Swanderful : comics pages by Curt Swan

Swanderful : comics pages by Curt Swan

In brief: These are comics pages by Curt Swan that show why he's my favorite comic book artist.

My bio: I am Dale Lazarov, writer/editor of chic hardcovers of gay comics filth. I have a theory that everyone I collaborate with has a little Curt Swan in them...

At some further length: These are comics pages by Curt Swan that show why he's my favorite comic book artist. Swan’s homoerotics (for me, at least) are tied into how he’s able to represent or allude to both distinctive and relatable emotional states, vulnerability and power, often simultaneously, in facial expression, body language, framing/mise-en-scene and choice of moment. And this goes deeply into the core of how and why STICKY, MANLY, NIGHTLIFE, FANCY, etc, work so well for me and for readers as gay romantic porn comics. Rather than keeping my Curt Swan page samples, close readings of his narrative technique and gay-gazing of his handsome, bulgy dudes between me and my collaborators and comixfriends, I've decided to share my scholarship of and love for Curt Swan with the internets.

I am not going to misread any subtext into this page. Nope. Superman’s placement in the frame and body language and facial expression in the first panel does not mean anything, and neither does Lucy Lane’s demand that Jimmy Olsen stop being Superman’s pal.
I love Jimmy’s pose in panel 2, and Lois and Clark’s expressions and positioning in the depth of the image on panel 3, with Jimmy between them in the distance, are pitch perfect.
Let me add that I think John Forte was a good inker for Curt Swan. Forte inked this page. I wish this was a better scan and/or better printing of this page but you can click on it to see it at a larger size.
From Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen 38…

I am not going to misread any subtext into this page. Nope. Superman’s placement in the frame and body language and facial expression in the first panel does not mean anything, and neither does Lucy Lane’s demand that Jimmy Olsen stop being Superman’s pal.

I love Jimmy’s pose in panel 2, and Lois and Clark’s expressions and positioning in the depth of the image on panel 3, with Jimmy between them in the distance, are pitch perfect.

Let me add that I think John Forte was a good inker for Curt Swan. Forte inked this page. I wish this was a better scan and/or better printing of this page but you can click on it to see it at a larger size.

From Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen 38…

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