2012 Comic Book News Archives

April 3, 2012: Rags Morales Talks About Revamping Superman

Action Comics Newsarama.com caught up with artist Rags Morales to talk to him about his work drawing the new Superman in "Action Comics" and what his thoughts were on approaching the new look for the Man of Steel and his supporting cast. Here's a part of the interview...

    Nrama: So you supported the reboot of Superman's history?

    Morales: It needed to start over again. For me, it was too many things going in too many different directions and too many different versions of the same thing. I'm glad we were able to just stop and look at it from the beginning. It's like, how can we make this better? Superman felt, to me, like one of those characters that had lost his way a bit. It's a shame, because he's such a fantastic character.

    Nrama: You've obviously drawn Superman quite a bit before. Did you change the way you approached him in the past, and if so, how?

    Morales: Yeah, I did change my approach. And you know, if you look at that first promo piece I did of him lifting the boulder, he's got that fully formed Superman feel to him, even in silhouette you could tell. He's fully formed. And that was where I started, and like you said, I had drawn him before, so I was drawing upon that experience when I did that initial image.

    At that point, obviously, I had very little idea of our direction, of where Grant was going to take it. And it was some time later that I found out he's in his 20's.

    So it was one of those things where it evolved into a new look. It's still my Superman that I had drawn in the past, but younger and more like, well, I like to call it an "Elvis on the beach" kind of feel. It's that youthful feeling that I think was kind of lost over the years, as he got married and then turned into a dad. Just to bring him back to his roots, to this youthful version of himself. That was enough. I didn't need to change his look drastically. I just needed to find those roots again.

    I know I just complained about all these versions of Superman, and technically, we're doing another version of him. But I felt like I had to reach back and find who he is at his core. And I also think this is a version that will stick. That's my hope, because we've certainly put a lot of energy behind this. All of us want this to make more of a lasting impression than just the New 52. We're hoping it has legs.

Read the entire interview at Newsarama.com.



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