the Authority vol. 2 BLITZ continues!

[buggery]

The must-read February "Coup d'Etat" crossover event is over, but the solicitations for May have revealed that there's a 4-issue Authority miniseries starting that month, separate from the regular title this time -- Authority: More Kev.

This is a sequel of sorts to the hilarious (but far underrun -- it's the only Authority book I don't have a lending copy of, and it took me weeks and cost me more than I would've liked to get my hands on the copy I have) one-shot standalone Authority: Kev released back in 2002, during those long dark months between the end of the first series (issues #1-29) and the "vol. 2" relaunch.

Wildstorm has made a 4-page preview of the miniseries, in addition to the first cover, available in preview form (meaning, since the preview can be accessed by anyone and the actual comics are "for mature readers," the bad words have been blacked out of the speech bubbles just for the preview) on its website.


The Cover

Wildstorm put the interior pages up in .pdf format, which can be accessed here. If you'd just as soon not be hassled, and/or don't care that I had to trim down the edges a little tp get the images to fit on photobucket without losing speech-balloon legibility, here are the individual images:

1. Kev and his mates in the pub

2. Kev gets called into the headm-- er, his boss's office

3. Kev nearly shits himself at the sight of his boss's Big Gay Guests -- guess who?

4. looks like another of the covers, or possibly a splash image from the end of part 1 or the beginning of part 2


::looking again at the main cover:: Man. All superheroes ought to fill out their spandex that well. By law.

Comments

[some-stars.livejournal.com]

*SQUEAL*

dude. YES. And I am *not* allowed to spend sixty dollars hunting down the original. I'm really *not.*

[thornsilver]

Mmm. Gay superheroes....

[buggery.livejournal.com]

Well, it wouldn't -- shouldn't -- cost you that much. (I have a numbered limited-edition German museum Authority book, and even it didn't cost that much, including transatlantic postage.) But I've seen Kev listed on eBay plenty of times for US$10 or more, which seems a little nuts for one book. Though it was damned funny.

If we're lucky, in 6 months or so Wildstorm will include the original one-shot and the 4 parts of the miniseries in one TPB.

[buggery.livejournal.com]

They're all so yummy...

[meret.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting these. :)

You know, when he gets a little older, I could totally see Heath Ledger as Apollo.

[buggery.livejournal.com]

::staring at your icon::

...um... what?

Oh. Hm. I don't know about the white hair on him, though -- Apollo's not supposed to be blond, despite that cover. Oddly enough, though I generally find him disconcerting and unattractive when he's not being Aragorn, I think Viggo Mortensen could do well as Apollo.

The question now is, who to cast as the Midnighter?

[meret.livejournal.com]

::staring at your icon::

Thanks. *g*

I could actually see Viggo as Midnighter. Mmmm. . . Viggo as Midnighter and Orlando as Apollo - Yum! :)

Ooo, just thought of another - Russel Crowe as Midnighter. :)

[meret.livejournal.com]

I got inspired after talking about it. Even though I know you don't see Ledger as Apollo, this picture of him was too good to pass up. :)

http://www.meret.illuminatedtext.com/apollo.jpg

[buggery.livejournal.com]

Oh, he has light hair all right -- but it's silver, or white, not blond. It's been "interpreted" as blond by more than one colourist, but I figure if his hair was always colourless-pale on Ellis's run (and on his action figure, for that matter) then that's the "correct" colour.

[buggery.livejournal.com]

Ooh. He does make a pretty Apollo -- except for the arms. I'd hate to see poor Heath do enough steroids to bulk up for the role.

And I think Viggo's too pretty to play the Midnighter. Most actors are, really. Though to me, oddly enough, the crucial thing about Midnighter casting is the right voice.

[meret.livejournal.com]

LOL! I actually used the bloat tool to give him more muscles. You should have seen how skinny they were before. *g*

the crucial thing about Midnighter casting is the right voice

Oooo, definitely! Low voices are a huge turn on of mine anyway. :)

Kev's butt-cleavage

[morbioid.livejournal.com]

:-)