{"id":22806,"date":"2016-07-07T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T04:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=22806"},"modified":"2016-07-06T22:03:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T02:03:21","slug":"curt-swan-superman-addendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2016\/07\/curt-swan-superman-addendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curt Swan Superman addendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today's review of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/yo\/dcdspsm.php\">DC Direct's <i>Showcase<\/i> Superman<\/a>, yo mentioned the classic essay \"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawbw.com\/~svw\/superman.html\" target=_blank>Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex<\/a>.\" Written in 1969 by famed sci-fi author Larry Niven, the article posits the problems that Clark Kent would face when trying to copulate with a human woman. That may be a common topic of discussion among nerds today (thanks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=22276\">Kevin Smith<\/a>), but it was fresh and creative back in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, in 1994, <i>Penthouse Comix<\/i> reprinted the essay, and hired Curt Swan to provide illustrations for it. <a href=\"http:\/\/goodcomics.comicbookresources.com\/?p=152115\" target=cbr>Completely NSFW illustrations<\/a>. If you've ever wanted to see a joyfully sky-clad Lois Lane squirming beneath your greatest hero (as drawn by the definitive artist of his generation), well, this is your lucky day!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-22806 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moswok1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moswok1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moswok2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moswok2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moswok3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moswok3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moswok4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/moswok4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Toys spark joy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/toys-spark-joy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Toys spark joy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Flippin' through Previews - April '14\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2014\/04\/flippin-through-previews-april-14\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flippin' through Previews - April '14<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #144\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2014\/10\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-144\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #144<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Cyborg Superman addendum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/cyborg-superman-addendum\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Cyborg Superman addendum<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #70.5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/09\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-sdcc12-freebies\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #70.5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today's review of DC Direct's Showcase Superman, yo mentioned the classic essay \"Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex.\" Written in 1969 by famed sci-fi author Larry Niven, the article posits the problems that Clark Kent would face when trying &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2016\/07\/curt-swan-superman-addendum\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,160,35],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-22806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addendums","category-comics","category-dc-direct","tag-superman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22806"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22815,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22806\/revisions\/22815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}