Dark Horse November solicitation

orbitalshift · Post by **orbitalshift** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:53 pm

Can't wait for these, though I wonder why no Magnus.

DOCTOR SOLAR, MAN OF THE ATOM #4
Jim Shooter (W), Roger Robinson (A), and Michael Komarck (Cover)
On sale Nov 17
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Ongoing

The supernova return of Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom blazes on under the direction of legendary writer Jim Shooter !

Surya the Sun God, Moloch the Devourer, and hordes of monsters made of living stone assail Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom, pressing him to the limit. Help comes from an unlikely source as Solar's former foe Leviathan pits his awesome strength against the terrifying forces massed against "Red Suit," but even Leviathan's might can only delay defeat and death. But the key to the Man of the Atom's power is his indomitable will, and, his spirits buoyed by beautiful Dr. Gail Sanders, the woman he is falling for faster than the speed of light, Solar will need every quantum of his power and purpose to rally and administer the greatest atomic *SQUEE*-kicking of all time!

TUROK, SON OF STONE #2 (of 4)
Jim Shooter (W), Eduardo Francisco (A), and Raymond Swanland (Cover)
On sale Nov 24
FC, 40 pages
$3.50
Miniseries

Where Humans are more deadly than Dinosaurs!

Swept through a cataclysmic rift in space-time to a timeless land where dinosaurs rampage and wonders abound, Native Americans Turok and young Andar struggle to survive. The invincible wizard-warrior Thunder-Hand leads the army of the Aztec god-king Maxtla against the proud, fierce Panther Warriors, mowing them down like wheat before the scythe. Maxtla's bloodthirsty warriors overrun the tree fortress of the Panther People, where Turok and Andar have been taken. The invaders seize Andar, and Thunder-Hand has his sights on the alluring Aasta, goddess of the Panther People. Standing in Thunder-Hand’s way is Turok, Aasta’s champion, protector...and lover?

Written by industry legend Jim Shooter and illustrated by Eduardo Francisco!

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superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:54 pm

Turok or not to rock

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:07 pm

Man, those covers are terrific. I hope they tweak the inside art a bit from what we've been seeing on Solar.

comicsyte95 · Post by **comicsyte95** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:15 pm

Cant wait to own them,especially the Solar!

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:17 pm

orbitalshift wrote:Can't wait for these, though I wonder why no Magnus.

The books are on a 6 week cycle. #1, #2 and #3 were solicited for August, September and October so November is probably a skip month. I'm sure #4 will be in the first half of December.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:51 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:Man, those covers are terrific. I hope they tweak the inside art a bit from what we've been seeing on Solar.

You are correct. The covers are stunning. How long would it take for the artist to do an entire comic book with those visuals?

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:16 pm

I wonder why they're 40 pages? The first 2 only had 22 pgs of story + reprint. More ads or what?

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:18 pm

Ryan wrote:I wonder why they're 40 pages? The first 2 only had 22 pgs of story + reprint. More ads or what?

Dark Horse books usually feel alot thicker than your usual comic. It's because of the paper stock and more ad pages. I only expect 22 story pages. Every single time I bought a copy of Star Wars Legacy, I swore it had to be more than 22 story pages because it felt big, but I always counted and it never was.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:23 pm

400yrs wrote:
Ryan wrote:I wonder why they're 40 pages? The first 2 only had 22 pgs of story + reprint. More ads or what?
Dark Horse books usually feel alot thicker than your usual comic. It's because of the paper stock and more ad pages. I only expect 22 story pages. Every single time I bought a copy of Star Wars Legacy, I swore it had to be more than 22 story pages because it felt big, but I always counted and it never was.

ah, that kinda sucks. Lets hope for some back up features, a letter column, or at least a Shooter column

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:15 pm

Elveen wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:Man, those covers are terrific. I hope they tweak the inside art a bit from what we've been seeing on Solar.
You are correct. The covers are stunning. How long would it take for the artist to do an entire comic book with those visuals?

Not sure, but what a book that would be.

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:46 pm

Elveen wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:Man, those covers are terrific. I hope they tweak the inside art a bit from what we've been seeing on Solar.
You are correct. The covers are stunning. How long would it take for the artist to do an entire comic book with those visuals?

I talked to Raymond Swanland at SDCC for a bit. He said that one of his covers takes 30 hours or so, so you can extrapolate from there. 10 weeks? 20 weeks? 30 weeks?

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:50 pm

so how did alex ross finish the mini Justice for DC which was all painted

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:54 am

Amazing Covers! Can't wait to add Turok to my pull list!

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:50 am

superman-prime wrote:so how did alex ross finish the mini Justice for DC which was all painted

A hell of a lot of lead time I'd imagine.

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 6:37 am

superman-prime wrote:so how did alex ross finish the mini Justice for DC which was all painted

Doug Braithwaite did the pencils, not Alex. Alex is actually a very fast painter once it's to that stage.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:44 am

Dr. Solar wrote:
Elveen wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:Man, those covers are terrific. I hope they tweak the inside art a bit from what we've been seeing on Solar.
You are correct. The covers are stunning. How long would it take for the artist to do an entire comic book with those visuals?
I talked to Raymond Swanland at SDCC for a bit. He said that one of his covers takes 30 hours or so, so you can extrapolate from there. 10 weeks? 20 weeks? 30 weeks?

30 hours x 22 pages/issue = 660 hours/issue or 27.5 days/issue

Since Dark Horse is on 6 week cycle, he's got plenty of time. Just need to work 16 hr days, every day. I would pay an extra $1 per issue.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:37 am

JCVaughn wrote:
superman-prime wrote:so how did alex ross finish the mini Justice for DC which was all painted
Doug Braithwaite did the pencils, not Alex. Alex is actually a very fast painter once it's to that stage.

Thanks for the info

dave · Post by **dave** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:10 am

superman-prime wrote:so how did Alex Ross finish the mini Justice for DC which was all painted

He's faster.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:14 am

Thanks JC

Dr. Solar · Post by **Dr. Solar** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:33 am

JCVaughn wrote:
superman-prime wrote:so how did alex ross finish the mini Justice for DC which was all painted
Doug Braithwaite did the pencils, not Alex. Alex is actually a very fast painter once it's to that stage.

In San Diego, I ended up in a gallery downtown that was showing a lot of high end comic original art, they had quite a few Alex Ross paintings. I was surprised at how simple his work really is, when you see it up close. He uses very simple brushwork and color selection, he just does it incredibly well.

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