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So a long time ago (the mid-1990s), the greatest writer in comics agreed to take over the writing duties for Image Comics' Supreme. He would radically reshape the character, the book, and due to forces beyond his control, a whole comic book universe. And it led to an award-winning run of comics, three additional titles (among several proposed) and ultimately led to the genesis of Moore's much better known America's Best Comics. And then it all went out of print and was forgotten by way too many.

Having gathered quite a bit of information about Moore's Supreme and Awesome runs, I decided to create a home for the forgotten Awesome. Over the course of a year, I put it all together here.

Each week I did a main "Weekly Reading" post that was a read-through of that issue. I followed that up with a couple of other posts about topics from that Weekly Reading or whatever else I came up with to talk about. You'll find the lost Youngbloods in the Youngblood section and the fan-edit of the last Supreme in After Awesome.

Below is the archive of posts broken up by book. Thanks for checking the site out!

Book 1: Supreme: The Story of the Year

Book 1: Judgment Day

Book 3: Supreme: The Return

Book 4: Youngblood

Book 5: Glory

Book 6: After Awesome

Book 7: 1963

Book 8: Night Raven

Book 9: A Small Killing

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Brent Anderson... almost artist on Supreme The Return

You might know Brent Anderson from his amazing run on Astro City or even his superlative work on X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills. Well, he also almost worked on Alan Moore's Supreme.

As I mentioned here, there was a report in The Ivory Informer fanzine that Brent Anderson was going to do the art for Supreme: The Return #4. However, he never did and Matthew Dow Smith ended up doing the art instead.

My friend Rob recently asked Anderson about the missed opportunity and was kind enough to pass on the exchange:

Q: Hello! I'm a long time fan. Been a reader of Astro City since the beginning! I've had a question for you for almost 20 years. I remember that you were named as an artist for one of the last few issues of Alan Moore's Supreme run. Unfortunately it never happened. Could you please clarify what went down. Did Rob ask you? Did you do any work on it? What issue was it? And finally why didn't it happen? I appreciate any answer that you can give. Those Alan Moore comics from Awesome are some of my favorites! Thanks!

A: It has been a long time, but I recall I was sent two scripts and asked to pick a favorite between them. They were both excellent and I couldn't immediately choose one over the other. While I was dithering, I guess the series ended, and there was no follow-up. I never did get to have a conversation with Moore. I still have the scripts and refer to them now and again and marvel at how adroit and accomplished a writer Alan Moore really is! I hope this info is useful to you. Best, -B.