On February 23rd, the team behind Powers flexes a whole different set of muscles when Takio hits the shelves. Created by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming and Olivia Bendis (with colors by Powers' Nick Filardi and letters by superstar Chris Eliopoulos), Takio is the first volume of an all ages graphic novel series by Bendis and Oeming from Icon. Not only is this something new for Bendis and Oeming, it's also something Icon's never done before. Take a gander at the Oeming goodness below, along with what they're telling us about the story:
Takio tells the story of two sisters in a multiracial, adoptive family who are driving each other insane!!! Their overprotective mother makes them walk to school together, eat lunch together, and play together. They can’t get away from each other!! But when a one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime accident gives them real-life superpowers, these two sisters become the first actual superheroes in the entire world.
How exciting is this? It's everything you've been saying you wanted. The big names should do more creator-owned work? Done. The "Big Two" should produce more original graphic novels? Done. There should be more kid-friendly, new reader-friendly books? Done. There should be more books about strong, independent female characters? Done. Books should be more ethnically diverse? Done. That's without even mentioning that it's by two of the best in the business. Do I have to drive to your house and put it in your hand?
I don't have those kind of resources.
In fact, if a project like this is going to succeed, you need to ask your retailer to pre-order this book for you. That's the way the biz works, and if you really want to reward this kind of creative endeavor and encourage more like it you have to demonstrate to the people making buying decisions that there is a market for this kind of thing at their stores. I expect this to be good; I also want it to be the start of something.
The book is 96 pages; it costs a mere $9.95. I'm counting the days until 2/23.
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Looks great. This would have flown under my radar had you not shown this preview. I just added it to my next DCBS order. By the way, it’s only $5.97 through them.
I’m digging that art.
That’s the way the biz works, and if you really want to reward this kind of creative endeavor and encourage more like it you have to demonstrate to the people making buying decisions that there is a market for this kind of thing at their stores.
This also brings up a few questions: what are Marvel’s plans for marketing these kinds of books outside of the LCBS arena? What are Marvel’s plans for marketing these books to media and retailers who focus on people of color (or, at the very least, not “the traditional” comic-book buyer?) I agree that there’s a need for more overall support for these kinds of projects. But to not say that it would behoove “The biz” to pursue new customers and markets in the wake of their products’ sales decline of the past decade is to let “The biz” off the hook.
Sign me up. Cover has a bit of a Dynamo 5 vibe, yeah?
I’d be thrilled to buy more books in this format should Icon or any other publisher want to make them available. A series of OGNs at a price like that? Perfect.
This looks great! I just introduced the kids of some family friends to Tiny Titans and I’ve been on the lookout for something else to buy them.
Already preordered! I’m excited to see what Bendis and Oeming have up their sleeves.
Only 10 bucks? Wow, I’m in.
I am actually kind of hyped for this to come out.
So excited to read this to my niece, only problem is she’s 3. Guess I’ll put it on the shelf for few years.
Deliberately pc to sell more books?
@Apotheosize – by “pc” do you mean featuring ethnically-diverse? I really hope you don’t. if so, then yes it is certainly deliberate. but only because that reflects the real-life ethnically diverse families of both creators, not to sell more books. I apologize if I seem a bit defensive on the matter.
This doesn’t look appealling to me personally and I don’t really know any children but I love the format. I think highers prices AND more pages is the direction print comics ought to move. Didn’t mind paying $10 for Fables 100 and I’m glad Marvel is packaging the next two DnA cosmic books together for $5.
@Abirdseysview well said, not defensive, just correct. Political correctness is more often than not just correctness.
I think you can only apply the negative PC label to something if the people doing it are using it as a stick or are being cynical about it.
This book does not seem to be the case, they are trying to save the industry guys!
@Abirdseyview
appreciate the clarification- i see your point and retract my question/comment
this has the potential to be really cool. Its a shame that the consumer is responsible for stocking the shelves of shops through blind pre-orders. It would be really helpful if they put out pre-release review copies so trusted sites like this could give consumers a bit more to go on. Thats what just about every other media outlet does….