Something that has caught my imagination in the new DC solicits is this: a new original graphic novel by Brian Azzarello, part of the initial launch of the new imprint "Vertigo Crime". It's called FILTHY RICH and here's the blurb - "Richard “Junk” Junkin has always lived on the wrong side of trouble. A former pro football star whose career was cut short by injury (and a nasty gambling problem), Junk now spends his time dreaming of what might have been, selling cars in Jersey and lusting after the boss’s unbelievably spoiled, unbelievably sexy and unbelievably rich daughter, Victoria. So when the boss asks him to be Victoria’s personal bodyguard while she tears up the New York City club scene, Junk leaps at the chance. But before long, he’s finds that Victoria wants a lapdog and not a chaperone, someone who’s going to do all of her dirty work—all of it—someone who wants to get filthy rich…"
Sounds like just what you'd want from The Azz, and the artist is really good, too: Victor Santos. To put a horribly reductive series of limits on him, he's got that whole post-Timm thing going on, but flicking through his blog and his website, he's capable of all sorts of styles and genres. Check those links out. Looking forward to seeing what he does with this book.