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Post by Drake on Dec 23, 2015 11:18:03 GMT -5
We'll go ahead and move on to the next panel. However, both previous panels are still open for posting and questions.
I'll put up the interview for Dark City and Weirdworld later today.
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Post by Drake on Dec 24, 2015 12:15:38 GMT -5
Here's the Dark City interview.... 1. When you last left the title, The Hood had replaced Wilson Fisk as Kingpin of Crime. How does this new status quo effect the title moving forward, and the larger NuStar Universe? A big part of the title is going to be Parker's search for what really happened the night Lucifer took him from his parents. Of course, Parker also wants the power that comes with taking over crime and that will come with its own set of problems, be it from the police or from other crime families. I also think it opens up a lot of avenues to have the Hood (and his trusty confidant, Lucifer) interact with other characters in time. 2. Who's your favorite character to write and why? My favorite character is by and far Lucifer Morningstar. He's a little bit snarky, but still quiet and reserved, and you never know what he's going to do next. In one scene it looks like all he cares about is helping Parker achieve his goals and in the next scene he's trying to achieve his own agenda, and it's a lot of fun to write those conflicting personalities within one character. It's a unique dynamic in itself. 3. You've made a big deal about the characters straddling the line between good and evil, being neither heroes nor villains. How does that approach effect the story and the humanity of the characters?Like I said with Lucifer, a lot of my characters have multiple sides of their personality. No one is going to do something for one reason, they are always gonna have a few reasons. That's a big part of what I'm trying to get at, that no character, regardless of what series, is a cut-and-dry character who is either a hero or a villain. Things aren't black and white, and sometimes you need shades of grey in such a Dark City. 4. You're dealing with both organized crime and enormous, mythological threats. How do you balance the two without losing a consistent tone and themes, and how do they relate?I try to keep each arc grounded in a new Earth-based case. Dark City was about the Hood unseating the Kingpin as the King of Crime in New York. Heavensgate is about Officer Frank Castle investigating a lot of different leads, trying to hunt down the mysterious Hood while investigating a strange ax-murderer traipsing around New York. I try to balance all of that with the mysteries of Cthon, what the hell is going on with Morbius, what's Lucifer's real motives and, on top of everything else, if Lucifer is as strong as he seems, why doesn't he take whatever he wants? Why does he work so "in the shadows" and not just as a traditional villain?
5. What teasers can you offer for the title moving forward?
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Post by Drake on Dec 28, 2015 0:46:57 GMT -5
Now for Weirdworld...
1. As a title that debuted as an event tie-in mini series earlier this year, Weirdworld is certainly an interesting choice for a title. However, your cast is notably different than the Marvel title’s. Why did you pick this series, or—more accurately in this case—the setting of Weirdworld?
Well, actually, WeirdWorld as a comic series existed prior to the Secret Wars Event. It was an out of continuity series which was a kind of high fantasy series, by Doug Moench and Mike Ploog, before the later left Marvel. It was reasonably similar to what Marvel tried to do with Arkon (who is awesome by the way), in that it was their kind of version of Dark Crystal and Conan. I picked this series because, while I won't be having quite the pocket universe element to it, I am going to make the world of Allstar suitably more Weird. I won't give too much away, but, the cast is different for a reason...only certain people can see how truly weird the world is, and with that weirdness comes a responsibility. Essentially, you can consider WeirdWorld to be a pocket dimension, or you can see it for what it is.
A bloody great inter-dimensional parasite.
2. Thorlief Golmen? Verity Willis? Should we take this to mean that your “Thor” and “Loki” are, in fact, not Norse gods?
I'm taking instruction, in this instance, from the Ultimate Universe. Ult. Thor was my favourite character, right up until they disassembled him in Ultimate Power and beyond. The idea of having someone who is as powerful as he is, but being a staunch anti-capitalist and anti-corporate hero is great fun. Plus, I love the idea that perhaps these people who are considered to be gods, are just mentally ill superheroes.
3. What do you plan on exploring--themes, genres, or otherwise--with Weirdworld, and how might that differentiate it from other titles on the site?
Well, I will be inserting the aforementioned weirdness into the general setting, but my approach to WeirdWorld is on two levels. One; I love the genre of Science Fiction, and feel that Superheroes (even Magic based ones) should be more science fiction than they should anything else. Two big parts of science fiction are looking forwards and reinventing things, so that is what I am doing, reinventing Magic and Gods, and looking forward and asking - how does Modern Magic and Modern Mythology influence the way humans are in the world? Lofty goals, and I am almost certain I will miss it by a mile, but, I want to look at the evolution of people (specifically my characters) against the new cultural barometers of Modernised Magic and Myths. Also, BLOODY GREAT Monsters. I also want my cast to be multinational, and based out of somewhere that isn't America. The World is bigger than the states, so, I want to illustrate that by having my team travel all over, dealing with the WeirdWorld.
You may see a theme with the cast as well...that will be explained and expanded upon. First came the World of Animals, then the World of Men, Now...
4. Who’s your favourite character in the title, to write and in general?
So far, my favourite characters to write have been Constance Johanssen and Alysande Stuart. Being British, it means I can really play up the connection between the Scottish and the English, and their animosity towards each other. Alysande and Alistair also have a really strong connection to Dr Who, so I may be stealing some elements of that (Particularly Alphonse Gamble, Marvels Dr Who analogue, when they lost the rights to printing his comic adventures)
5. Can you offer any teasers?
I'll try my best to emulate you -
What is the SuperFlow? When the Hammers Fall, Who Collects? Is that a Singularity or are you just pleased to see me? Why Us? Why Now? And my personal Favourite - What good is a God of Lies when they cannot Lie?
Please note, fearlessdefender dropped Mephisto from Weirdworld's claims.
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Post by Drake on Dec 28, 2015 0:52:30 GMT -5
And Guardians...
1. What was your thought process when coming up with Beta Ray Kill? Will we ever see him adopt the "Bill" moniker again?
That's an interesting question. I've received a decent amount of flack for the name. It's very 90s, I know, and that was the intention.
See, my initial plan for Bill (excuse me, Kill) was that he'd be a merc hired by Thanos to join the Annihilators, kill the Guardians, and ultimately he'd switch sides. However, the more I thought about it, the less it made sense. Why would Thanos trust just anyone to join his elite team of assassins? Moreover, who gives a crap about yet another beat-em-up bad guy, even one with a heart of gold? ...All right, silver might be a tad more accurate.
Anyway, I adjusted, and one of the first ideas that came to mind was to have Bill be an old friend of Peter's back from his Redfin days. From there things just fell into place. I knew I wanted Bill to feel betrayed by Peter, because he'd left him for dead (even upon his orders to do so). I knew I wanted Bill to still be a merc in the present day. I knew Bill was going to be the most badass pilot around. And, eventually I realized I wanted Bill to be trapped in his teenage days, an angst machine. He just can't get over the Redfins' deaths, and he's so mentally scarred by witnessing that and being tortured by J-Son that he totally cracked. I thought, like any angsty teenager who tries to start a punk band (of which I know two), he'd pick a name thats "hardcore" enough for him. Instead of calling his band "Death Hearts" he renamed himself "Kill." In his mind, Beta Ray Bill is dead. Long live Beta Ray Kill.
Bill won't take on his real name during my run on Guardians. The Kree-Spartoi War is so packed with action and adventure that the only characters with real arcs are Peter, Heather, Phyla, and (arguably) Thanos. Rocket, Nebula, and Gamora get small ones, but sadly the others don't change much. I imagine that whoever takes on the Guardians, or just Bill's character, after I'm done will change him, as the Kree-Spartoi War and its consequences will have a profound impact on everyone, even if you don't see it during my run. Plus, Beta Ray Kill is a bad name.
2. Anything down the line you wanna share for Korvac?
I totally forgot. Yeah, he's the other guy with a fully resolved arc, at least in the sense that his story ends and you see the folly of his god complex. Interestingly, Korvac's story will come full circle in my next project, but that's all I'll say about that.
3. This lineup is different from what fans may be used to, particularly the absence of Gamora and Drax from the lineup. What was the inspiration behind their roles in the story?
Well, frankly, at the time of the title's conception I hadn't seen the movie yet, so my primary inspiration came from Abnett's and Lanning's run on the comics that inspired the movie and heavily involved both Heather and Phyla. However, I also realized that the movie was going to be huge. The trailer just made it look awesome. So, I knew I needed something to make my story stand out to avoid comparisons. I thought a different cast would be a nice change of pace.
As for Gamora and Drax, I knew I wanted to include them, and with Heather historically being Drax's daughter in the comics, his role kind of wrote itself. Gamora, I thought, would be a fun bad guy-turned-good, and in that respect she took Bill's role. And yes, by that I mean she wasn't always intended to turn good. You can tell by her introduction and inclusion in the first arc. Thankfully, a time skip can explain a lot.
4. When will we learn more about Blackshot? It seems his role in the story is akin to a force of nature, he just shows up and things happen.
That's a really good way of putting it. Originally, my Guardians story had another two arcs, one of which would have featured Blackshot immensely. However, for a number of reasons, I decided to trim the fat and cut out those arcs. In the process, Blackshot lost his character and heart, and has since turned into, as you perfectly put it, a force of nature. He still has some dramatic effect, if only on Heather, and he kind of symbolically represents the corruption space can have on an ordinary person in the same way that Drax does, which I think could have an interesting effect on Heather after my run is over. Just a thought for anyone considering picking the title up.
5. What's your favorite alien race out of all of them?
In and out of the comics it's gotta be the Kree. They're visually interesting, and yet immediately relatable as they look so human. Their culture is distinctly alien and unique. They've probably spawned most of the badass space characters (including the Captains Marvel, Ronan, Phyla ((who was technically a Captain Marvel)), Korath, etc.). Often, they actually come out of stories looking like badasses, while the Skrulls, Chitauri, Badoon, Spartoi, and the other races either do nothing or get their butts handed to them over and over again.
[Joke Question] 6. Why is Cosmo the best character?
Who's joking? What's not to love about a psychic cosmonaut dog from Soviet Russia who's in charge of the cops on a criminal-filled decapitated head of a Celestial? It kinda speaks for itself.
Plus, Rocket and he have a rivalry, and we all know how I feel about Rocket. Space animals FTW! XD
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Post by Drake on Dec 28, 2015 0:53:36 GMT -5
I'll have a bit more for Guardians tomorrow.
I'm actually planning on writing a big send off message and mini-essay about the creation, ups and downs, and end of Guardians after I publish the last chapter in a few months.
I am hoping to get another chapter up in the next week or so, even if it's in January.
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Post by Drake on Dec 28, 2015 18:06:17 GMT -5
So, the last little bit I'll tease for Guardians' last arc.
Deaths. Warlock. The past repeats itself.
Not much, but those little teasers are loaded.
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Post by Drake on Dec 28, 2015 18:21:14 GMT -5
Now, I do have one little announcement to make. After Guardians of the Galaxy comes.... The Infinity Saga Book Two: Multiwar
Here's a relatively spoiler-free summary:
"When incredible cosmic power rips the very fabric of space-time apart, our Earth-727 encounters the original Earth-727α in an epic incursion. But how does the original All Star Universe still exist? And what has changed in the 18 years since its supposed death? Most importantly, what can either universe do to avoid certain doom as they threaten to crash into one another?
Multiwar brings together classic heroes and villains from the original continuity and the NuStar Universe in an epic adventure the likes of which All Star Marvel has never seen before! In eight chapters, the fate of both universes will be decided...and not everyone will make it out alive."
With every new chapter in Guardians of the Galaxy, a new surviving hero or team of heroes from the old universe will be revealed, along with a small bio to accompany them. The first will be up soon to go along with issue 16.
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Post by cross on Dec 29, 2015 23:27:37 GMT -5
Can you tell us what Multiwar means for the rest of the sites titles? Will this have an effect on new titles coming in?
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Post by Drake on Dec 31, 2015 20:44:01 GMT -5
Can you tell us what Multiwar means for the rest of the sites titles? Will this have an effect on new titles coming in? The other titles will be left alone in the sense that there will be no crossover. However, you will get to see the "crossover" interaction of certain characters for the first time (for example, Spidey and the X-Men). This will have an effect in that it will open up the possibility of multiversal stories, including in the old universe. However, there will be limits and/or recommendations so that the main universe continues strong.
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