Comments on: Robot Reviews: Wednesday Comics

By: Arild Waerness

Arild Waerness — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:30:55 +0000

I immediately ordered two copies at my LCS when I read about this product – one for me and one full set (unread, wrapped) for my Sunday-comics friend who hasn’t a clue what I am getting him for Christmas! Have not read it yet (Norway is a week behind USA) bt know I’ll love it….

By: David

David — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:53:01 +0000

Awesome, awesome delivery.

Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Deadman were strong.
Supergirl & Metal Men have potential for great humor.
Kamandi left me with chills (and yes, they ARE multiplying).
Strange Adventures and Hawkman were phenominal.
Flash & Sgt. Rock were classic.
Demon & Catwoman was intriguing- awesome venue for odd character crossover.

Wonder Woman was different, not bad, but I think they’re missing an opportunity to push her profile to the forefront. So cool take, but not good representation in this format for one of the “big three”.

I have to echo other’s opinions on Teen Titans being the anchor keeping it from reaching soaring heights. Everything about it was weak. (where were Wonder Girl’s eyes?!?!?)

I haven’t read- is this limited series, or will this go on? While 52 was worthy, Countdown was a let down, and Trinity (for me) was skipped. This totally justifies a weekly comic. Appropriate format and content for a weekly comic. Justifies the weekly trip to t he comic store.

A- (b/c Teen Titans).

By: Torsten Adair

Torsten Adair — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:23:55 +0000

$3.99 for what is essentially a 64-page comicbook with 62 pages of comics.

Now, let’s raise the bar: I want to see a 52-week comic strip story. 32 different daily strips, online and syndicated in newspapers, with the weekly Sunday comics pages (each comic getting half a page). 365 strips for each story. Enough for a trade collection. Single panel or strip. Gag-a-day or ongoing story. Any character in the DC library. Oh, and the daily strips must be in black-and-white.

(Hey… did Dark Horse ever collect those comicstrips they did? Sergio Aragones and Hellboy and Madmen and…?)

By: KC Ryan

KC Ryan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:43:46 +0000

Wow – this was terrific!
I enjoyed all but the Teen Titans story (maybe the coloring, maybe the artwork was “off”?) but the rest! Wow!
So it’s $3.99 – so what? Lots of books are Z$3.99 and they don’t give me half the enjoyment!
Did you see the artwork on Superman? Did you see Catwoman and the Demon together in one story? Did you see Kamandi? Did you see a Supergirl who looked like Supergirl?!
Good work, DC! Dang fine work!

By: jose

jose — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:31:54 +0000

I picked it up yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. I agree that the Wonder Woman story had way too much going on but it was still pretty to look at. I don’t see anyone mentioning it but the Flash page was good, especially the way it was split to be two separate strips. I thought that was a neat trick. I thought the art fot the Hawkman story was weak, although having the bird narrate it was a cool twist. I like Baker’s work but some of the decisions he makes don’t always work, like the big black silhouettes for the wings instead of throwing in at least a little detail. Oh and Garcia-Lopez, this guy just always blows my socks off. He could draw grass blowing in the wind and have it look amazing.

I am recommending this to everyone I know. Fun comics, what a concept!

By: JK Parkin

JK Parkin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:10:04 +0000

There’s a Sgt. Rock story written by Adam Kubert and drawn by Joe Kubert. And there’s no Swamp Thing, but Deadman and Demon are both represented.

By: Richard J. Marcej

Richard J. Marcej — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:36:30 +0000

I haven’t picked up my copy yet, so I’m asking, are there any other type of stories besides super heroes included?

I guess Kamandi and maybe Adam Strange could be classified as science fiction, but are there any westerns (Jonah Hex?) or horror (Swamp Thing) or mystery included? Maybe a Joe Kubert Sgt. Rock?

What reactions I’ve read to WC is that it’s getting attention (at least now) to non-regular shop going customers. If this is the case, it’s a shame if DC didn’t dip into their vast array of characters and genre’s to give the readers a real variety to read from.

By: Shawn Kane

Shawn Kane — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:30:20 +0000

I loved it. It reminded me of Saturday mornings when my dad would go out and get the newspaper and my brother and I would fight over who got the comics first (I bought Wednsday Comics for me, my bro can buy his own).

By: Crusader K

Crusader K — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:10:08 +0000

I also forgot to mention that Supergirl actually looked like….Supergirl again! Amanda Connor is awesome!

By: Pariscub

Pariscub — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:26:47 +0000

I bought, I read…

And I didn’t like it one bit.

Some of the stories are good, but most of the stuff leaves a bit to be desired. The quality of the printing isn’t helping either. Wonder Woman, for example, is unreadable because the painted work doesn’t come through.

The format is also way too big. half that size would have been amply sufficient and would have made the comic book more practical to read. I know this is supposed to remind you of tabloids, but it just doesn’t work for me.

I won’t be back for week 2.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:43:39 +0000

Special is the word for this, isn’t it? Truly terrific and inspired …

By: Lis

Lis — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:31:17 +0000

I really want this, but there’s just no way I can afford it. I don’t think it’s overpriced, I’m just totally broke. Hopefully it’ll be collected one day when I’m in better circumstances.

By: Jason R

Jason R — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:51:22 +0000

My store had plenty of them on the shelf by the end of the day. Thought the art was fantastic on every story save Teen Titans, that was dreadful (story telling, dialog and art were far far below the rest of the comic). Hoped for at least one of them to be an entire story on one page, but I guess they are all resigned to a 12 page story. Most end with a cliffhanger (some very strong, like the Batman) , but luckily a couple had the decency to just be the first page of a larger story. Wonder Woman stuck out for the sheer volume of story for one page. Over all I liked it.

By: Randy Bobandy

Randy Bobandy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:37:01 +0000

I love anything related to DC: The New Frontier, so the Green Lantern story was a big winner with me. Also, the Batman lead off was amazing. And Kamandi! I love the whole thing really. GOOD JOB DC!

By: DJSweet

DJSweet — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:29:12 +0000

I’d like to laminate my copy and hang them up on my wall.

By: Crusader k

Crusader k — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:42:57 +0000

Just read thru my copy. Unbelievable. Truly. If you haven’t bought this, please grab it tomorrow. I thought the Kamandi piece and the Hawkman piece were utterly beautiful. I…liked the Adam Strange page if only because it evoked the same kind of feeling in me that I recognize in the Classic Flash Gordon – which is a good thing. Sorry, don’t like Pope’s art, although he does seem somewhat restrained here. I liked the noirish feel of Deadman and wished that Garcia-Lopez could have done BOTH the Metal Men and Deadman…but the art on Deadman suited it well.

I didnt like the artwork on the Teen Titans. It seemed to be all over the place and I had to practically pull out a magnifying glass for Wonder Woman. Another nice thing about Wednesday Comics is that it is mercifully free of the main universe continuity.

My only gripe is the actual medium it’s presented in. I get the newsprint idea…but I wish it would have come in a heavier weight, more permanent paper than newsprint. Otherwise this was a hit outta the ballpark for me!

By: Jay W

Jay W — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:38:01 +0000

This thing is a HUGE hit – there wasn’t a copy to be found in the entire City of Phoenix by noon today. Most of the stores seriously under ordered the issue!

By: s1rude

s1rude — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:36:07 +0000

Most impressed with the ones that managed to get across set-up, a little action and characterization in the one (admittedly) over-sized page – Gaiman & Allred’s Metamorpho and Pope’s Adam Strange ones being the real stand-outs. But, overall, a beautiful, adventurous art object that celebrates the history of the medium.

Now, if we could only get this kind of hype around non-superhero work…

By: Carroll

Carroll — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:58:01 +0000

Ack! Almost forgot Pope’s page. So awesome.

By: Carroll

Carroll — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:57:13 +0000

The only page that I didn’t care for too much was the Wonder Woman page. It’s a big page, and I found it annoying that I had trouble reading some of the words, since there was so much going on. My favorites were the Flash, Metamorpho and Hawkman pages (mostly because the art – it’s hard to judge any of the writing at this point).

I was a LITTLE disappointed with the $3.99 price tag. Since the announcement of the book, I had been under the impression that it was a $2.99 book for whatever reason. I never even caught the price in the solicits. Oh well, still think it’s a better deal than most other $3.99 books.