*« The previous generations of superheroes were not created to address this, it’s a legitimately new frontier, both for the real world and for storytellers. » * - Gail Simone
Il n’aura pas fallut attendre longtemps entre l’annonce des annulations* de mai et l’arrivée des nouveaux titres de remplacement. En juin, l’éditeur DC Comics publiera deux nouvelles séries interconnectées: The Movement et The Green Team.
Si les deux séries partagent le thème majeur du pouvoir de l’argent, The Green Team s’intéresse uniquement a une minorité de gens n’ayant aucune restriction monétaire. Alors que The Movement, probablement très inspiré par le mouvement sociale « The Occupy », se concentre sur une nouvelle ère de Héros protégeant la majorité contre les inégalités.
Lancée sur une idée originale de la scénariste Gail Simone, la série The Movement aura Freddie Williams II (Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle, Captain Atome) comme dessinateur régulier.
[quote]THE MOVEMENT #1
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art by FREDDIE WILLIAMS II
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
1:25 Variant cover by CLIFF CHIANG
On sale MAY 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information.
We are faceless. We are limitless. We see all. And we do not forgive.
Who defends the powerless against the GREEDY and the CORRUPT? Who protects the homeless and poverty-stricken from those who would PREY upon them in the DARK OF NIGHT?
When those who are sworn to protect us abuse their power, when toxic government calls down super-human lackeys to force order upon the populace…finally, there is a force, a citizen’s army, to push order BACK. Let those who abuse the system know this as well: We have our OWN super humans now. They are not afraid of your badges or Leagues. And they will not be SILENCED.
We are your neighbors. We are your co-workers. And we are your children.[/quote]
[quote=« Gail Simone »]The Movement is an idea I’ve had for some time. It’s a book about power–who owns it, who uses it, who suffers from its abuse. As we increasingly move to an age where information is currency, you get these situations where a single viral video can cost a previously unassailable corporation billions, or can upset the power balance of entire governments.
The thing I find fascinating and a little bit worrisome is, what happens when a hacktivist group whose politics you find completely repulsive has this same kind of power and influence…what if a racist or homophobic group rises up and organizes in the same manner?
It makes you wonder where the next battlefield will be.[/quote]
Ouais. Mais c’est la première fois depuis un bail que DC tente un brin d’originalité dans sa production avec un semblant de qualité. Même si ça marche sur les plates-bandes du Archer & Amstrong de Valiant, je me laisse tenter.
[quote]The Movement #1
Story by Gail Simone
Art by Freddie E Williams III
Cover by Amanda Conner, Cliff Chiang
Publisher DC Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Wed, May 1st, 2013
We are faceless. We are limitless. We see all. And we do not forgive.
Who defends the powerless against the GREEDY and the CORRUPT? Who protects the homeless and poverty-stricken from those who would PREY upon them in the DARK OF NIGHT?
When those who are sworn to protect us abuse their power, when toxic government calls down super-human lackeys to force order upon the populace…finally, there is a force, a citizen’s army, to push order BACK.
Let those who abuse the system know this as well: We have our OWN super humans now. They are not afraid of your badges or Leagues. And they will not be SILENCED.
We are your neighbors. We are your co-workers. And we are your children.[/quote]
Il est devenu très bon Freddie Williams. C’est un dessinateur accompli qui rend des planches claires.
Le plaisir avec ces nouvelles séries, c’est qu’on ne peut pas anticiper sur l’intrigue. C’est frais et surprenant. Contrairement aux héros septuagénaires qui révisent leurs aventures tout les huit mois.
[quote]THE MOVEMENT #2
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art by FREDDIE WILLIAMS II
Cover by AMANDA CONNER
1:25 B&W Variant cover by AMANDA CONNER
On sale JUNE 5 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T+
The unrest in Coral City heats up as citizens clash with the police. Which side stands to gain when super powered protestors enter the fray?[/quote]
[quote]The Movement #3
Story by Gail Simone
Art by Freddie Williams II
Colors by Chris Sotomayor
Letters by Carlos M. Mangual
Cover by Amanda Conner, Dave McCaig
Publisher DC Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Wed, July 3rd, 2013
The Movement takes on the entire police department in an attempt to rescue one of their own![/quote]
[quote]The Movement #4
Story by Gail Simone
Art by Freddie Williams II
Colors by Chris Sotomayor
Letters by Carlos M. Mangual
Cover by Amanda Conner, Dave McCaig
Publisher DC Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Wed, August 7th, 2013
The Movement takes a stand against the police that they can’t come back from, and Coral City is on the brink of war![/quote]
[quote]The Movement #5
Story by Gail Simone
Art by Freddie Williams II
Colors by Chris Sotomayor
Letters by Carlos M. Mangual
Cover by Dan Panosian
Publisher DC Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Wed, October 2nd, 2013
The wealthy inhabitants of Coral City have had enough of The Movement’s civil disobedience, so they hire a goon squad of super-powered mercenaries and set them loose in the city. Introducing the Graveyard Faction—death for hire![/quote]
[quote]The Movement #6
Story by Gail Simone
Art by Freddie Williams II
Cover by Rafael Albuquerque
Publisher DC Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Wed, November 6th, 2013
As the Graveyard Faction terrorizes Coral City, the Movement is nowhere to be found![/quote]
[quote]The Movement #7
Story by Gail Simone
Art by Freddie Williams II
Colors by Chris Sotomayor
Letters by Carlos M. Mangual
Cover by Howard Porter, Hi-Fi
Publisher DC Comics
Cover Price: $2.99
Release Date Wed, December 4th, 2013
The Movement has been taken down, and only the powerless Vengeance Moth is left to protect the streets from the Graveyard Faction![/quote]
Je n’ai absolument pas suivi cette série, mais je note deux choses :
c’est Atlas qui apparaît dans le groupe ? Donc c’est connecté à l’univers DC ?
c’est Freddie Williams II qui dessine ? Fichtre, son style a évolué : un encrage plus riche, plus matiéré, des personnages plus agréables, il lorgne un peu vers le dessinateur de Wolverine and the X-Men (dont le nom m’échappe là tout de suite, mais qui lui-même lorgne vers Art Adams et Ed McGuinness…).
Bref, je viens de jeter un coup d’œil et c’est la fête aux surprises, pour le coup.