'I learned how to do it by virtue of having done it, I guess. It was a lot easier working in that scale,' said Nowlan.

And he puts so much detail in his panels.

'It was a lot easier, because I had just finished a Batman series with him. Nowlan was asked about his experience working with Garcia-LÃ³pez on 'Metal Men' and whether or not it was easier or more difficult to collaborate working in the 'Wednesday Comic' strip format than in other styles. Today's art has changed, there's a lot more detail and a lot more 'bang zoom,' so when I did it, I wanted it to feel like the old stuff, with the big thick lines, so it was a lot of fun,' said Stelfreeze. 'What I wanted to do was something that felt like those old strips. It was like 20 inches tall by a little more than 14 inches wide, so it was huge,' said Stelfreeze.Ĭhiarello explained that a lot of creators missed classic adventure strips like 'Prince Valliant.' As such, most of them adjusted their page size, going larger than normal to accommodate the different kind of art. So the fifth time I pitched, it I cut up a bunch of comic books so they could get an idea, and they finally went for it,' said Chiarello.įor the artists, working on the strip-style was a departure from their previous comics work. 'I pitched 'Wednesday Comics' every year for four years. * SGT.'The guy most responsible for 'Wednesday Comics' is Mark Chiarello,' said Kubert.

* THE METAL MEN written by Dan DiDio with art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez & Kevin Nowlan * KAMANDI written by Dave Gibbons with art by Ryan Sook * HAWKMAN written and illustrated by Kyle Baker * GREEN LANTERN written by Kurt Busiek with art by Joe Quinones * THE FLASH written by Karl Kerschl and Brenden Fletcher with art by Karl Kerschl * THE DEMON AND CATWOMAN written by Walter Simonson with art by Brian Stelfreeze * DEADMAN written by Dave Bullock and Vinton Heuck with art by Dave Bullock * METAMORPHO written by Neil Gaiman with art by Michael Allred * BATMAN written by Brian Azzarello with art by Eduardo Risso including additional panel art on each page! * ADAM STRANGE written and illustrated by Paul Pope T his is it! The oversized, hardcover collection of DC's 2009 weekly comics sensation that USA Today called 'cool, classic-looking.'įeaturing composite cover art, the WEDNESDAY COMICS HC includes:

Wednesday Comics by Mark Chiarello