>Wednesday Comics are a hit around the shop, and with good reason. DC’s kicking it old school, really old school by printing stories in the Sunday Morning funnies format that was the preferred reading format before comic books became big in the 1940’s. These full page, serialized stories would keep the reader on edge until the next week, in only one page. I wouldn’t say that what DC is doing with Wednesday Comics is innovative, but it is very cool.

Each page is a different story with different creators and teams like Brian Azzerello and Eduardo Risso of 100 Bullets fame who craft their patently noir spin on Batman. Dave Gibbons and Ryan Sook take on Kamandi the Last Boy On Earth in a very Prince Valiant narrative style where word balloons are noticeably absent. John Arcudi and Lee Bermejo tell a Superman story that finds Superman questioning where Clark Kent stops and Kal-El begins. Probably my favorite pairing of writer and artist in this project is Neil Gaiman and Mike Allred as they tackle Metamorpho with a distinctly retro vibe as Allred is known for. The other retro comic vibe comes to us in the Green Lantern story by Kurt Busiek and Joe Quinones that hearkens back to a New Frontier style. One of the stories that is quickly becoming one of my fav’s is the Deadman story by Bullock and Heuck, The layout of the pages are just amazing and reminds me of the work of Darwyn Cooke. Paul Pope delivers an Adam Strange story that looks like it belongs in old school Sunday funny pages and is another of many fine examples of pure draftsmanship layout skill in this jam session of creators.

Sunday Comics is quite simply a work of art. The art is beautiful, the stories are wonderful, and seeing stories like these in a large newspaper sized format is a sight to behold. This was a smart idea from DC, and as cool as the single issues are, I’m sure that the oversize hardcover that will be released after the series ends will be nothing short of breath-taking.

-Jim

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