12 Must-Read First Issues From The New DC You Line
2. Bizarro
Like Bat-Mite, Bizarro is DCs attempt to create an all-ages title, and boy do they knock it out of the park. In this title writer Heath Corson tells the misadventures of Bizarro and Jimmy as they undertake a road trip from Metropolis to Canada (or as they call it Bizarro America). Corsons script is hilarious as it pits the backwards-talking, buffoon Bizarro alongside the strait man Jimmy Olsen, whose plan is to document his trip in order to write a coffee table book and make millions. Corsons script is fast paced and funny, as it cuts quickly from scene to scene delivering quick and snappy punch lines. Gustavo Duartes art is charming, as every character is drawn as a caricature. Bizarro is rendered as a charming, idiotic hulk with a heart of gold; Jimmy Olsen is wiry and pencil thin with outrageously long, gangly limbs; and even the first foe they meet is a short, fat, foppish used-car salesman who has a strange obsession with the pharaohs of Egypt. Each panel is exquisite and visually hilarious. Unlike Bat-Mite, which feels derivative of the Animaniacs, Bizarro feel fresh and new, both in writing and art. Bizarro #1 is a fresh reminder that comics can be both quality and fun.
Since childhood, Bryant has been an avid fan of superheroes, and he has been reading comic books since 2006. His full name is "George Bryant Lucas"; however, after enduring countless Darth Vader jokes, he has chosen to go by his middle name. Born and raised in the United States, Bryant is currently living with his lovely wife in the country side of Wiltshire County, UK. Bryant does suffer from a mild case of dyslexia; misspellings and homonyms are to be expected on occasion.
