{"id":29319,"date":"2024-01-30T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=29319"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:45:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:45:19","slug":"its-a-bird-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2024\/01\/30\/its-a-bird-3\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a Bird\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Steven T. Seagle<\/strong>, Teddy Kristiansen<\/strong> & various (Vertigo)
\nISBN: 978-1-4012-0109-8 (HB) 987-1-4012-7288-3 (TPB)<\/p>\n

Since his debut in June 1938, Superman<\/strong> has proven to be many things to billions of people, to the point of even changing their lives and shaping their actions. It\u2019s a Bird\u2026 <\/strong>was first released in 2004, offering a departure from typical Superman graphic novel fare with author Steven T. Seagle working through his understandable creator-angst about writing the ongoing adventures of the Man of Steel without simply rehashing what has gone before.<\/p>\n

Seagle (whose other comics work includes Uncanny X-Men<\/strong>, Sandman Mystery Theatre<\/strong>, Big Hero 6 <\/strong>and Genius<\/strong>, and is part of TV cartoon creation collective Man of Action<\/em>) actually scripted Superman<\/strong> #190-200 – published between April 2003 and February 2004. The intriguing, demi-therapeutic exercise revealed in this slim and beguiling pictorial introspection deals with the author\u2019s misgivings about contributing to the canon of an eternally unfolding legend.<\/p>\n

However, underpinning what might so easily become a self-gratifying ego-stroke is a subtle undercurrent of savvy verity that struck a chord with many fellow industry professionals and insightful consumers as the professional writer finally found themes he needed to explore to be satisfied with his commission.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be honest here, every comic fan, indeed every twitcher and hobbyist, looks for a way to present and explain their particular passion to the \u201creal\u201d or perhaps \u201ccivilian\u201d world and not feel like an imbecile in the process\u2026<\/p>\n

Employing barely One Degree of Separation, \u201cSteve\u201d is a writer working through some emotional baggage. He is still coming to terms with his family\u2019s gradual but inescapable disintegration – mental, physical and spiritual – from hereditary genetic disease Huntington\u2019s Disease (Chorea, as was).<\/p>\n

In everyday life, his father has gone missing, and his mom and partner are making the \u201clet\u2019s have kids\u201d noises whilst Steve is helplessly waiting for a hammer to fall regarding his own potential prognosis with a condition that cannot be beaten\u2026<\/p>\n

He never wanted to write comics – even though he\u2019s successful at it – and now his editor wants him to write Superman<\/strong>. Steve has never had any feeling for the character or the medium and his damned editor just keeps on and on and on about\u2026<\/p>\n

You get the picture?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a Bird\u2026 <\/strong>is slow and lyrical in its deconstructive self-absorption as Steve – eventually – makes his choices, whilst Teddy (The Sandman<\/strong>, The Dreaming<\/strong>, Grendel Tales<\/strong>, Genius<\/strong>) Kristiansen\u2019s range of enticing drawing styles provides an eye-catching display of sensitivity and versatility – one which won him the 2005 Eisner Award<\/strong> for Best Painter\/Multimedia Artist (Interior)<\/em>. If you feel the urge to go beyond panel borders of your private obsession, this one is well worth a look, and a book demanding a digital rerelease ASAP.
\n\u00a9 2004, 2017 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Steven T. Seagle, Teddy Kristiansen & various (Vertigo) ISBN: 978-1-4012-0109-8 (HB) 987-1-4012-7288-3 (TPB) Since his debut in June 1938, Superman has proven to be many things to billions of people, to the point of even changing their lives and shaping their actions. It\u2019s a Bird\u2026 was first released in 2004, offering a departure from … <\/p>\n

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