Clark as drawn by flashier / more stylized artists

[daBronzeBomma]

Cards on the table: I'm not the biggest Curt Swan fan.

I appreciate and respect what he did for 30+ years as the most dominant artist the Superverse ever saw or likely will ever see.

But his visualization of Superman, while revolutionary in the 1950s, wasn't exactly eye-catching by the 1980s IMO.

And I have a fascination with these anti-Swan types when they bother to draw Superman, a character who too often screams "all substance no flash".

In particular, the Image founders. Others too, but mostly the 7 of them.

Erik Larsen
Jim Lee
Rob Liefeld
Todd McFarlane
Whilce Portacio
Marc Silvestri
Jim Valentino

Let's start with the most maligned of the crew: Rob Liefeld of Youngblood.



Honestly? I don't hate it.

This is from 2018, not 1992. Liefeld clearly got better at proportions. Though I'm not loving the "guyliner" effect here.

I give this one a C+. I might buy a single issue of Liefeld drawing Superman and his world out of curiosity.