 "let the talent do their thing and get outta their way" school. And soon I was off to do just that. But hey, I'm an artist not a writer. Who was gonna write this thing? No sooner than did the question launch itself into the comic book ether than did the answer return with a resounding boom. The writer, it was decided, would be actual one-time Adventures of Supermanwriter/artist himself--Jerry Ordway. And what kind of writing job would Jerry end up doing? Here's your answer; Jerry submitted his script and we all loved it. And after a hour or two of of finely tuned script discussion over the phone one afternoon, he and I were able to up the dramatics even further on the cool-meter.  No sooner was our script fully refined and on track, when out came my collection of the great Kirby OMAC comics. With my memory still fully intact with the groundbreaking concepts common to all Kirby comics, I needed little brushing up on OMAC history as I proceeded to get up to speed and draw the 10 pages with Superman and OMAC in record time. And let's not forgot about the lettering. I had to complete that job before breaking out my pens and finest sable brushes for the critical job of inking over my pencil work. With that finished, the pages were then submitted to both editor Alex and writer Jerry, where the final highly-skilled part of comic book production would come into being-the coloring. Fortunately, I've already been working with the best colorist in the biz-he's been coloring my work on Nexus and the Moth for years now. And that name would be--Glenn Whitmore.  Glenn it turns out, was another actual alumni of The Adventures of Superman, the very series that I'd just mentioned that Jerry Ordway himself was drawing and writing back in the early 80's. Yo--the chance that these two creative talents would finally reunite after all these years--is that amazing or what? And so the momentous wheel of creativity that is COMICS would grind and turn, until the project was ground smooth enough to be scheduled for public release. Now, it would be turned over to the fans themselves, where their buying power prerogative would eventually point their thumbs in the north or south direction.  Finally, I should mention that though DC's budget didn't permit the rates normally required by the Dude to paint this issues cover-I painted it anyway. Such sacrifices does one make in the name of proper presentation. So-release date ------------- APRIL 1, 2014. Be there-or be left behind in the kryptonian dust! Till then I remain, humbly yours, Steve Rude the Dude If you would like to see more prelims, roughs, and thumnails, support our Kickstarter! If we reach our stretch goal we are including an exclusive section including those! | 
And for something different, Steve is doing an oversized painting of Captain Kirk. This is also 20x30, but done in watercolor. Hopefully the next update will have finals of both paintings!
