James Harvey
01-07-2002, 06:57 PM
The amazing comic website <a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a> recently had a chance to talk to Adventures of Superman scribe Joe Casey. Casey talks about alot of his upcoming books, such as Wildcats 3.0, more Uncanny X-Men, more Adventures of Superman, and a special Batman one shot. Below are excerpts from this well done interview, the full interview can be found <a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000631.html">HERE</a>:<i>
<li>In Adventures of Superman news, while the series has <a href="http://news.toonzone.net/images/aos600.jpg"><img src="http://news.toonzone.net/images/aos600.jpg" vspace=2 hspace=2 border=0 height=210 width=137 align="left"></a>not yet found a new regular artist following the departure of Mike Wieringo, DC tells Newsarama following a two-issue stint by Pete Woods in issues #601-#602, Carlos Meglia (Crimson: Scarlet X: Blood on the Moon)will come on for a three-issue stint (#603-605), which according to Casey is a “nice juicy story once again exploring one of my favorite bits of DC continuity from way back. Two words: Crime Syndicate.”
The 600th issue of AOS comes out this week, with a painted cover by Entertainment Weekly/Rolling Stone artist Daniel Adel.
<li>Finally, Casey talked about this upcoming <b>Batman</b> project with artist Cully Hamner, a two-issue, prestige-format, 64pp. series called <b>Tenses</b>.
<a href="http://news.toonzone.net/images/batmantenses.jpg"><img src="http://news.toonzone.net/images/batmantenses.jpg" vspace=2 hspace=2 border=0 height=210 width=137 align="right"></a> “It’s funny… when I was a teenager, in the wake of The Dark Knight Returns, Year One and The Killing Joke, it didn’t seem like you were a real comicbook creator until you’d taken your shot at Batman, preferably in a prestige or hardcover format,” he wrote. “It seemed like some sort of rite of passage. A way to earn your stripes. There was THE CULT… there was Arkham Asylum (as well as Grant Morrison’s slightly more conservative -- but no less accomplished -- Batman serial, Gothic)… there was even a monthly book conceived to let various creators take their shot, Legends Of The Dark Knight (which is where Tenses was originally set to appear before editor Bob Schreck suggested I expand it into the beast it has now become). So, now it’s our turn. One hundred and twenty-eight pages of Batman… I think I earned my stripes.
“Bruce Wayne tries to get his first grip on adulthood, while Batman indulges in the misplaced anger/power fantasy/wish fulfillment lifestyle he does so well. And an unemployed department store manager named Ted can see glimpses of the future. What more could you ask for in a Batman story? Besides... there's no Alfred, no Commissioner Gordon, no Robin, no Joker, no Catwoman. Just millionaire playboy and businessman Bruce Wayne and his wonderful toys, the various names of which all seem to start with "Bat-".</i>
To read the entire indepth interview, please go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000631.html">HERE</a>.
<li>In Adventures of Superman news, while the series has <a href="http://news.toonzone.net/images/aos600.jpg"><img src="http://news.toonzone.net/images/aos600.jpg" vspace=2 hspace=2 border=0 height=210 width=137 align="left"></a>not yet found a new regular artist following the departure of Mike Wieringo, DC tells Newsarama following a two-issue stint by Pete Woods in issues #601-#602, Carlos Meglia (Crimson: Scarlet X: Blood on the Moon)will come on for a three-issue stint (#603-605), which according to Casey is a “nice juicy story once again exploring one of my favorite bits of DC continuity from way back. Two words: Crime Syndicate.”
The 600th issue of AOS comes out this week, with a painted cover by Entertainment Weekly/Rolling Stone artist Daniel Adel.
<li>Finally, Casey talked about this upcoming <b>Batman</b> project with artist Cully Hamner, a two-issue, prestige-format, 64pp. series called <b>Tenses</b>.
<a href="http://news.toonzone.net/images/batmantenses.jpg"><img src="http://news.toonzone.net/images/batmantenses.jpg" vspace=2 hspace=2 border=0 height=210 width=137 align="right"></a> “It’s funny… when I was a teenager, in the wake of The Dark Knight Returns, Year One and The Killing Joke, it didn’t seem like you were a real comicbook creator until you’d taken your shot at Batman, preferably in a prestige or hardcover format,” he wrote. “It seemed like some sort of rite of passage. A way to earn your stripes. There was THE CULT… there was Arkham Asylum (as well as Grant Morrison’s slightly more conservative -- but no less accomplished -- Batman serial, Gothic)… there was even a monthly book conceived to let various creators take their shot, Legends Of The Dark Knight (which is where Tenses was originally set to appear before editor Bob Schreck suggested I expand it into the beast it has now become). So, now it’s our turn. One hundred and twenty-eight pages of Batman… I think I earned my stripes.
“Bruce Wayne tries to get his first grip on adulthood, while Batman indulges in the misplaced anger/power fantasy/wish fulfillment lifestyle he does so well. And an unemployed department store manager named Ted can see glimpses of the future. What more could you ask for in a Batman story? Besides... there's no Alfred, no Commissioner Gordon, no Robin, no Joker, no Catwoman. Just millionaire playboy and businessman Bruce Wayne and his wonderful toys, the various names of which all seem to start with "Bat-".</i>
To read the entire indepth interview, please go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000631.html">HERE</a>.