DC to publish a British-style comic

[tolworthy]

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/030919- ... omics.html

A weekly comic, with a large page size, and a different story on each page... where have we seen that before?

The publisher today officially announced Wednesday Comics, a new 12-part weekly series launching this summer that will be presented in a 14” x 20” broadsheet format and will have to be unfolded and opened to be read. The "Wednesday" part of the title refers to the fact new comic books go on sale at comic book stores nationwide every Wednesday.

we’re creating 16 weekly strips that will be presented in newspaper format, which will feature some of our primary characters, as well as some of the premiere creators in the business.

Each story will have its own full-page installment each week for the 12 issues. The stories may be standalone stories with each installment, or a 12-part serial – the choice was left up to the creators.

I love the idea. If I had more money I'd buy it.

[Raven]

Sounds like it's inspired more by the traditional comic supplements in American Sunday newspapers, which the Mail on Sunday adopted for a while over here from the early Eighties.

Interesting project.

[stevezodiac]

I like the sound of it. As a collector of British comics, Newspapers and US Sunday Funnies papers it sounds right up my street. Only trouble with the format is trying to bag them. We still do not have comic bags you can store Beezers and Toppers in.

[STARBOY]

Yep will def be looking out for this - not sure from the article but is this being presented in US papers? or as a stand alone supplement ? some great creators like Kyle Barker etc on Hawkman thats realy interests me

[Lew Stringer]

Yep will def be looking out for this - not sure from the article but is this being presented in US papers? or as a stand alone supplement ?

No it's a DC comic book. It'll be regular comic book size on the shelf and will have to be unfolded to "tabloid" size to read it.

It'll be available in the UK but only in comic book specialist shops (Nostalgia & Comics, Gosh, Page 45, Forbidden Planet etc) not in newsagents.

...and although it's called The Wednesday Comic because comics come out on Wednesdays in the USA, it won't be in UK comic shops until Thursdays as we get them a day later. (Which isn't bad considering that in the 1960s we were months or sometimes a couple of years behind American schedules.)

Lew