The NZA Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Solo is DC's spotlight/anthology for its creators, and i think its a pretty cool idea: each isssue lets one writer/artist tell & illustrate a series of short stories, seeimingly in whatever genre they please. Playing it conservatively for the first issue, Tim Sale does a few lighthearted stories about Catwoman, A "Superman for all seaosons" lost chapter one, and such, before closing out with a noir piece and something for his parents. # 2 (book is up to about 9 or so, ive got 1-6 in front of me) highlights Richard Corben, formerly Marvel's workhorse and one of those artists whose style isnt my favorite, but i like what he does and his ideas, and he just has fun with monster stories here. 3 was pretty popular, with fan-favorite Paul Pope at the helm, and im not reading it yet, on Jont's advice that i check out his earlier works. # 4, Howard Chakyin (or, to some critics, "Coward Fakin") really impressed me on, with a war story, a b-rated horror/comedy tale, a western and such, kinda all over the place but enjoyable efforts all around. I havent goten to #'s 5 & 6 yet (Darwyn Cooke and Jordi Bernet, respectively, who can draw awesome women), but im lookin forward to it. That cover up top is obviously Allred on # 7, and im not sure yet what's beyond that. Its just a really cool book, around 30+ pages an issue, showing off some fan-favorites or introducing you to a creator, and again, you never know what youre gonna get - it can jump from mainstream DC to genre work to just pinups, but this is one of those ideas id like to see Marvel, Image, Dark Horse etc bite off of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jont Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 3 was pretty popular, with fan-favorite Paul Pope at the helm, and im not reading it yet, on Jont's advice that i check out his earlier works. I didn't say you shouldn't read it, I just said that 100% is superior to Heavy Liquid. I got the Paul Pope and the Richard Corben Solos, I didn't get the Allred one, but you can read two of the strips here. Mental. Wasn't there something about the cover to Allred's issue either there was a version that looked more like Adam West or that the one you posted wasn't published because it resembled him too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganny McVagflaps Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Here, Jont you gotta check out Pope's Batman Year 100. The first one just came out and it was pretty cool. As for me I need the Allred solo. Sweet, sweet Allred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jont Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 There was supposed to be a link in there. http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/1020426.html Scans of two stories from Allred's Solo. I've being meaning to check out Batman Year 100, I don't know much about it othet than it's by Paul Pope, it has Batman and he's really old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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