2011 Comic Book News Archives

March 10, 2011: Jeff Lemire Talks Superboy vs. Doomsday

Superboy #6 ComicBookResources.com has posted an interview with "Superboy" writer Jeff Lemire, and asked him about writing the monthly title about the Teen of Steel, and tying in to the "Reign of Doomsday" story line. Here's a portion of the interview...

    What is it like writing Doomsday? He's not the most charismatic guy, right? There's mostly grunting and throwing and punching and more grunting.

    Exactly. It's one of those things where that issue could easily be pretty boring. It could be 20 pages of some big, mindless guy punching Superboy. And that's the last thing I wanted to do. Well, I guess that's not true. That's kind of what they wanted me to do, but I wanted to do it, hopefully, in a way that has some sort of emotional resonance and also ties into things that I've been trying to do with the character. So that was sort of the challenge for me, not writing something that was boring and mindless but something that has all the action but still echoes to something larger. It was a good exercise for me to have to try and do that.

    You only have so many pages in an issue. Are you able to touch back on some of your other plot threads in "Superboy" #6?

    Yes, all those other plot threads pop up in that issue. I think I found a way to tie that issue into the bigger story, as well. It's the kind of thing where you really want it to be accessible for people that haven't been reading the book yet, but have been reading the other "Reign of Doomsday" issues. You also want to reward your monthly fans, so I tried to walk that line and hopefully I was able to do so.

Read the entire interview at the CBR website.



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