CAF update: Frenz & Rubinstein - unveiling Superman Blue !

[Gal Schwartz]

Hi all,

 

Today I've posted my first new art since March !

 

The piece is the final DPS of SUPERMAN #123:

 

 

http://qurls.com?i=51567

 

 

 

I've admitted it a few times before in other places, and I'll do it again -

I like the Superman Blue costume design !

 

I'm happy to add to my collection the unveiling and 1ST full appearance

of the Superman Blue costume !

 

Though the costume was shown on the cover and powers have been building/

gathering through out the issue, this DPS show the final costume for the first

time in story, complete with the new, stylized S !

 

IMO, this piece is, by far, the best Superman artwork created by the Frenz/Rubinstein team.

Paying a nice homage to the final page of John Byrne's Man Of Steel #1.

 

I'd say that they actually improved upon Byrne's original (already detailed) backgrounds,

using the DPS format to full extant and adding even more detail and texture.

 

I'll try to add a better scan as I get the art, so you could enjoy it even better.

 

 

As always, comments are welcome and appreciated.

 

 

Thanks,

Gal

[alxjhnsn]

Truly, a true blue fan or is that a fan of the true blue Superman?

 

[Gal Schwartz]

Truly, a true blue fan or is that a fan of the true blue Superman?

 

I'm a bit blue, I guess...

 

As for the Superman costume -

It isn't navy blue, that's for sure... I consider it brilliant blue

[Gal Schwartz]

For those who skipped the issue or blocked the memory of it -

I've now attached the published version of the piece:

 

http://qurls.com?i=51567

 

 

I loved that moment, to bad they didn't keep the momentum.

[jick]

A very nice piece indeed and thanks for adding the published version. That is what I try to do in all my CAF images.

 

I had already posted my comments on that fantastic piece a week ago. I don't care if it's Superman Blue - it is still the legendary team of Frenz and Rubinstein.

 

Frenz should be next on my wantlist.

[Gal Schwartz]

Not sure who's my preferred inker over Frenz.

 

Brett Breeding is one of my all-time favorite inkers, but Rubinstein did an admirable job too.

[Gal Schwartz]

I've posted the piece on John Byrne's forum.

 

After all it is an homage to his classic Superman page and

the JB himself had an interesting insight to share about it.

I think it's worth reading/following (I don't think it's the end

of that discussion just yet):

 

http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21113&PN=1&TPN=524

[Meeley Man]

Not sure who's my preferred inker over Frenz.

 

Brett Breeding is one of my all-time favorite inkers, but Rubinstein did an admirable job too.

 

Brett Breeding is his best inker, with Joe Sinnott a very close second.

[Gal Schwartz]

The discussion on the JB forum was moved to another thread, discussing "waste" of the DPS format:

 

http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=43033&PN=1&TPN=1