James Harvey
10-15-2001, 01:30 PM
DC currently has one of the most buzzed comic books around, and it stars a classic character who's faster than light! The Flash has recently been taking off at DC Comics with their new creative team, taking over for Mark Waid who left for to pursue a career at Crossgen. The new creative team of (writer) Geoff Johns and (penciller) Scott Kolins has produced a reliable and inventive creative team. Not only has Kolins not yet miss an issue in over a year, but Johns has reinvented Flash villians that were lamer than Jar Jar Binks!
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<a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a> recently had a chance to interview both of the creators. Below is an excerpt from the Geoff Johns interview:
NRMA: With those bases covered, it’s probably time to see what’s coming up in the series, although you’ve hinted pretty broadly between the monthly series, Iron Heights and the most recent Secret Files issue…
GJ: After the Grodd issue, we have out Last Laugh tie-in, which really isn’t a tie-in. When all is said and done, when these crossovers hit, sometimes it’s a pain, but with this one, on both JSA and Flash, the crossover issues really turned out to be two of the best issues of the run, in a strange way. The issues barely tie into it, but the way it does, works right into the story that we’ve been planning on an entirely separate level. It also gives us an excuse to bring back another old Rogue.
With #180, we have a new villain called Peekaboo, and we’ll see Cyborg in there as well, since he just moved to Keystone. Scott’s giving him a revamped look, so he’s a character we’ll be dealing with a lot in the coming year. Peekaboo however is a very different kind of villain as far as backstory goes.
Issue #181 features Fallout from Iron Heights, and #182, which is probably my favorite issue to date is all Captain Cold. I think Flash appears once or twice in flashbacks, and maybe is in two to three panels in the entire issue, but otherwise it’s all Captain Cold – his origin, and what he’s been done lately, and what he has planned. It’s very character-based and Brian Bolland did just a fantastic cover for it.
Then with issue #183, it’s the prologue to our first big story arc since Blood Will Run, called "Crossfire." It’s what we’ve been building up to for the past year with the Rogues, and that should run about five issues. That will take us all the way through next August. Scott’s already working on part two of that story arc.
To read the entire incredible interview, go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000075.html">Here</a>. As mentioned, Newsarama also had a chance to talk to artist Scott Kolins. Below is a much shorter excerpt:
NRAMA: Okay, back to friendlier topics - you and Geoff seem to have really hit your stride with Flash now. How long do you plan on staying?
SK: Past issue #200 for sure. Geoff and I have plans that far anyway - and we keep calling each other up with more ideas. We'll never get to all of them, even if we stay on for ten years…
To read the awesome interview, just go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000076.html">Here</a>.
<img src="http://news.toonzone.net/images/dclogo.jpg" border=+2 align="right">
<a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a> recently had a chance to interview both of the creators. Below is an excerpt from the Geoff Johns interview:
NRMA: With those bases covered, it’s probably time to see what’s coming up in the series, although you’ve hinted pretty broadly between the monthly series, Iron Heights and the most recent Secret Files issue…
GJ: After the Grodd issue, we have out Last Laugh tie-in, which really isn’t a tie-in. When all is said and done, when these crossovers hit, sometimes it’s a pain, but with this one, on both JSA and Flash, the crossover issues really turned out to be two of the best issues of the run, in a strange way. The issues barely tie into it, but the way it does, works right into the story that we’ve been planning on an entirely separate level. It also gives us an excuse to bring back another old Rogue.
With #180, we have a new villain called Peekaboo, and we’ll see Cyborg in there as well, since he just moved to Keystone. Scott’s giving him a revamped look, so he’s a character we’ll be dealing with a lot in the coming year. Peekaboo however is a very different kind of villain as far as backstory goes.
Issue #181 features Fallout from Iron Heights, and #182, which is probably my favorite issue to date is all Captain Cold. I think Flash appears once or twice in flashbacks, and maybe is in two to three panels in the entire issue, but otherwise it’s all Captain Cold – his origin, and what he’s been done lately, and what he has planned. It’s very character-based and Brian Bolland did just a fantastic cover for it.
Then with issue #183, it’s the prologue to our first big story arc since Blood Will Run, called "Crossfire." It’s what we’ve been building up to for the past year with the Rogues, and that should run about five issues. That will take us all the way through next August. Scott’s already working on part two of that story arc.
To read the entire incredible interview, go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000075.html">Here</a>. As mentioned, Newsarama also had a chance to talk to artist Scott Kolins. Below is a much shorter excerpt:
NRAMA: Okay, back to friendlier topics - you and Geoff seem to have really hit your stride with Flash now. How long do you plan on staying?
SK: Past issue #200 for sure. Geoff and I have plans that far anyway - and we keep calling each other up with more ideas. We'll never get to all of them, even if we stay on for ten years…
To read the awesome interview, just go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum12/HTML/000076.html">Here</a>.