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

[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*