Supes' prom night. 6 pages, by Tim Sale from his issue of DC's sadly short lived Solo.

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	fungo_squiggly 2009-09-05 01:41 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, that's a really sweet story. It's funny to see, though, how young Clark's drawn kind of chubby. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	une_croix 2009-09-05 01:42 pm UTC (link)
	Loeb seems to shake his... crappiness when paired with Sale. Here's hoping their Cap origin retread is decent. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	yaseen101 2009-09-05 02:06 pm UTC (link)
	LE' GASP! You mean to tell me that the guy that's writing the Hulk and the Ultimatum which is about the biggest crap of all time wrote THIS! Unbelievable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	une_croix 2009-09-05 02:32 pm UTC (link)
	It seems more likely that Sale drew the pages and Loeb scripted over them afterwards. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	yaseen101 2009-09-05 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	That...makes sense but I prefer to believe that this was Jeph Loeb being good since all writers have both good and bad stuff under their belt. (Reply to this) (Parent)

thehefner
2009-09-05 04:38 pm UTC (link)

I actually like the above story much more than the usual Loeb, but I must take exception: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, DARK VICTORY, and CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME are all littered with varying degrees of Loeb's trademark suck. It's more subtly done than wholescale slaughter of characters, but flat, one-note characterizations, plot holes, worn-out tropes, and lame Hollywood cliche dialogue abound.

But he gets away with it because he knows how to utilize Sale's wonderful artwork beautifully.

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	btravage.livejournal.com 2009-09-05 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	He's drawn as an oaf. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	taggerung301 2009-09-05 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	a loveable oaf (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-09-05 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	Well, as he grew up on a farm in small town Kansas, perhaps "hayseed" might be more appropriate, and he sort of was. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	proteus_lives 2009-09-06 04:02 am UTC (link)
	I think the best part of Ka-El/Clark Kent is the hayseed part. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	toasty_fresh 2009-09-05 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	I really like his chub, actually. It's adorbale! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Giant Superman! eljackal 2009-09-05 01:42 pm UTC (link)
	Some nice touches in that. LOved the qick-getting-cleany thing in the clouds. But in that second panel....Clark is Huge. Really, really huge. Or Ma and Pa have been turned into midgets for the day. And that last shot? What kind of profile is that for a Superhero? (Oh wow, first real post on Scans Daily....please don't eat me) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Giant Superman! une_croix 2009-09-05 01:44 pm UTC (link)
	Technically, he's not a superhero yet at that point. And he's sitting down. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Giant Superman! icon_uk 2009-09-05 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	Welcome! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Giant Superman! toasty_fresh 2009-09-05 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	I love the last shot . . . he's human and vulnerable and flipping adorable. He's not a hero, he's a kid going to his first prom with a girl he really likes, and I love that the art reflects that. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: Giant Superman! ashtoreth 2009-09-06 06:55 am UTC (link)
	OM NOM NOM (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jlbarnett 2009-09-05 02:01 pm UTC (link)
	the only place I like the art is the partial profile of Clark's face when he's trying to help Mrs. Gulch (Reply to this) (Thread)

	une_croix 2009-09-05 02:02 pm UTC (link)
	Anal fisting gone wrong. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jaybee3 2009-09-05 02:14 pm UTC (link)
	He looks like Captain Marvel rather than Clark Kent. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	04nbod 2009-09-05 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	Well they are just different sides of the same coin anyway (Reply to this) (Parent)

	taggerung301 2009-09-05 02:36 pm UTC (link)
	daw this is such a cute little story :) I love things like this (Reply to this)

	queenrikki 2009-09-05 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	I know a lot of people who don't like Sale's but I always find him adorable. (Reply to this)

	icon_uk 2009-09-05 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	Clearly Miss Gulch upgraded from her old bicycle following the tornado. And I'm torn on the art here, in most cases it's atmospheric, in panels like Ma Kent taking the picture it's closer to caricature, and the shift between the two is somewhat jarring. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ashtoreth 2009-09-06 06:55 am UTC (link)
	::spew soda on monitor:: (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mullon 2009-09-05 04:00 pm UTC (link)
	Clark, buddy, way too much hair gel. (Reply to this)

	silverzeo 2009-09-05 05:01 pm UTC (link)
	Wonder what Bruce's prom night was like... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	taggerung301 2009-09-05 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	filled with dark brooding no doubt (Reply to this) (Parent)

	runespoor7 2009-09-05 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	Probably didn't happen. He was already all over the world getting training, right? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sessile29 2009-09-05 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	Does it matter? HIS PARENTS ARE DEAD. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	gotham_girl 2009-09-05 06:05 pm UTC (link)
	Amelia gultch? Wasn't that the name of the witch in sepia in Wizard of Oz? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-09-05 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	Not quite, that was Miss Almira Gulch... Probably related though :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	galateus 2009-09-05 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	Most definitely an homage. It is Kansas. (Now that it comes up, Smallville, Kansas is probably also why there was that Choose Your Own Adventure book with Supergirl as Dorothy...) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-09-06 07:03 am UTC (link)
	There WAS? Really? I didn't know there WERE any DC 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books - I thought it was all original material. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

galateus
2009-09-06 05:24 pm UTC (link)

Okay, googling for Supergirl and Wizard of Oz, it was technically under a sister brand of CYOA called "Which Way Books"; DC also licensed a book each for Superman, Batman and the Justice League. Looking back it was actually pretty crack-y; some supervillain zapped Supergirl and trapped her inside a nearby edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

And my god, I didn't even remember what the cover looked like. Apparently she also went to Camelot. And it came out in 1984-85, so in retrospect it's a shame being the "master of Supergirl's fate" couldn't stop her from dying one year later.

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	psychop_rex 2009-09-06 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	...hot damn. Supergirl goes to Oz and then to Camelot. I think I had a dream like that once (only it was Batman, not Supergirl). A shame there's not really an effective way of posting 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books on the 'net; this looks like it'd be hysterical. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	janegray 2009-09-05 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	So glad this had a happy ending, I was so sure it would be the usual (and irritating) "he doesn't make it in time and she ditches him" story. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	majingojira 2009-09-05 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	Motto. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-09-05 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	That's what would happen to Peter Parker, this is Clark Kent, stuff like that didn't happen to him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	proteus_lives 2009-09-06 04:00 am UTC (link)
	In Peter's case, the girl is tapping her foot outside the gym while Pete is ducking steel tentacles or pumpkin bombs. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mysteryfan 2009-09-05 06:30 pm UTC (link)
	I like this! Thank you for sharing. (Reply to this)

	kd_the_movie 2009-09-06 12:15 am UTC (link)
	Even though was probably mostly Tim Sale's work, I've always found Jeph Loeb's DC work very enjoyable and a million times better than his Marvel work (and that includes hush and Superman/Batman). (Reply to this)

	lyraeinne 2009-09-06 12:19 am UTC (link)
	The ending's a little too sweet for me, but Clark's face after he gets the mud full on sort of made me want to cry. Poor kid. :( (Reply to this)

	psychop_rex 2009-09-06 07:06 am UTC (link)
	Aww - this is nice. Kinda makes you wonder what Clark's life would have been like if he'd stuck with his childhood sweetheart instead of marrying the big-time city reporter. (Not that I'm complaining, mind you; I like Lois, but... still.) (Reply to this)

	kingrockwell 2009-09-06 09:39 am UTC (link)
	Is this the full story? If so, you might need to cut four of these pages. (Reply to this)

	superfan1 2009-09-07 01:06 am UTC (link)
	Oh clark,I just want to give you a big kiss on the cheek! Don't know why,but can help it being so adorkable. (Reply to this)