In my comic book illustration career I did have what I call a lame 'superhero' phase.
First of all, to get on my soapbox a bit I always found it strange people assume a comic book to contain a story about a superhero. Comics can be about anything. To think a 'normal' book would involve somebody with some kind of super-power is like assuming there will be a fly fisher or a figure skater. Like 'Oh, you're making a comic book? Where's the figure skater? Will there be figure skating in it?'
Maybe because comics can be about anything, and because the first few successful ones had Superman and Batman in them people assume ALL of them would be like that. Stepping off my soapbox I can honestly say I had a stint with super heroes, with inventing them and writing/illustrating a few stories. They're embarrassing. They're stupid, juvenile. Want to hear more? Ok. (They don't physically exist. I have to redraw them from memory. I'm only drawing bust-shots. It's too embarrassing to render their whole costumes)
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