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If anyone's interested in an audio interview with Mr. Levitz, we talked to him on the most recent episode (#70) of Legion of Substitute Podcasters! You can find the show at http://www.legionofsubstitutepodcasters.com.
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Thanks for the interview, Matt (& other Subs).
A few nuggets from the one word questions (not verbatim):
Tyroc? I've gotta figure that out.
Rainbow Girl? I don' really know her well. She seems like fun.
Karate Kid? He's pretty dead.
Proty? I liked Proty. I don't have any immediate plans for him, but I liked Proty.
The Miracle Machine? I think once was enough.
Computo? Been there, done that.
Chemical King? I like Chemical King. I probably shouldn't have killed him. I was enough of a chemistry buff that I actually understood what his power was.
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This made me scream **OMG** at the monitor:
quote:Completely fanboy nerdy question: Is Keith Giffen going to be drawing anything at some point?
I have one storyline listed that I gave [Editor] Brian [Cunningham] that Keith circled with "I WANNA DO THAT!" Keith is interested in doing something, I had a couple of delightful lunches with [classic Legion artist] James Sherman and he wants to come back and do something... There're so many guys, either old friends or new friends who've come into the business since I was active as a writer, that it'd be great to work with.
I'm a HUGE James Sherman fan. OMG. I am so totally stoked about this. I hope he inks his own and they get one of his old inkers to do him justice. Joe Rubinstein is my first pick and Bob McLeod is my second .... actually either or would work just fine!!
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From: RWC, CA USA | Registered: May 2004
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quote:Originally posted by Eryk Davis Ester: Put me down as a fan of the Bierbaum/Sprouse picture/powers roll calls on the splash page.
I did like them too. Especially the way Moy made them a fun, unique feature on each opening page.
But too often they seemed like an arbitrary collection of characters that was too limited by how many head-shots they could fit on one page.
Like, characters who might've had a fairly sizeable role in some issues wouldn't get a head-shot at the beginning because too many other members had already taken the spots, while in other issues a character who might've just been sitting around in the background with no lines would get one. It was a bit too random for me.
This was used a while back in the JLA adventures way back when. I really love those too. You see that used off and on, here and there but I think it's cool to let the readers see who's featured in that issue. I didn't care for the way it was done in the last series where they would use 2 whole pages at times to show full body shots with others grayed out in the background. It was a waste of precious story telling pages. Just head shots are all that's needed.
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From: RWC, CA USA | Registered: May 2004
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quote:Originally posted by superboymddjr: what about Dream Girl? I know Paul used to hate her when we "forced" him to write her as a Legion Leader when we voted her.
Kind of disappointed to hear that Karate Kid is still hated/disliked by Paul.
Chemical King still can be brought back alive...if write smart.
Paul said he was quite fond of the character also,when one of the podcasters said he liked Karate Kid.
They also asked what Keith's problem was with Karate Kid,and Paul said... Oh I don't know maybe he had a bad experience with a karate instructer as a child.
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quote:Originally posted by superboymddjr: what about Dream Girl? I know Paul used to hate her when we "forced" him to write her as a Legion Leader when we voted her.
Kind of disappointed to hear that Karate Kid is still hated/disliked by Paul.
Chemical King still can be brought back alive...if write smart.
Chemical King, Element Lad and White Witch, my favs besides Chameleon Boy. Oh well, I guess we wait and see what happens with everyone and how Paul drives this series..... should be fun!
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The LSP interview was great! I stayed up after midnight listening to it. It's just amazing what a smart, funny, insightful and wide-ranging fellow Paul Levitz is. As much as I like Mark Waid and Geoff Johns, I betcha neither of them based a comic book on something like the Ottoman Empire succession process. I particularly like Levitz's insight on the whole "future perfect" question -- namely, that humanity will have to have achieved a golden age status to still be around 1,000 years from now. It's a great point, although I think the Waid/Kitson Legion posits a good alternative -- humanity turns into a species of sheeple, and survives 1,000 into the future by not doing anything interesting. But anyway, Levitz's thoughts make me hopeful that he does have a good story hook for the Earth Man/xenophobia thing.
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From: Chicago, IL | Registered: Jul 2004
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There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
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Neat interview, I finally got around to listening to it. I kinda loathe podcasts, especially with four interviews laughing at various in-jokes among each other, but this had a lot of neat stuff!
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quote:Originally posted by superboymddjr: what about Dream Girl? I know Paul used to hate her when we "forced" him to write her as a Legion Leader when we voted her.
Kind of disappointed to hear that Karate Kid is still hated/disliked by Paul.
Chemical King still can be brought back alive...if write smart.
Paul said he was quite fond of the character also,when one of the podcasters said he liked Karate Kid.
They also asked what Keith's problem was with Karate Kid,and Paul said... Oh I don't know maybe he had a bad experience with a karate instructer as a child.
Now Keith Giffen's primary reason for taking over BOOSTER GOLD has been revealed--he couldn't resist a title which offered the inherent opportunity of killing Karate Kid an infinite number of times...
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Chemical King still can be brought back alive...if write smart.
The history of this new/old Legion is unclear. Chem could have retired with James Cullen, Laurel Gand, and Reflecto to open a Nine Planets Ice Cream franchise. Levitz could bring him back if he gets the notion.
quote:Originally posted by jimgallagher: James Sherman WOULD be awesome. Would love to have him as permanent Legion artist.
That doesn't seem likely, but perhaps illustrating a special issue, such as an Annual or something. That way he could take his sweet time and really knock it out of the park!!
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