1: Pete Woods [] 2: Pete Woods |
3: Ian Churchill [] 5: Pete Woods |
4: Ian Churchill |
Even before reading the solicitation of the first issue, the cover had already caught my attention. Pete Woods takes us inside Nick’a apartment, and we see how colorless, how monotone, his life has become, the only bright thing, the only colorful thing, is his superhero costume, hanging behind him. Nick’s days as a hero are clearly behind him. But what happened with his former adversaries? What happened with his old arch-nemesis? Is the evil genius Clive Morganfeld living a miserable existence just like Nick? On the contrary, Clive has become a wealthy business man and he has enough millions at his disposal to start a bold new project: exploiting the figure of Nick Wilson, the hero, by tapping into the nostalgia of thousands of fans that still remember the golden days. In order to accomplish this, Clive decides to hire his former enemy, Nick.
Nick Wilson must evaluate the possibilities in front of him. He can keep struggling to make ends meet or he can accept Clive’s offer and finally start making money. But isn’t that like selling his soul to the devil? At the same time, Nick runs into his former high school sweetheart but they’re in a different place now, and they no longer seem to be able to reconnect on a romantic level. She even refuses to go with him to their high school reunion. That is a very interesting chapter, as Nick tries to reconcile who he was and how promising his life seemed to be, with the reality of the present. Clive’s son, who feels maligned by his own father, quickly becomes friends with Nick and ends up hooking up with a quarterback that was still in the closet back in high school. There are many details like this, that could be clumsily handled by other writers, but thanks to Andreyko’s sensibilities all narrative elements are seamlessly integrated in a cohesive whole.
Nick Wilson |
“Stephen Sadowski’s art is masterfully natural, smooth, and funny”, indeed, Sadowski’s effortlessly sets the mood of the story, but I must also compliment Ian Churchill, not only for his magnificent covers (every month it was quite difficult for me to choose between Woods or Churchill’s covers), but also for his work on issue # 4, in which he illustrates the story using a wide range of styles, proving his versatility and his impressive artistic talent.
Years ago... / hace años... |
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El sentido común indica que si eres un superhéroe, entonces la victoria siempre está garantizada. Y así lo fue para Nick Wilson, hasta que un día, sin ninguna advertencia o razón, perdió todos sus superpoderes. Con el paso de los años, Nick no pudo recuperarse de esa pérdida, y se sumergió más y más en una vida que se había vuelto irrelevante. Subió de peso y recurrió al consumo de marihuana para evadir la cruda realidad. Esta es la premisa inicial establecida por Eddie Gorodetsky (escritor de series de televisión como “The Big Bang Theory” y “Two and Half Men”) y Marc Andreyko (famoso por su etapa en Manhunter de DC).
High School reunion / reencuentro de la secundaria |
Future Nick Wilson museum / el futuro museo sobre Nick Wilson |
Remembering the past / recordando el pasado |
Multiple perspectives on the same event / múltiples perspectivas de un mismo evento |
Marc Andreyko nunca me ha decepcionado como escritor, y sin embargo, por alguna razón, no tuve la oportunidad hasta ahora de revisar su trabajo. “Lo sabía desde Manhunter, Torso y Love is Love. Ahora, Nick Wilson demostrará que Marc Andreyko es uno de los mejores escritores y una de las voces más únicas en los cómics. Este es un cómic honesto y con los pies en la tierra”, afirma Brian Michael Bendis, y estoy completamente de acuerdo con él. De hecho, otorgué a Love is Love el codiciado Arion's Achievement Award al mejor número único del 2016.
Before the museum inauguration / antes de la inauguración del museo |
“Este cómic realmente me atrapó. Pretende ser cínico, pero hay un corazón hermoso y palpitante en el centro”, explica Brad Meltzer, y vaya que eso es cierto. Todos los meses esperaba ansiosamente el próximo número, y encontré esa flama que rara vez veo en publicaciones comerciales. Definitivamente una de las mejores miniseries del 2018. La recomiendo de todas maneras.
Fascinante! Nunca había oido de Nick Wilson. Una razón mas para pasarme una tarde explorando tiendas de comics. ^_^
ReplyDeleteMe alegra que te haya parecido interesante. Es una miniserie relativamente nueva así que no creo que sea tan conocida, al menos por ahora.
DeleteSounds like something I should read.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I think you'd definitely enjoy it!
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