James Harvey
01-15-2002, 11:13 AM
<a href="http://www.comicon.com/newsarama">Comic Newsarama</a> recently talked to Kevin Smith, who provided an update on the upcoming (sorta) Batman series The Brave & The Bold and his status on Green Arrow:
Last week the writer made it official, confirming for the record his and cover artist Matt Wagner’s last issue [of Green Arrow]will indeed be #15. As previously reported, issues #11 and #12 will be stand-alone stories, while issue #13-15 make up one final three-part story arc, featuring a new supervillain of Smith’s creation.
Smith declined to tell Newsarama anything specific about the villain, saying, “And ruin the surprise? Heavens no. But I'll tell you what someone else said about him….
”Matt Wagner (who's come up with just about the most astonishingly artistic comic book cover I've ever seen for issue #13) had this to say about the new villain in our recent email exchange about what the cover image featuring the villain should be...”
"And a cool character he is! Like I said, the concept was BOLD AND SIMPLE enough that the image just popped right up. In fact, I'm...surprised that no one's ever thought to call a character that before. Seems like a natural and the natural ideas are always the best."
Smith did not know whether Hester and Parks would also be exiting with issue #15, and a spokesperson for DC was unable to confirm what their last issue would be either. As it turns out, there looks to be some downtime between the end of Smith’s Green Arrow run and his starting on Brave and the Bold, as the writer tells Newsarama the launch of his upcoming new Marvel ongoing series Black Cat comes first, making a timetable for Brave and the Bold too early to say.
To read the entire article, go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=000661">HERE</a>. Stay tuned for more comic book updates here at TZN.
Last week the writer made it official, confirming for the record his and cover artist Matt Wagner’s last issue [of Green Arrow]will indeed be #15. As previously reported, issues #11 and #12 will be stand-alone stories, while issue #13-15 make up one final three-part story arc, featuring a new supervillain of Smith’s creation.
Smith declined to tell Newsarama anything specific about the villain, saying, “And ruin the surprise? Heavens no. But I'll tell you what someone else said about him….
”Matt Wagner (who's come up with just about the most astonishingly artistic comic book cover I've ever seen for issue #13) had this to say about the new villain in our recent email exchange about what the cover image featuring the villain should be...”
"And a cool character he is! Like I said, the concept was BOLD AND SIMPLE enough that the image just popped right up. In fact, I'm...surprised that no one's ever thought to call a character that before. Seems like a natural and the natural ideas are always the best."
Smith did not know whether Hester and Parks would also be exiting with issue #15, and a spokesperson for DC was unable to confirm what their last issue would be either. As it turns out, there looks to be some downtime between the end of Smith’s Green Arrow run and his starting on Brave and the Bold, as the writer tells Newsarama the launch of his upcoming new Marvel ongoing series Black Cat comes first, making a timetable for Brave and the Bold too early to say.
To read the entire article, go <a href="http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=000661">HERE</a>. Stay tuned for more comic book updates here at TZN.