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lordultimus2017-03-14 08:19 amFF #23
The world sucks. I'm not saying this as an anachronist or idealist, but one of the reasons for this condition is the expectation of family as a thing of permanence is dying. Which is actually what makes the Fantastic Four so interesting, they exist in opposition to that -- they are a perfect family in an imperfect world...and they represent the hope of what COULD BE. The franchise became relevant again because we tapped into this in a way that resonated, and, even more importantly, the driving force behind it was something we could all understand. Wasn't it?
After all, what was it that made Reed choose his family when he should have chosen utopia? What made Johnny sacrifice himself and what brought him back? What broke an unbreakable Ben Grimm and then found a way to make him whole again? What made Susan strong enough to stand when the others fell? What made Nathaniel always come home, and what was it that made Val and Franklin sacrifice everything to save their father?
It was Love. Boundless, unconditional, to the end of time and back, lift you up from death itself, LOVE.
And what's not fantastic about that?
-Jonathan Hickman
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informationgeek2015-12-15 04:35 pmSuperman: American Alien #1: Dove
"The stories are thematically united by the idea of identity, but not so much "secret" identity… more "personality" identity, who we want to be versus who we are from moment to moment.
The reason it's called American Alien is that the thing that's always interested me about Superman the least are his alien origins. I think they're important thematically, but ultimately what I like about him as a character is that he was someone who was "born" in the U.S.A. and has grown up wanting to be the best kind of person.
Each of the stories is him challenging himself — while being challenged — about what kind of person he is. They're less about becoming a superhero and more about becoming not-an-asshole." - Max Landis
Writer: Max Landis
Artist: Nick Dragotta
Colorist: Alex Guimaraes
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astrakhan422015-11-01 11:54 amFantastic Four #588: How Superheroes Deal With Grief
In the final issue of Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four before it switched over to FF, the Thing is mourning the loss of a teammate. How does one of the world's strongest superheroes work out his anger?
( Hopefully Mephisto isn't around when he gets to the bargaining stage )
( Hopefully Mephisto isn't around when he gets to the bargaining stage )
informationgeek2015-09-05 08:08 amEast of West #9
"The writer said that he plays with story elements like this because he hates getting bored and tries to keep himself entertained with his own projects. He even does that with his Avengers work at Marvel, noting that the current storyline might seem like it's all plot and no character development, but that's because he's going to come back in the third act and cover those elements. "That's a stupid way to tell the story," Hickman said, but reiterated that he just wants to keep himself entertained." - From Jonathan Hickman's Personal East of West Panel
8 out of 25 pages
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informationgeek2015-08-18 11:30 amEast of West #8
"Well, I like doing different things, so this has been a lot of fun in that it has a different visual and storytelling language. Obviously, a lot of credit goes to Nick for how he's making the ideas concrete." - Jonathan Hickman
8 2/3 out of 26 pages
Warning for violence and gore.
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informationgeek2015-08-15 07:35 amEast of West #7
"I said to Nick, "Hey, how would you feel about a space western." He said, "I like swords and dogs." I said, "What about murderous children." He said, "We need to address this eyeball issue."" - Jonathan Hickman
8 2/3 out of 26 pages
Warning for violence and gore.
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informationgeek2015-07-01 07:40 pmEast of West #5
"The end of the world is completely filtered through pop culture and entertainment right now. If you're going to do a story about that, you have to have a perspective on it or you have to be telling a story that is either different or unique or says something the others haven't." - Jonathan Hickman
8 out of 24 pages
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informationgeek2015-05-04 07:27 amEast of West #3 - Family Bonding Time
"East of West is also a book of big themes and big characters, something that's always nice.
But in its simplest, most distilled form, it's a love story that takes place at the end of the world." - Jonathan Hickman
7 of 23 pages
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informationgeek2015-04-25 01:20 pmEast of West #2 - Meet the Followers of The Message
"East of West is a story about that feeling we're experiencing collectively right now, as a society, that the world is in a bit of a death spiral. The tagline of the book is, "The things that divide us are stronger than the things that unite us." You know, the end times are imminent and we all hate each other too much to come together and solve our problems. Our final destination is imminent, and it is the Apocalypse." - Jonathan Hickman
8 pages of 24 are below
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