 JOE
QUESADA
(7/2006)
Hey,
look! It's multimedia Dreamland at work. Have a listen!
There
may be more than five questions.
Who
are you to complain?
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 RUSSELL
LISSAU
(6/2005)
1. What do
you do for a living?
Veteran newspaper reporter -- and freshman comic-book writer!
2. How long have been a Dreamland customer?
Eight glorious
years -- ever since the Dreamland gang busted me for hanging out in the
store and not actually buying anything.
3. How did you get the gig?
Long story.
The quick version is, I got to know Jeph Loeb very well after interviewing
him several times, and when I had script ideas he was kind enough to vouch
for me to the Superman and Batman editors. I get the feeling a very organized-crime
"He's a Friend of Ours" conversation took place. Several spec
scripts later, Bat-guru Matt Idelson gave me an assignment and "A
Friend in Need" was born.
4. What comics are your currently reading?
My pull list
includes Batman, 100 Bullets, OMAC, Gotham Central and -- of course --
BATMAN ALLIES SECRET FILES 2005, the must-have book of the summmer. Buy
two! Trade with your friends!
5. What did you have for lunch?
A California
Cobb salad. Greens are good.
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 MICHAEL
T. GILBERT
(2/2005)
1.
Will we be seeing new works of Mr. Monster?
Yes.
Atomeka is putting out a new special. That should be out in a couple of
months.
2.
Where did Mr. Monster come from?
He
was originally a Golden Age character that I had found in an eight-page
story years ago. What I did was reinvent for the 80's.
3.
Not including your own, what is one comic everyone should be reading?
Wolff
& Byrd in Supernatural Law
by Batton Lash.
4.
Do you remember what the first comic you ever read was (or, failing that,
a comic that left a large impression on you)?
I
think it was an issue of Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen. I think it
had a title like "The Day There Was No Jimmy Olsen."
5.
Favorite Universal Monster?
Frankenstein.
Because he looks cool and he was the first one I saw. I saw him as a cartoon
character and I asked my mother "Who is that?" She told me and
it started there. |
 MICHAEL
AVON OEMING
(2/2005)
1.
Dig Norse mythology, eh?
Yeah.
Mythology in general. It started when I discovered Greek mythology, and
then Norse which I used heavily in my series Hammer of the Gods.
It was that that led to me writing on Thor.
2.
Do you see a day when you (like Bendis) focus almost exclusively on writing
and not doing art?
No.I
would have to have a serious disability. Never.
3.
Not including your own, what is one comic everyone should be reading?
It's
an Oni comic. Hysteria.
4.
Do you remember what the first comic you ever read was?
It
was some issue of Unknown Soldier. I don't know which one. Some weird
ghost story.
5.
Favorite snack food?
That
one's hard. It's either Peanut M&M's or-- No. Chocolate chip cookies. |
 BRIAN
K. VAUGHAN
(2/2005)
1.
Ex Machina has been favorable compared with works like Sorkin’s West
Wing. What do you think of such comparisons?
I'm
flattered! Sorkin is a god.
2.
Will Ex Machina be a finite series? Is there any possibility of off-shoot
project stemming fromthe series?
Yep,
it's a finite, fifty-issue series. No plans for an offshoot, but never
say never...
3.
Not including your own, what is one comic everyone should be reading?
Concrete.
4.
Do you remember what the first comic you ever read was (or, failing that,
a comic that left a large impression on you)?
Hm,
some issue of Amazing Spider-Man in the early 80's.
5.
What was the last thing you ate?
Popcorn
at THE AVIATOR last night... |
 MARK
WAID
(2/2005)
1.
What established character have you not worked on that you would very
much like to...?
Easy.
Captain Marvel. DC's Captain Marvel, Billy Batson.
2.
Will we see anything more from the world of the Empire mini-series?
Yes,
you will, but [Barry Kitson and I] have to get caught up on Legion of
Super-Heroes first.
 3.Looking
back on your own work, do you have a favorite that you are most proud
of...?
That
would probably be Fantastic Four #511.
4.
Not including your own, what is one comic everyone should be reading?
Ex
Machina .
5.
Hot Dogs, Ketchup or no?
Ketchup.
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 ROSS
RICHIE
(8/2006)
Dreamland
goes high tech audio!
Here's
Ross Richie, the man behind Boom Studios, publishers of such fines books
as Zombie Tales, Tag, Planetary Brigade, Cthulhu Tales, What Were They
Thinking? and Pirate Tales.
There
may be more than five questions.
Who
counts?
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 BRETT MATTHEWS
(3/2008)
1. What is the new mini about? Where does it takeplace in the timeline?
It takes place in FIREFLY days, which is to say between the events of the show and the movie SERENITY. Meaning everybody's alive and on the ship. This is just one of the things that happened along the way, getting from one to the other.
The story revolves around what happens to our crew when a job goes right. Or wrong, but in their favor for a change. It's something they're not used to, and as we'll see brings its own complications. And because it's our guys, things of course aren't that simple and someone's trying to kill them.
2. Do you have a favorite character? One you identitfy with more?
Actually no. They're all great fun to write and interesting both in and of themselves and within the group dynamic, which is what makes the whole thing work. The words probably come more easily for some, as I'm usually not at a loss for what Kaylee or Jayne would say in a given situation.
I'd probably give you River for the second. Not in terms of how she deals with things, but how acutely she feels them.
3. Is it a good introduction to someone who might want to see what this Firefly stuff is all about?
I think any introduction to FIREFLY is a good introduction, though of course I'm extremely biased.
We don't do a lot of hand holding with these, though. Hopefully someone entirely new to it would be intrigued by the characters and their relationships and the situations they find themselves in and want to seek out more. We're not going to re-tell the backstory every time because that backstory already exists and can be found and by the way, it's pretty great.
That said, BETTER DAYS is self-contained, which is also important. You get a beginning, middle, and end here. Things resolve in as much as they ever do.
4, Will the mini resolve any unfinished business from the show?
Yes and no, but more of the latter. We want these stories to be worth telling in and of themselves, not just homages or an Easter egg hunt. At the same time, there are things you'll see that you probably always wanted to, or wondered about. Because, really, that's where the stories come from.
5. What projects have you got lined up?
I'm writing THE LONE RANGER for Dynamite Entertainment. We're also launching a series of standalone stories this month, THE LONE RANGER & TONTO. The first issue will be on stands the same day as BETTER DAYS.
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