Let’s go! pic.twitter.com/3U3ZD7I0hj
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
We got @BRIANMBENDIS @patrick_gleason @TomKingTK @Clay_Mann_ @thejillthompson and @philipsytan
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
First we’re taking the Deluxe Edition coming alongside the issue. Essays, etc with unpublished story by Joe Siegel pic.twitter.com/dUopHU8OPh
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Action 1000 coming the same day. pic.twitter.com/WAXHAumK2a
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
The panel pic.twitter.com/ajNcYh8gi1
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Action 1000 also has an adapted story from Marc Wolfman form unpublished Curt Wan art
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Pages from @BRIANMBENDIS and @JimLee pic.twitter.com/wftDUVuCMP
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
More pages pic.twitter.com/h3qUHgrIUb
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Villain who comes to Earth with a secret from Superman’s past. You’ll find out the secret in Action 1000 and then continue in Man of Steel. Will be Earth shattering
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Name for the villain Ro-Zar.
Personal name for Bendis. Adapted from the name of the doctor who cared for him when he was in the hospital when he was blind— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
She’s very excited to be in Superman. Thought Bendis was kidding at first cause he was disoriented at first. She wanted to look like Red Sonja had demands haha
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Showed her Ro-Zar and she thought the character was ugly. Not artistically just monster-y
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
@BRIANMBENDIS “most artists say tell me a story so I can tell a story.”
Bendis trying to write big for Lee. Lee added 3 pages. “Handing him tricks I stole from him back”
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Bendis and ale created Ro-Zar. Bendis is praising Lee’s design work
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Now onto DC Nation and the original story Bendis is doing with Jose Garcia-Lopez
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Page from the issue pic.twitter.com/TWHTN7RmLN
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Garcia-Lopez came out of retirement for this. Bendis talking about how awesome it is to work with him and how nice he is. pic.twitter.com/MhYonvIVmW
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Now onto Man of Steel.
Bendis wants to make Metropolis bigger again pic.twitter.com/2rCMAoQ0yB
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Ivan Reis artwork from issue 1 pic.twitter.com/jB9F8F950O
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Continued belowSome of the various species in the cosmic DC Universe making a big decision about Ro-Zar
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
More art pic.twitter.com/zTjZsvaF6I
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Bendis making jokes about he’s probably dead or still in a coma in the hospital.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
@BRIANMBENDIS I wanted to make something like when John Byrne came over and it shocked ppl and made Time Magazine. Wanted the best Superman artists of the time
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Talking Action 1001 now with @BRIANMBENDIS and @patrick_gleason
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
@patrick_gleason super exciting getting to jump from Superman to Action. “We’re just getting started”
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
We’ll have Superman 1 and Action 1001. Superman about Superman. Action about Metropolis and Clark and building everything about Metropolis
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
There are so many parts of Metropolis that haven’t been explored yet. Want to make Metropolis like Gotham.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
@patrick_gleason pages for Action 1000. Was drawing this and Superman 45 at the same time. Huge workload for Gleason the past few weeks. All splash pages pic.twitter.com/p3GDget1bc
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Gleason talking his kids. Then saying Gleason messed up the “S” cause it’s the older logo.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Second page of the last has Sgt. Rock
All of Gleason’s kids have inked this page.— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Now onto @TomKingTK and @Clay_Mann_ Action story. Already been released. Most emotional and personal story in the issue. Sad pic.twitter.com/aicI8RhIyD
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King: “Batman’s the best and Superman sucks.”
Batman putting my kids through college.— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King saying thought all Superman stories have been told and thought he was boring. Doesn’t think that now he’s much more interesting. pic.twitter.com/j9cmqHIe17
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Midwest values “you don’t focus on a problem you focus on a solution.”
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Mann talking his art. Really shy but everyone clapped for him and it was cool. Now he’s shit talking King
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Bendis talking working at a comic shop and listening to fans shaving with a mirror and his heat vision and him writing a letter to John Byrne of everything they said.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Bendis talking working at a comic shop and listening to fans shaving with a mirror and his heat vision and him writing a letter to John Byrne of everything they said.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Now onto Action Special and Jill Thompson’s story with @markrusselluk
Continued below— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Superman roasting Lex Luthor at the White House Correspondents Dinner. pic.twitter.com/vBDap1klEF
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Superman won the Humanitarian Award pic.twitter.com/dmwoDXEWIX
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Thompson definitive Superman artist: Steve Rude
Tan: Alex Ross
Mann: Garcia-Lopez
King: Swan
Gleason: Jurgens; Ross
Bendis: pinup by Brian Bolland in Action 400— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
@philipsytan talking his #C2E2 poster of Superman.
“Drawing Superman is intimidating” pic.twitter.com/3gu3kRENNz
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Was inspired by Gleason’s cover for Superman 20 of Superman in the clouds.
“This wasn’t the Superman of the last 5 years.”— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
“It’s so much harder to create someone that looks perfect.”
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Thompson: the S is so hard I hate that S it’s so hard.
She likes the one with the black on it.— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Gleason: I draw the negative space not the S.
Byrne used to call it the two flighting fish.— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Gleason’s Facebook followers named Boyzarro instead of Bizarro Boy. pic.twitter.com/ITBVZxXR8M
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
That cover is the homage to the Super Friends title card
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Mahnke art from the most recent issue pic.twitter.com/gYggNbj0vq
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Gleason: we basically did a 4 year run condense in 2 years. Didn’t know we’d make it more than a year.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Wrapping the run in two different ways: Superman 45, mostly done by Gleason, and the Special mostly written by Tomasi. 45 is a return to Hamilton. The Special harkens back to Dinosaur Island pic.twitter.com/zYf0206jBX
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Bendis breaking one of his cardinal rules here. Wants to be on books that are going to be cancelled or are low sales so you can do what you want.
Bendis gets to build on everything Tomasi, Gleason and Jurgens have been doing the past 2 years.— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Bendis talking about being in Cleveland. 1986 – the 50th anniversary parade of Superman. Being at art school there.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Wanted to be the Superman Parade Artist. All the art for the sides of the car for the parade. Got the gig and was paid in Garcia-Lopez prints cause the parade had no money
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Continued belowSiegel or Shuster couldn’t come cause they were sick. But Stan Lee came.
Was called at the last minute to do a Spider-Man piece— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Got paid in meeting with artists there also too. Talked to George Perez for a really long time. Advice he still thinks about and changed his life.
“Focus. This is what you’re here for.”
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Bendis wrote a manifesto for DiDio and Jim about how Superman has to be relatable, hates people talking about how he’s a 20th century character.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Talking his frustrations people have with Superman. Now that Bendis is older he can relate to Superman better.
Bendis relates to Superman as a father. Representing something bigger than yourself— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Also talking about adoption and that being big in his family. No matter what happens you still have that piece that’s different and where he came from. We all have that special thing.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Also talking about adoption and that being big in his family. No matter what happens you still have that piece that’s different and where he came from. We all have that special thing.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
King: both of their moms were named Martha!
Bendis talking being hacked on Twitter: “change your password from Martha.”
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Now talking to Trunks being back and good again!
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Gleason talking all the various designs the last few years without the trunks. The Secret Drama of the Trunks
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
DiDio let Bendis bring the trunks back on a whim.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
We’re all getting free trunks on the way out the door.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018
Bendis: if you ask anyone in the world to draw Superman they’ll draw the trunks.
Gleason: he’s modest he needs a little extra padding there.
— Kevin Gregory @ C2E2 (@kbgregory13) April 7, 2018