2012 Comic Book News Archives

October 22, 2012: JMS and Shane Davis Talk "Superman: Earth One - Vol 2"

Superman: Earth One - Vol 2 Over the weekend of New York Comic Con, Ain't It Cool's Rob Patey conducted a Facebook chat with writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Shane Davis, asking them about "Superman: Earth One - Volume 2". Here's a portion of what JMS had to say about the book...

    Entry-level jobs at newspapers pay very little money. So it made sense that Clark would have to look for a place he could afford... and that would lead him to a less than terrific part of town where rent was cheap, on the downward slide, as it were. The people he encounters are a mix of the sorts of people you would logically encounter in a neighborhood that's kind of on the edge. I know, I've lived in some of those places growing up.

    Clark's neighborhood consists in the main of people just trying to hang on... or on the decline. That there would be some degree of drug abuse is a given in any declining neighborhood in any major city. (Not to mention that there's a fair amount that goes on at every level of society, right up into the economic stratosphere.) So that led me to the creation of Eddie. Lisa, his neighbor, is a fun character with a lot of levels going on. She's bright and funny and sexy but also troubled, and over time Clark will be pulled further and further into that.

Read the complete discussion at RobPatey.com.

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Thanks to Anthony Arfuso for the lead on this info.



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