CASANOVA #1

[MattBrady]

Image Comics and creator Matt Fraction has provided Newsarama with the first seven pages of June’s Casanova #1 by Fraction and Gabriel Ba. Pubilshed in the “Fell” format, that is, sixteen pages for $1.99, the debut issue is full sized, i.e., 32 pages, but still carries the $1.99 cover price.

In April, we spoke with Fraction about his new series, and his leading man:

“Casanova Quinn is a Gentleman of Leisure, and he takes his leisure as he finds it-- wine, women, song, gambling, forgery, no holds barred psychic combat, or perhaps even dabbling in the lucrative field of international art thievery. He’s got apartments, estates, and bungalows scattered across the globes and he speaks a dozen languages flawlessly. He’s charming and bold and slick like liquid mercury.

“He’s... I wanted to say “amoral” but really he’s just ‘unmoral.’ I mean, Cass knows the difference between right and wrong, and he cares about certain aspects of the social contract but... not the aspects that are boring, I guess.

“Like all surly and angry young men, he’s rebelling. In his case, against his father, the creator and operator of E.M.P.I.R.E., a superglobal law enforcement agency, and his twin sister Zephyr who is very much Daddy’s Girl.

“Cass is a highly talented layabout: filthy rich and left to his own devices by his father, allowed to do as he will as long as nobody gets hurt. A black sheep, if you will, that chooses to make a living through any number of unsavory ways. When the book opens, for example, Cass has gone to steal the Seychelle ruby...”

And thus we get into the preview…

[BillReed]

Well, yeah, so I'll be buying this...

[Mundungus]

Interesante.

This is worthy of a look, and possible subsequent pick-up.

[perk9600]

I was inititally planning to pass on this and am still leaning that way.

I love the format, but that isn't the only reason I bought Fell when it came out.

I'll certainly flip through it though.

[c_andrew_s]

This looks great!

[Skinshark]

Holy hell...this looks great! Nice use of simple color. A lot goes a long way for sure.

I look forward to picking it up as I've yet to read Fraction's work.

[Inferiority]

I originally was going to get this but my interest in it has kind of waned. I really like the Fell format, but the preview doesn't make this look that special.

[MatthewSmith]

All over this.

[Mark Cardwell]

Very Jerry Cornelius. Hell, even more Jerry Cornelius than King Mob was, at first glance.

Nice art, too: a bit Andy Kuhn, a bit Eduardo Risso. Think I'll give this a shot.

[SalCipriano]

HOLY MOLESKIN!

[Dilutral]

looks interesting
I'll give this one a shot
if i like it I'm on board for the long run
art looks nice
story sounds promising

[DreamLord]

Looks promising. I like the art a lot, the whole two-toned quality of it. Or rather, three-toned if you include white.

[Generic Eric]

This title looks pretty good, It's a definite buy for me. These 16 page comic books are an interesting experament. They would work better if they are able to come out anywhere on a timely monthly schedule.( yep, that was a dig at Fell, and most of images titles)

[BClayMoore]

This book is exactly what I've always wanted to see more of at Image.

It makes me want to work that much harder next time around.

-BCM

www.hawaiiandick.com
www.imagecomics.com

[Oeming]

Wow, I love this art! I'll be getting this baby.

[AlejandroR3]

I preordered this. I hope its good

[RazorSmile]

No-holds-barred psychic combat?

Not that I won't be buying this, but WTF?