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The art of Superman: Son of Kal-El & talking craft with Cian Tormey

Episode Summary

Artist Cian Tormey joins the show to discuss his craft, his work on Superman: Son of Kal-El, and more! Plus your weekly recap of news and reviews too!

Episode Notes

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NEWS

• DC Comics launching ‘Dark Crisis’ good vs. evil summer event about legacy
• ‘Blood Syndicate: Season One’ announced for May 10 start date
• Warner Bros. promotes comics shops in new ‘The Batman’ trailer credits
• Full 'Thunderbolts' lineup revealed for Marvel's new series out May 25th
• ‘Spider-Man 2099: Exodus’ limited series coming May 4th
• Shang-Chi is destined to wield the Ten Rings in 'Shang-Chi' #12
• Moon Knight of the year 8,000 coming soon!
• Valiant announces ‘Archer & Armstrong Forever’ from Steve Foxe and Marcio Fiorito
• New Image/Skybound supernatural horror ‘F*ck This Place’ coming this May
• TKO Studios announces graphic novels set for March 15th release
• Incendium announces 'Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer' series inspired by art legend
• Geof Darrow is back with ‘Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to Be Kin’ starting May 28th!

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #8 (Tom Taylor, Cian Tormey)
2. I Am Batman (2021) #6 (John Ridley, Ken Lashley)

Nathan:

1. I Am Batman #6 (John Ridley, Ken Lashley)
2. Suicide Squad: Blaze #1 (Si Spurrier, Aaron Campbell)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - X Deaths of Wolverine #2 (Ben Percy, Federico Vicentini)

Dave - Moon Knight #8 

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Shadowman #6 (Bunn, Andreo)
• Nathan: Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8 (Tom King, Bilquis Evely)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Hulk #4 (E.M. Gist)
• Nathan: X-Men #8 (Marte Garcia)

Interview - Cian Tormey - Superman: Son of Kal-El

1. "The Rising" Story arc in Superman Son of Kal-El features the Gamora Corps, what went into designing these costumes?
2. Based on your work with Marvel's Darkhold and the impressive character design, what advantage is there if any in creating character design?
3. For the artists out there, what materials do you use?
4. The Rising has a lot going on, with a kaiju, different super abilities at work, cities in danger, what is your high-low for this arc, meaning favorite thing to draw and least favorite thing to draw?
5. You said in a recent craft breakdown "that time passes in the gutters between the panels - Time and, by extension, geography"
6. How do you approach pacing when approaching your work?
7. Is there a certain level of understanding casual readers should have, as far as pace, layout, and story telling when reading comics?
8. Your craft breakdowns are great, does a part of you want to be a teacher?
9. Superman Son of Kal-El deals in a lot of water effects, can you talk about those?