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One interesting bit of news they did decide to drop was that a new Jonah Hex series, with a Frank Quitely cover for the first issue, would be coming out later this year, written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray. Each issue, they promise, will be a self-contained story.
This is good news. Because DC likes to cross-market, and if this comes out, expect some Jonah Hex trades (oh please, not an Archive) to come out as well. Jonah Hex is one of those DC properties that I've always felt that DC needs to market outside of comic shops. There's still an audience for Westerns, and the most requested genre by non-comics readers who come into the store are Westerns, followed closely by war comics. I could make a lot of money selling inexpensive Jonah Hex trades to people, and I suspect they'd do well in bookstores too, especially if they make sure the trade dress doesn't make it look like a comic-book.
Speaking of trade dress, I'm the only one who doesn't like the new designs for the Sin City trades. I like the new size, especially since they're about the same size as bookstore trade editions, but the new logo is dull and boring and does nothing to make the book stand out. Likewise, the art they've chosen for the covers doesn't sell the book at all. I'd rather have Miller's original cover design on them than a random piece of art from the book blown-up. And the back-cover gimmick of replicating a couple of interior panels does nothing to tell me about the book's content. I get what they were going for. They were trying to duplicate the look of a "Black Lizard" or "Vintage" noir/mystery novel design, and I admire the effort, but they've created ugly little artifacts instead.