Zorro

I was really surprised by how good this issue was. I figured Wagner would've written a good script, but this was excellent.

My one nitpick is that I would've prefered this series to be in black and white. Francavilla's art in Sorrow was gorgeous without color. I think the coloring here overshadows the line work.

 

I was also pleasantly surprised by the first issue. Never much of a Zorro fan, but this has me interested.

 

I saw this but didn't pick it up. Maybe I'll see if there are any issues left next week.

I've always liked Zorro as a character. I used to buy the Zorro comics when Topps had the license back in the 90s. I even bought the spinoff Lady Rawhide. Anyone else remember that?

 

Did Adam Hughes to covers for that?

 

I think he only did one cover but he may have done some pin-ups as well.

 

Great first issue. I used to watch the cartoon back when I was a kid and Diego became one of my favorite heroes in fiction, so I was pretty sad when he was killed off in the "Mask of Zorro" movie. Since then, though, the character just faded away over the years for me, but this comic has really sparked my interest in Zorro again. t:

 

Finally read it last night. Pretty good, actually. Zorro's got a pretty powerful origin. I wasn't aware of the Native American aspect of it, but I liked the stuff about animal spirits and the paths they represent.

 

I think Wagner came up with the native american stuff.

 

I have the Cassaday one. Does that count?

 

I haven't read this issue, but I've read the original Zorro stories and if there's anything Native American-y in this comic then it's probably new. There's some Native American mentions in the originals but not much.

 

There's a lot more than mentions in the new series. I don't mind it, even if it is a retcon. It's a good addition.

 

I'm liking everything so far, new additions included. The only exception being Zorro's lack of mustacheness.

 

I didn't even notice. I can't remember seeing his adult face without shadows...

 

I don't have the issue with me, but I think there's a really good look at him on the inside of the back cover, which I believe is the preview image of #2's cover. Plus, if you look at them, you can see that he's got a babyface on all of the covers for issue 1.

 

Oh, I wasn't necessarily counting covers. Francavilla could have very different ideas about how to draw Zorro from the cover artists.

 

Yeah, that's true. Still, though, Wagner's doing the art direction, and if his covers are anything to judge by, he's probably directing Francavilla to do Diego without the mustache. I guess it remains to be seen.

 

True, true. Oh well, I was never a huge fan of the 'stache anyway.

 

It's from Isabel Allende's Zorro novel actually.

Good first issue. I've been a fan of Wagner's work for sometime and Francavilla's art looked great. Plus I've liked Zorro since I was a kid. Can't wait for more.

 

The variant covers are pretty awesome. Cassiday, Wagner and I believe the ones that looked like AH! were by Mike Mayhew. Wonderful covers by him, I thought.

He did a pretty cool Zorro cover for Zorro Matanzas #1.

I kinda like how Wagner took aspects of Isabel Allnde's fictional biography of Zorro. Good stuff.