Talking Meme: Choose a Story to Publish!

[mithen]

luciferapollyon asked: If DC Comics called you up today and asked you if they could publish one of your Superbat stories as a full length comic which one would you pick; who would you want to draw it and why that story and why that artist?

I thought this might be hard, but it wasn't really once I thought about it! First, I could rule out anything set in canon continuity because...because I don't want my pairings to be canon. *runs and hides for a bit* See, I really prefer pairings that are non-canonical and will almost certainly remain so, because it keeps me from getting over-invested about where canon is going and whether my ships are endgame or whatever. I know myself and I think if I had that kind of pressure on my fannish consumption it would make me miserable. I like my little "nah, it's not canon and I don't care" corner of fandom.

SO if I ruled out anything set in something like canon, that leaves a story that could become some kind of Elseworld or alternate timeline where things went much differently and it became a world where Clark/Bruce could happen. And from there I ended up wanting to see From This Day Forward, which is set in an alternate world where Krypton didn't explode and Kal-El has to enter an arranged marriage with Bruce Wayne, much to the dismay of both. I was just re-reading the beginning and started cracking up because I remembered I had included the entirely canonical Silver Age fact that Kryptonian couples are supposed to cut their way out of a giant wedding cake together. And that's a big part of the reason I'd love to see it as a comic--anything that shows Kryptonian culture is automatically a favorite, and that story is probably the most developed Krypton I have.

For artist--assuming I couldn't have Rai_Daydreamer, whose art is still my mental image of Clark and Bruce, and would have to settle for a mere professional artist--I'd probably go with Jae Lee, the current artist on Batman/Superman. I don't always like his Superman because he doesn't look at all like a kid from Kansas--there's a very inhuman, almost eerie quality to him that I find off-putting--but I think he'd be GREAT at drawing a Kal-El who was wholly Kryptonian:



I also think Lee would do an amazing job of drawing Krypton, as he's really good at surreal, unearthly landscapes and cityscapes. Here's Lee drawing Clark and Bruce in a city park in Gotham that looks like something out of Lovecraft:



I'd really love to see what he'd do with Krypton!

Comments

[prince0froses]

YOU PICKED ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVES YES!

That art style is very cool! And as for an art style that supplies my mental image of Clark and Bruce, mine is always going to be Ed McGuiness. He had me at Bruce's perfect shark eyebrows. Also he drew the only panel I know of with them in a bed together XD

[mithen]

Also he drew the only panel I know of with them in a bed together XD

THIS IS A GOOD POINT. And McGuiness's Bruce-eyebrows are the absolute best. :)

[mekare]

Browsing through older entries and it seems I have missed this one when it first came out. I'd love to see that story in a comic, too! I can't really say it's my favourite story since I love ALL your stories (though I'd tentatively put the 36 Views of Mount Fuji series at the top of the list). And I remember your older posts of Jae Lee's art, it's a lovely and really distinctive style!

[mithen]

Awww, I love 36 Views! I still have not uploaded it to AO3 and I neeeeeed to, it's just such a hassle to get the coding right. Lee's art is so amazing and lovely--it doesn't suit everything, but some things it's perfect for. *hugs*