Monday, June 15th, 2009
By Alex Segura
Happy Monday, Source readers. Why not start off the week with some major DCU news?
You’ve all seen a smattering of pages from next month’s WEDNESDAY COMICS, the newspaper-format weekly series spearheaded by DC Comics Art Director Mark Chiarello. The collection of talent, characters and format is a first on many levels, and just from looking at the first few pieces, it’s not an understatement to say the highly-talented creators participating are pouring their best into their respective projects. When the list of talent working on the book includes Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Brian Azzarello and many more taking on the likes of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and every corner of the DC Universe, you’re entering new territory.
But the history-making doesn’t stop there.
Starting Wednesday July 8, when the first issue of WEDNESDAY COMICS hits stands, USA TODAY will be syndicating writer John Arcudi and artist Lee Bermejo’s SUPERMAN strip every week over the course of the 12-week series. The first strip will appear in print on July 8, and subsequent strips will appear each Wednesday on USATODAY.COM, day-and-date with the respective issue. Additionally, each online preview will be promoted weekly in USA TODAY’s print edition. USA TODAY announced the news this morning.
It just makes sense, no? A weekly series created to remind readers of the joys of standalone comics and the newspaper strips many of us grew up on debuting in the pages of one of the most well-known and widely-read newspapers ever.
The first issue of WEDNESDAY COMICS, and the debut of the SUPERMAN strip in USA TODAY, hits on 7/8.
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Tags: Batman, brian azzarello, dave gibbons, mark chiarello, neil gaiman, Superman, usa today, wednesday comics, wonder woman
12 Responses to “WEDNESDAY COMICS’ SUPERMAN strip to be serialized in USA TODAY”
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Don’t make it a special 12-week event, make it permanent!
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I keep trying to prepare myself for this to be a disappointment, but it keeps looking awesome. Is that the real trade dress for this, because I like it.
Big news on the U.S.A. today stuff, by the way. Congrats.
I guess I meant ongoing, not permanent. Oops. (Can we have the ability to edit our comments in the near future, please, DC?)
Nice going. SUPERMAN by Arcudi & Bermejo probably is my most wanted of all strips (well, maybe not most but definitely third, right behind Pope’s and Baker’s).
That’s great news, good exposure! WCs will be a lot of fun.
I’m so excited for this! I don’t necessarily want this as an ongoing (since the quality might suffer after awhile), but to do it as a mini once a year? Heaven!
Now, put Batman strip in NY Times, GL in Washington Post and world will be yours.
Oh man, you can’t imagine how much I regret now not subscribing to Wednesday Comics (I have to put my orders via Previews, so…)
These are wonderful news! Maybe after all the Superman strips end, you could start with the Batman ones, and so on! (Well, maybe not with all the series, or you’d publishing strips for more than three years, hehe).
Quite a coup for DC, great job to all involved, hopefully this gets more people interested in reading comics.