ATTN JMS: Superman

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From: gkarfan at webtv.net (Tammy Smith)
Date: 21 Oct 2000 10:50:08 -0700
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Since you are working on Spiderman now, I was wondering what you would
do if they asked you to do a Superman comic-book series, since Superman
is your favorite.  What changes would you make, if any?

Tammy



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 21 Oct 2000 16:07:30 -0700
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>Since you are working on Spiderman now, I was wondering what you would
>do if they asked you to do a Superman comic-book series, since Superman
>is your favorite.  What changes would you make, if any?

What would I do *after* I fainted...?

I'd drop pretty much anything to do Supes, because the character has been an
icon to me since I could read.  What I'd try to do is hew close to the kind of
characterization you saw in Alan Moore's "Whatever Happened to the Man of
Tomorrow?" which concluded the pre-Byrne Superman (and the post-Byrne Supes I
don't even recognize anymore).

They mucked with the character because they said they couldn't do anything
interesting with him.  Moore proved them wrong.  

 jms

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