I think special mention should go to Felipe Sobreiro's colours: very clean, nice use of differing yet complimentary palettes for the two story threads. I'm colour blind and when the colouring is too busy or from a too limited part of the spectrum, it makes the action harder to follow and detracts from the book as a whole. Absolutely not the case here. The art is clean and crisp, even when it's violent and dirty. [Although completely different stylistically, the first comparison that springs to mind is McNiven and Ponsor's current work on Captain America].
As for the story: The Hercules Method is great. (Won't talk any more about the story. Don't want to ruin it for anyone, loved that page, though)
The only negative is the fact that that wanker Mark Millar had the nerve to release Superior while you were still working on this. But the similarities are amazingly superficial it's just... I read them both today... On the plus side: you've been lumped in with Captain America and Millarworld first time out. That has to be worth something.
I'm along for the ride. Let's go!
Hey, look at that: your first proper Whitechapel review!
@Nick - Thanks, man! Finding the right colorist for a project is the hardest part, even moreso than finding the right artist. Felipe is just knocking it out of the park with his colors, which is an aspect of comics that I don't think gets enough credit. Colors can really make or break the mood of the book, so getting Felipe, who gets what we're doing, was a hige boon to the book.
Finally found a copy! It took a trip to the horrible mall-thing to acquire, but seeing as one comic gets lonely I used it as an excuse to snag DMZ v6. So a good day's comic buying overall. Can't wait for the next issue. :)
I thought the hook was good, good enough to buy issue #2. The dialogue got a bit annoying to me at times but i liked it overall. I will follow this to the end because i love creator owned work, and because the art is fucking narley. What's up with the muscle vision?
Read it last night before bed-- thought it was quite great. Sorta funny-ish story: I missed picking it up the first week out, but after hearing some pretty stellar reviews, decided to make sure to nab it on week 2-- I swing by the Image section and can't find a copy. So I go to the guy at the counter and ask-- dude flips out! Turns out HE'D just read it the night before and popped all his remaining copies up by the register. It was noon, and he'd already sold 8 copies. I was the 9th...glad I got there when I did, because I'm sure he sold out by the end of the day.