Rousing Superman Animatic — "A Smallville Man" by Mauricio Abril

A year ago, we posted the stunning "A Gotham Fairytale" by Mauricio Abril. A year later, Abril has created "A Smallville Man," which is a story told with over 150 black and white illustrations, and features the song "Walk" by the Foo Fighters. The story shows Superman in South America and as a boy in Smallville. The parallel storylines play out with a sentimental ending. Abril said that after doing the first animatic, he never planned to do a second. But after tens of thousands of views and demands for another, Abril was inspired to make another short. Chekc it out.

"A Smallville Man" is my animatic film featuring an original Superman story told in over 150 illustrations set against the aural backdrop of the song "Walk" by the American Rock band Foo Fighters. The film explores the relationship between Superman's past and present through separate stories that take us from the jungles of South America to the quaint streets of his hometown of Smallville.