I like the Christopher Reeve "clumsy but not stupid" version. His first scene at the Daily Planet in the first movie was priceless and had me laughing half the time.
I also preferred his Superman fighting for "Truth, justice and the American way;" and not the woke garbage of today. That kind of thinking would get a comic book author blacklisted and probably harassed these days.
very much agreed. Clark was timid and meek and easily bossed around but he was still very much a good reporter, well spoken and good enough at this job that he was still competition against the firebrand louis lane at their work.
True on clark but he has this girl trying to pee posture, just replace his notepad with a purse, looks like they go overboard with the clumsy, naive alter ego for some unknown reason.
no i agree 100% that they wont overboard in the art, Lois is supposed to be a consumate professional for a multinational respectable paper, not the university hobby blog look or whatever the hell they are going for
It's actually a problem in comics too. Artists apparently don't know how to draw non caucasoid features (or are too lazy to actually change up their style for different characters), so they just draw a white person/the same features for everyone and color them whatever skin tone they want.
Because if you DO draw blacks accurately, you get cries of racism, and it's nothing new.
Ever wonder why (American) Dennis the Menace lived in an all-white world? Because the cartoonist tried to introduce a black friend for him once, and got cries of "racist". So he decided to never try to draw anything but whites again. Or so the story goes.
Any HINT of lips will get you lynched.
Oh, and it feeds into the fantastical "all humans are the same" worldview that is being sold. Because these baby-brains think that legal equality = biological equality somehow.
Unfortunately, the best source of the history and images of "Jackson" the memory-holed Dennis the Menace character were from a biased and editorialized Snopes article.
The author, Hank Ketcham, tried to introduce a new black character in 1970 to make social commentary, and of course, protests broke out overnight in multiple US cities over a comic strip.
The first comic strip is a little shocking looking at how "Jackson" is drawn, but seems pretty tame to have people ranting in the streets.
The second attempt OTOH, which Snopes claimed was also widely denounced, is much more tasteful and it's harder to imagine what anyone would have to complain about.
If you draw non caucasoid features, it comes across as caricatures. Because they literally look like walking stereotypes in real life, but we are in denial about it.
So we have to pretend they totally look normal and like everyone else, and they don't have these protruding jaws and mega lips a large amount of the time.
He looks strange, like he is suppose to be a white character but they just put in a different skin color?
And Lois Lane I assume will be the star of the show, somehow.
You don't have to assume. Who is being portrayed as weak and who is being portrayed as strong in that promotion image.
i mean, the art is awful, and Lois is just missing a pink hat in that picture...
but clark kent is supposed to be a clumy beta male, thats part of his alter ego right?
I would argue mild mannered and beta are two different things.
mild mannered still brings the image of someone who doesnt start fights but finishes them,
clark always gave off the complete submissive vibes
I like the Christopher Reeve "clumsy but not stupid" version. His first scene at the Daily Planet in the first movie was priceless and had me laughing half the time.
I also preferred his Superman fighting for "Truth, justice and the American way;" and not the woke garbage of today. That kind of thinking would get a comic book author blacklisted and probably harassed these days.
very much agreed. Clark was timid and meek and easily bossed around but he was still very much a good reporter, well spoken and good enough at this job that he was still competition against the firebrand louis lane at their work.
100% agree on your 2nd point
Haven't they already removed "The American Way" from superman? I am no expert so I could be wrong...
Clark Kent is a journalist, so beta male cuck is an accurate representation of journalists in 2021.
True on clark but he has this girl trying to pee posture, just replace his notepad with a purse, looks like they go overboard with the clumsy, naive alter ego for some unknown reason.
no i agree 100% that they wont overboard in the art, Lois is supposed to be a consumate professional for a multinational respectable paper, not the university hobby blog look or whatever the hell they are going for
It's actually a problem in comics too. Artists apparently don't know how to draw non caucasoid features (or are too lazy to actually change up their style for different characters), so they just draw a white person/the same features for everyone and color them whatever skin tone they want.
Because if you DO draw blacks accurately, you get cries of racism, and it's nothing new.
Ever wonder why (American) Dennis the Menace lived in an all-white world? Because the cartoonist tried to introduce a black friend for him once, and got cries of "racist". So he decided to never try to draw anything but whites again. Or so the story goes.
Any HINT of lips will get you lynched.
Oh, and it feeds into the fantastical "all humans are the same" worldview that is being sold. Because these baby-brains think that legal equality = biological equality somehow.
Archived Snopes link
Unfortunately, the best source of the history and images of "Jackson" the memory-holed Dennis the Menace character were from a biased and editorialized Snopes article.
The author, Hank Ketcham, tried to introduce a new black character in 1970 to make social commentary, and of course, protests broke out overnight in multiple US cities over a comic strip.
The first comic strip is a little shocking looking at how "Jackson" is drawn, but seems pretty tame to have people ranting in the streets.
The second attempt OTOH, which Snopes claimed was also widely denounced, is much more tasteful and it's harder to imagine what anyone would have to complain about.
If you draw non caucasoid features, it comes across as caricatures. Because they literally look like walking stereotypes in real life, but we are in denial about it.
So we have to pretend they totally look normal and like everyone else, and they don't have these protruding jaws and mega lips a large amount of the time.