The trouble with dating supeheroes

[superboyprime]

4 pages from Supreme #1, from the latest relaunch of Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios.

Comments

[pyrotwilight]

That's actually pretty cute. Though some of the art here is rather choppy, particularly the faces in those last two panels. Suprema looks kinda well, crazy in the last one. And the writing could certainly be better with some of the dialogue. It'd probably work better if the questions were asked in a manner that made them seem more joking.

Suprema: I know. Are you a evil shapeshifter etc...
Woman" Heh heh heh. *sees Suprema staring at her seriously* Heh h-. Woah umm, nope.

Wh-what is this?

[nefrekeptah]

I like this. Oh my God, I like this a lot. I like the interaction with the ordinary woman and the ethereal angel, and the weird nativity of Supremea and the dead serious questions about wither or not she's a clone - it's fun and it's slightly surreal and it reminds me of Alan Moore somewhat.

Holy hell, did Rob Liefield actually get good at this comics thing in the last few years?!

Re: Wh-what is this?

[mrstatham]

Just because it's Liefeld's studio, doesn't mean he's written or drawn it. So it just means he's hired some halfway decent talent (again) who will inevitably move to destroy him when the studio crumbles, people aren't paid, and so on.

Re: Wh-what is this?

[nomadicwriter]

The Alan Moore vibe, it turns out, can probably be attributed to the fact that it's an old Alan Moore script. Erik Larsen did the art; Liefield seems to be just the producer and promoter on this one.

Re: Wh-what is this?

[darkknightjrk]

Close--I think Larson did the layouts and someone else did the finishes.

Re: Wh-what is this?

[nefrekeptah]

Ohhhhh, okay.

Thank God, because my mind was seriously blowing out of my ears just then. I was ironically liking something Rob Lifeld had made. My most deep-seated beliefs were crumbling down around my ears.

[leikomgwtfbbq]

...I like this.

WHAT SORCERY IS THIS

[lissa_quon]

Motto.

I'm kinda scared, and flabbergasted.

[akodo_rokku]

Go check out the Supreme run from the late 90s -- it will fill you with glee.

[glimmung]

What is Liefeld's role in this?

[darkknightjrk]

Gives out the paychecks--though I think he's doing some sort of art duties on Youngblood.

[cainofdreaming]

Did he get Larsen away from Savage Dragon? The art looks Larsen-ish.

[nomadicwriter]

According to this CBR article, yep, it's Erik Larsen, and the script is apparently an old Alan Moore script that they've had sitting around unused.

[icon_uk]

I suspected as much from the conversation with the Angel, which is very Moore/Supreme.

[crinos]

Um, stupid question, why does Supreme have an Angel (And apparently other mythical and science fiction creatures) locked in floating bubble?

That's a little weird. Especially since that Angel and Supreme were an item apparently.

[okkult3000]

I think Supreme's Mythopoeic Zoo only shows mythical/etherial beings in their natural habitats, rather than imprisoning them. Luriel is actually in some Platonic higher plane, rather than literally in his headquarters.

[mrosa]

Yes, this is addressed in Supreme #43. Supreme explains that those bubbles are merely windows into the dimensions where the mythical beings exist; they're not locked in them.

[mrosa]

OH MY GOD! Is this out already?

[darkknightjrk]

No--this and all the books in the Extreme line are coming out next year--this was part of a huge preview thing they did when the line was announced, including previews of all the books.

[blackruzsa]

I love the idea of the angels 'imagining' them, and the other way around <3
Gooooood, Supreme always had this whole 'beyond genres' sort of deal even when it surrounded Superheroes.

[darkknightjrk]

Man, why can't Moore write more stuff like this instead of his crappy tentacle rape porn?

[mrosa]

For me, Alan Moore can write whatever he wants. I'd also love to see him write more fun stuff like this; but considering that every time he tried - 1963, Supreme, Tom Strong - he was screwed by the companies, I can understand why he'll only tackle stuff only a smut peddler like Avatar would publish.

[okkult3000]

Is that... Robot Popeye?!?

[crinos]

My first thought was Popeye the Cyberman.

He's strong to the finish, because he had his weak human emotions removed.

[cainofdreaming]

Unfortunately his digestive system went the same way.

He'd cry, watching his beloved spinach can, but he hasn't any tear ducts either.

[liara_shadowsong]

I... think I like this. Diana seems pretty awesome. And you say it came from Liefeld's studios? Huh. Go figure.

[mrosa]

Yeah, but Diana is totally Moore's creation.

[eyz]

Powers also thouched this, on a much better note I think~

[mrosa]

Really? Which issues?

[halloweenjack]

I really wish that he'd hired Chris Sprouse to do this. I actually like this art better than Larsen's on his own book, Savage Dragon, but still.

Also, I think that, in Luriel's original appearance in the book, she was nude in that bubble of hers.