Thread 149364924

C'mon, Alan Moore! Superman WOULD NOT say that!

>>149364924 (OP)
"Krypton had its chance" of the 80s

>>149364924 (OP)
I wish modern comics had this kind of coloring again

>>149365202
the art looks nice, i'll give you that

>>149364924 (OP)
He would, it's called acceptance

>>149365247
this

>>149365202
Or this kind of art. It's why I mostly pick up 30+ year old comics whenever I trek out to my LCS.

>>149364924 (OP)
Superman would say that it's the thought that counts.

>>149365402
That would be better and not completely OOC

>>149364924 (OP)
I really like that Robin plays such a key part in this story.
also I think superman has been trough some shit. He's not going to be himself for a little while.

>>149364924 (OP)
Have you read this comic? The whole plot is about Superman being trapped in an imaginary world where Krypton survived, but still is very troubled.
To free himself Superman had to let go of his nostalgia and realize he preferred Earth.

This line is the natural conclusion to the storyline of the book. It's a great example of why Alan Moore is such a competent writer

>>149366820
Thank you I was just coming in to say. I’m not going to insult you op just read this anons post

>>149365202
I wish I could draw like this.

>>149365202
The paper stock changed.

>>149366958
They can still do flat coloring, they just choose not to.

>>149366820
There's also the joke that the Black Mercy that caused the issue is a plant and here Superman is presented with another plant as a gift. It's a joke that he just got done with a plant so maybe it is for the best this plant is dead on top of the realization that maybe it is for the best that Krypton exploded and his dad didn't join the KKKK (Krypton Ku Klux Klan.)

>>149366946
Then do it.

>>149366996
I lack the skill.

>>149366329
Weird that this was Jason Todd, yet noone ever treated him well

>>149365202
It reminds me of Technicolor somewhat.

>>149367013
It's pre-crisis Jason, who was even more of a golly gee willikers good boy than Dick.

>>149366997
Learn.

>>149364924 (OP)
Jessica and I brought you this new miniature planet called Krypton but uh... well I'm afraid it got SAT on and... well, frankly, everyone on it is dead.

Don't worry about it Brittany, perhaps its for the breast.

>>149364924 (OP)
Subtly jab at Ratman

>>149364924 (OP)
I'm more concerned with how Superman is handling Kandor's bottle. Right now the entire population of the city is tumbling toward the bottom.

>>149366820
You think anyone here reads comics?

>>149365202
and inking
and to not be choked with words
and to have panels that aren't just repeating frames
and to have action

>>149367306
Several of Morrison's comics are jabs at Moore's. He's obsessed.
Another one from All-Star.

>>149366984
It's not just flats

>>149369403
Yeah, the colors they chose to look good on old newsprint look way too bright on better paper and digital. Easy solution there is to just use darker colors.

>>149369387
if they surrender, they are not immovable/unstoppable. thats retarded.

>>149369387
>>149369457
Here's the part from For the Man Who Has Everything.

>>149366997
>>149367069
I'm pretty sure Dave Gibbons was self-taught.

>>149367874
It's a replica, not the real Kandor, that's also a story point in this comic.

>>149364924 (OP)
>Think clean thoughts, chum.
Can't help reading that in Adam West's voice.

>>149369457
You're missing the point. They realize that conflict is pointless. The sphinx is also look less for a "correct" answer and more a sincere genuine one. It's a test of character. You're dumb as hell.

Okay.

>>149367306
>>149369387
>obsessed
YES, YES, YES - EXACTLY
SALTY STILL
all of Alan Moore's fans are getting older, and dying out, and not being replaced....

>>149366985
A punchline, but sad.

>>149365336
anon...
this is what 30 year old comics look like

>>149369618
Moore didn't invent the concept of unstoppable force meets immovable object.

>>149371829
That's a 25 year old comic, not 30.

>>149369871
That is not the face of someone thinking clean thoughts

>>149364924 (OP)
Well what do you want Superman to say?

>>149365202
Why don't they do this >>149364924 (OP) though?

>>149364924 (OP)
Who stepped on it?

>>149367306
yes but Morrison won by somehow forcing this interpretation as the only meanwhile Superman story that exists in the public consciousness for whatever reason.

also this interpretation isn’t mutually contradictory, it could be “for the best” that krypton was destroyed so that it could be reborn as a greater world in a better time as new krypton; it goes back to the futurist aspirations of Siegel and relations to cosmism.

>>149371831
True, but he is the one saying "surrender" is not a possibility.

>>149376668
>lso this interpretation isn’t mutually contradictory, it could be “for the best” that krypton was destroyed so that it could be reborn as a greater world in a better time as new krypton; it goes back to the futurist aspirations of Siegel and relations to cosmism.
Good point. This is one of the things that annoys me about the whole "Krypton had it's chance, I'm a human etc" narrative that emerges post crisis is it sort of irons everything out into a soft liberal "just be nice to people and everything will be ok" pablum.

The whole Superman represents hope thing rings pretty hollow to me without Siegel's idea that he represents, by coming from such an advanced world, a better future. By contrasting Krypton and Earth in such a sharp negative fashion, I think you rob the character of a lot of his intrigue.

>>149365202
This. Digital coloring is so vomit inducing I can't read modern comics unless they're black and white.

>>149369899
Tangentially related but the Sphinx is also an immovable object confronting the unstoppable force Superman and it's his attempt at just diffusing the situation.