Hatrack River Forum: Jeff Smith (of the 'Bone' Graphic Novel series fame) has been posting "Shazam" art!

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Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Jeff's blog. Images of Mr. Talky Tawny, Mary Marvel, and Cap himself near the top.

I am looking forward to this series so much.

The way the mainstream DC Universe has treated the Marvel Family/Shazam! characters is quite frankly reprehensible.

For every good modern treatment (Jerry Ordway's Power of Shazam GN) there's been an unending stream of dreary, gruesome mangling of the characters. Ordway's attempt to do a monthly series was spoiled by the need to make it "More like the rest of the DC universe"...complete with gratuitous Batman guest shots. The current Trials of Shazam mini is barely recognizable.

But...Jeff Smith seems to get it.

Captain Marvel is a fairy tale of wonder, fun, and hope.

Not another teeth-clenching, angst-and blood super-blah.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

A more direct link, with more images...including the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man, the Alligator Men, and Shazam himself!

Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :

Cool. I like the way he made Mary Marvel into a bratty little sister rather than a pre-war paragon of pre-teen prissy pulchritude.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Precisely. [Big Grin]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

"prepubescent" would work just a little bit better there.

Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :

POW! Pretty Potent Point, Poindexter!

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

Proud? [Wink]

Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :

Possibly... [Angst]