quote:This Superman origin was simply an exercise to see how far I'm willing to adapt my personal storytelling needs (love of the 1938 Superman) to conform with the demands of current marketing (the Smallville influence).
I'm not out to offend you- I'm pretty much in line with what Grimm says. I'm of the Warren Ellis school of thought: you're gushingly servicing a trade mark when you write stuff like this. Writing an established character in comics is one of the lowest forms of creative prostitution, along with soap opera writing and scripting pro-wrestling. Writing fan fic is worse, because you don't even get paid for it. Even hookers charge a fee when their clients piss in their mouths.
Write something interesting and novel, and then you'll get a constructive critique - and encouragement - on your work.
If you come here and post a fairly mundane (no offence) rehash on a character's origin, where that character is tired and creatively strip-mined, then you don't get any compassion points from me for your text. Its just a target for ridicule. Folks here will start asking you if you think Superman moves through time and space, and he should grow a porno moustahce.
