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Brightest Day (USA) di Geoff Johns & Peter J. Tomasi

Aperto da Matches Malone, 11 Gennaio 2010, 21:31:54

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Dal nostro sito: http://www.dcleaguers.it/news/in-brightest-day/




Partiamo alla grande con una mega intervista a Geoff Johns, realizzata da IGN!



IGN Comics: Let's jump right into it: can you give us the lowdown on Brightest Day?

Johns: Brightest Day is a twenty-six issue, year-long, bi-weekly series written by me and Peter Tomasi. It grows directly out of Blackest Night.

IGN: On The Source blog, Dan DiDio and Alex Segura referred to the series as DCU: Rebirth. A number of unexpected characters have enjoyed a more prominent role in Blackest Night than they have in years. Even if they've met with a grizzly fate along the way, heroes like Hawkman and Hawkgirl, Firestorm, and Aquaman have all had the chance to shine, and one can argue that others like Ray Palmer, Mera and Dove have played a larger role than they ever have in a major DCU story. Knowing your knack for revitalizing characters, I think many fans suspected from the get-go that you were positioning certain characters for a big push following Blackest Night. Is Brightest Day the next step in that repositioning or re-imagining?

Johns: Exactly. Brightest Day is the next step in repositioning a lot of characters in the DC Universe and pushing them to the next level. A lot of the main characters we've seen in Blackest Night will continue on to Brightest Day, like Mera and the Atom.

IGN: You've been able to do wonders with folks like Hal Jordan and Barry Allen, introducing them to an audience that might not have been too interested in the characters in the past. I think a large reason you've been so successful with these characters has to do with how much attention and care you've given to them, putting the spotlight on each character and making them the star of their respective stories. How do you plan on doing that with a larger cast?

Johns: Well you don't know how big the cast is yet. The cast isn't crazy big, but it's more akin to 52. If you look at the relationship between Infinite Crisis and 52, Blackest Night and Brightest Day share a similar relationship, though Brightest Day is a very different beast.

IGN: Speaking of 52, are you and Peter Tomasi dividing up scenes similar to how you, Grant, Mark and Greg did on 52, or are you writing everything together?

Johns: It's a lot like 52, but there's a lot more collaboration. It's just me and Pete, so we'll be plotting it all together and scripting certain things together. The two of us will be doing just about everything.

IGN: Can you give us an idea of the story structure? Are you guys dealing with one long narrative, or a series of vignettes?

Johns: It's definitely an epic, year-long story.

IGN : Dan and Alex hinted there are other titles involved in Brightest Day besides the main series. For instance, we know you're upcoming Flash series with Francis Manapul will carry the Brightest Day banner.

Johns: The whole concept behind Brightest Day is that it's an extension of the end result of Blackest Night and where Blackest Night will take the DC Universe. Out of Blackest Night you have the Brightest Day book, which is the anchor of the whole Brightest Day storyline and concept. But there are other books that will carry the Brightest Day banner that thematically and literally tie into what the Brightest Day story is really about. Books like The Flash, Justice League of America and Titans.



IGN: Are you overseeing the coordination between Brightest Day and those other books similarly to how you oversaw the Blackest Night event?

Johns: It's very, very similar to how Blackest Night rolled out, yes. I need to give props to Eddie Berganza and Adam Schlagman, my editors on both Blackest Night and Brightest Day. I've worked with Eddie for years. We worked together on Infinite Crisis and Sinestro Corps War, and that really helped us figure out how to do these bigger stories better and work with a large group of people. They've really been invaluable in Blackest Night, making sure everything ties together. Brightest Day even more so.

IGN: Previously you mentioned going to New York to plan and coordinate the whole event, and it sounds like you'll continue to act in the same capacity on Brightest Day. How has the experience been working on and overseeing such a huge venture? I imagine it's a completely different game than simply working on your own book.

Johns: It's much more intense working on a project like Blackest Night and spearheading Brightest Day. But I love collaboration. I love working with guys like Eddie, Adam, Dan, Pete and all the great artists that are working on these books. So going from Blackest Night to Brightest Day is very organic, and feels like a natural extension of where we've been taking the story and where the DC Universe is going. It's challenging but it's a lot of fun. And I think it's going to be terrific.

IGN: You and Pete have done a tremendous job coordinating Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps for the past few years right up to Blackest Night, and now more so than ever. What's your working relationship with Pete like? I know he edited you on JSA, but what's your creative dynamic like as writers?

Johns: I've known Pete forever. We talk all the time, and not just about stories and work – he's one of my very best friends in the world. So it's easy. It's two guys throwing out ideas. We do it with Eddie and Adam too. We've had a lot of Brightest Day summits and meetings already where we break down the story and throw ideas around before we go off and write it.

IGN: Again, the term DCU: Rebirth has been used to describe Brightest Day. That said, how much of a Green Lantern story is Brightest Day? Will there be any spill over between Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps and the bi-weekly series?

Johns: There's a bit, but it is very much a DC Universe story. But Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps also carry the Brightest Day banner.

IGN: As I understand it, Blackest Night started out as the big finale to the Green Lantern epic you've been telling for the past several years. Along the way, you re-envisioned the story as a DCU tent pole event. At what point in the creative process did you realize you'd be able to use Blackest Night to showcase, reposition and breathe life into certain characters – essentially what would lead to Brightest Day?

Johns: Well Blackest Night was another big story – it wasn't the culmination or the end, but it was the culmination up until this point. And after Sinestro Corps came and I had the concept of Blackest Night, Dan DiDio – give him a lot of credit – said the potential of this is amazing, and it could have as big an impact on the DC Universe as I wanted it to. I was really thankful for that, because it gave me the room to touch upon other characters and really tackle the idea of death in comic books head on while telling this huge, epic DCU story where the dead rise.

It was probably around Sinestro Corps War when we started talking about Blackest Night where the format changed and got bigger. Because the story was there. We made it bigger because the story had the potential to be bigger. So I just went in there and decided to reexamine how I could approach it and what it could end up being. And I'm really happy with it. For me, it feels like the perfect size. Eddie Berganza pointed out that usually by the time he's wrapping up a last issue he can't wait to be done, but this time he's loving it. It was really the perfect length and perfect scope. Everyone worked their ass off on it, and I think to great success.

IGN: When news first started to leak out that Blackest Night would be more of a DCU story as opposed to purely a Green Lantern tale, I think the initial inclination of a lot of fans was to be a bit worried. That said, I think you've melded the two beautifully.

Johns: One of the things I'm most happy with, especially with the developments in Blackest Night #6, is the way I've gotten the other characters involved. It is a Green Lantern story with the other DCU characters involved, but as soon as they have those rings on, you start to reexamine certain characters in the DC Universe.

That's one of the things I really like about it, is that the next stage is such that not only do we have Nekron, Black Hand and the Black Lanterns to deal with, but now we have these other characters that we've known forever, and now how are they perceived as they put on these rings and yield this power? I mean, we have Lex Luthor wearing an orange ring! We see a lot more of that in Green Lantern #50. Also, in Blackest Night: Flash #2, Barry has the blue ring on. In Blackest Night: Wonder Woman, she has the Star Sapphire ring, and in #3 three you see her and Red Lantern Mera face off. In the Atom and Hawkman special, you see Atom as the Indigo Lantern trying to figure out how to wrap his head around this.

IGN: I want to touch on your ability to revitalize certain characters while paying tribute to them. When I read a Geoff Johns comic, it's abundantly clear you have a great passion for these characters and this material. Talking to other comic writers, I've often heard that a love for the material can almost be dangerous, because it causes you to be a little too precious with the characters and sometimes prevents you from taking the type of bold chances that give a property new life and new levels of excitement. Throughout your career, how have you managed to simultaneously respect and celebrate the essence of a property while innovating it?

Johns: I try to find a balance. You know, obviously there's a reason I love these characters and concepts and material, and I want to protect and foster and grow that core center. But there are also details and things that have happened with characters that weren't necessarily the best creative decisions or things that didn't quite fit with what the character was designed for. Or there are things that were added on that just need to be polished up or looked at slightly differently. And that's just all my opinion as a writer. Any writer approaches something with their viewpoint on what their own creative or aesthetic choices would be.

But, yes, even though I love these characters, I do believe if you get too precious with them you'll get frozen because you'll be afraid to do anything with them. And hey – the whole concept of Green Lantern is "no fear." Quite honestly, if I let fear dictate what I do in comics, I would never have followed Mark Waid on The Flash. I would never have launched Teen Titans because it had not worked so many times.

IGN: Let's get back to Brightest Day. Speaking of "no fear" – I remember interviewing each of the 52 writers after you guys had completed the series, and I think each one of you said you loved the experience but would never want to do it again. What made you want to dive back into such a mammoth undertaking as Brightest Day, even if it is slightly different than 52?

Johns: Well this is easier. First off, it's bi-weekly, so it gives us more time on the art, story and scripts. Also it's just me and Pete. The stories are very clear to us and we're very passionate about what we'll be doing with this stuff. It's not nearly the same kind of book as 52, really. We have more time on the entire production of it. We never wanted to do another weekly comic. This is just a bi-weekly book. Don't get me wrong – it's a big undertaking and my big project for 2010, but I'm more than happy to do it.

IGN: You've mentioned Mera and Ray Palmer as stars of the book in addition to those you can't name. Assuming you're giving them the same sort of treatment you gave Hal Jordan and are currently giving Barry Allen, did it take a lot of research and/or time to figure out how you'd revitalize these characters?

Johns: Well Ray Palmer isn't necessarily a major character in the book even if he does appear throughout the story. But there are other characters that come out of Blackest Night into this book as well as other characters in the DCU who figure in prominently. To answer your question, I have the entire run of Aquaman, the entire run of the Atom, the entire run of Flash, Hawkman, Green Lantern. I can just go read and research those anytime I want.

Really there were only a few key stories for Mera that I wanted to research and look at, because the direction I'm taking her is all about looking forward, as is the entirety of the Brightest Day storyline. We're introducing new characters, rebuilding some classic DC heroes and villains, and at the same time bringing in new concepts and ideas. It's a lot like what we've done with Green Lantern.

That's what I'm hoping Brightest Day accomplishes in the DCU – taking characters and concepts that have been around for a long time and reintroducing them in big ways and with new elements. That's a lot of why, in Blackest Night, you'll see a lot of characters confronting the past, because it's time for us and them to put the past to bed so characters like Ray Palmer can move on to the next adventure and next step.

IGN Comics: Let's jump back to Blackest Night for a moment. Obviously, anyone who has been invested in your run on Green Lantern won't find it difficult to accept the story at face value and invest in the dire, epic stakes of the event. Still, if you look at the premise from a distance, there are a number of somewhat goofy elements at work at the heart of this tale – super zombies, different colored armies with rhyming oaths, etc. One of the things I'm so impressed with about Blackest Night is the way you're able to juggle so many tones in the telling of this story, acknowledging the humor or goofiness of certain elements while still playing up the dire nature of the whole ordeal. Has that been difficult at all? Did you consciously find yourself injecting humor at times, or did it come naturally?

Johns: Well I just figured that's the way characters would react. For instance, Guy Gardner is going to look around and say, "Are you kidding me?" Even Hal Jordan would look around and feel like he's flying around with a group of Crayola markers. That stuff just comes up in the inherent insanity of it all. I don't think it's necessarily goofy, they're just crazy concepts. And the humor just comes out of character. Some people say that the Marvel Universe is so dark, or the DC Universe is so dark. In Blackest Night, for all the crazy Black Lantern and zombie stuff and all the dire stakes, we still deal with heroes that are bright and shining.

For me, I like the dichotomy between the lightness and darkness. I don't want all my comics to be marshmallows. On the same token, I don't want my comic books to be depressing and futile. There's a balance, as there is in all drama and in life. People like to put everything in a box. If you say Blackest Night is just a zombie book, then you haven't read it. I think it's a hell of a lot of fun.

IGN: I got a kick out of Hal and Carol saying they thought they saw this in a Saturday morning cartoon.

Johns: Because they did! [laughs] That's one of my favorite bits, when they try to do what they think worked on the cartoon, and it doesn't work.

IGN: We're up to issue six in the series, and for the most part Black Hand and Nekkron have stayed in the background while the heroes have dealt with the Black Lanterns. Is that about to change?

Johns: Yes. They come onto the stage in issues seven and eight in a very big way.

IGN: And issue eight is double-sized, correct?

Johns: Eight is double-sized. Same size and price point as the first issue. In January we have Green Lantern #50, which is thirty pages and deals with the New Guardians and all their recruits. It's a pretty big story, and Doug Mahnke just kicked the hell out of it. I just love his rendition of Red Lantern Mera. Same with Scarecrow, who is just a lot of fun in the issue. Hal's reaction to all of this is pretty fun as well.

IGN: So let's bring it all back to Brightest Day. We know it's a bi-weekly, year-long story that spins out of Blackest Night, starring some of the main players from that series as well as a few other DCU players. You and Peter Tomasi are working on it with Fernando Pesarin and a few yet to be named artists. What else can you tell us about the project?

Johns: I'll say this: just like Sinestro Corps was me trying to perfect the crossover and Blackest Night was me trying to do it bigger, Brightest Day is me looking at what we did on 52 and trying to make it better. And in order to make sure there's better art and tighter storylines, the best thing we could do is make it bi-weekly. I already can't wait to write the ending.

IGN: Thanks for taking the time, Geoff!

Arzak


Ikki di Phoenix



"Il fuoco... Un ardore fiammeggiante quale non avevo mai sentito prima di allora, un odio spropositato e dirompente mi sovrastava. Nel mio animo sembrava fluire un magma  incandescente, come se il mio cuore avesse preso a eruttare lava come un vulcano improvvisamente ridestatosi dopo anni di silenzio. Quella folgore, quella brace che sembrava sopita dentro di me aveva ripreso a bruciare, inarrestabile. Sentiii tutta la forza delle stelle esplodermi in petto.  Una smania irrefrenabile di uccidere mi assaliva. Dovevo saziarla."

Lar Gand

TORNANO LE PREDATRICI!

CitazioneYou've read about BRIGHTEST DAY and the titles that will be waving the banner starting in April, like THE FLASH, TITANS, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA and the just announced GENERATION LOST. But that's not all.

Starting this Spring, writer Gail Simone and artist Ed Benes will reunite to launch a new BIRDS OF PREY series. As many of you can recall, Benes first made a splash in the DCU when he paired with Simone on the original series. And guess what? He's gotten better. Check out the artwork above if you've got even half a doubt.

But Alex, what's this new incarnation have in store for fans, you ask? We can't tell you, but maybe Simone will. Here's a snippet from her first interview about the gig:

"I am really excited and I missed those characters terribly. I miss almost every book I've ever written, but the Birds have a special place in my heart and brain."

For more from Gail, head over to http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/01/13/gail-simone-returns-to-birds-of-prey/ blog for a full interview on the new series.

Grant Morrison ha sempre ragione, non perdete tempo a pensarla in modo diverso perché sarebbe solo colpa vostra  :ahsisi:<br />Grant Morrison è S.S.I. (Supremo, Sopraffino e Inarrivabile.)<br />One Invasion? One Lantern!<br /><br />"Se esiste un lavoro migliore nei comics che scrivere la Legione, con il suo enorme cast e le sue grandi opportunità creative, non l'ho mai avuto" - Paul Levitz<br /><br />"Abbiate fede, credete che un uomo possa volare, e con le sue ali condurvi lontano dalle vostre sofferenze" - Clark Kent - Action Comics 798

Murnau

Birds of Prey + Gail Simone + Ed Benes= grazie a Dio, così tutto quello che non mi piace sta concentrato su questa serie e non me lo ritrovo a far danni altrove.
Vendo vari Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Frank Miller




Tu non sai che cosa voglia dire sentirli tutti addosso, gli anni, e non capirli più.
                                                                                                                                   La notte, 1961

Non c'è storia più grande della nostra, quella mia e tua. Quella dell'Uomo e della Donna.
                                                                                                                                    Il cielo sopra Berlino, 1987


Guardiano della Notte

Benes può fare solo pin up per poster...

so che non sarà così, non può essere così e se fosse così un dio farebbe sprofondare la sede della DC, però:
non è che con Brightest Day vogliono eliminare le atmosfere oscure dai comics in nome del progress-ottimismo americanwayoflife c'ègrossacrisi ma dobbiamoessereuniti tuttoperunanuovagoldenage come fa intendere, ovviamente scherzando, la vignetta... no?
ALL OF EXISTENCE SHALL BE MINE!

Occhi nella Notte

Citazione di: Hush/Tommy Elliot il 13 Gennaio 2010, 15:39:02
Birds of Prey + Gail Simone + Ed Benes= grazie a Dio, così tutto quello che non mi piace sta concentrato su questa serie e non me lo ritrovo a far danni altrove.
Citazione di: Oliver Queen il 13 Gennaio 2010, 15:58:06
Benes  :tsk:
Citazione di: Guardiano della Notte il 13 Gennaio 2010, 17:46:21
Benes può fare solo pin up per poster...

:plume:

Solo quando l'ultimo campo sara' sporcato,
l'ultimo fiume inquinato, l'ultimo animale avvelenato e l'ultimo albero abbattuto
che gli uomini capiranno che non possono mangiare i soldi.

I Miei Articoli  http://www.dcleaguers.it/author/occhi-nella-notte<br />
Collezione Tavole Originali  http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=46736<br />
COMPRO http://www.dcleaguers.it/forum/mercatino/%28vendo%29-parte-della-mia-collezione/msg1438045/#msg1438045

Selina Kyle

#8
Considerando che sto recuperando la serie nei mallopponi Planeta i TP li avrei probabilmente presi, e credo che li prenderò, Ma Benes regular artist..  :cry: :cry: :cry:
Sulle cover sì, va bene (e infatti questa è bella) ma dopo la JLA non so se ho la forza di leggere una serie disegnata da lui.  :ph34r:

Certo che peggio di Batman #687 non può fare.  :nono:
(Non capisco comunque questa scelta di riaprire la serie, l'hanno appena chiusa.. forse vogliono cavalacare il riscontro che la Simone sta avendo con i Six  :hmm:)

P.S: Ale, "plume" in Bolognese vuol dire "tirchi" comunque :D


Una mela al giorno...

Selina Kyle

#9
Di una cosa sono contenta però, rivedremo Oracolo con regolarità. E Benes di sicuro è stato scelto perchè si vuole valorizzare il fatto che questa serie sarà assolutamente "pinuppara". Speriamo che Gail ci metta un po' di pepe. :D

Citazioneso che non sarà così, non può essere così e se fosse così un dio farebbe sprofondare la sede della DC, però:
non è che con Brightest Day vogliono eliminare le atmosfere oscure dai comics in nome del progress-ottimismo americanwayoflife c'ègrossacrisi ma dobbiamoessereuniti tuttoperunanuovagoldenage come fa intendere, ovviamente scherzando, la vignetta... no?

No, continueremo a leggere quello che abbiamo letto fino ad ora. :D
Johns e Morrison continueranno ad attingere da Golden e Silver Age a piene mani, ma a modo loro, adattando quell'eroismo ai nostri gusti. ;)


Una mela al giorno...

Nexus

Birds of Prey di Simone e Benes? Evvai, finalmente una serie che NON prenderò :lol:
Previously known as Andrea.

Carol Danvers

Benes o meno, è comunque un'ottima notizia (per quanto la run delle BOP che io ho adorato era quella di Dixon e non quella della Simone).

In ogni caso avevano chiuso l'anno scorso la serie pensando di far ritornare Barbara come Batgirl e spostare le altre in quel comics anche perchè le Birds senza Canary avevano perso molto del loro fascino e Canary era bloccata su Green Arrow e sulla Justice League... adesso invece hanno trovato modo di riunire Barbara e Dinah e aggiungendoci Helena e Zinda hanno ricreato la squadra principale della run della Simone...







*Membro del comitato "PIPISTRELLO ROSA", ente atto alla promozione, diffusione e salvaguardia delle bat-fanciulle.

Un comprimario è per sempre*

Carol Ferris o Barbara Gordon


Green Lantern

si ma se notate dietro c'è pure una figura (anzi mi paiono due) in ombra, quanto vogliamo scommettere che quella che sta planando è Manhunter?

ps: ma il mio post su Generation Lost dov'è finito?

Guardiano della Notte

Citazione di: Green Lantern il 13 Gennaio 2010, 20:50:17
si ma se notate dietro c'è pure una figura (anzi mi paiono due) in ombra, quanto vogliamo scommettere che quella che sta planando è Manhunter?

E' Batwoman  :ahsisi:
semmai l'altra, che a me ricorda Darkseid  :look:
ALL OF EXISTENCE SHALL BE MINE!

Ikki di Phoenix

STRAORDINARIA l'intervista di Geoff tradotta dalla Gatta... Veramente bella, mi ha entusiasmato a bestia.

http://www.dcleaguers.it/news/brightest-day-parla-geoff/

Soprattutto questo passaggio:

Spiacente, ma non sei autorizzato a visualizzare il contenuto degli spoiler.


"Il fuoco... Un ardore fiammeggiante quale non avevo mai sentito prima di allora, un odio spropositato e dirompente mi sovrastava. Nel mio animo sembrava fluire un magma  incandescente, come se il mio cuore avesse preso a eruttare lava come un vulcano improvvisamente ridestatosi dopo anni di silenzio. Quella folgore, quella brace che sembrava sopita dentro di me aveva ripreso a bruciare, inarrestabile. Sentiii tutta la forza delle stelle esplodermi in petto.  Una smania irrefrenabile di uccidere mi assaliva. Dovevo saziarla."