Keith Giffen returns
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scans_dailyReturns to the cosmic side of superheroics (some people forget that he spearheaded Marvel's Annihilation before going exclusive with DC), returns to Jaime Reyes.
It looks like Giffen will be writing a cosmic book for DC called Threshold, with Scott Kolins and Tom Raney on art duties. It will spin out from the last issue of the current Blue Beetle (which I guess is now confirmed as cancelled?) Newsarama has the news:
Newsarama: Keith, you created a very successful sci-fi event for Marvel with Annihilation, which spawned some ongoing series and subsequent events. Is that your hope for this series? Are you approaching it the same way?
Keith Giffen: I'm approaching it with the same mindset that I approached Annihilation, in that I'm saying, "Look at the all these great characters out there, and nobody's doing anything interesting with them. Let's see how much we can shake things up and have fun with this."
Of course, instead of doing it with Marvel's space characters, now I've got the fantastic DC characters to work with, like the Omega Men, Star Hawkins, Blue Beetle, Space Ranger, the original Starfire and a whole lot more great characters to mess around with.
And people can look for appearances by almost any DC science fiction character.
***
Nrama: You're well known for your humor, Keith, and with a character like Larfleeze...
Giffen: Yeah, there's always going to be humor in everything I do, but with Larfleeze, he's just such an outrageous character that you can do a lot with him.
***
Nrama: It sounds like you're pretty excited about this book. What is it about the chance to write Threshold that excites you the most?
Giffen: The world-building. The chance to do something new. I just want to make sure we're hitting with all cylinders. I'm even making lists of possible signs that can go in the background, and what the culture is like. I told Tom Raney and Scott Kolins, let's get past this faux Buck Rogers, quasi-manga science fiction world that has been so prominent in science fiction comics for years. No more of that spandex look. Let's try something new. What do these people wear? How would it look? How can it be somewhat consistent? We've been given this whole section of the galaxy here, so let's try something new, something edgier, something with meaning behind it.
We're going to get to have a lot of fun out there with these characters, because we're basically working in a section of the cosmos that I've carved out and said, "OK guys. This is mine."
Well, I'm stoked.
It looks like Giffen will be writing a cosmic book for DC called Threshold, with Scott Kolins and Tom Raney on art duties. It will spin out from the last issue of the current Blue Beetle (which I guess is now confirmed as cancelled?) Newsarama has the news:
Newsarama: Keith, you created a very successful sci-fi event for Marvel with Annihilation, which spawned some ongoing series and subsequent events. Is that your hope for this series? Are you approaching it the same way?
Keith Giffen: I'm approaching it with the same mindset that I approached Annihilation, in that I'm saying, "Look at the all these great characters out there, and nobody's doing anything interesting with them. Let's see how much we can shake things up and have fun with this."
Of course, instead of doing it with Marvel's space characters, now I've got the fantastic DC characters to work with, like the Omega Men, Star Hawkins, Blue Beetle, Space Ranger, the original Starfire and a whole lot more great characters to mess around with.
And people can look for appearances by almost any DC science fiction character.
***
Nrama: You're well known for your humor, Keith, and with a character like Larfleeze...
Giffen: Yeah, there's always going to be humor in everything I do, but with Larfleeze, he's just such an outrageous character that you can do a lot with him.
***
Nrama: It sounds like you're pretty excited about this book. What is it about the chance to write Threshold that excites you the most?
Giffen: The world-building. The chance to do something new. I just want to make sure we're hitting with all cylinders. I'm even making lists of possible signs that can go in the background, and what the culture is like. I told Tom Raney and Scott Kolins, let's get past this faux Buck Rogers, quasi-manga science fiction world that has been so prominent in science fiction comics for years. No more of that spandex look. Let's try something new. What do these people wear? How would it look? How can it be somewhat consistent? We've been given this whole section of the galaxy here, so let's try something new, something edgier, something with meaning behind it.
We're going to get to have a lot of fun out there with these characters, because we're basically working in a section of the cosmos that I've carved out and said, "OK guys. This is mine."
Well, I'm stoked.
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