With one magic word

[khaosworks]

In a time when I've grown to actively loathe what DC and Marvel have been doing to their current respective universes, it's good to know that there are occasional projects that still make my fanboy glands tingle.




Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil, by Jeff Smith.

February 7. I'm so psyched.

Comments

[faxpaladin.livejournal.com]

Oboy.

This looks... extraordinarily promising...

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

Kimota. The word is Kimota. (Bless my soul, what do they teach them in these schools...?)

I know Captain Marvel probably came before Marvelman, but I think Alan Moore trumped this way back in nineteen-eighty-mumble.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Um...not wanting to trample all over your fanboy excitement (hell, I'm a SHAZAM! fan myself from waaay back), but...isn't posting that page a copyright violation? You wouldn't want to get a nasty-gram from DC's hot and juicy lawyers, now, would you? :-)

[tavella.livejournal.com]

It's A) part of a preview put out for the express purpose of promoting it, and B) a small enough section of the original work to be covered by the fair use doctrine in the US, which is where DC is headquartered.

[terriblebeast.livejournal.com]

Another reboot?

[khaosworks.livejournal.com]

Nah. Fair use considerations cover that.

[khaosworks.livejournal.com]

More like it was meant for a reboot years ago, but now it's probably out-of-continuity or a a "Year One" kind of deal. Doesn't really matter: it's a more traditional take on Captain Marvel, a retelling of a classic Golden Age story, and the kind of thing I enjoy.

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

NTM great art.