Are you ready for Wednesday Comics?

[Patman]

Is there a place in the marketplace for oversized weekly comics?

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090420-dc-july-2009-solicitations.html


WEDNESDAY COMICS #1-4
In July, DC Comics gives a fresh twist to a grand comics tradition with WEDNESDAY COMICS, a new, weekly 12-issue series by some of the greatest names in comics today!
WEDNESDAY COMICS is unique in modern comics history: Reinventing the classic weekly newspaper comics section, it is a 16-page weekly that unfolds to a sprawling 28” x 20” tabloid-sized reading experience bursting with mind-blowing color, action and excitement, with each feature on its own 14” x 20” page.
Spearheaded by DCU Editorial Art Director Mark Chiarello, whose past editing credits include BATMAN BLACK & WHITE, DC: THE NEW FRONTIER and SOLO, each page of WEDNESDAY COMICS spotlights the continuing adventures of DC heroes, including:
• BATMAN, WEDNESDAY COMICS’ weekly cover feature, by the Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso
• ADAM STRANGE, by writer/artist Paul Pope (BATMAN: YEAR 100)
• METAMORPHO, written by New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman with art by Eisner Award-winner Michael Allred (Madman)
• THE DEMON AND CATWOMAN, written by Walter Simonson (Thor, MANHUNTER) with art by famed DC cover artist Brian Stelfreeze
• DEADMAN, written by Dave Bullock and Vinton Heuck, art by Dave Bullock
• KAMANDI, written by Dave Gibbons (WATCHMEN, GREEN LANTERN CORPS) with art by Ryan Sook (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, ARKHAM ASYLUM: LIVING HELL)
• SUPERMAN, written by John Arcudi (The Mask) with art by Lee Bermejo (JOKER)
• WONDER WOMAN, written and illustrated by Ben Caldwell (Dare Detectives)
• GREEN LANTERN, written by Kurt Busiek (TRINITY, ASTRO CITY) with art by Joe Quiρones (TEEN TITANS GO!)
• TEEN TITANS, written by Eddie Berganza with art by Sean Galloway
• SUPERGIRL, written by Jimmy Palmiotti (JONAH HEX) with art by Amanda Conner (POWER GIRL)
• HAWKMAN, written and illustrated by Kyle Baker (PLASTIC MAN, Special Forces)
• SGT. ROCK, written by Adam Kubert (SUPERMAN: LAST SON), ilustrated by legendary comics artist Joe Kubert
• THE FLASH, written by Karl Kerschl (TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE, THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE) and Brenden Fletcher, illustrated by Karl Kerschl
• METAL MEN, written by Dan DiDio with art by Ian Churchill (SUPERGIRL)
WEDNESDAY COMICS will arrive in stores folded twice to 7” x 10”, with the first issue set to reach stores on July 8.
Issue #1 on sale July 8; Issue #2 on sale July 15; Issue #3 on sale July 22; Issue #4 on sale July 29 • 1-4 of 12 • 7” x 10”, 16 pg, FC, $3.99 US

[stingermck]

Its an interesting idea, but its preaching to the choir, unless they get these out to grocery stores, or places comics used to be. Also kinda surprised at the $4 price.

[Patman]

They should just roll it up at that size. It just seems like an impractical size format, but I'll check it out due to the talent line-up. I guess they feel that they are giving 30 pages of normal-sized content (where each 1 page at the 14"x20" size is at least 2 pages of story content even at the oversized format), so they thought it would justify the $3.99 cover price.

[dadaluholla]

Ehh part of me thinks its neat, part of me thinks its a waste.

So any predictions on Marvel's lame attempt to try to match this latest gimmick? Tiny bubble gum comics? Bringing back pogs maybe?

[slop101]

I approve of the contributing writers/artists - and if these stories aren't too tied down by convoluted continuities, it could bring in new readers - but not at $4 a pop.

[Patman]

I did get to see a page of "The Demon and Catwoman" by Stelfreeze last night, and in that 14"x20" format, you can pack a lot of story/panels onto on 1 page. The original art will be enlarged by about 1/2" (very minimal) from the original page size for publication.

So, if you get all 12 issues, you end up with roughly fifteen 24-30 page issues for about $48 cover price, depending on story/panel pacing.

[ytrez]

Looks pretty cool. This is the first "floppy" I'll be picking up in years.

http://dcublog.dccomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/superman.jpg
http://dcublog.dccomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/batman.jpg

[davidh777]

Like the lineup, not so sure about the size