>After months of rumors spurred on by Kyle Baker’s mysterious “Hawkman” project, DC Comics has finally announced their next weekly comic series. I have to say I dig everything about the announcement from the broadsheet format to the stories being out of continuity to the talent and characters announced to work on the series. “Wednesday Comics” editor Mark Chiarello had great luck with unleashing creators of DC’s characters with “Batman: Black & White” and the “Solo” series. In both cases, the talent was free from continuity and let loose to tell whatever tale they wanted. The product of that formula made “Batman: Black & White” a fan favorite series and “Solo” created some of the most idiosyncratic DC tales to ever be printed.

DC Comics has had a rough time trying to recapture the success of the hit weekly series “52.” After the inability of “Countdown” and “Trinity” to grab audiences utilizing a format similar to “52’s,” taking the weekly series in a completely different direct seems like an incredibly wise move. While DC attempted to make previous weeklies special through important storylines, “Wednesday Comics” carries feels like a special event for completely different factors. “Wednesday Comics” emphasizes its special event status with its top shelf talent, unusual format, and short length. By moving the emphasis away from the series’ place in the DCU continuity, “Wednesday Comics” dodges the growing fatigue centered round “event” comics.

With such an eclectic list of acclaimed talent, it looks like their should be an excellently executed comic to suit any DC readers’ tastes. I find it hard to imagine a DC (or even just comic) fan that can’t get behind the promise of 14 x 20 pages (think the size of Sunday Press’ “Little Nemo” books). From what I have seen in the promo art and one some of the artists’ blogs, I know that I can’t wait for “Wednesday Comics!”

-Nick

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