GREEN HORNET: YEAR ONE #1 The Green Hornet expansion continues as Dynamite presents the original tales of comics most iconic hero! And Matt Wagner, one of the most creative creators in comics takes the reins, bringing the characters to their basic roots a la All-Star Superman, and Matt Wagner is the man to do it! Rooted in the pulp tradition, the original tales of Britt Reid, and Kato being here! Joining Wagner is artist Aaron "Sherlock Holmes" Campbell, whose stunning recreation of the industrial world of 30s Chicago is sure to wow fans across the globe! Plus, covers by Wagner, Ross, Cassaday and Segovia!
I start by laying out some cover sketches based of what the writer Mike (Raicht) and I discuss about the issue. Then he and I figure out what works best. Is the focus Ash’s possession by Hell’s Prophet, or Ash’s own teammates coming to terms with having to kill him? It’s not clear in the 3rd sketch, but the characters were lit from the left, and the shadowed part of their faces were to look like skulls. Moot point since we didn’t use it!
I take the 4th sketch, which is literally about 2-3 inches high, and I blow it up in my Artograph (table-top projector that faces down onto the paper). Then I tighten it up, and make some adjustments. One adjustment was the characters on the right of the cover. The man holding the gun was too short, and I had all the women pushed to the back. I needed to change that up. I also didn’t like the angel pose. He was too far away, and his body was too symmetrical. What’s called “twinning”. In other words, it was boring!
WES WRITES: “Just got issue #4 of Galactica 1980 and wanted to compliment you on it. This is the way it should have been done from the start. The only things I liked about the series were the two seat Vipers and the flying motorcycles…
ROB WRITES: “I just got done reading BSG 1980 issue 4 and really enjoyed it and look forward to 1981. I was wondering if you have some info on it as I can't find any on the website. I am a huge fan of the old series BSG and was wondering if you are going to continue the series in any format …”
We’re sensing a conspiracy here as these letters came in right after each other on the same day. But, they do raise an interesting point for us to consider, so who out there wants to see a sequel to our 1980 series? Write us!
The Green Hornet is back and Dynamite is the new home for the avenging hero and his faithful sidekick, Kato (and, the Black Beauty, ‘natch!)!
And we’re kicking things off with a BANG as we launch the first of a new series of adventures starting with the great Kevin Smith. And let’s get it out of the way, right here, right NOW – the scripts are in! Every single one! Joining Smith in bringing his unproduced screenplay to life is artist Jonathan (Black Terror) Lau as they present the one and only origin of the Green Hornet and Kato. This is the comic book version of Kevin smith’s unproduced Green Hornet film and Dynamite is the only place to get in on the action – it all begins here!
Do you ever find yourself thinking that kids today have no imaginations?
Well, James Kuhoric can tell you why-and that's just what he does in his new miniseries Tales of the Legendary Talespinners.
While other series focus on the fictional creations of literature and legend, Talespinners focuses on the creators of the stories. "Legendary Talespinners is a story that I've had bouncing around my mind for the better part of this decade," Kuhoric said. "It started as most good tales do-with a single character-and grew organically from there. I wanted to tell the story of a girl, Abby, who locked her imagination away at an early age; I wondered what would happen to her if she were dragged into a crazy world that didn't jive with her orderly perspective of life. From there, Talespinners developed into a story that was part Alice in Wonderland and part Wizard of Oz with a large dash of Big Fish and Shrek thrown in for good measure.
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