Oh man Bermejo’s painted art is amazing. Getting 12 oversized pages of him drawing Superman makes me very happy.

I really can´t wait for this. Bermejo´s page is amazing, not to mention Batman´s . That is the 09´comics.

I am completely sold on this. Any weekly has got to be better than Trinity. I’ve been a marvel guy my whole life, but projects like these are sucking me into the DCU.

Absolutely beautiful

This needs to be shown to the mainstream press. This needs to be gotten into the hands of the mainstream. If DC had the cash, I’d print up copies and have an issue included in the ACTUAL Sunday paper like a real set of funny pages.

Let me second everything Vinnie said. Great ideas. Get this out there DC!!!

Do we know yet what type (not size) of paper this will be on? I hope it does that beautiful art justice…

100 Bullets talent meets Batman. Sounds like a winner to me.

Eduardo Risso should draw Batman always.

“I haven’t heard about price”

Dan Didio said in a recent 20 questions that they’re still wrestling with the price point. they really want to make sure it’s profitable, but not so expensive that people won’t buy it. It’s a grand experiment, and deserves ALL our support, but if it’s too much money, a lot of people will balk, and walk.

IIRC (correction please), each issue will be 16 HUGE (10 X 14″ I believe) pages, each story one page long, in cliffhanger format. What’s a fair (and moneymaking) price for that? I’ve no clue. I’d love it to be a dollar, but that might not be enough. Maybe they try keeping the price down and try to make it back on the inevitable trade sales? That’s quite a gamble as well. Much like films now expect to get drawn into the black by video sales (where that used to be considered gravy) it seems that many comics are being supported by their trade sales. I’m not sure that’s a healthy model to follow, but for an odd duck like this book, it might be worth it. But I’m not a businessman, so I can’t say I’m right.

I don’t expect to see it any real papers on a regular basis, but as a single promotional issue I think it’d result in some massive interest. Played right, this could really get some interest in comics again. Heck, for cities with more than one paper (not as many now, alas) they might even be willing to help spring for the cost in exchange for the circulation increase. odds are it’s too late to do such a thing – those color supplements are scheduled quite far in advance.

This is not currently planned to be in newspapers. This is lots of work

You’d have to work with every company that owns papers to get them in. Some cities and towns could miss out

With the way papers have been selling I don’t think the newspapers would be to up for it.

I wish it were so at least a promo for the first issue

i really wish they could get bermejo on a superman title regularly. even if its another mini like lex luthor…would make me very happy!

Really interested in seeing how this pans out for DC.

Granted, telling a comic story one page at a time in a weekly format isn’t new. Webcomics have been doing it for years. Its almost ballsy of DC to go in the opposite direction with this. Everyone is talking about Digital Comics and DC goes in the opposite direction with something that’s kind of old fashioned. I’m just wondering if this will work for them or not.

I’ll tell you one thing though, they NEED decent distribution on this one. If the only place you can find Wednesday Comics is at a comic book shop, then they’ve failed. I want to see this at the grocery store as I’m in line to check out.

Lovely. I’m very enthusiastic about Wednesday Comics, but I’m quite worried about the format and size, and the durability and archivability of the format. How will I shelve or store this so that it remains pristine? A la tankobon in the manga world, might separate character arcs and storylines be collected and printed in a different-sized, more standard format?

The art does look good, but I do think the format of just one page per character per week will turn people off. It doesn’t allow for any depth in the storytelling.

The fact that it’s only 12 issues was smart because then people might be willing to try it. I’ll most likely skip it, however.

I just think that when all is said and done, each character will only have a 12-page story to show for it and the physical size of the series is unwieldy. Folding and unfolding all of that requires too much “hands-on” from the reader, which increases chances that the comic will get damaged. That’s always a turnoff.

Image tried that oversize thing years ago with a mini called “Clock Maker” that was a bomb, so they had to reformat the last part of the series as a standard prestige format comic.

It’s a cute idea to bring the idea of the Sunday newspaper comics section to comic books, but I think this is one of those things where the reality will quickly highlight the flaws in the concept.

I would love to see this much content per page in regular issues of comics.

I’m totally for a Azzarello/Risso Batman team-up again. I’m still trying to track down Broken City in trade.

That Superman is the most lifelike I have seen!

>Juss Says:
Lovely. I’m very enthusiastic about Wednesday Comics, but I’m quite worried about the format and size, and the durability and archivability of the format. How will I shelve or store this so that it remains pristine?Comic-Reader Lad Says:
The art does look good, but I do think the format of just one page per character per week will turn people off. It doesn’t allow for any depth in the storytelling.

I just think that when all is said and done, each character will only have a 12-page story to show for it and the physical size of the series is unwieldy. Folding and unfolding all of that requires too much “hands-on” from the reader, which increases chances that the comic will get damaged. That’s always a turnoff.K-Mo Says:

I’ll tell you one thing though, they NEED decent distribution on this one. If the only place you can find Wednesday Comics is at a comic book shop, then they’ve failed. I want to see this at the grocery store as I’m in line to check out<

Why would having a comic at a comic shop be a failure?

If they got this onto mainstream newsstands it would be great but far from necessary.

You certainly wont see it at the checkout as Archie still has that sewn up and frankly the cost would make it untenable (You have to PAY for placement in the supermarket…getting this at checkout stands would cost tens of thousands and require a sell through in the hundreds of thousands to make it worthwhile…won’t happen.

Comic-Reader Lad Says:
The art does look good, but I do think the format of just one page per character per week will turn people off. It doesn’t allow for any depth in the storytelling.

I just think that when all is said and done, each character will only have a 12-page story to show for it and the physical size of the series is unwieldy. Folding and unfolding all of that requires too much “hands-on” from the reader, which increases chances that the comic will get damaged. That’s always a turnoff.

Each issue is the equivalent of 4 pages so 12 issues translates into a 48 page story which is more than enough time for character development. You’ll likely only unfold it once and it’s not intended to last forever anyway…it’s a newspaper!

K-Mo Says:

I’ll tell you one thing though, they NEED decent distribution on this one. If the only place you can find Wednesday Comics is at a comic book shop, then they’ve failed. I want to see this at the grocery store as I’m in line to check out

Why would having a comic at a comic shop be a failure? If they got this onto mainstream newsstands it would be great but far from necessary. You certainly wont see it at the checkout as Archie still has that sewn up and frankly the cost would make it untenable (You have to PAY for placement in the supermarket…getting this at checkout stands would cost tens of thousands and require a sell through in the hundreds of thousands to make it worthwhile…won’t happen.

Maybe a weekly tabloid with cardboard cover ala the old treasury editions might work better.

This looks amazing! Really stunning stuff. I can’t wait to start getting these every week.

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