2015 Comic Book News Archives
August 19, 2015: Interesting Superman Moments in "Justice League #43"
In an interview with IGN.com, writer Geoff Johns and artist Jason Fabok discuss some key moments for Superman in this week's #43 issue of "Justice League". Be warned, the following excerpts do contain SPOILERS about the story...
- IGN: Jason, there's this incredible moment after Lex and Superman are done fighting. You drew this really shocked look on Lex's face, then we see Superman all bloodied up, and just this look of dread in Superman's eyes when he realizes his powers are fading. How did you capture those specific emotions, which we're not used to seeing on either of those characters?
Jason Fabok: Well, I come from an animation background. I took animation in college, and one lesson I still use today is that, whenever you're trying to capture emotions, be an actor. Get up, look in front a mirror or take pictures, photo reference, things like that. You'll see little nuances in your face and you can try transfer those into the character. So I think that's one thing a lot of times comic book artists, you don't really think that - at the same time, you're also an actor. You're trying to act through the artwork. You're trying to capture the emotion that's just written on the page and trying to get inside these characters' heads and think, "Well, how would they really react?" Like, how would Lex Luthor react? Usually, he's calm, very cool, doesn't show his emotions. But something like that, seeing Superman bleeding, would be a shock to Lex Luthor. This is a guy who's been trying to do this to Superman for years and failed. Now he's seeing that face to face on this terrible planet, Apokolips, that he's on right now.
You're really just trying to get in these characters' head, trying to act, trying to approach it like a director would approach filming a movie or something like that. Those are the scenes that are - I think that shot where Superman's bleeding, I think I redrew that face three or four times before it actually got to the point where I was happy with it, or at least had to move on because I had to get to the next page. But yeah, that's one of my favorite pages and was one of the harder pages of the book to capture.
- IGN: Then at the end, we have that final page with Superman, and we of course knew this was coming thanks to your big reveal at Comic-Con, but it's still scary to see him like that, like this negative Superman. What was the thought behind that design?
Fabok: Artistically, Geoff had brought up this whole idea that Superman gets corrupted by the Apokolips solar pits. I've always had this idea that it would be really cool, with the technology we have now for making comics, to take a piece of art, draw it, color it normally and then render it as a negative. Inverting the colors, you get a real funky look to a character. I'm sure it's been done sometime someplace, but I wasn't able to really remember that being done. I just thought, "Man, that would be a really striking visual," to be able to do that in this book and then see that play out in these issues coming up.
So artistically, I draw the same way I would normally draw it, send it to the colorist Brad Anderson, who killed it on every single page. He takes it, colors it normally, and then in Photoshop or whatever, he'd just invert it, flip the colors, add some saturation to it so it's black and white, and you got a really unique image. It's a little bit more work to do that and a little bit more planning on my part trying to separate different layers for him to tackle, but I think it makes for a pretty cool effect. You'll see more of that coming up.
2015 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2015.- January 14, 2015: Details on Convergence Titles in April
- January 15, 2015: Details on Convergence Titles in Week 3 of April
- January 16, 2015: Details on Convergence Titles in Week 4 of April
- January 16, 2015: Dan Jurgens and Jeff King Talk About Convergence
- January 20, 2015: DiDio Discusses Convergence and Multiversity Connection
- January 20, 2015: Justice League Teams Up With NBA All-Stars Once More
- January 21, 2015: Johns on Luthor's Motives in Justice League Amazo Virus Story
- January 28, 2015: First Look Inside Superman: Earth One - Volume Three
- February 1, 2015: Superman Costume Changes Revealed
- February 2, 2015: Geoff Johns Talks About Superman's New Power
- February 3, 2015: DC Comics Charts Superman's Powers Over the Years
- February 4, 2015: A Better Look at Superman's New Costume and New Power
- February 4, 2015: Video Interview - Geoff Johns on Superman's Deadly New Power
- February 4, 2015: Dan Jurgens Talks About Convergence: Superman
- February 4, 2015: Exclusive Interview with J. Michael Straczynski on Superman: Earth One - Vol. 3
- February 6, 2015: DC Comics Announces End of New 52
- February 6, 2015: Geoff Johns Says Farewell to Superman
- February 10, 2015: DC All Access Looks at Convergence
- February 10, 2015: Details on Convergence: Superman #2
- February 11, 2015: Details on Convergence Titles in Week 2 of May
- February 11, 2015: Superman #38 Heads for Second Printing
- February 12, 2015: DC Comics Announces Injustice: Year Four
- February 12, 2015: Details on Convergence Titles in Week 3 of May
- February 13, 2015: Details on Convergence Titles in Week 4 of May
- February 14, 2015: Dan Jurgens on Returning to Superman with Convergence
- February 16, 2015: Greg Pak on the Identity of Superman's Joker
- February 17, 2015: Superman Costume Changes - Poll Results
- February 18, 2015: Jim Lee Talks The Multiversity: Mastermen and Nazi Superman
- February 18, 2015: Leather-Jacket Superboy vs. Kingdom Come Superman
- February 25, 2015: Jeff King Shares Convergence Secrets
- March 5, 2015: Johns and Romita Jr. Talk In-Depth About Superman
- March 5, 2015: Plenty of Superman in Convergence Says Dan DiDio
- March 10, 2015: New Superman Creative Team Discuss Their Plans
- March 10, 2015: Johns and Fabok Prepare the Justice League for the Darkseid War
- March 10, 2015: DC Offering Free 8-Page Previews of All 49 Relaunch Titles
- March 11, 2015: Greg Pak Talks About Superman's Bizarre Journey in Action Comics #40
- March 12, 2015: New Look for Superman Post-Convergence
- March 12, 2015: Brian Buccellato Talks Injustice: Year Four
- March 13, 2015: DC Announces Joker Variant Covers for June
- March 19, 2015: Exclusive Preview of Convergence: Superman #1
- March 19, 2015: Geoff Johns Discusses Superman and Jimmy Olsen
- March 24, 2015: Preview Pages from Convergence: Superboy #1
- March 24, 2015: Superman's New Look Post-Convergence - Poll Results
- March 26, 2015: Exclusive Preview of Convergence: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #1
- March 26, 2015: Preview Pages from Convergence: Adventures of Superman #1
- March 26, 2015: Dan DiDio Explains Convergence
- March 31, 2015: Exclusive Preview of Convergence: Action Comics #1
- April 1, 2015: Jeff King Talks About Superman vs. Brainiac in Convergence
- April 7, 2015: Dan Jurgens Makes Superman a Dad in Convergence
- April 20, 2015: Better Look at Post-Convergence Superman
- April 24, 2015: Frank Miller Returns to Write The Dark Knight III: The Master Race
- April 25, 2015: Post-Convergence - Lois Lane vs Clark Kent
- April 27, 2015: John Romita Jr. on the Future of Superman
- April 28, 2015: Yang and Romita, Jr. Discuss the Truth Behind Superman's Big Change
- April 29, 2015: Today's Earth-Shattering New Comic Book Issues
- April 29, 2015: Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok Talk Darkseid War
- May 5, 2015: Brian Buccellato Talks Injustice: Gods Among Us - Year Four
- May 5, 2015: Upcoming Truth Comic Book Story - Poll Results
- May 6, 2015: New Bizarro Comic Book Sees Jimmy and Bizarro as Buddies
- May 6, 2015: DC Comics Hardcover Editions with Blu-ray/DVD Animated Movies
- May 12, 2015: Convergence - Poll Results
- May 13, 2015: DC Sneak Peeks at June's - Action Comics, Bizarro and Justice League 3001
- May 15, 2015: DC Comics Announces Bombshells Series and Variant Covers
- May 15, 2015: Gene Luen Yang Talks About Writing Superman
- May 18, 2015: More DC Bombshells Variant Covers for August
- May 19, 2015: Pak and Kuder on Staying True to Superman Through Changes
- May 20, 2015: DC Sneak Peek at June's Batman/Superman
- May 20, 2015: DC Comics Launches DC YOU Campaign for June Revamp
- May 21, 2015: Bryan Hitch Talks About Relaunching Justice League of America
- May 23, 2015: Pak and Kuder Uncover the Truth to Superman's Future
- May 27, 2015: DC Sneak Peek at June's Superman and Superman/Wonder Woman
- May 27, 2015: Convergence Finale Changes the DC Multiverse
- May 31, 2015: What's On Offer in the DC YOU Relaunch?
- June 1, 2015: DC YOU Campaign Sizzle Reel Promo Video
- June 1, 2015: Heath Corson Talks About the New Bizarro Comic Book
- June 2, 2015: Put Yourself in DC You!
- June 2, 2015: Convergence Event - Poll Results
- June 9, 2015: New Comic Book Titles - Poll Results
- June 9, 2015: Dan DiDio Talks Post-Convegence DC Comics
- June 9, 2015: Superman and the Secret Planet Adapted Fan Comic
- June 14, 2015: DC Comics Announces Green Lantern 75th Anniversay With Variant Covers
- June 14, 2015: Rare Superman Comic Book Stolen From Happy Harbor Comics
- June 16, 2015: Gene Luen Yang asks Is Superman Still the Man of Tomorrow?
- June 16, 2015: Comic Book Reading - Poll Results
- June 17, 2015: Wall Street Journal Examines Superman's New Makeover
- June 17, 2015: Gene Luen Yang Breaks Down the Art of Superman
- June 17, 2015: Brian Hitch Introduces Justice League of America #1
- June 17, 2015: Special Edition NYC - Greg Pak Action Comics Video Interview
- June 18, 2015: Read Lois Lane's Article Superman's Secret Identity Revealed!
- June 19, 2015: Superman's Comic Book Changes and Lois Lane's Involvement
- June 24, 2015: Yang and Romita Jr. Discuss Lois Lane in Superman
- June 25, 2015: First Look at Justice League: Gods and Monsters Prelude Variant Covers
- June 29, 2015: Moving the DC Comics Archive Library from NY to LA
- June 30, 2015: Pak and Kuder Discuss the Changes to Superman in Action Comics
- July 1, 2015: Superman's New Leading Lady in Action Comics
- July 8, 2015: Daniel H. Wilson Discusses Earth 2: Society
- July 10, 2015: Lois and Clark Return for New Superman Comic Book
- July 10, 2015: Superman: Are You Ready? - SDCC Panel Report
- July 10, 2015: DC Comics Unveils Monster Variant Covers for October
- July 11, 2015: DC Comics Announces Justice League: Gods and Men
- July 19, 2015: Back Issue Magazine Highlights Supergirl in the Bronze Age
- July 20, 2015: Heath Corson Talks Bizarro - Video Interview
- July 22, 2015: Greg Pak Talks Action Comics and Batman/Superman
- July 22, 2015: Amazing Animated Comic Book Covers
- July 25, 2015: Gene Luen Yang Talks Superman and Lois Lane
- July 27, 2015: DC Heroes Height Comparison
- July 28, 2015: Dan Jurgens Talks About Superman: Lois & Clark
- July 28, 2015: Gene Luen Yang Superman Interview
- July 28, 2015: Comic Creators Talk Superman #42 and Lois Lane's Role
- July 29, 2015: Mixing Old and New Villains in Superman #42
- August 3, 2015: John Romita, Jr. in New York for Superman: The Men of Tomorrow Launch
- August 5, 2015: Greg Pak Speaks the Truth
- August 5, 2015: John Romita Jr. Discusses the Lois and Clark Relationship
- August 6, 2015: Our Exclusive Interview with John Romita Jr. about Superman
- August 6, 2015: Gene Luen Yang Talks to Superman's Immigrant Experience
- August 13, 2015: Marguerite Bennett Brings DC Comics Bombshells to Life
- August 13, 2015: Full Description for Superman: American Alien #1 by Max Landis
- August 14, 2015: DC Comics Announces Looney Tunes Variant Covers for November
- August 17, 2015: Fabok on Drawing a Corrupted Superman in Justice League #43
- August 17, 2015: Exclusive - John Romita Jr. Apologizes to Superman Fans
- August 19, 2015: Interesting Superman Moments in Justice League #43
- August 21, 2015: Superman #43 - Just How Much Does Lois Know About Clark Kent?
- August 25, 2015: Superman Comic Books - Poll Results
- August 26, 2015: Complete 1982 DC Comics Style Guide Online
- August 27, 2015: Is Howard Porter Replacing John Romita Jr on Superman?
- September 2, 2015: Dan Jurgens Talks About Superman: Lois & Clark
- September 3, 2015: DC Entertainment Announces New York Comic Con 2015 Panels
- September 9, 2015: Greg Pak Talks Batman vs. Superman vs. Aquaman
- September 17, 2015: Dan Jurgens Gives Further Details Superman: Lois & Clark
- September 30, 2015: Gene Luen Yang Talks Superman #44 and Beyond
- September 30, 2015: Bryan Hitch Reveals the Secrets of JLA
- October 2, 2015: Superman: American Alien is Not About Clark Kent Becoming a Superhero
- October 5, 2015: The Dark Knight III: The Master Race - Covers and Mini-Comic
- October 6, 2015: Max Landis Talks About His Love of Superman
- October 6, 2015: Favorite Superman Artist - Poll Results
- October 7, 2015: Superman Has a New Secret Identity
- October 10, 2015: Frank Miller Talks Superman on The Atom Mini-Comic Cover
- October 15, 2015: Dan Jurgens Explains Superman: Lois and Clark
- October 16, 2015: DC Comics Unveils Coloring Book Variant Covers for January
- October 16, 2015: Special Edition Supergirl #1
- October 20, 2015: Superman: Lois & Clark #1 - Poll Results
- October 23, 2015: Legendary Superman Comic Artist Murphy Anderson Dies
- October 27, 2015: Unpublished Supergirl Comic Book
- November 4, 2015: Manapul Discusses His Darkseid War Superman, Lex, and Covers
- November 4, 2015: Grant Morrison's Thoughts on Current Superman Stories
- November 4, 2015: Francis Manapul Unveils 'Different' Superman in Darkseid War
- November 8, 2015: Neal Adams Talks Coming of the Supermen
- November 11, 2015: Nick Dragotta on Drawing Superman: American Alien
- November 15, 2015: Greg Pak Talks About the Challenges and Pleasures of Writing Superman
- November 16, 2015: Neal Adams' Thoughts on Superman Ahead of The Coming of the Supermen
- November 16, 2015: Neal Adams Themed Variant Covers for February 2016
- November 26, 2015: Jurgens and Lee Talk Superman: Lois and Clark
- December 7, 2015: New Digital-First Supergirl Comic Book Series Coming
- December 11, 2015: Gene Luen Yang Says Superman Hasn't Hit Rock Bottom Yet
- December 11, 2015: DC Comics Announces Batman v Superman Variant Covers in March 2016
- December 15, 2015: Sterling Gates to Write Digital-First Supergirl Comic Book
- December 20, 2015: Gene Luen Yang on Why Superman Matters
- December 22, 2015: Brian Buccellato Looks Ahead at Final Year of Injustice
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