2020 Visions
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2020 Visions | |
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![]() Cover of 2020 Visions #1.
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Vertigo |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Limited series |
Publication date | May 1997 - April 1998 |
Number of issues | 12 |
Creative team | |
Creator(s) | Jamie Delano |
Collected editions | |
Hardcover | ISBN 0-9742713-4-9 |
Softcover | ISBN 0-9737039-9-7 |
2020 Visions (sometimes called 20/20 Visions) is a science-fiction comic book written by Jamie Delano and drawn by four artists. Originally serialized as a twelve-issue full-color limited series from 1997 to 1998 at the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, it was later collected as a black-and-white volume in a 2004 hardcover from Cyberosia Publishing and a 2005 softcover from Speakeasy Comics.
Overview
The series was four different stories of three issues each, each having its own artist, and each blending a different genre with prospective science-fiction:
- "Lust For Life" - horror-like (art by Frank Quitely)
- "La Tormenta" - crime-like (art by Warren Pleece)
- "Renegade" - western-like (art by James Romberger)
- "Repro Man" - romance-like (art by Steve Pugh)
Taking all place in the future world of the year 2020, the four stories were loosely connected by a genetic relationship between the main protagonist of each tale.
Reception
Publishers Weekly described the story as "William Burroughs-influenced squalor and grotesquerie [...] There are plenty of clever ideas here." [1]
Collected editions
The series has been collected into a couple of volumes:
- 2020 Visions (12-issue series, DC/Vertigo, 1997-1998) collected as:
- 2020 Visions (hardcover, Cyberosia Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-9742713-4-9)
- 2020 Visions (softcover, Speakeasy Comics, 2005, ISBN 0-9737039-9-7)
- 2020 Visions (Italian language) (softcover, Green Comm Services, 2012 ISBN 978-88-90788-50-5)
Notes
- ↑ Backcover of the collected edition.
References
- "Afterword" by Jamie Delano, in 2020 Visions (softcover), Speakeasy Comics, 2005, ISBN 0-9737039-9-7, pp. 294–295
- 2020 Visions at the Comic Book DB
External links
- A 1999 interview of Jamie Delano w/ color art from 2020 Visions
- Review of 2020 Visions: Lust For Life arc on KvltSite
- A 2006 review of the 2020 Visions collection
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