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The Wrong Earth (Single Issues) #1
WRONG EARTH #1
Cover by Jamal Igle. AHOY Comics launches with a biting superhero satire! On one world, Dragonflyman and his sidekick Stinger enjoy a life of adventure. On another Earth, the Dragonfly hunts criminal parasites like a lethal exterminator. But what happens when these two heroes change places? By Tom Peyer (Captain Kid, Hourman) and Jamal Igle (Black, Supergirl)! And, a 'Golden Age' Stinger solo story, by Paul Constant and Frank Cammuso! An all-new text story by comics legend Grant ''Hud' Hornet's Holiday In Hell,' illustrated by Rob Steen! All this plus a cartoon by Shannon Wheeler!
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Published January 1, 2018
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Tom Peyer
635 books18 followersTom Peyer is an American comic book creator and editor.
He is known for his 1999 revisioning of Golden Age super-hero Hourman, as well as his work on the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 1990s. An editor at DC Comics/Vertigo from 1987 to 1993, he served as assistant editor on Neil Gaiman's groundbreaking Sandman. Peyer has also worked for Marvel Comics, Wildstorm, and Bongo Comics. With John Layman, he wrote the 2007–2009 Tek Jansen comic book, based on the Stephen Colbert character.
He is known for his 1999 revisioning of Golden Age super-hero Hourman, as well as his work on the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 1990s. An editor at DC Comics/Vertigo from 1987 to 1993, he served as assistant editor on Neil Gaiman's groundbreaking Sandman. Peyer has also worked for Marvel Comics, Wildstorm, and Bongo Comics. With John Layman, he wrote the 2007–2009 Tek Jansen comic book, based on the Stephen Colbert character.
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November 10, 2018
I think we all are fans of upsetting the status quo, but good luck challenging the Big Two- Marvel and DC, Coke and Pepsi, Ford and Chevrolet, Apple and Microsoft and so on. They always try though. There’s been a few companies in the last 20 years that have survived. Valiant has issues that outsell the Big Two at my local shop. Dynamite and IDW seem healthy, though they are propped up by licensed properties. Boom! Studios seem in good shape but also have a few licenses too. Ironically, the more ambitious a publisher, seemingly the harder they fall. I have a fondness for the long departed CrossGen and Virgin Comics failed despite being backed by Richard Branson and Deepak Chopra.
The newest entrant in the industry is Ahoy Comics. Ahoy was founded by Hart Seeley, a journalist and occasional humorist. He’s launching with strong support from Vertigo comic veterans Tom Peyer and Stuart Moore. I am more familiar with Moore but Peyer as one of the people behind the launch of Vertigo has comic bonafides. I know the name and recall him doing fill-in writing for Garth Ennis’s Punisher Marvel Knights run. He is also known for Hourman, and I also recognize him for working with Mark Waid and also on Stephen Colbert’s Tek Janson. Most of the other writers associated with Ahoy are names related to Vertigo from the 90s (Ann Nocenti, Dean Motter, Devin Grayson, Peter Milligan, Rachel Pollack) and a few other notables (Phil Hester, Gary Erksine, Todd Klein, Mark Rahner, Fred Harper).The launch of the imprint reflects a company that wants to define their books almost like magazines.
Besides Peyer’s story, we get a short from Paul Constant, interviews with artist Jamal Ihle and Stuart Moore, an appearance from Shannon Wheeler’s Iconic Too Much Coffee Man and intriguingly three pages of serial fiction by Grant Morrison.My bullcrap alarms went off when I saw a bunch of glowing reviews about this comic hailing it as an industry-changing publication. There were a lot of smaller blogs writing about this issue and everyone was writing about it like it was the next Watchmen. The comic itself features a glowing recommendation from Mark Millar.
On the internet, people just don’t agree like this, and the many blogs betrayed that there must have been some prelaunch publicity.
It’s not a bad idea, a superhero caught in two worlds- essentially a Batman type who splits time in a Adam West Batman 66 Universe and the other half in an ultra gritty Frank Miller landscape.
Still, Peyer fails. The mash up of worlds is confusing. The lead character has no development (which it could probably survive if the other elements made up for it).
The story doesn’t hurt for length, so not sure why it fails and Igle’s art is more than fine.
On the positive side the cliffhanger where the mask is taken off of Dragonfly Man is stunning. We are pretty numb to Bruce Wayne being Batman, but the truth is we would all be pretty shocked if we found out Mark Cuban was donning tights and fighting crime.
As for the extras, Constants humorous short mainly fails because we barely have learned about the character he is making fun of ( a sort of Robin/Nightwing surrogate we literally just are meeting here) Wheelers one paneling TMCM is a one second gag. Moore’s Q and A is fine, though nothing too revelatory.
Which brings us to Hud Hornet’s Holiday in Hell. I don’t know what I was expecting but it certainly wasn’t this. Morrison has been funny but he is rarely silly and Hud Hornet is pretty silly. I was expecting a Steve Canyon parody based on the title or maybe something akin to Garth Ennis’s “The Boys”. But this is weird and I think it is weird because there are no pictures. Surely this draws more from Ranier Wolfcastle or Seth McFarlane than say Robert Anton Wilson. Yes, it is absurd, but it’s not quite that brand of absurd.
I also don’t mean to imply it is bad. I expected a throwaway writing exercise but this is actually a fun footnote in Morrisons career. It is not what you might expect and is probably closer to Seaguy than anything else he’s done, even the absurdities of Doom Patrol. There’s a bit of Mark Leyner to it. It's not laugh out loud funny but it will likely bring a smile of appreciation.
Otherwise Ahoy is looking to be the next shipwreck in a longline of publishers. I hope not. It's impossible to judge based on one issue of course. Still, the roster has names but none really move the needle much for me, anymore than similar companies already out there; and let's face it, Marvel these days can barely fill out a creative stable with established talent.
Of note, Peyer mentions that all the brains behind Vertigo's launch back in the day have struck out on their own paths within the last couple of years- Karen Berger (Berger Books) Alisa Kwitney (Liminal Comics) and Shelly Bond (Black Crown). I do wish Ahoy well, and may well, try their other titles.
The newest entrant in the industry is Ahoy Comics. Ahoy was founded by Hart Seeley, a journalist and occasional humorist. He’s launching with strong support from Vertigo comic veterans Tom Peyer and Stuart Moore. I am more familiar with Moore but Peyer as one of the people behind the launch of Vertigo has comic bonafides. I know the name and recall him doing fill-in writing for Garth Ennis’s Punisher Marvel Knights run. He is also known for Hourman, and I also recognize him for working with Mark Waid and also on Stephen Colbert’s Tek Janson. Most of the other writers associated with Ahoy are names related to Vertigo from the 90s (Ann Nocenti, Dean Motter, Devin Grayson, Peter Milligan, Rachel Pollack) and a few other notables (Phil Hester, Gary Erksine, Todd Klein, Mark Rahner, Fred Harper).The launch of the imprint reflects a company that wants to define their books almost like magazines.
Besides Peyer’s story, we get a short from Paul Constant, interviews with artist Jamal Ihle and Stuart Moore, an appearance from Shannon Wheeler’s Iconic Too Much Coffee Man and intriguingly three pages of serial fiction by Grant Morrison.My bullcrap alarms went off when I saw a bunch of glowing reviews about this comic hailing it as an industry-changing publication. There were a lot of smaller blogs writing about this issue and everyone was writing about it like it was the next Watchmen. The comic itself features a glowing recommendation from Mark Millar.
On the internet, people just don’t agree like this, and the many blogs betrayed that there must have been some prelaunch publicity.
It’s not a bad idea, a superhero caught in two worlds- essentially a Batman type who splits time in a Adam West Batman 66 Universe and the other half in an ultra gritty Frank Miller landscape.
Still, Peyer fails. The mash up of worlds is confusing. The lead character has no development (which it could probably survive if the other elements made up for it).
The story doesn’t hurt for length, so not sure why it fails and Igle’s art is more than fine.
On the positive side the cliffhanger where the mask is taken off of Dragonfly Man is stunning. We are pretty numb to Bruce Wayne being Batman, but the truth is we would all be pretty shocked if we found out Mark Cuban was donning tights and fighting crime.
As for the extras, Constants humorous short mainly fails because we barely have learned about the character he is making fun of ( a sort of Robin/Nightwing surrogate we literally just are meeting here) Wheelers one paneling TMCM is a one second gag. Moore’s Q and A is fine, though nothing too revelatory.
Which brings us to Hud Hornet’s Holiday in Hell. I don’t know what I was expecting but it certainly wasn’t this. Morrison has been funny but he is rarely silly and Hud Hornet is pretty silly. I was expecting a Steve Canyon parody based on the title or maybe something akin to Garth Ennis’s “The Boys”. But this is weird and I think it is weird because there are no pictures. Surely this draws more from Ranier Wolfcastle or Seth McFarlane than say Robert Anton Wilson. Yes, it is absurd, but it’s not quite that brand of absurd.
I also don’t mean to imply it is bad. I expected a throwaway writing exercise but this is actually a fun footnote in Morrisons career. It is not what you might expect and is probably closer to Seaguy than anything else he’s done, even the absurdities of Doom Patrol. There’s a bit of Mark Leyner to it. It's not laugh out loud funny but it will likely bring a smile of appreciation.
Otherwise Ahoy is looking to be the next shipwreck in a longline of publishers. I hope not. It's impossible to judge based on one issue of course. Still, the roster has names but none really move the needle much for me, anymore than similar companies already out there; and let's face it, Marvel these days can barely fill out a creative stable with established talent.
Of note, Peyer mentions that all the brains behind Vertigo's launch back in the day have struck out on their own paths within the last couple of years- Karen Berger (Berger Books) Alisa Kwitney (Liminal Comics) and Shelly Bond (Black Crown). I do wish Ahoy well, and may well, try their other titles.
November 10, 2018
Tom Peyer - writer
Jamal Igle - illustrator
New publisher Ahoy Comics burst onto the comics scene this September with their first book, the excellent Wrong Earth.
The writing is quite good. Using Dragonfly/Dragonflyman as a cipher to stand in for Batman is particularly effective because it allows writer Peyer far greater leeway when playing with old tropes and exploring different themes. But the real star of this book is the art by Mr. Igle. Really great, dynamic work that stands up against the very best being published by Marvel or D.C. today.
5/5
Highly recommended
Jamal Igle - illustrator
New publisher Ahoy Comics burst onto the comics scene this September with their first book, the excellent Wrong Earth.
The writing is quite good. Using Dragonfly/Dragonflyman as a cipher to stand in for Batman is particularly effective because it allows writer Peyer far greater leeway when playing with old tropes and exploring different themes. But the real star of this book is the art by Mr. Igle. Really great, dynamic work that stands up against the very best being published by Marvel or D.C. today.
5/5
Highly recommended
February 16, 2019
What if Batman ‘66 switched places with Frank Miller’s Dark Knight? That’s The Wrong Earth in a nutshell, for ya!
November 21, 2021
It's not bad. But it's also like very much Batman just with a name change. I get it it a Mash up of Batman (Adam West) and Batman (the darker comic runs in particular). Which is an interesting idea, but it's also a send up and mock of them. It's trying to do too much.
December 9, 2018
Really - really great idea!
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