2012 Comic Book News Archives

October 26, 2012: Max Landis on Writing Superman for Action Comics Annual

Action Comics Annual #1 Max Landis, best known for writing the screenplay for the film "Chronicle" (although most Superman fans might know him for his controversial video discussing the "Death of Superman"), spoke to ComicBookResources.com about writing the back-up story for next week's "Action Comics Annual #1". Here's a part of the interview...

    What would I do if I had the keys to Superman? Honestly, my opinion of Superman has always been that he should be a normal guy. In as much the sense, we don't go too cartoon-y, we don't go too far into the idea that he's an alien. We just focus on how @#$%ing weird it would be to be Superman. I would love to write a Superman comic, a series or an arc, which is about how bizarre it is that he's this guy who grew up in Kansas and he finds out that he's an alien. They sort of brush that over constantly, but this is a guy who, if the New 52 timeline works out, grew up watching "Alien," "E.T." and "Independence Day." And then he finds out, "Oh, that's me? I'm from space. I don't feel like I'm from space." That's what's so special for me. He's not a billionaire. He's not a @#$%ing Amazonian princess. He's not even a particularly picked-on guy. He's not Peter Parker. He's just a dude. And to grow into a slightly smarter than average dude and find out you're Superman, that's @#$%ing interesting to me.

You can read the complete (expletive heavy) interview at the CBR website.



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