Saturday, January 16, 2010

Superman, Inc. cover art

This was for a 1999 Elseworlds one-shot with Superman as a sports celebrity.  José drew all these small panels, I inked all but one of them, then they were colored and assembled into a collage for the final cover.  It looks like several of the best shots didn't even get published.







Posted by Kevin Nowlan at 9:06 AM
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5 comments:

  1. Ron MarzJanuary 16, 2010 at 11:09 AM

    I know I have this issue packed away somewhere. I'm going to guess Jose is not a baseball fan -- the batter's hands are reversed, he wouldn't be able to actually swing the bat. Were any of the other shots used on the back cover, Kevin?

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  2. BennyJanuary 16, 2010 at 11:53 AM

    Hey, Ron. Clark was a left-handed batter. That was just a shot of him posing for the cameras during the follow-through of his home run swing.

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  3. Kevin NowlanJanuary 16, 2010 at 2:27 PM

    I haven't come across my copy of the book, but you're probably right about them using some of the remaining art for the back cover. I didn't even notice the crossed grip on the bat...

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  4. arnieJanuary 17, 2010 at 7:01 PM

    Mr. Nowlan, which shots did you consider the better ones?

    peace out

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  5. Kevin NowlanJanuary 18, 2010 at 6:46 AM

    I like all of them but the Lois drawing is particularly nice.

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