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Peter Cannon's Thunderbolt Can See You (#2 Spoilers)

Published Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:13:06 -0600

Last updated Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:13:32 -0600

In his mailing list, Kieron Gillen calls today's Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #2 drawn by Caspar Wijngaard from Dynamite…

"The Morrison issue" as shorthand when really "the Kieron Gillen issue." There's emotional stuff, but this issue cackles, and has some pure Young Avengers approach buried in the mix. I am now my own biggest influence. The end is nigh.'

Gotta love a self-swipe. Which sounds like something that may still be illegal in a number of less-progressive states.

Gillen is well-regarded as a bit of a formalist. He loves his nine-panel grid and what you can do with it. And will go on and on about it in pubs, on stages and on dancefloors. Such as in today's The Wicked + The Divine, where he and Jamie appears to be using its metronomic way of spacing out time and space as the author dictates, dragging your eye along with short sharp bursts rather than letting you set your own pace.

You're a slave to the rhythm. In Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt, Kieron did all that last month. This month he keeps that grid and takes it for a ride. As a way to cross the dimensions by mirroring the structure in which they exist as comic book characters – without ever having a character recognise the meta-narrative…

So not only is this an unauthorised sequel to Watchmen, it's also an unauthorised remake of Doomsday Clock. Which is all for the good. And the references tumble throughout the second issue, as much as they did the first, a kind of Where's Waldo Man?

But as a nod to the origins as a Grant Morrison issue, we get this very obvious reference…

…to a certain Animal Man scene drawn by Chas Truog.

Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo recently did similar to welcome Grant Morrison to the Metal event…

Though there's a direct line back to Bryan Talbot's Brainstorm in the seventies for that memorable moment.

That's Chester Williams, a character who would later appear in Alan Moore, Rick Veitch and Steve Bissette's Swamp Thing.

I hear the Eddie Campbell issue of Peter Cannon Thunderbolt is coming soon…

PETER CANNON THUNDERBOLT #2 CVR A ZDARSKY
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Caspar Wijngaard (CA) Chip Zdarsky
Humanity is at a crossroads, between life and annihilation. The threat comes not from space, but from a place absolutely inconceivable to anyone other than Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt. Only he can take Earth's remaining heroes to confront that which threatens us all…but when he knows so much more than they do, should he? Also: strike a light, how hot is Tabu now? This is what happens when you give "DREAM DADDY" as the main artistic direction.In Shops: Feb 27, 2019
SRP: $3.99

WICKED & DIVINE #42 CVR A MCKELVIE & WILSON (MR)
(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Jamie McKelvie
"OKAY," Part Three: I just read the synopsis for this issue and gaped. We're actually going to do all this in an issue? That AND that AND that? Honestly, this last arc really is going for it.In Shops: Feb 27, 2019
SRP: $3.99

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