No sooner had Grant Morrison declared on Newsarama that he wanted to work with "some unusual artists who’ve never drawn the character before" on some post-ALL STAR SUPERMAN specials, than Chris Weston stuck his hand up and asked to be put in the reckoning for one. Weston's an obvious choice: his innate classicism would make him a great candidate, never mind the fact that he and Morrison have an entire back catalogue of work together at Vertigo that proves their simpatico.
Alongside Weston, I'd like to nominate Brendan McCarthy: Macca is an obvious influence on both Morrison and Quitely; we all know he'd handle Grant's "fourth dimensional" scripts with ease, 'cus he's been doing the same tricks for decades; and though known for being regarded as far out, his work on SOLO #12 suggests he can be respectful enough towards DC's iconography, and holds the same generation of silver-age creators Morrison venerates in a similar regard.
The main problem for both these guys is the piece makes it sound that artists have already been selected for these projects ("so we’ll see if we can work it out with the guys I have in mind"), so if they haven't been approached already, maybe they never will. So howzabout this instead: Brendan McCarthy for ALL STAR FLASH! Sure, who read SOLO #12 (don't forget - the best selling direct sales comic in Leeds, ever, folks) and didn't think this should happen? C'mon - if we all click our heels together at the same time, maybe we can make it so!
