Cover of 2020 Visions #1.

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 12-issue full-color maxi-series from 1997 to 1998 at the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, it was collected in black-and-white as a single book graphic novel in 2005 by Speakeasy Comics. Image File history File linksMetadata 2020_visions01. ... Image File history File linksMetadata 2020_visions01. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Jamie Delano. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... A graphic novel (GN) is a long-form comic book, usually with lengthy and complex storylines, and often aimed at more mature audiences. ... Speakeasy Comics was a Canadian publishing company of comic books and graphic novels. ...

"William Burroughs-influenced squalor and grotesquerie [...] There are plenty of clever ideas here." – Publisher's Weekly

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:

1. Lust For Life - horror-like (art by Frank Quitely)
2. La Tormenta - crime-like (art by Warren Pleece)
3. Renegade - western-like (art by James Romberger)
4. 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. Frank Quitely (January 18, 1968 - ) is the professional pseudonym of Scottish comic book artist Vincent Deighan. ... British comics artist, working mainly for DC Comics. ... James Rombergers pastel drawings of the ravaged landscape of the Lower East Side of New York and its citizens are in many prominent collections, including the Metropolitan and Brooklyn Museums in NYC. His many solo and collaborative exhibitions have appeared at such venues as the Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Gracie...

References

• "Afterword" by Jamie Delano, 2020 Visions (collected edition) pp. 294-295, Speakeasy Comics, 2005. ISBN 0-9737039-9-7

External links

• A 1999 interview of Jamie Delano w/ color art from 2020 Visions
• A 2006 review of the 2020 Visions collection