Fri, 28 December 2007
Time again for another Word Balloon edition of The Bendis Tapes.
Host John Siuntres and Marvel Comics scribe Brian Michael Bendis
answer fan question from his Jinxworld.com message board. Among the subjects covered they discuss the recent Marvel Creator
Retreat,some tidbits about the upcoming Secret Invasion storyline,
and many plots questions involving Powers, Daredevil-End Of Days,
Ultimate Spider-Man, and the two Avengers books.
Here are some highlights from part 1...
Bendis has two Hollywood projects he's due to start once the WGA strike ends, He can't talk about them until after the strike is settled.
Could Powers continue after the death of either Christian Walker
or Deana Pilgrim?
"Sure. How do you know I haven't (written) that already?"
Don't speculate that the Hood's group of villains in new avengers books represents Bendis new take on the "Masters Of Evil". That story is still coming.
There will be rotating artists on New and Mighty Avengers due to the nature
and pacing of the Secret Invasion story. this will allow a bunch of artists to jump on the books who's schedule would only allow one or two issues. After that there will be a regular artist on New Avengers , and a suprising announcement about Mighty Avengers Secret Invasion will deal with The Hand's reaction to their being led by the
Skrull/Elektra, and we'll see more of the Infinity gem in Black Bolt's possession (a dangling plot line from The Illuminati Mini Series) What does the future hold for Quicksilver ?
"He was a big topic of the last Marvel retreat...
in fact a vote was put about his future as a character, so you'll be seeing a lot of him." Daredevil: End Of Days has been delayed due to artists David Mack
and Klaus Janson getting other front burner projects that have to take priority, but work continues on the DD story. "I've seen pages and they're gorgeous." The Bendis Alex Maleve Spider-Woman book starts "The moment Secret Invasion ends."
Bendis defended his story choice of having Wolverine confront Spider-Woman in the shower. In New Avengers #36
"Wolverine would wait till she's in the shower, at her most vulnerable...plus Jessica & Logan have had an intimate relationship in the past...I know nudity and sex makes people uncomfortable, but I don't care...It's never done cheaply (by Bendis)."
If Bendis's voice is raspy it was due to his loud disagreements with Jeph Loeb
at the Marvel retreat. "When we're yelling we're like it's the end of civilization...Sometimes the argument brings out better ideas for both of us, but it's really
like Joe putting two pit-bulls in the same room..." (Siuntres says "That story is truly one of the funniest creator anecdotes I've heard since starting the Word Balloon podcast")
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Thu, 27 December 2007
On this Holiday Edition of Wordballoon, host John Siuntres has a conversation with artist Mike Hawthorne . They discuss his work on The Un-Men from Vertigo, written by John Whalen .
They also talk about Mike's past collaborations with Ivan Brandon, Jeff Amano and Greg Rucka On Ruule & Queen and Country |
Sun, 9 December 2007
On This episode of Word Balloon, host John Siuntres tries to get us through the withdrawls of the first Monday, without a new NBC HEROES episode. The show's Co-Executive Producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander join John for a look back at Vol 2, and what the future may hold for the show, the story and its characters, as the WGA strike rolls on. They also talk about HEROES: SAVING CHARLIE, the new original novel due in stores Dec. 26th. The Show was taped live at The Empathic Treehouse, the writing office shared by Jeph Loeb, and other comic book writers, like Geoff Johns, Brian K Vaughn and Allan Heinberg. There may be a few cameo surprises from Loeb's office mates. |
Mon, 3 December 2007
On this episode of Word Balloon, host John Siuntres talks with writer Chuck Dixon about his return to thr frontlines of DC's writing staff, and his current books Batman and The Outsiders, and Robin. We discuss the changes Chuck faces coming back to familiar Bat characters in the post 52 DCU , and the creative challenge covering newer heroes and villians he'd never touched. We'll also discuss some non- DC Dixon work coming up, including a new golden age Airboy story in the works for Moonstone Books.
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