At a time when newspapers are dwindling in numbers, DC redoes the weekly newspaper adventure strip for a new generation with Wednesday Comics. The weekly comic features 16 single page comic stories featuring different heroes, told in cliffhanger style.
Wednesday Comics is truely an experience. As you fold out the tabloid-size pages you can smell the newsprint. And yet the paper and printing are high quality, creating a unique aesthetic experience.
DC has gathered top names to make this 12-part series a success. Azzarello and Risso (of the recently concluded 100 Bullets) return to Batman, father and son Kuberts team up for Sgt. Rock, and Neil Gaiman and Mike Allred tackle Metamorpho. And that's just the start.
Each strip is handled in a different way, but they all emit a retro vibe, which contributes to the reincarnation of the adventure strip. The Flash's page is split into two separate strips: "The Flash" and "Iris West," each focusing on the two character's perspectives of similar events. Paul Pope's "Strange Adventures" is excellent trippy sci-fi nonsense at its best.
I could go on about each strip, or you could (should) just pick up a copy and find out for yourself. I'm excited to see DC playing with the comics print format in such a new yet familiar way.
See DC's solicitation info here.
Wednesday Comics is truely an experience. As you fold out the tabloid-size pages you can smell the newsprint. And yet the paper and printing are high quality, creating a unique aesthetic experience.
DC has gathered top names to make this 12-part series a success. Azzarello and Risso (of the recently concluded 100 Bullets) return to Batman, father and son Kuberts team up for Sgt. Rock, and Neil Gaiman and Mike Allred tackle Metamorpho. And that's just the start.
Each strip is handled in a different way, but they all emit a retro vibe, which contributes to the reincarnation of the adventure strip. The Flash's page is split into two separate strips: "The Flash" and "Iris West," each focusing on the two character's perspectives of similar events. Paul Pope's "Strange Adventures" is excellent trippy sci-fi nonsense at its best.
I could go on about each strip, or you could (should) just pick up a copy and find out for yourself. I'm excited to see DC playing with the comics print format in such a new yet familiar way.
See DC's solicitation info here.
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