An interesting perspective from Gary Frank:
Did you make subtle changes or nuances when drawing the pages and panels that featured Superman versus those that featured Clark Kent? And is that part of the fun, getting to draw both sides of the iconic character?
Completely. The eternal war which is raged on forums about whether Clark Kent is the real Superman or is Clark Kent a disguise is all rubbish. There is one character and there are different elements of this guy and in some circumstances, he will play up certain elements of his character for specific reasons but it doesn’t mean that awkward Clark is a fake character. He’s a guy that goes to a big city, he’s grown up in the country, he works in a big office with office politics and back-biting and yeah, he can juggle tractors and things like that but that doesn’t help you in that situation. To that extent, he is a fish out of water. He’s nervous. The fact that he could demolish the Daily Planet building is irrelevant when you take the character out of context. He’s never going to use any of his feats of strength against an ordinary person so how he’s going to get confidence from that? He’s still a fish out of water, he’s still suffering the same problems that anybody gets in an environment with which they’re not familiar.
Source: CBR
