In light of the new Superman movie I thought it good to try and review a couple of recent books that actually make for a good read with the “boy in blueâ€. As you can expect DC has been slowly but surely building up it’s back catalogue of stories for consumption by the masses in advance of this movie being released. The great thing for us is that they’ve brought in top talent to write and draw their stories. For Tomorrow is the first time I’ve bought a Superman universe book since ‘The Death of Superman’ storyline back in the early 90s. I’ve tried to look in on what they were doing throughout the years, but most of the stuff left me cold to be honest. It’s like DC was just content to keep the name out there but never attract A-List talent onto the books, with the odd exception here or there.
So DC uses their biggest artistic gun on their biggest character. Makes sense, I just wish I knew why it took them that long to figure this stuff out to be honest with you. Jim Lee on Superman is like printing money. The question of course is who would write this thing? I remember when it was announced that Azzarello would be taking over the reigns of the Superman chariot thinking:
That’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. Azzarello HATES Superheroes! What kind of self-hate story is he going to bring for the archetypal Superhero?
Even though this isn’t Azz’s first foray into the realm of the superhero, the other work (like Broken City, his Batman run with Eduardo Risso) lended itself a great deal more to his crime noir, in-your-face, nitty-gritty stories he tells so well. For all those wondering what a typical Azzarello story is like, go and read 100 Bullets. That’s what the man does best.
So how do you combine the style of a man that’s built his reputation and his fan following on conversations at bars and in seedy back alleys of major cities around America, with the ULTIMATE action comics artist? Well you put them in the mixer, you add Williams on inks and you get Alex Sinclair to do the colours, push the button and cross your fingers magic comes out the other end.
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