All Star Superman

Grant Morrison's and Frank Quietely's All Star Superman was a very interesting read. After reading We3 I was excited for the art work before I even opened it up and I was not disappointed. I have never read a Superman comic before because Superman has never been one of my favorite super heroes, but I did find this to be pretty good. Most of time I find Superman to be pretty cheesy, which I am sure is part of its appeal, but just not for me. However, I thought the dialogue in this version was sophisticated and I liked the stories. Of the six episodes in volume 1, I think my favorite was the fourth one, Superman/Jimmy Olsen War. I liked it for a number of reasons, mainly I liked seeing the dark side of Superman and I like Jimmy Olsen as a character. I thought the use of color was particularly good in this episode, also. For instance, on page 93, we can see the beginning of Superman's transformation into bad superman as the background of his speech bubbles becomes gray. Then when he makes the full transformation they turn fully black. I also like the rainbow jacket. One thing about the comic that I really didn't like was the lettering of the titles (on pages 30, 41, 80, 84, 109, 137). I thought they didn't fit with the rest of the art work that was so incredible. These titles reminded me of stuff people make in Microsoft Publisher. I just didn't like how it fit in with the rest of the book. The use of color throughout the book were also really impressive. I liked how the panels went back and forth from black and white to color on 46 to 47 to emphasize that Louis Lane is finally seeing things clearly. Then on the next two pages the panels alternate from a dull grey background to a vibrant pink. I think that it keeps the reader interested, or at least it did for me. Another thing I found amusing was that the dogs in Superman are so similar to the dog in We3. I liked that because you can see the artist in the works.