We Agree; War Heroes Is Going To Be Awesome
May 22, 2008 – 7:17 pm by Funny Papers
Greg and I don’t agree on much. He says ‘toe-may-toe,’ I say ‘toe-mah-toe,’ etc. We can both agree on two things though: 1) Pokemon is pretty sweet, and 2) War Heroes, the new project by Tony Harris and Mark Millar, is going to be awesome. War Heroes takes place in a near-future version of the U.S. which has been decimated by years of terrorism and war. With no effective counter weapon, the military turns to superhumanity as it’s last hope.
Here’s a few words from Millar about the book:
“War Heroes is everything I’ve been leading up to with Civil War, Ultimates, The Authority, Kick Ass and Wanted,” said Millar. “In a way, it’s the culmination of superhero concepts I’ve thus far only dreamed about, brought to fruition due to Tony’s artwork beautiful line work and the unique creative freedom Image Comics provides. Consider this our Ultimates 3.”(My emphasis)
Millar continued, “War Heroes is a grand step away from superheroes as you previously perceived them. Tony and I are doing this without any restriction, completely uncensored, taking superheroes to their next evolutionary step.”
War Heroes is scheduled to come out on June 25th. Can’t wait!
I know some of you grumble at the idea of another DC weekly. “Bah,” you say. “Countdown wasn’t even that good, and $2.99 a week really adds up!” Well, friends, I’m here to deliver some bad news: Trinity, the name of said new weekly, looks like it’s going to be great! Trinity has all the makings of a good read; It features Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman in a character defining epic that is said to solidify why these three are the most important and powerful of the DC Universe. On top of that you’ve got veteran writer Kurt Busiek and iconic Spider-Man artist Mark Bagley in his first creation for the label. Twelve pages a week will belong to that team, while ten additional pages will feature a story by Busiek and Fabian Nicieza with Tom Derenick, Scott McDaniel and Mike Norton on the art.
This new Iron Man story kicks off in a way that is easy to pick up for people fresh off the movie, but doesn’t drop continuity. Stark still has Extremis and is director of SHIELD, but Pepper Potts and Jim Rhodes come in for people familiar with them now. The story focuses on a new thing for Stark to guilt-trip himself on, with modern threats transferred over to the Marvel universe, and look really fantastic.
This miniseries is the sequel to the newuniversal mini that Warren Ellis did a while ago (he does this one too) and follows all the same characters and plots that the first series left hanging. Looks fantastic and probably will be followed by another newuniversal mini after it wraps up.
Radical Comics is a new publishing company that just came out with their first two books, Caliber and Hercules. While Hercules seems to be a more formal retelling of Herc’s classic myth, Caliber is a recreation of the King Arthur myth, putting the whole story in the old west andmaking Merlin a Nez Perce indian. We are introduced to the characters, and shown the magic gun that can only be wielded by one man. It’s a pretty interesting retelling, but that isn’t even the main selling point. That would be the beautiful, dark art that sets the story perfectly. Every page looks painted and beautiful, and for a single dollar (you heard me right, it costs $1), Radical knows how to get people to check out a first issue. Caliber is focusing on telling short, movie-type stories, so Caliber is only going to be 5 issues, which seems perfect for a good lengthed reinterpretation without getting too convoluted. The classic King Arthur story involves several key characters, mainly Arthur, Merlin, Morgan le Fey, Lancelot, Guinevere, Mordred, as well as the more ancillary knights. In this first issue, we are given the first 3, and there is the possibility some of the minor characters will turn into the others, but for now it seems to focus on Merlin getting the gun to Arthur. I love these reinterpretations of classic stories, and this one looks to be a good one. For only a single dollar, how can you resist?
Hey, we here at Funny Papers are starting a Pokemon Trading Card League. This is an official Nintendo event, so there are going to be prizes and badges to show your progress. This is a great event mainly for casual play, and instead of a cost for admission, we charge $6 and you are given two free booster packs of the newest set, a value of around $8! We are trying to foster a fun community of players, so if you mention this we will give you 10% off of the newest starter decks, so you don’t even need to have any cards to start playing!