FLASH GORDON! Before we get into the meat of this arc, we need to learn a little something about our heroes' first days on Planet Mongo. New strip below
Flexible Vic Sage is why Sir Mimley's always doing this stuff in LAVENDER JACK. It conveys a sense of strength and focus that contrasts with the high-impact violence elsewhere in their respective comics - plus I realized handstands look sick in the vertical scrolling format
Introduce yourself (very male, very bipolar) • One comic book (THE SHADOW STRIKES! - Jones, Barretto, et al) • One film (COLOSSAL - Nacho Vigalondo)• One album (BAD AS ME - Tom Waits)• One TV show (PATRIOT - Steven Conrad et al)
There was a stretch in the 00s where James Jean, at that point best known to American readers for his FABLES covers, was cracking out these eerie, distinctive monthly cape comic covers, with substantial runs on BATGIRL and - of all things - GREEN ARROW. Crazy. Love it.
John Cassaday is one of the coolest 21st century artists ever to slap bristol. Just remembered this eerie, semi-apocalyptic cover he did for our WILL EISNER'S THE SPIRIT
Superman We've had 60-odd years of Lex Luthor going the power armor and/or proxy fighter route - I'd like to see a big messy up-close Lex/Superman brawl where he's just in a 2-piece suit pulling increasingly preposterous gadgets out his ass like Rick fighting the President
SAINT JOHN HITS SHOPS THIS WEEK!A new book from me, and , co-produced with and published by !It's a little MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN, a little JACK STAFF, maybe a little ASTRO CITY if we're lucky - see what you think