Category: Super-Art

All ‘New’ Picture Card Series Cont’d…

Posted on by Martin-El

Hot from the PC of Alexei Lambley-Steel come these ‘Portrait’ test shots for our evolving mock vintage Superman IV trading Card set.

These prototypes represent the last of the try-outs before we begin the set proper. Alexei informs me the only amendment will be the typeface which will be even closer to the ‘real’ thing on the finished cards.  My contribution (besides the images) is to produce the titles and copy for the cardbacks – there will be a title card, possibly a checklist and maybe even a sticker set to round it off in true retro style.

Enjoy and check back for updates and a preview of the finished set…!

 

Man Of Bronze…

Posted on by Martin-El

So it would seem the Colombian people were so grateful to Superman for saving both their economy and entire coffee crop from destruction by the Vulcan satellite and the wrath of tycoon Ross Webster (circa 1983) that decades later they have ‘erected’ a statue in his honor…

Fresh from the Superman Homepage;

Thanks to Superman fan Danny Fernando Rassa and his photographer friend Magda Hidalgo, we present to you these images of a Christopher Reeve “Superman” statue located within the grounds of the Bancolombia building in the city of Medellin (Colombia, South America).

Inspired by Auduste Rodin’s “The Thinker”, the monument in honor of Christopher Reeve, is the creation of sculptor and artist Nadin Ospina.

In an interview posted (in Spanish) on the Banco Colombia website (the largest commercial bank in Colombia) the artist explains: “Superman is the king, he’s iconic, indestructible. Besides he has very interesting connotations: he is a poor little orphan, extra-terrestrial and with some very complex psychological problems and emotional difficulties. He is a very interesting personality.”

To my knowledge this great little study is the first outdoor public statue in the image of Christopher Reeve’s Superman and though he’s presented here in a more ponderous fashion I’m sure Mr. Reeve would have nonetheless been honoured and delighted…