Curt Swan Teaches Us You Need To Believe In Superheroes

[@tomfink7505]

Curt Swan's Superman was the Superman of my childhood, and remains my favorite interpretation of the character.

[@incubustimelord5947]

Rest In Peace Curt Swan. Rest In Peace Darwyn Cooke. ✝️🌹 🇺🇸🦅🗽🦸‍♂️

[@Leshil]

This world really needs the stories of these heroes again.

[@kerwinjohnson1349]

@@Leshil Amen, brother.

[@boedmonds5514]

Curt Swan is THE Superman artist! I still have a Superman shirt from my childhood and it is a Curt Swan design. So.many great memories of Curt Swan. Great video Wes!

[@willpower8061]

Yea I totally feel ya' Curt Swan defined an entire era for Superman, even the early TV show based their choice on his design of Supes.

[@summonersummoner9536]

I like when Kurt Swan makes Superman wink to the reader!

[@jerryharris6342]

He's not Superman because of his superpowers. He's Superman because of what he does with them.

[@joshuaingobo1559]

Title: Curt Swan Teaches Us You Need to Believe in Superheroes Us: Indeed he does!

[@GOTAisMe]

When I was growing up every piece of Superman merch was a Curt Swan drawing. That's every lunchbox, every T-shirt, every advertisement. You are so right that Curt Swan's vision is the classic Superman. Years later I was friendly with Jerry Ordway. He told me that Swan was one of his heroes and both he and John Byrne would compete with each other to ink Swan's pencils. I got the impression that many of the DC artists who were at DC in the late 80s really appreciated and admired Curt Swan. He really had the respect of those much younger artists who clearly influenced by him.

[@wtk6069]

In the 90s, the Superman team always found ways to keep Curt contributing somewhere. A fill-in here, an anthology story there. Even a prestige Superman mini with The Earth Stealers. It's not Superman, but I also loved the Aquaman mini he did with Keith Giffen around that time. He was in his later era by then, but his work was as good as ever, in part because he did have that amazing list of inkers who wanted to work with him.

[@arthurtripp6922]

Personal story I came back from Vietnam.Wanted to see Mr.Kubert and Mr.Swan saw me and came over.He had heard I was kill. We went over to Mr. Kinect office. I never felt so wanted they made My Day.

[@resistancepublishing]

As a writer, no matter how broke I get, I will never never work for the mainstream. I have too much self respect for myself. I will work for the rest of my life to write uplifting, heroic stories that shines a light on bravery, honesty, integrity and compassion just because it’s what I was taught by all the comics great who came before me. Great video Wes.

[@earlsmith7428]

God Bless You Sir. It's not just comics that have become negative, but television, films and music. I miss uplifting, fun stories.

[@resistancepublishing]

@@earlsmith7428 yes. I agree. Pop culture has been infiltrated by sick people who wants to corrupt anything heroic and positive. This is exactly why I’m pushing hard to keep comics fun, adventurous and positive

[@MOak-q1e]

But isn't the point of being a writer being able to earn enough money from your passion to you earn your living from it? The trick is working within the mainstream so you can do that but meanwhile maintaining some of your integrity. Otherwise writing is just a hobby that you do alongside a job that probably isn't going to anywhere near as satisfying doing what you love even if it takes a degree of compromise. Sometimes its those compromises that make our creativity better because they curb the worst excesses of our indulgences.

[@resistancepublishing]

@@MOak-q1e true. Some creators lack discipline or aren’t creative enough (because most of us don’t have a mentor or the schooling to go on our own) so working for someone else can help them develop the talent needed to create something for themselves that people will eventually want. My comment was speaking about my own experiences. Everyone has a different experience and will accomplish their goals in their own way. I’m not telling everyone to do what I do because everyone is different

[@richardhunter132]

what comics have you written?

[@AgentDeCamp4]

Because I started reading comics in the 1970’s Curt Swan is my definitive Superman artist just like Jim Aparo is my Batman artist. Whenever I think of either Superman or Batman I always picture the work of Curt Swan or Jim Aparo. True professionals.

[@BrianRidgway-u5g]

It was a rare thing to have such a classic pop culture character like Superman, who was so beautifully brought to life by a man of such integrity, decency and true talent. Curt Swan was an epic American original. Thanks for the positive piece and a great change of pace. Comics need something positive.

[@kerwinjohnson1349]

Wes, this was your absolute best episode. Thank you for giving both Curt Swan and Superman their flowers.

[@bigtomboye]

This was indeed a real top entry ✅

[@Wes_From_TC]

Thanks 👊

[@johnnytaz4494]

As an aspiring comic book creator, I deeply appreciate this kind of video. Thinking Critical is the premier comic book KZbin channel. God bless you brother.

[@ericbreen4340]

This probably won't get the views that you usually get , but this is your best video in quite a while .

[@Wes_From_TC]

I want to do more of these. I kind of sat on this Curt Swan idea for a month. Glad it came out well.

[@HeadlessBourgeoisie]

A piece on Jim Aparo's decades of work on Batman would be a nice parallel to this one in a lot of ways.

[@spaceknight793]

Make more videos like this one.

[@Lord.Caedus]

Great and awesome video Wes. Curt Swan is the greatest Superman artist of all time.

[@JosephPeluso-ce4tm]

Thank you, Wes, for this wonderful tribute to the great Curt Swan! I've been reading Superman since 1966, and Mr. Swan was always MY Superman artist. His Superman was strong, but always human. He made Superman my friend. And that's what Superman is all about. He's a friend--a true friend. You made me tear up a bit with this episode, Wes. Thank you again for rekindling some wonderful memories about about a truly gifted storyteller and the joy he brought to a boy growing up in the sixties.

[@bigtomboye]

Solid video, sir 👌

[@andrewprowant6999]

Curt is one of the greats.

[@driakos]

You still get that kind of story loyalty in Japan, but those guys often have greater stakes in the comic. The Berserk guy, Kentaro Miura, Eiichiro Oda, Toriyama, Gosho Aoyama these bros work on a comic for decades. Maybe giving artists/writers a greater stake of the book, will keep them around longer in the West.

[@BlueMageWithSoulEdge]

This was great but there is something glaring for each group of writers from each comic age: The Golden age writers mostly seen war and was at the time directly dealt with its fallout. The Silver Age writers also served in war but not as prevalent as the Golden, but they dealt with jealousy of Hollywood and other major entertainment institutions, along with the gov. The Bronze Age had the least amount of people that served in the military, had the least amount of oppression from major institutions, first time that major social changes didn't directly affect everyone in the country, and the first time when the city and costal writers and artist eclipsed the country small town/ghetto artist and writers. Post Modern/ Current year age there is either the all-time least of those who served, or having no one serving at all. No giving to or even champion any form of charity. Nearly all artist and writers are from big coastal cities or super leftist cities, and the ones aren't, are booted or pretend that they are. They are completely devoid from the social changes of the country and have an observable hatred for anyone that isn't from a big city or the South in general. Bronze Age as of now is seemingly based on small time or armature creators, a lot of which either have served or have a reverence for military, trying to revive not only the industry but the mythos of Americana. By rallying against the failures of postmodernism, the Bronze age displays many rays of the Golden Age are beaming through. As of now, the biggest spice is the combing for wolves that eventually will and have galloped within the herd and their self-expulsion, not by the creatives themselves but from the people. You can see the generation of Americana within the sapphire tablets of paper-- how we as a people went from establishing ourselves against the everyday evils of villainy via the values and philosophies inspired and based on Judeo-Christianity to the acceptance of the final form of liberalism [postmodern dogma of the unrestrained man-- an hedonistic icon after Voltaire's own heart]., only to turn around to make a retentive backstep toward the Golden era.

[@cicolasnage5684]

Remember he drew what was the “final” silver Age Superman story written by Alan Moore. Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow I’d a heartfelt , classic but bittersweet send off of a pre crisis on infinite earths time.

[@EvandroACruz]

Yes but that was a elseworld only. Not the official end of Earth One Superman. DC Comics Presents 97 was your final appearence in Pre-Crisis Era.

[@cicolasnage5684]

@@EvandroACruzthat’s why I put final in quotations dude…

[@EvandroACruz]

@@cicolasnage5684 Sorry, I just see now.

[@PrivateCitizen84]

When I read that story I was surprised Alan Moore wrote that story. A legit straight up heroic story. No deconstruction bs at all.

[@cicolasnage5684]

@@PrivateCitizen84 you’ll come to find post 80s Moore really embraces lightheartedness in comics like 1962, Supreme, and Tom Strong.

[@FrenchPotato661]

Great video I wish “ influencers “ were more like this

[@bigtomboye]

Yeah the world would be a better place 🌎 ❤

[@dice_fumbler]

Perfectly put. Great video. These creators at Marvel and DC today have no idea what real heroism is.

[@josephbarbera9220]

It’s funny you did a video on Curt Swan because I have been buying for the last three weeks Silver Age and Bronze Age Superman comics from my LCS. They recently purchase a huge collection. Those books are a great read and good artwork. I always enjoyed the Swan/Anderson art team and Gary Bates storytelling when I was a kid in the 70s. Looking back I respect his work more than ever now!

[@dylanlindsay6794]

I'm relatively new to comic book reading, So learning about these legends of the industry that were before my time is amazing. Phenomenal video, I hope to see more like this in the future.

[@briandoyle1168]

Thanks for doing this. So many people are only talking about comics for the grift. Its cool to have someone do this because they love the craft.

[@oliverortiz5226]

I appreciated your insightful comments on a true giant in the comic book world. Curt Swan deserves more accolades for his wonderful life's work.

[@dan-bw9xv]

Another great video Wes. I always appericate your videos, especially these kinds of videos reminds me of what the comic has been and still can be even in its rough state right know. Dedicated people to there craft that don't just do what's needed but go the extra mile !

[@YoshiMaeshiro]

Seeing "Curt Swan" written in the video title sent me back to my childhood. I hadn't seen it written anywhere in decades but when I was a kid, I saw it printed in my Superman comics so many times.

[@HeadlessBourgeoisie]

Swan's work on Superman was every bit as earnest as Superman himself. At his best, his art was spectacular, at its worst, still consistently solid. He had a very practical and accessible approach to visual storytelling, prioritizing substance over style. His ability to keep the Superman cast of characters on-model rivaled that of the best of the classic comic strip artists. Unlike many of today's comic book artists, he never forgot that Superman was supposed to be the star of the book, not Curt Swan.

[@bigtomboye]

Terrific comment👍

[@trevormaurer3684]

I feel in the Era of Curt swan , Herb Trimpe , Stan Lee and Jack Kirby they truly respected the medium unlike many current people who I find hard placed to remember there as nothing more than temporary springboard to license as IP for Streaming services

[@JustinGrayJVGray]

I was done with superhero comics but this and some other videos you put up make me want to start pitching them again. I miss heroes.

[@trevormaurer3684]

I have always felt the Christopher Reeves era of films seemed to based on Curt Swans interpretation both timeless classics

[@wtk6069]

I've read that Reeves got the role literally because he so resembled a Curt Swan illustration.

[@corderoismael23]

Superman is the ultimate hero. Curt Swan understood ,cherised and honored this. I see Captain America in the same light. Even though these titles are not the best sellers comic book kingdom is not complete without them. Iconic characters that transcend the very pages they are put on .What they really represent are the core values heroes meant to instill in many a generation. May the true superhero never die. May they live forever. Mr Swan knew and understood this. I tip my cap to you Mr Swan for inspiring many a reader /collector . Thank you sir for a fantastic video and bringing this to light.May the true superhero never die.

[@bizarrebraincomics7819]

Curt Swan was a great artist and a sweet man. I met him once a few years before he died. I took a photo of him and sent a copy of it plus a shot of a painting I did based on Swans Superman and he sent me a signed print of a pencil drawing of Supes he had done. Nice man and I miss his work.

[@1971thedoctor]

Some of my favorite Superman stories are from the 1970s with art by Curt Swan. I still go back and pull out back issues that were such great memories for me.

[@barsey74]

Curt Swan was an amazing artist and storyteller. His Superman was my early childhood. John Byrne is my favourite, but his clean lines and layouts are pure comfort food.

[@RamManNo1]

I love Curts style. I think he only got better as time went on. It’s almost got a sense of “grit” while remaining whimsical at the same time. The post crisis prestige one-shot The Earth Stealers he did with Byrne is one of my favorite works in Superman comics.

[@ZoOnTheYT]

Started reading comics in '74, so def looked through a lot of Curt Swan. Although I enjoyed his illustrations as a little kid, as a teen I didn't appreciate him as much. I liked the new, dynamic styles of a Gil Kane for instance, or Ordway and Jurgens later on. Only later did I understand the sophistication, skill and knowledge Swan brought to his illustrations. I really took to heart the mythos and the meaning of Superman. And when you have the concepts of giants like Swan infiltrating your growing mind, you really understand that gift and how unfortunately, it's missing from the representations of the character. I despise Injustice Superman and wasn't thrilled about Man of Steel (the movie). But you still get plenty of glimpses into the "real" Superman; Chris Reeve, The Timm cartoons, some aspects of Smallville, some aspects of Tyler Hoechlin's portrayal. And you realise that template a person my age basis the "real" Superman on...a lot of it is Curt Swan.

[@jlm19551965]

Swan and Anderson were the best. Curt Swan was also brilliant on Legion of Super Heroes.

[@casualgamerreed]

This is you're best video 😊

[@Master-Mystic01]

Fans and artists were different creatures back in the day. At my first SD con in 76’ I met “The King” who was cordial as “F” i was young but he treated me with such respect. He even drew me a full body portrait of “The Thing” and charged not one penny. I miss those days of fandom.

[@kevingiven8593]

Awesome show today! You touched on why comic book sales are down because very few of todays creators understand the characters they work on in todays comic book world. I always looked at Kurt Swan as DC's answer to Jack Kirby. No one put in the volume of work that those two did.

[@TapCat]

I will always think of Curt Swan's art when I think of Superman and that's true to such an extent that there really isn't even an artist in 2nd place. I loved the days when he was doing both Action and Superman and when I started buying his old Legion comics, I fell in love with his work all over again. Again, I'll always think of his art first when I think of the Legion even though I loved Mike Grell, Steve Lightle, and Giffen's early work on the book (among others). I know it's the way of things that the old passes away and is slowly forgotten but I really do cherish the 70s era of comics when we had guys like Perez, Byrne, Swan, and so many other titanic talents providing us with great comics (and that includes the great writers of the era).

[@DavidLeeAndrews]

It funny that you mention Curt Swan, because I’m currently working on an article about the artist, Jack David, and how he bounced back after the closure of EC Comics. Both of these men were really resilient and they had a work ethic that you don’t see nowadays. We’re showing our age. Aren’t we, Wes? Great video. How can I appear on your channel?

[@gildersleevefan67]

Not sure why it took five days for this to show up on my KZbin feed, but am so glad to see so much appreciation for the guy whose Superman is etched in my brain as the definitive Man of Steel interpretation.

[@dwaynemuth8775]

I’ve been reading comics since the mid sixties and Curt Swan was part of my first 20 years of comics and I had extreme pleasure of meeting Curt a couple of times in the nineties and he was really a true gentleman! Murphy Anderson,Kurt Schaffenberger and Julie Schwartz were all there in Ithaca and what you are saying,Wes brings back a lot of great memories and absolutely right! I also met Darwyn Cooke in the middle 2000’s in Toronto, his work on Batman Animated Series and Batman Beyond,DC New Frontier,Batman Ego, Selina’s Big Score, Batman and the Spirit, The Spirit 1-13! Unfortunately most of these very talented people have passed on but Thank God they have at least left a body of excellent work behind for ALL to enjoy!👍🙏🎯❤️👋

[@dmmc_25]

Amazing video Wes, I think it's important we remember creators and their methodology towards these iconic characters we love, Curt Swan really gave it his all and rarely does one see the creatives enthusiam for the characters on the page, recently a lot of comics can feel just done for paycheck. In regards to Superman in modern days I really feel Jorge Jimenez brings pasion and enthuiasm to the character, everytime that man draws superman there's like an energy I just don't see on his other works, expecially during Justice League's six dimenssion arc, it's cool to see one of the current premiere artist on DC be so into a character many writers just see as bland. Also I really feel artist should give more input in regards to characters, They can catch elements of the characters than writers can't fully tap into, comics, expecially superhero comics depend on collaboration.

[@waynetech10]

It's a lingering problem now, with the current crop of writers. Lack of any experience, or any concept of good. They only write about themselves, and their ilk, really framing the entire world as Los Angeles, and values like Clark Kent's, Bruce Wayne's, Steve Rogers', all of them, as old and stodgy. Maybe they were never told no. Maybe they never saw any real struggle. I don't know their lives, in total. All I can say is, I'm tired of reading about them wanting to "deconstruct" all the heroes I love. I may look nothing like Clark Kent, but I've loved the character, for 40 years, and I admire his spirit and commitment to doing good. Same with Bruce Wayne, Princess Diana, etc. I'm tired of people with zero life experience, using all these stories to tell us good is a lie, and that we shouldn't believe in these guys. "Well, in real life..." One, if I wanted real life, I probably wouldn't be reading a superhero comic. And two, if you've never experienced real life, how can you tell me what it's like?

[@Leadeshipcoach]

I am 5 days late. But Wes...beautiful video and absolutely beautiful tribute to Curt Swan. His Superman was my Superman. And it is a Superman I miss. I grew up reading comics in the 70's...those were some of the greatest comics ever. And I love the Silver Age comics (and the golden age). Superhero's of these eras taught me a lot. Lessons I still carry to this day as I approach 60 years of age. Thanks brother for the great memories you stirred.

[@dontemorgan1517]

I truly miss this, but we have too many activists doing their best on deconstructed our favorite heroes to be villains, and then forced us to support supervillains as they keep portrayed them to be "Sympathetic" or "misjudged" or make them "heroes" after all the horrible things they done while deflect criticism.

[@TheJoelef]

You also have edgelords like garth ennis

[@frankandstern8803]

Awesome rant. Its true. They/we have to beleive in these characters when creating. Important point to make. They need a reminder perhaps.

[@raynardabraham7831]

Curt Swan was one of my favorite Superman artist, both he & Wayne Boring😊.

[@Tonydash23]

I read Eddy Zeno’s book in January and afterwards hunted down some Curt’s early sixties work to read . They are treasures of such a wonderful time in comics

[@johnlopez9014]

I’m definitely going to get that book! I’m going to the Philippines soon, n I’m going to need something to read interesting on the plane 👍

[@paulpizzlewizzle]

Will there ever be influential creators again? With new creations?

[@fvgbe342]

Eric July of the rippaverse is trying his hardest to embody the values of old.

[@paulpizzlewizzle]

@@fvgbe342Rippaverse needs an editor and a real plot.

[@bradhogue2029]

I used to think who are today's Neal Adams and Denny O'Neil? Then after a while I thought I've aimed too high.

[@MOak-q1e]

That has never stopped but these days you only really get it in the USA from independent comics or from publishers that allow creators to keep the rights to their own creations. There are a lot of new creations and influential creators in the Manga market too.

[@MerrimanDevonshire]

Wes... what Swan represents is an era long past like my father in the automotive industry: A dedicated company man. Now... we live an era of clueless clients and mercs looking for as paycheck. The I.P. just reflects it. 😢

[@raiderbear1]

Awesome work mate

[@Deathwing2001]

Great video Wes. When I think of the definitive version and look of Superman, it’s always Curt Swan’s Superman. I definitely want to read that book about his life.

[@molo1122]

Thanks for making videos like this. I love hearing about these old creators.

[@Lensyoutube]

Curt Swan was my Superman artist and I glad he was loyal to DC but it would have been awesome seeing a Curt Swan Spider-Man run

[@Ratface0007]

Honestly, what killed my belief in Superheroes (besides the lack of good content) was events like Civil War and Identity Crisis where the heroes act extremely poorly and unheroic. I really don’t care for the superhero genre at all especially because it was forced down my throat by the movie industry for almost twenty years now.

[@EvandroACruz]

Post Crisis Era was bad for DC heroes. DC tried to emulate Marvel style and this damaged the core essence of your characters forever.

[@RamManNo1]

Avengers Disassembled/Civil War and Identity Crisis marked the usher in of hack writers who didn’t really give two sh!ts about the characters or the histories of them, let alone superhero comics in general. Sadly this mindset has become the norm.

[@EvandroACruz]

@@RamManNo1 Yes.Bendis/Diodio Era ruined modern comics. The characterizations were ruined and heroism was replaced with cynism and misery.

[@broomhilda5122]

Beautiful video. Thank you for teaching me about this man, Wes

[@AllentheHowler]

I started reading Superman post Crisis and it’s so fantastic. So many good stories that shows how Superman thinks, how he approaches different situations and how to help people the best way he could. I miss that. Tomasi did such a great job recapturing that in Rebirth. Feeling good from reading a superhero book is a rarity now. Besides Superman Rebirth, the only relatively new books that I got that feeling were from Mark Millar’s Superior and Starlight.

[@frankandstern8803]

I will always have that chain busting shot of Supe that Swan immortalized burned into my head from my childhood. I first saw it on a small pocket notepad I obtained as an 8 year old in 1979.

[@RonDale-jy8et]

Wes... this video was one of your BEST!! WONDERFUL to see you upbeat instead of growling over the current state of comics....!! Love the History aspect.... Heard that Mort Weisinger was seeing a psychiatrist due to stree over being the SUPERMAN editor... als heard that Wisinger treated Swan horribly... Both statements from an interview with the Weisinger family...!!

[@lorenzofortunato388]

Beautiful video Wes, i really enjoyed it. You articulated a problem that i felt for a long time but couldn't put it into words: a lot of modern day writers lack passion for the characters they work on, and it can be felt while reading their comic books. Also thank you for bringing up kurt's life and ideals to the spotlight, I didn't know anything about him and these informations made me want to become a better person

[@RJStheFourthAge]

Great video, Wes.

[@Thechristianbolton1]

We live in a time rn where ‘truth, justice & American way’ is no longer glorified in heroism. Villains are often sympathized by the ridiculous horrific acts. Superman was one of the very few that made me believe, have faith, have hope.

[@thereseemstobeenanerror1219]

What even is the American way? Perhaps it's better than they dropped that last part.

[@stevereynolds5684]

Rebirth Superman along with Supersons brought me back to loving Superman. Screw DC!

[@tomfink7505]

Agreed. We finally got Superman back, now in the "Pa Kent" role, teaching his son heartfelt lessons about life, and DC took it away.

[@JMan77]

I just recently got that book. Looking forward to reading it. I mean he is the Superman artist.

[@ComicSwag]

always koo to hear about creators trials & tribulations

[@StevenMckee1980]

Thanks for this Wes Superman is my favourite character and I love Swan. I never knew about this book. Purchased off Amazon Thank you ❤

[@daveassanowicz186]

Back Issues are were it's at, Wes! 🦸‍♂️

[@doommega]

this is a fantastic Episode. this makes us stop and think this over.... and although wes mean well But , to extract ourselves back for a minute and think this over from a broader perspective... guys like swan, dick dillion, jack Kirby, Gene Colon, don heck, Murphy Anderson, gil kane and the sort would have DONE CIRCLES on these artists in this modern age in term of output and pay attention.... their resources were vastly Lesser than our Masters in this contemporary time, I wonder if they ever consider that the time they're in now they can Possibly do more than these guys... but they are so concern with politics in comics, A.I, Twitter they get distracted. Now Curt Swan is THE Embodiment of Super-man he may possibly in the space of kirby, buscema , as doing comics in particular.... it was unfortunate after Crisis they didn't give this man the Respect he so richly deserves - Createors in the 60's or the 70's Understood comics to the finest detail it may be the greatest time for comics and understand everything it was and should be.

[@doommega]

and a lot of Us should always read these older books in general because you will understand how conceptually inaccurate these stories are told... you got more for 35 cents than u do in a 4 dollar book

[@Moultdog]

You hit the nail on the head. Modern Comics writers don't care about Comics or the Legacy or the characters, they just want their headline in the appropriately ideologically aligned periodical. They may have the worst sales in comic books and their comic fails in a few issues, but BuzzFeed or fox or Huffington Post says something about them and that's all they care about.

[@jonathangoode546]

I really liked the curt swan era of Superman . When all the characters were television news anchors .and their alternate universe of CBS was GBS . I really enjoyed it and it was so cool and co workers would pull pranks on each other it was just hilarious to watch them do this. Also back then Superman was just adventurous and good to read and no matter how much lex Luthor hated him Superman would still try to be friends with him even if Superman was in near death situations Luthor would still try to save Superman. They were unlikely adversaries but still cared for each other till the very end .IE : The final curt swan issue WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAN OF TOMORROW. thank you so much for posting this video .❤❤❤❤ . I had some great times back then too.

[@ronniewainwright2086]

I met Mr swan in Cleveland at the Superman convention I want him to sign my Superman book for 12 cent just talking to him about comics and realize that he is a real gentleman first class I was really sad that he passed away I grew up reading Superman comic books when I was 9 years old never realizing that one day I would meet the artist who drew Superman like I said he was a gentleman and I can see why everyone liked him

[@tonygriego6382]

Swan's Superman is the definitive Superman

[@ArnoldReker]

More videos like this - nice and positive and there are so mant great past artists that fall into the same category that need to be recognised not just for their art but for their general contribution to the art form.

[@OdanUrr87]

Great video, your passion really came through! I'm only familiar with Gil Kane's work on Silver Age GL, but now I'm eager to check Swan's Superman adventures. Keep these spotlight videos coming!👍

[@sergioortega5584]

Man what a great video for a great artist. Congrats

[@WTSD850]

it might help supermans image if we saw Superman save more people of different races or go to different countries and help people there

[@matthewpearce4952]

He does that in the comics all the time....

[@EvandroACruz]

Curt Swan was the greatest Superman artist of all times. No contest. When he leaved the character after the original Crisis this was the end of the character like the biggest superhero of all times. I read many early 80's Superman comics by Cary Bates and Curt Swan via scans and make me shocked in how DC nerfed the character in Post Crisis Era like a moral symbol and paragon. DC should be more like the Pre-Crisis days again to be great. DC Superheroes supposed to be aspirals not flawed and troublesome persons.

[@bigtomboye]

Extremely interesting 👌 Makes me want to look some of them up

[@ellesse3862]

When I watch Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent I think of Curt Swan. Looking forward to those upcoming DC Finest collections Superboy, Supergirl, Superman Family.

[@GarrettChristensen-r8d]

Great stuff. Thanks for video.

[@dictorfeelgood]

Curt Swan could draw a picture and we didn't need to see the words to know what was happening

[@albertosanchez4524]

Curt is the superman artist the best ever. Ever . Ever

[@AL-ws5yi]

They don’t make them like that anymore.

[@Arnsteel634]

Thank you for this video. I am not the man I would like to be. But we still need men that can represent what we should be like, in literature as well as real life.

[@thereseemstobeenanerror1219]

I can't really believe in the idea of superheroes. With that being said, I do recognize how important they are.

[@UncleTermite]

You’ll believe in them and like it .

[@MOak-q1e]

As a kid back in the 1970s I was never a great fan of his art style, even back then his art style seemed old fashioned to me compared to Marvel. It seemed to be stuck in that era before Marvel comics and I always felt that Superman was set in a 1950s time warp long after the rest of the DC line up was modernized. I do like the fact he was able to bring his era of Superman to a conclusion with Alan Moore in "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow". These days I have a nostalgic respect for his work but I can't say he will ever be a favorite of mine.

[@NE0N_ANGELUS]

The Murican myth is beautifuly vast and i would say something we need more of. Superman batman spiderman thier feats are impossible but thier vertiues are most certainly real. EXCELSIOR

[@StillOnly25c]

Don’t forget .. Wayne Boring, Al Plastino, Kurt Schaffenberger, Jim Mooney, Murphy Anderson, and any other human being that drew Superman from Golden, silver and Bronze Age

[@dgenergene4418]

Superman is truly an iconic American image.

[@Dan_Campbell]

Looking forward to listening at the office tomorrow. I was never hyped up for Byrne's interpretation. It wasn't the same character.

[@Wes_From_TC]

Thanks. I hope you really enjoy it!

[@DrDetfink]

Curt Swan = Legend 🎤