I'm not the world's biggest Superboy fan...

[icon_uk]

But I LOVE Phil Noto...



I wonder why? :)

Oh, this is the cover art for Superboy issue #2

And this is the variant cover by Guillem March



Less stylish, less... interesting from my own POV, but rather more blatant too... on the other hand, that's quite a smile Kon has

Comments

[pyrotwilight]

The variant is rather more explicit at least in what it implies but this one's a beauty. Been a while since Kon last saw Ivy.

[icon_uk]

It is rather, so what the heck, for those who like such things I added that one in too! :)

[spockfran.livejournal.com]

I wonder if anyone in DC cares about whats going on in Gotham city Sirens.
Probably not but still the covers nice

[mistersandman]

Why, what's happening in GCS?

[liara_shadowsong]

This is a lovely cover... Though I do wish DC would make up its mind already as to whether Kon's eyes are blue like Clark's, green like Lex's, or somehow randomly gray or brown. (Go with green, DC! He looks enough like Clark already, no need to make him completely identical to Clark at his age.) Nevertheless, wow, bondage with someone who isn't a Robin... Although he did dress up in a Robin suit in one issue, at Tim's bequest...

[icon_uk]

Though I do wish DC would make up its mind already as to whether Kon's eyes are blue like Clark's, green like Lex's, or somehow randomly gray or brown. (Go with green, DC! He looks enough like Clark already, no need to make him completely identical to Clark at his age.)

They've been blue for too long for it to be a convincing change methinks.

Nevertheless, wow, bondage with someone who isn't a Robin.

Hey, I can be flexible if the image is stylish enough! :)

[seiraryu.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing his eyes are blue, but the picture coloring tinted them green-ish.

[icon_uk]

Oh, and terribly minor thing, it's "behest" rather than "bequest". A "bequest" is something you leave to someone when you die. :)

[silverzeo]

I am willing to doubt that the first encounter that the kid had, the one where he teamed up with his bro, Robin, and they become best of friends....

[mercia]

Silly Pamela, gagging someone like that is only good for looks, not practicality!

...or so I've heard. ...from other people. ...who aren't here right now.

LOOK! A DISTRACTION! *vanish*

[icon_uk]

I dunno, a between the teeth "cleave" gag is fairly effective, and I'd wager tougher to get out of, than an over the mouth type one, however cute they look on your Robin.

[darrylayo]

I really like that second cover. I like Phil Noto a lot, but that second cover is crazier. That face. Nightmares!

[turtlefu]

If only the interior art was half as interesting as this. A bad interior turns me off from books more than bad writing, and I can't stand Superboy's artist.

that second cover

[thehefner]

Why is Pam radioactive?

Re: that second cover

[liara_shadowsong]

Hm... maybe the obvious explanation of what's going on in that cover art is not the correct one, and she is actually covered in kryptonite dust? (Honestly, that's really the only even remotely logical explanation I can come up with for why her skin is the same shade of green as my laser pointer instead of her usual hue.)

[aaron_bourque]

Before . . . after . . . before . . . after . . .

[badficwriter]

AAA! It's won't stop in my head!

[isawrightless.livejournal.com]

The first cover is so pretty. The lineart is so thin and soft. The coloring is very good, too. The hints of pink/red on her nose and cheeks, the shadows under his eyes, the color of her skin that is a mix between normal and green. <3

The variant is so blunt.

But I think I like what it implies. Leave it to Kon to fall for Ivy's charms. =)

[wonderwomanhero]

Oh god! Thank you icon_u.k. FINALLY I see a gagged man. They need more in comics. Speaking of which, the one with the cover where Ivy was standing in-between a vine bound and gagged Trickster and Piper...are there scans from that comic?

[icon_uk]

Thank you icon_u.k. FINALLY I see a gagged man.

My pleasure!

[ghosty732]

I always get really creeped out when artists draw buff men without shirts... without nipples! It's weird.

[liara_shadowsong]

Erm... is this a general statement, or a reference to the variant art? Because I'm pretty sure I can see Kon's left nipple on that one. It's kind of light (just color, no outline), and further down his pec than I would really consider usual (though I'd really need a bigger sample size from real models with a similar build for comparison, heeheehee), but I don't know what else it could be.

[bluefall]

HOLY SHIT

did March just draw a woman that's actually something approaching genuinely sexy

my god

up is down, left is right, cats and dogs are living together

[shadeedge]

Yeah, seriously. "Women in guy's shirts" pretty much fits my area of interest.

[psychopathicus_rex]

I love Kon's face in that second scan. He's like 'Duh-huh! It wuz woith it!'

[selke]

I would so buy a print of the first one.

And I love that we have a bondage tag. :D

[liara_shadowsong]

Did you know that we currently have thirty entries under the bondage tag, and icon_uk is responsible for (assuming I didn't accidentally miscount) nineteen of them? ;P How helpful he is. :D

[lucky_gamble]

I guess what Ivy wants, Ivy gets. Superpowered young beefcakes included

[icon_uk]

It's almost a pattern of behaviour

Helpful links

[bariman]

Just in case anyone wanted to know the first time Ivy and Kon met, it was in the "World's Finest Three" mini. Also the first time Kon and Tim met. Part one here and part two here.

[biznizzonpeyote]

Please tell me that I'm not crazy for getting Frank Quitely vibes from Noto's art. They just... feel so similar!

[icon_uk]

From Noto's art? Not in the slightest I'm afraid, Noto's is much smoother and less.. granular (for wont of a better term)

From March's art? Yes, I can see a similarity on Kon there.