More Carlos Meglia hardcovers (this time his last books published in color before he passed away in 2008).
For those who are not familiar with his work, his art can be found in:
- Superman / Tarzan: Sons of the Jungle (2001)
- Superman Infinite City (2006)
- Star Wars Underworld (2000)
- Star Wars Tales (1999) #5
- Spyboy (1999)
- Wildcats (1999) #7
- Monster World (2001)
- Elektra (2001) #19 / #20
and a few more I probably missed.
The hardcovers I was looking for were hard to acquire. (More on that as we go).
None of these hardcovers are in English (or another language I know), so I have a hard time following the story but the art is magnificent.
First here is his very last book he worked on (as far as I know): Red Song. The sad part is that it has a 1-star rating on Amazon by someone who praised the art (and the story) but is annoyed that they never put out more books. Well, I guess a creator's death will do that... unfortunately. The image next to it is not a book, but an art print signed and numbered by Meglia I picked up in my quest to complete my collection. It is related to his other Soleil book Canari.
Speaking of Canari... it is his best work ever.
The art is dynamic and the colors are simply astounding.
Remember the short-lived Soleil/Marvel collaboration from 2008 - 2011?
Yeah, they weren't very well presented by Marvel. The Soleil large pages were shrunk to standard comic book size and then they left a 1-inch white space all around it to make the art look even smaller. However, beggars can't be choosers, so I was buying them and hoping Canari will get its turn. Never happened, so I had to look for the French editions before they would disappear from the market and/or get too pricy. Vol 1 was pretty easy to buy. It had a decent price too.
Vol 2 however was a real nightmare to find.
First I ordered a copy on eBay, which never arrived (got my money back though), then I ordered from a seller who would only sell Vol 1 AND Vol 2 together.
That got lost, thanks to Covid shipping nightmares. Got my money back again, but I was really losing hope I'll get the book ever. Finally found a copy on Amazon that arrived without problems. This one is in German. Well, I'm more versed in German than French, but still not enough to dive into reading. That being said, I enjoyed the heck out of its art. I'm really sad this great... GREAT artist left us too soon.
R.I.P. Carlos Meglia