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Some things never change. || Action Comics #1000!
My tribute to Action Comics #1000 comes very late - the issue dropped on April 18th (my sister’s birthday actually) and I’ve been so busy with finishing my last year at college that I didn’t even have anything shot until this week. During my spring break, I originally planned to do a Francis Manapul-esque panel layout in the shape of Superman’s crest using carefully cropped shots of his allies, family, and enemies. But holy cow, I can’t do that in the amount of free time I have. So while this tribute is definitely a lot sloppier than my original vision, I’d like to think of it as more down to earth, just like the Man of Tomorrow aspires to be.
There are a few minifigures in here that are probably new to you all. Metallo and Eradicator are entirely new minifigures on my photostream but I’ve posted slightly different variants of Parasite, Steel, Kenan Kong, and Hank Henshaw before. Knowingly, I did not include Lana Lang, Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, or Cat Grant. But since Brian Michael Bendis has announced that he’s going to focus more on Clark’s reporting role at the Daily Planet, I might make and shoot them in the future if a good issue inspires me to. Accidentally, I forgot to include Power Girl (doh!). But she’s technically not back in continuity yet, so I’ll give myself a pass.
I think it’s crazy that the most famous superhero in the world has reached 1000 issues in a single run. The ideal of Superman is truly timeless, a model of courage, compassion, citizenship, leadership, and humility. While I’m still rather baffled as to why DC decided to give him the trunks back (EVERYTHING after Superman Reborn suggested otherwise, especially from a line-wide editorial perspective), I’m even more excited than the linchpin of the DC Universe is back to the status quo. May the rest of the universe fall back into place as well.
I’ll post separate shots of Metallo and Eradicator on my secondary photostream!
Some things never change. || Action Comics #1000!
My tribute to Action Comics #1000 comes very late - the issue dropped on April 18th (my sister’s birthday actually) and I’ve been so busy with finishing my last year at college that I didn’t even have anything shot until this week. During my spring break, I originally planned to do a Francis Manapul-esque panel layout in the shape of Superman’s crest using carefully cropped shots of his allies, family, and enemies. But holy cow, I can’t do that in the amount of free time I have. So while this tribute is definitely a lot sloppier than my original vision, I’d like to think of it as more down to earth, just like the Man of Tomorrow aspires to be.
There are a few minifigures in here that are probably new to you all. Metallo and Eradicator are entirely new minifigures on my photostream but I’ve posted slightly different variants of Parasite, Steel, Kenan Kong, and Hank Henshaw before. Knowingly, I did not include Lana Lang, Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, or Cat Grant. But since Brian Michael Bendis has announced that he’s going to focus more on Clark’s reporting role at the Daily Planet, I might make and shoot them in the future if a good issue inspires me to. Accidentally, I forgot to include Power Girl (doh!). But she’s technically not back in continuity yet, so I’ll give myself a pass.
I think it’s crazy that the most famous superhero in the world has reached 1000 issues in a single run. The ideal of Superman is truly timeless, a model of courage, compassion, citizenship, leadership, and humility. While I’m still rather baffled as to why DC decided to give him the trunks back (EVERYTHING after Superman Reborn suggested otherwise, especially from a line-wide editorial perspective), I’m even more excited than the linchpin of the DC Universe is back to the status quo. May the rest of the universe fall back into place as well.
I’ll post separate shots of Metallo and Eradicator on my secondary photostream!