Winter Soldier: Agente de M.I.C.O.R.A.Z.O.N...

-DC continuará la revitalización de la bati-familia. Ahora anunciaron que la escritora favorita del Abuelo Óscar, Gail Simone, dejará después de años el título Batgirl. A partir del #35, será escrito por Cameron Stewart (mejor conocido como dibujante y colorista, pero que ahora ha decidido entrarle más a escribir) y Brenden Fletcher (quien dibujará Gotham Academy); y dibujado por la artista en apogeo Babs Starr.

En la serie veremos cómo la hija del bigotón Gordon se encamina a un nuevo comienzo en en el distrito Burnside de Ciudad Gótica, tras un incendio que consume todas sus posesiones.

Stewart: Batgirl has really been put through the wringer in recent years – after being attacked and paralyzed by the Joker, her brother turning out to be a serial murderer, the trauma of her family breaking apart and the series of gruesome villains she’s had to contend with, we figured she deserved a break from all that. Just prior to the start of our story she’s pushed to the breaking point and decides that she’s had it with misery and darkness and wants a change. She wants the opportunity to have some fun and live the life of a young, single girl in the city, so she packs up and moves to Burnside, the cool, trendy borough of Gotham, to focus on grad school.

Fletcher: And that’s where we kick off our run – introducing this part of the city known for expensive coffee, fixie bikes, vintage shops and breakout bands. Barbara allows herself to be immersed in youth culture for the first time, exploring the social side of life in Burnside. 

Los creadores traerán además consigo un nuevo diseño de traje para Batgirl, moderno y sencillo, bastante distinto al estilo Jim Lee-esco que caracteriza a la mayoría del universo DC actualmente. Sobre todo me agrada que es algo atractivo, pero no puerco (algo que al parecer fue intencional, si nos guiamos por la nota en estos sketches que resalta la diferencia entre un atuendo de cuero y uno de spandex

Stewart: Barbara is forced to make a new costume for herself when her old one becomes unavailable. The new one is something she’s able to make herself, shopping at the various boutique and vintage stores in Burnside. It also reflects her youth and style. Unlike Batman or Batwoman, she no longer needs to stay in the shadows, and in fact learns to embrace the spotlight.

Además, planea darle un tono más ligero, y alejarla de lo sombrío que caracteriza a todos los murciélagos de Gótica:  

MTV: It also seems like a lighter take on the character… Is she getting away from Gotham’s darkness, or deeper into it?Stewart: She’s leaving it all behind her. We really wanted to make this a book with a light tone, of fun and adventure and mystery, and let the rest of the Bat-family deal with the darkness. She’s got problems, and conflict, and enemies to fight, but our priority was to make this a really fun, rollicking read.

Vía: MTV


-Mientras, en Marvel dijeron: "Ah, ¿conque los de enfrente andan presumiendo a su personaje estrella, eh? ¡No nos quedaremos atrás!", y anunciaron una nueva serie del personaje estrella, amado por millones y co-progatonista en una película multimillonaria: Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier, escrita por Ales Kot (Secret Avengers) y Marco Rudy (New Avengers Annual).

En esta nueva serie, El Buki saldrá de la Tierra para recorrer el espacio y demás rincones extraños del Universo Marvel, mientras lucha por definirse una nueva identidad, ahora que su vida como soldado y asesino ha quedado atrás.

 “Bucky’s operating on an intergalactic stage now. The entire Marvel Universe is his playing field, from the depths of Limbo to the heights of Asgard, and everywhere in between. It’d be like if the James Bond movies suddenly had access to the characters and settings of all the other great film franchises. 

Sobre los temas que tocará:

Kot: Besides the ones I already named—fluid identity and fluid gender. Many worlds theory, maybe. Feminism. Taoism. Pacifism. Nature and the systems we impose on it. Life in space. Empathy. Power unrestrained and power controlled. The Randian belief in the vampire self/20th century capitalism, what it brings, what can come after. 

Y Marco Rudy explica la influencias y técnica que incoporará:

Rudy: For this book, we’re going for a lot of pulp sci-fi visuals, still keeping the experimentation I am (now) known for, but having Philip K. Dick in mind, Isaac Asimov, and the like. The magazine Heavy Metal in some of its “out there” approach to some of the stories comes to mind as a huge influence. There’s more in the way of inspiration: Al Williamson’s space pulp visuals and my usual go-to, Mr. Jim Steranko, play a role in my approach to this book. Combine this with what I usually try to do, in layouts and color work versus black-and-white, and you get an idea on what you may find here.

 I will be coloring this book as well. I want to have the same vibe as another Heavy Metal story, I’m trying new things, like gouache, coffee and acrylics, as well as combining what I have learned with watercolors, inks and whatever I use to play that day. The storytelling will be different, but at the same time, it has to be pleasant to follow.  

 Vía: AV Club

Esta sin duda ha sido una semana de anuncios de series muy interesantes, y distintas a lo que acostumbramos ver de los Dos Grandes. Esperemos que todas logren encontrar buena audiencia para motivar a las editoriales a seguir experimentando...quizás con 5 series de Winter Soldier *triple guiño*