Saturday, August 31, 2013

Spoiler Saturday--Backgrounhd Check!

In reference to this week's Batman/Superman #3:

Let me say up front that I am not trying to diminish Jae Lee's artistic talents. I don't particularly care for his style--particularly in recent years--but that's just my personal taste. It cannot be denied, though, that the guy can draw pretty damn good.

But as a comic book artist/storyteller? Well...

Let's look at 3 sequences from the book.

1st, can you figure out where we are?





Gotham? Metropolis? On the ground? In the air? Atop a building? Daytime? Nighttime? In heaven, surrounded by swirly clouds? 

Next?




Spoiler alert--this is Smallville (a caption told us). Most of the earlier questions apply, though...

Finally...




It begins to look like heaven might be the correct answer. A dry ice factory? Venus?

I'm just saying, Jack Kirby had more background in one panel than we got in this entire issue...

I shouldn't complain, though. If Lee can only finish 14 pages a month without backgrounds, it's probably a good thing he doesn't attempt them, or his output might drop to unmeasurable levels.

3 comments:

  1. These look like the backgrounds photographers use to sit petulant children in front of when taking crappy school keepsakes.

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  2. How does projecting heat from your eyes enable you to do 'cellular reconstruction?'

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  3. What's with all the fog? Were they fighting Mysterio?

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