The Origin of Superman!

December 9, 2005 12:03 PM

The Origin of Superman !
Possibly NSFW. via
posted by Tlogmer (34 comments total)

Oh, fucking hell. I posted to the middle of the story instead of the beginning (any chance matt could fix it?). Here's the correct link.
posted by Tlogmer at 12:04 PM on December 9, 2005

It's a good read from any starting point...
posted by adamms222 at 12:14 PM on December 9, 2005

This is hilarious. There's a lot of other good stuff on Jay Pinkerton's site, like these Spiderman strips. (Probably NSFW.)
posted by brain_drain at 12:18 PM on December 9, 2005

agreed. hilarious!
posted by freudianslipper at 12:26 PM on December 9, 2005

At first I thought that they were simply re-captioned orginals, but clearly he's put in a lot more effort than that.

If only the new movie is this good.
posted by Four Flavors at 12:36 PM on December 9, 2005

His augmented and remixed trailer storyboards for Lost In Translation ("this summer, get translated!") had me hurtin'.
posted by lodurr at 12:46 PM on December 9, 2005

Very, very funny. Thanks.

THERE'S NO CURE FOR THAT! THEY'RE JUST TAUNTING ME CRUELLY!
posted by languagehat at 1:08 PM on December 9, 2005

whoah, it's original art? i thought they were re-captioned originals as well. reminds me of David Rees' cartoons (which I shall not link to lest I risk immediate revokation of my MeFi account)
posted by adamms222 at 1:09 PM on December 9, 2005

Excellent. Read like 70's era National Lampoon!
posted by sourwookie at 1:14 PM on December 9, 2005

I don't think it's original art, but it is original in that there's been some extensive editing/remixing of existing art.

Agreed -- very funny stuff!
posted by Robot Johnny at 1:15 PM on December 9, 2005

Nice leotard, Sally.
posted by Smedleyman at 1:31 PM on December 9, 2005

This is great stuff. I also enjoyed seeing the Fantastic 4 go see their movie.
posted by NoMich at 1:35 PM on December 9, 2005

That was awesome.
posted by GriffX at 1:36 PM on December 9, 2005

I say we take off and nuke Smallville from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
posted by anthill at 1:37 PM on December 9, 2005

Nine months later: A Burden!
posted by Jawn at 1:44 PM on December 9, 2005

Awesome.
posted by Faint of Butt at 1:51 PM on December 9, 2005

Mod note: fixed the fpp link
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:59 PM on December 9, 2005

Terrific rewrite, but if the art is still under copyright it'll probably get a cease and desist notice and be forced offline. Even if the art is "original", the brand is already owned. Enjoy it while it lasts!
posted by After the Jump at 2:38 PM on December 9, 2005

Really funny, thanks.
posted by interrobang at 4:05 PM on December 9, 2005

Psst! There's also a Batman origin story on this site, which is also hilarious.
posted by kosher_jenny at 4:06 PM on December 9, 2005

(Especially since I wasted spent about four hours at this site last night.)
posted by interrobang at 4:06 PM on December 9, 2005

The art isn't original, at least most of it isn't. Compare these.

The pictures of Superboy and Luthor in the lab are identical.
posted by interrobang at 4:11 PM on December 9, 2005

Way better than the original telling.
posted by fenriq at 4:53 PM on December 9, 2005

There's some Jack Kirby in there too.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 5:14 PM on December 9, 2005

Superman is a dick.
posted by EarBucket at 5:44 PM on December 9, 2005

That was great. Thanks!
posted by graventy at 7:32 PM on December 9, 2005

I came for the Superman, and stayed for the Spider-Man! Even funnier.
posted by grouse at 1:08 AM on December 10, 2005

Marked it as a double earlier. I thought it was an FPP. Found the comment here.
posted by Eideteker at 2:04 AM on December 10, 2005

For chrissakes, don't mark things as doubles unless you have proof. Otherwise you're just being a dick.
posted by languagehat at 6:01 AM on December 10, 2005

For real, not cool.

I wonder if he hand-letters all the new text, or if there is actually a good version of comic sans floating around out there.
posted by dgaicun at 10:02 AM on December 10, 2005

Ok, but I posted the proof. Or is linking to multiple separate parts of that site not a double? Especially when that content has been pointed out before? I'm not being nasty; I'm asking. But I flagged it, so it's up to Matt to decide if it constitutes a double. It's a double in my subjective reality, at least.
posted by Eideteker at 11:45 AM on December 10, 2005

Ah, you misunderstand the rule then. Double posts are only about posts; it's OK to post something that's just been in a comment.
posted by languagehat at 11:50 AM on December 10, 2005

Alright. Sorry about the confusion. I wouldn't have flagged it unless I was 100% sure I saw it on MeFi. I thought that since the domain had already been linked it was off limits. Thanks for the clarification. Obviously, people liked the FPP, so no harm; no foul.
posted by Eideteker at 4:09 PM on December 10, 2005

The JP forums have a lot of good stuff in 'em, too: Movies in Foreign Lands / Embarassing Screenshots. The Complete News Skim has been linked here before but is a classic.
posted by blag at 6:03 PM on December 10, 2005