3/1/2023 0 Comments Jim lee cincinnati comic expo![]() If you would have come up to me five years ago and said I was going to be coming off a three year run on Wonder Woman, where you redefine what that character is, I wouldn’t believe you. After Wonder Woman I said I’d never do a three-year run on a book again. After I finished 100 Bullets I said I would never do a ten-year run on a book again. We need you to be like wow, he’s terrible. ![]() Back then it wasn’t being done at all so when we sat down to write that book, we wanted to make people not like that character again. Is that the fault of the movies? Is it gone forever? What makes the Joker powerful is the fear that you should feel when he steps into a room because you have no idea what he’s going to do. What was being done with him had taken all the power from that character. We did Joker because Lee (Bermejo) and I had a bad reaction to the way that character was becoming an anti-hero with fans. You reinvented her much the same way you reinvented Joker. It was a family drama, that’s what it was. Wonder Woman wore a superhero costume, but that was not a superhero comic. Future’s End is s superhero book, and that’s really not my forte. There are certain aspects of plotting I don’t like. There are four of us here though we all need room to shine as best we can. There’s a lot of give and take, and a lot of me being respectful of ideas I normally would not of thought worked, or that wouldn’t work in the way I tell a story. It’s much more collaborative than I’m used to working. I said, “It’s quarter to seven.” Later in the afternoon I found out what that favor was. Dan Didio called me up at quarter to seven on a Saturday morning and said, “I need a favor”. No way man, it’s a weekly comic book series, that’s not weird for DC, that’s become their bread and butter. Is the weekly comic series something different? Me, Dan Jergens, Jeff Lemire and Keith Giffen. Talk to me about the issue of Future’s End you’ve done. Then again, talk to my editors about how I screw up their deadlines because I’m looking for the exact right turn of phrase that’s going to inform what she’s thinking. There’s got to be something in these characters that you recognize in yourself, even if it’s something bad. I think a character works best when it’s relatable. We rewrote Greek mythology.ĭo you think that’s why people were driven to it? We played fast and loose with the mythology. There are fundamental core values of that character that we kept, but the world around her we changed. If we can have her come in from a different angle, we make her character more unique. They have different costumes, but they’re essentially the same person. That’s a problem with a lot of these superheroes. Give her some personality traits that other super heroes don’t have. To reinvent the world that character operates in. ![]() So are you happy with your Wonder Woman run? Oh, I live in Ohio now so I drive to Chicago a lot. Still, once we got going it became one of the most honest interviews I did during NYCC.ĬraveOnline: So now that Wonder Woman is done, what’s next for you? In fact you could argue he doesn’t want to be there at all. He doesn’t give answers freely, as he’s not there to shill or sell himself. Interviewing him at New York Comic Con was exciting for me. ![]() As his run came to an end, the story he gave us is above reproach. Choosing to focus on the Greek Mythology of Wonder Woman, Azzarello brought out sides and dynamics in the character few had ever touched. The first thing he did was cast off anything we would expect from the character or her mythos. When DC launched the New 52, Azzarello was tasked with writing Wonder Woman. Later he used his incredible talents to subvert and reinvent the Joker. It remains one of the best long-run series in the medium. Azzarello rose to fame with his decade long series 100 Bullets. He breaks everything about them down, and then builds it back up as he sees fit. Azzarello is a consummate comic book writer, a genius who has a knack for reinventing characters.
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