Which of the Seven Soldiers Are You Most Looking Forward To?
You probably all know that here at Comics Should Be Good, it is pretty much implied that we are looking forward to Grant Morrison's upcoming project, Seven Soldiers (the first bookend arrives this Wednesday).
However, I do not believe that the question has been asked - which of the Seven Soldiers projects are the various people who hang out here MOST looking forward to?
Is it The Guardian, with art from Morrison's Seaguy cohort, Cameron Stewart?
Is it Klarion The Witch Boy, with art from Frazier Irving?
Or is it The Shining Knight, with art by Simone Bianchi?
How about Zatanna by Ryan Sook?
Or Frankenstein by Doug Mahnke?
Perhaps The Bulleteer by Yanick Paquette?
Or Mister Miracle by Paschual Ferry?
My early pick is the last one, Mister Miracle by Paschual Ferry. It will be Ferry's first project off his amazing run on Adam Strange with Andy Diggle. In addition, the idea of seeing how a David Blaine-type would handle the DC Universe is interesting, I believe.
My second choice would be Zatanna, as Sook is amazing...and Zatanna is still an interesting character.
Which project are YOU most looking forward to?
However, I do not believe that the question has been asked - which of the Seven Soldiers projects are the various people who hang out here MOST looking forward to?
Is it The Guardian, with art from Morrison's Seaguy cohort, Cameron Stewart?
Is it Klarion The Witch Boy, with art from Frazier Irving?
Or is it The Shining Knight, with art by Simone Bianchi?
How about Zatanna by Ryan Sook?
Or Frankenstein by Doug Mahnke?
Perhaps The Bulleteer by Yanick Paquette?
Or Mister Miracle by Paschual Ferry?
My early pick is the last one, Mister Miracle by Paschual Ferry. It will be Ferry's first project off his amazing run on Adam Strange with Andy Diggle. In addition, the idea of seeing how a David Blaine-type would handle the DC Universe is interesting, I believe.
My second choice would be Zatanna, as Sook is amazing...and Zatanna is still an interesting character.
Which project are YOU most looking forward to?
posted by Brian Cronin at 2/21/2005 09:18:00 PM
8 Comments:
Just to be different, I'll say Frankenstein, because Mahnke's art is nifty. Frankenstein is a great character, too -- I'm interested to see what Morrison does with the concept.
Hell, just the words "Grant Morrison" and "Frankenstein" get me hard.
That being said, I won't be getting this in singles. The way I figure it, by the time they collect the whole damn thing in a coffee-table-killing hardcover, I'll have enough disposable income to afford the motherfucker.
Really looking forward to Mister Miracle. Pascal Ferry's been a favourite of mine since Heroes for Hire with John Ostrander, and his work on Adam Strange made him number one.
Plus, a love of both the Keith Giffen Mr. Miracle (where Shilo originates) and the Kirby originals make me excited about seeing a Mr Miracle book again.
Shining Knight and Klarion kick around in second place - Simone Bianchi and Frazier Irving's art is the New Hotness.
Definitely Ferry's Mister Miracle. The rest of the bunch, not so much.
I'm most looking forward to Guardian because I'm a fan of the original charecter and I'm curious about what Morrisson will do with the concept. I generally trust his judgement, but you never know.
This is a really tough one, but I'm going to say Frankenstein. The difference between anticipation levels is pretty negligible, though.
I'll say Mister Miracle, because Grant Morrison and the Fourth World belong together.
Then Guardian, 'cause it's got Cam Stewart and subway pirates.
And then Frankenstein. Just 'cause.
Let's see here...
Don't care much for Zatanna. Interesting visual, but her Backwards speak trick is, IMO, a big 'ol obstacle to effective storytelling.
So she's out.
Mister Miracle is my favorite DC comic of all time, but nobodies gonna touch Kirby's intensely personal take on the character. Nope.
Frankenstien: Dunno if Morrison can do horror, and I've only read two appearances by the character, ever. And I've read a looooooot 'o comics. So I don't have the gut-level fanboy identification that I do with the others.
Shining Knight: Len Wein and Dick Dillin's JLA run was solid gold throughout, and the issues where the Shining Knight and the Seven Soldiers were reintroduced was the best of the lot. PLUS he was in my beloved All Star Squadron. So I've totally got the fanboy drooly thing here.
But, of the Seven Soldiers, I think Vigilante would have been just a tech cooler. And I'm a (Marvel's original) Black Knight man, primarilly, anyway.
So the Big Three:
Klarion: AWESOME character, maybe the creeepiest image in Superhero comics... Which Peter David and pals fucking shat all over for the insipid "Sins of Youth" crossover out of spite. So now thinking about him just makes me kind of angry, instead of the happy, pleasantly creeped out vibe I got from the Kirby original.
Plese, modern creators... You *DO* *NOT* have a better idea for a character concept than Kirby. Ever. If you think that you're changing a Kirby concept to make it better, you're wrong. And stupid.
So No.
Guardian: MORE Kirby. But... but... but... No Newsboy Legion? They were the BEST PART... And they eventually kicked the Guardian out of his own strip.
And that leaves Bullet Girl, who I've dug from her one JLA appearance, but don't really know much about. Coo'coo'cool.
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