Loads of news coming out of San Diego this weekend, where the biggest Anglophone comic book convention is currently underway. Sunday is the last day of the convention. Here’s a collection of thoughts on the news that I’ve found interesting:
Dark Horse Presents Returns
Seems that the little anthology that could is coming back, but not in the way that we thought. They’re putting it up on MySpace, which means I’m going to actually have to go over to MySpace, something I thought I’d never do, as I hate MySpace. The most interesting part of this is Joss Whedon is creating something called Sugarshock, so that will be worth having a look at.
Terry Moore and Humberto Ramos – Runaways
See I’m a HUGE fan of Brian K Vaughan. For those in the dark, he writes Ex Machina, Y:The Last Man, he wrote Pride of Baghdad and is currently a staff righter for Lost. However I’ve never picked up his Runaways series. I keep eyeing up the hardcovers whenever I’m in the store but that’s about it. It’s not that the artwork doesn’t appeal, it’s just that the concept hasn’t grabbed me. The thing is, obviously it’s something that has grabbed a lot of people over at Marvel. So much so that they’ll get Joss Whedon to write an arc and now it was announced that Terry Moore will continue to write it and they’ve put Humberto Ramos on art duties. The great thing is that Humberto is finally drawing a book that suits his artistic sensibilities. The thing I’ve found with regards to Ramos, is that his art is really suited to one kind of story. Sure he’s tried to do other more serious things, but I find that that’s not his strength. His exaggerated feet, eyes and body frames doesn’t really translate well to that kind of story. However when it comes to teen-centric stories however, he’s a complete shoe-in. This is what I call, good editorial art-casting.
Bill Sienkiewicz – 30 Days of Night
I’m a huge David Mack fan, but before David there was Bill. This is the first thing I’ve seen that Bill has painted all of his own. He was involved in the excellent Black Widow miniseries a few years ago which was great, but this stuff is pure Bill Sienkiewicz. So I’ll definitely be picking up this book when it’s released. Yeah I know this isn’t really new, but I just loved that image.
I’ll be back later on to talk about more random news.