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Michael Hogan
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Posted: 17 February 2020 at 6:38pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Happy 100th birthday to the late, great Curt Swan.
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Posted: 17 February 2020 at 8:48pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Seconded!
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Posted: 18 February 2020 at 6:28am | IP Logged | 3 post reply

A superb draughtsman. A perfect encapsulation of "SIiver Age" DC, solid and realistic.
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Posted: 18 February 2020 at 6:43am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

When I think of Superman, his art pops into my head first.  Happy Birthday. 
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He's the first Superman artist I grew up with. What a treat.
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Petter Myhr Ness
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When I started reading Superman comics, Swan was the regular artist. For me he set the standard when it comes to Superman. 
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Eric Sofer
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I've seen some of his pre-Superman art. He WAS the standard, and gold standard at that. I think I can safely say that I have NEVER looked at a Curt Swan drawing and wondered for an instant what I was looking at.
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Posted: 19 February 2020 at 7:23am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

I began my Superman reading when Wayne Boring was the primary artist, but the very first Superman book I had--a literal book, hardcover--was mostly Jimmy Olsen stories penciled by Curt.

Our "association" went back a long way!

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Michael Penn
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Curt Swan was my first Superman artist. But when I
eventually saw Wayne Boring's earlier work, I was very
pleased to see that Mr. Swan, particularly when he took
over the character, didn't deviate much from Mr. Boring's
model.
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Posted: 19 February 2020 at 8:04am | IP Logged | 10 post reply

Ah, the days when the characters were more important than the artists drawing them! Long passed by the time I came along.
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JB, what was it like working with Curt Swan on THE EARTH
STEALERS?




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Adam Schulman
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The guy drew Superman comics for THIRTY YEARS. 

Try to imagine someone doing that today. With any one character or team. Impossible. The Big Two just don't "play like that" anymore.

Swan drew Superman and his supporting cast for so long, and so "on-model," that it was almost like he was drawing real people.

I admit that his style didn't fully adapt to the reshaping of superhero comic art by Jack Kirby or Neal Adams. But with the right inker -- especially Al Williamson -- it had just enough dynamism to not seem "old."

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