"We are each other's shelter from the storm."
SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #6

One day I walked into a library and my eyes fell on a book called Kingdom Come. I picked it up and to my surprise it was a comic book...or rather as I later learned, a graphic novel. But I saw beautifully painted panels and heroes that I recognized from my childhood who seemed ...well, grown up. I borrowed that book and I was moved and fascinated by, not only the story of men and women who are great heroes, but by they way they showed their humanity. They suddenly were not two dimensional people who just fought bad guys. They were deeply complex. I love books and reading on the whole and I guess getting into the comic genre as an adult woman was a case of serendipity. It led me to finding DC comics and the heroes I grew up with on TV and saw in movies and newsprint. It led me to finding Clark Kent or as he is known by his other name, Kal-El, and Princess Diana. I fell in love with them and am obsessed with all things Amazonian and Kryptonian now. I love their relationship. I love what they stand for. I love the contrasts of the princess/farmer's son; reporter/ambassador; pragmatic warrior/idealistic protector and empathetic teacher/enforcer of justice. A girl born of the earth and a boy who fell from the sky. The first daughter of Themyscira and last son of Krypton. And it surprised me to find that there were many fans like me, who adore them too.

DC rebooted their universe in 2011 and my favorite pairing is now canon!!! Yay.



Disclaimer : Superman and Wonder Woman are the property of DC comics.

Monday, December 26, 2011

Covers Action Comics #8, Superman #8

Action Comics # 8
 Well, Action looks great. Love Brainiac's design, as you know.



Superman#8
This is the first Superman cover that I have seen that makes me want to open the book.


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Cover for Justice League # 7


Cover by Jim Lee. From #7 Jim takes a break from interiors and Gene Ha will be doing drawing duties. Lee is back on #9. This is when JL joins the present time-line. Is it me, but I like reading about the younger versions and wished we could stay in the past for a while longer.  The older versions of the heroes are all very serious or, as in Superman's case, on the mopey/bland side. I really want to see how Grant Morrison and Geoff Johns write Superman five years later.
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Cover for Wonder Woman # 7


A powerful cover by Cliff Chiang.
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Jim Lee T-shirt Design



 Coming in stores in May 2012. It's the new DCU JL. The team lined up and on an open page of the comic. Love that one of the panels is the one where Clark is staring distractedly at Diana.
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Oh Clark

Yeah, ya big, dense Kryptonian lug. It's a question fans have been asking for damn decades!

by RobOsborne
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How About That Beer, Babe?



Love this. Very funny. Bet many ladies can relate. Mind you, Clark Kent has been broken in and well trained by Ma Kent. He'd cook, mind the baby and have his honey sitting with her feet up at super speed. You gotta love Darkseid's head up  on that wall.
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