It's A Bird...

IT'S A BIRD... - Steven T. Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen (DC Comics/Vertigo, 2005)

INTRODUCTION by Grant Morrison

The Superman renaissance continues with Steven T. Seagle's perfectly paced, fresh and idiosyncratic take on the legend of the last son of Krypton. Most writers have been content to overlook the tensions and contradictions of the Superman character but Seagle, slight of build and keen of eye, dares to challenge the Man of Steel and everything he stands for to a knockdown-dragout wrestling match in this spellbinding and timely book.

Part savge deconstruction, part tribute to the enduring qualities of the Superman character, part tender and awkward human drama, IT'S A BIRD... has as many scintillating facets as raw jewel Kryptonite. With luminous and expressive artwork by Teddy Kristiansen, it defies genre categories and poses questions about the relationship between man and superman which are hard to answer but important to consider here at the dawn of the 21st century. It's also about as mordantly accurate of what it feels like to write superhero comics as anything I've ever read.

Quite simply, this is Superman for grownups.

- GRANT MORRISON

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