Giffen & DeMatteis on Hero Squared

[Mister Intensity]

Here's a link to an interview (http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17478) by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis about their upcoming series Hero Squared. Oh, there's also some stuff about I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League.

Mister Intensity

[Ed Liu]

Howdy,


NRAMA: Considering the fact that Sue Dibny played a pivotal role in your past as the creative team involved in Justice League International and FKATJL, have you guys read Brad Meltzer's Identity Crisis?

KG: Yeah. I read the first three issues and it's a decent read. Meltzer's got a good voice for the kind of story being told. That said, I don't think it was wise to front load a story of this type into a major summer crossover release. As for Sue... it was fun while it lasted. I mean, c'mon, let's be honest, a happy marriage? Kind of strains credulity, don't you think?

JMD: I haven't read it. I don't want to read it. Not because I think it's going to be horrendous, I'm sure it's very well crafted, but because I'm too attached to these characters. Sue and Ralph became, in many ways, the heart of FKATJL. And I can't really bear to watch the company put a bullet through that heart.

What can I say? I'm sensitive.
Funny and sad at the same time. Until someone else comes along and does something better, I think I'm just going to do my level best and pretend Identity Crisis never happened.


NRAMA: What's the premise of Hero Squared?

KG: There's a premise!? I'm not all that certain how to answer this. I usually read Marc's dialog to find out what the book is really about, my plots being, for the most part, misogynistic ramblings and poorly told fart jokes.

JMD: I don't think they're poorly told at all. In fact, I think they're superior fart jokes.

NRAMA: Who are the main players in Hero Squared?

KG: Master Shake, Frylock, Carl, Meatwa... No. Wait. That's Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Milo and Captain Valor are the two primary players. Their interplay is the lynch pin that holds the story together and I don't even know why I'm bothering to answer this because, odds are, Marc's gone and written an entirely different story over my plot and how fair is that?

JMD: I haven't changed the plot at all. But I've totally changed the characters. Now they're all Hindu.
Nothing else to say but: BWAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!!! The afterword from the publisher at the end was pretty hilarious, too.

Hero Squared X-Tra Sized Special #1 is in the latest Previews catalog, so you should be able to pre-order it from your Friendly Neighborhood Comic Book Shop or the on-line retailer of your choice.

-- Ed/Ace