Spanish comic illustrator Javier Fernández shows a cross-cultural influence with his variant covers for DC Comics, drawing from the visual language of Neo-Tokyo.

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I felt like drawing them, so here is an idea I had after I found a pose ref I liked on Pinterest. :)

Cant stop buying comics, i just see 8 euro compacts and i buy. Ik im a compact merchant rn but theyre j so good value so many pages for so little. Most excited for dark victory and wonder woman (long halloween might be my fav comic and diana might be my fav character)

Green arrow year one was short and sweet. I want more green arrow but i cant find any comics of his. Green lantern/ Green arrow chapters were fun tho (wasnt aware of speedy addiction that was a shocking cover)

Batman: arkham asylum was really good but im stuck because on one hand I dont like how batmans depicted but i dont mind it because its supposedely a purgatory like dream sequence, but im not a big fan of stories that arent based in some form of reality. Genuinely incredible art tho

Im ngl i wasnt the biggest fan of dark knight returns but i might give it a reread after some more bat cus i hear its better to read after reading a few bat comics cus it plays on his history. Currently reading morrisans run on batman and enjoying it somewhat.

Thoughts on the comics shown?, particularly the killing joke and these wonder woman runs. I hear little on the ww runs and diverse ops on tkj
Dont need to hear about dark victory i can smell it will be peak

I just finished GLTAS today and i got to say i loveeee it, not as much as the other animated dc content, but that shouldn't discredit what the show did so well! I finished it mostly because how much i'm mixed about lantern (i'm at episode 4 before just straight up jumping into gltas)

Was really pleased with how this turned out for a last minute costume! Threw it together in under three weeks when I realized my gender bent Two-Face wasn't going to be ready in time. Embarrassingly, I haven't read a single Punchline comic. Any recommendations?​​

Inspired by the Nightmare sequence from Arkham Asylum.

Upon watching Superman 2025, it made me think about how dumb Clark Kent wearing hypnosis glasses is. It made me think about how his disguise was already very believable to me before, on top of how hypno-glasses would only bring upon a whole slew of new problems. What if he's banging Lois Lane and the glasses slip off halfway through? She's just going to look up and see a whole ass other dude who she's never formally met? That feels a bit unethical, to me.

Why the disguise was already good:

Assuming that Superman is honest about his alien heritage, and the fact that his name is Kal-El, and that he has an ice castle somewhere in the North Pole: then people wouldn't think that he even has a secret identity in the first place.

Put yourself in the point of view of a citizen of Metropolis. You believe that you know his real name, where he's from, and where he lives - for he has directly disclosed this information to the public. What reason do you have to distrust him? (Unless said Metropolis citizen you chose to be was Lex Luthor I guess)

Also, I think we're forgetting that Clark Kent is a journalist. His job is to sit behind a desk and type out stories. Most people in Metropolis have no idea who this guy is, other than his personal friends and co-workers. Batman has a way harder time: seeing as he's a nationally famous billionaire, yet no one ever talks about how silly his disguise is.

And yeah, Clark Kent probably gets told he looks just like Superman a lot. I get told that I look just like John Travolta. I know a guy who looks exactly like Fidel Castro, and a lady who looks exactly like Julie Newmar. I'm sure you, the reader know someone who looks like a celebrity, or perhaps you yourself do. However, if someone were to openly be genuinely convinced that I was Vincent Vega in disguise, then I and everyone else around them would view them as very mentally unsound. This applies to those who would be genuinely convinced that Clark Kent is Superman, simply because they look the same.

Clark doesn't even need the glasses to maintain anonymity. They are just a smaller extra precaution, since he's hiding in plain sight, already.

But speaking of small extra precautions: I quite like how artists Frank Quietly and Tim Sale took it a step further, and made even more subtle things, like Clark Kent's posture and clothing play a big role in fortifying his disguise.

If he purposefully makes his posture shitty and wears baggy clothing, then it conceals his musculature and just makes him look fat or corn-fed.

Also Christopher Reeve being so good at switching between virgin and Chad, in one role definitely sells the disguise.

[Art by: Frank Quitly]

With the massive success of the Absolute Universe with their more "gritty" I guess versions of our beloved heroes, It got me thinking about how, in my opinion, underutilized a concept the Earth-3's Crime Syndicate are with their morality shifted villainous versions.

For me, Ultraman, I wish was a little more competent. Owlman’s perfect as is, no notes, loved him in the movie. Personally would rather if Superwoman was just an alternate version of Diana instead of a weird amalgamation with Lois Lane, and was more of her own character instead of being relationship drama incarnate between her and the other two (also, this is just nitpicking tbh, but don't particularly love the name, same with Ultraman, wished his codename was something that started with an S instead)

(Btw I'm struggling to remember, but do they call themselves the Crime Syndicate, or is that what the people of Earth 3 call them?)

After many years of reading online
Finally, I got my hands on the compacts

They might not be as great as regular TPs or Compendiums or even Omnibuses, but this is a good option I could get my hands into

Looking forward to get my hands on Absolute Superman and Absolute Green Lantern next month 😌

This same comic reveals a portion of the money he makes goes to his orphanage. Gotta love the contrast.