tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513088133446250812.post715455356845178927..comments2009-01-06T23:23:20.685-05:00The Alex Ross Collectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00469322959395420195alexrosscollector@gmail.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513088133446250812.post-71082786072060396022009-01-06T23:17:00.000-05:002009-01-06T23:17:00.000-05:00Good commentary. Kingdom Come had the same effect on me. It was my first Ross work. I bought Marvels and other stuff later.<BR/><BR/>Do you think Alex's style is changing again?<BR/><BR/>Looking at Alex's latest "Kingdom" pages in Justice Society No. 22 from DC Comics, I was impressed by the scene 1000 years in the future where an elderly Superman grins while his descendent flies overhead. Elderly Superman is rendered in harsh detaili; young future Superboy is distant (small) and fuzzy with motion blur. Bearing in mind that the original "Kingdom Come" story is about disaster striking America, I get the feeling that the juxtaposition of vivid old and fuzzy young is a kind of allegory: the 20-20 hindsight of the elder takes pleasure in the youthful optimism of his successor. Maybe I read too much into it, but Alex and co-writer Geoff Johns might be suggesting that there are better times ahead. The "Uncle Sam" story carries much the same message. We get through the current turmoil, and things will be okay.<BR/><BR/>They are both good stories, anyway. I hope the JSA issues get collected in a trade paperback.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com