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thehefnerFor the first time in a long, long while, I am extremely psyched for something coming out from DC Comics: WEDNESDAY COMICS.
According to Newsarama: "The concept is that we are trying to recapture the spirit, format, and sense of enjoyment that people had form reading the Sunday comics that arrive in newspapers every week," DC Sr VP and Executive Editor Dan DiDio explained to Newsarama. "So, for this 12 week period, we’re creating 16 weekly strips that will be presented in newspaper format, which will feature some of our primary characters, as well as some of the premiere creators in the business."
Comic gossip collumist Rich Johnston adds: This is just the brave, creative experiment that companies like DC should be taking and they are to be applauded for it. And with the likes of Kyle Baker on Hawkman, and Neil Gaiman and Mike Allred on Metamorpho. Adam and Joe Kubert on Sergeant Rock, Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso on Batman, Sean Galloway on Teen Titans, Joe Quinones on Green Lantern, Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner on Supergirl and Ben Caldwell on Wonder Woman, and John Arcudi, Lee Bermejo, Dave Bullock, Kurt Busiek, Dave Gibbons, Paul Pope, Ryan Sook, Walt Simonson… well, it’s one hell of a sell.
He's absolutely right, this is exactly what DC and Marvel should be doing. No more crossovers, no more huge events where "nothing will ever be the same again!," no more misguided attempts to reinvent the wheel... just pure, unadulterated superhero goodness that anyone can enjoy!
And what a breadth and variety of stories! Gaiman and Allred doing a presumably-fun METAMORPHO, Azz and Risso doing grim-and-gritty BATMAN, Kyle Baker channeling Hal Foster for HAWKMAN, old-fashioned war comics with the Kuberts on SGT. ROCK, Amanda Conner drawing anything, and particularly Kurt Busiek and Joe Quinones' brilliantly retro GREEN LANTERN...
I don't know if this is the future of DC Comics, but for the first time since I can remember, I don't think I'll wait for the trade paperback. I want to support this week in, week out, in the hopes that this will be but the first of many bold creative moves from DC (and will hopefully inspire Marvel to do the same).
EDIT: Even professional grumpypants Warren Ellis is excited about this, and posted so suspiciously right after I did, even though this has been news for several days now. He better not be stalking my LJ or anything awesome like that.
According to Newsarama: "The concept is that we are trying to recapture the spirit, format, and sense of enjoyment that people had form reading the Sunday comics that arrive in newspapers every week," DC Sr VP and Executive Editor Dan DiDio explained to Newsarama. "So, for this 12 week period, we’re creating 16 weekly strips that will be presented in newspaper format, which will feature some of our primary characters, as well as some of the premiere creators in the business."
Comic gossip collumist Rich Johnston adds: This is just the brave, creative experiment that companies like DC should be taking and they are to be applauded for it. And with the likes of Kyle Baker on Hawkman, and Neil Gaiman and Mike Allred on Metamorpho. Adam and Joe Kubert on Sergeant Rock, Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso on Batman, Sean Galloway on Teen Titans, Joe Quinones on Green Lantern, Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner on Supergirl and Ben Caldwell on Wonder Woman, and John Arcudi, Lee Bermejo, Dave Bullock, Kurt Busiek, Dave Gibbons, Paul Pope, Ryan Sook, Walt Simonson… well, it’s one hell of a sell.
He's absolutely right, this is exactly what DC and Marvel should be doing. No more crossovers, no more huge events where "nothing will ever be the same again!," no more misguided attempts to reinvent the wheel... just pure, unadulterated superhero goodness that anyone can enjoy!
And what a breadth and variety of stories! Gaiman and Allred doing a presumably-fun METAMORPHO, Azz and Risso doing grim-and-gritty BATMAN, Kyle Baker channeling Hal Foster for HAWKMAN, old-fashioned war comics with the Kuberts on SGT. ROCK, Amanda Conner drawing anything, and particularly Kurt Busiek and Joe Quinones' brilliantly retro GREEN LANTERN...
I don't know if this is the future of DC Comics, but for the first time since I can remember, I don't think I'll wait for the trade paperback. I want to support this week in, week out, in the hopes that this will be but the first of many bold creative moves from DC (and will hopefully inspire Marvel to do the same).
EDIT: Even professional grumpypants Warren Ellis is excited about this, and posted so suspiciously right after I did, even though this has been news for several days now. He better not be stalking my LJ or anything awesome like that.
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Why, John...
Date: 2009-03-23 11:27 pm (UTC)Re: Why, John...
Date: 2009-03-23 11:31 pm (UTC)Re: Why, John...
Date: 2009-03-23 11:40 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-03-24 10:00 am (UTC)Wow.
Date: 2009-03-24 01:08 am (UTC)Re: Wow.
Date: 2009-03-24 01:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-24 01:36 am (UTC)ETA: Also, while I am scanning the comments of scans_daily 2.0 I have to agree that DC would be morons not to try and sell this outside of the direct market. This could be a great opportunity to grab some new, and maybe young, comics readers.
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Date: 2009-03-24 01:54 am (UTC)I wish there was some way to get our voices heard by folks at DC, but aside from the forums where DC folks lurk (like scans_daily 1.0), they seem to be rather cut off.
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Date: 2009-03-24 02:42 am (UTC)Argh, even though this looks like such a great thing, I am already feeling frustrated at the (let's be honest here: most certain) possibility that this will only be promoted and sold to the dwindling and dying current mainstream comics market. Why do I have to be my own killjoy? :[
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Date: 2009-03-24 05:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-25 04:23 am (UTC)(Just got Starman Omnibus 2. yay!)