2002 Comic Book News Archives
February 5, 2002: Jeph Loeb Talks Superman - The Secret Revealed
Comics Newsarama have conducted an excellent indepth interview with Superman writer Jeph Loeb. The interview (which contains many spoilers for those not completely up-to-date on the Superman comics) discusses the recent eye-opening events in Superman #178, the writer's thoughts on the "Smallville" TV show, the dropping of the Triangle/Shield Numbers on the Superman comic books, and goes into up-coming events in the comics.Here's an excerpt from the interview...
Q: Where are things headed for your book? Can you point to where readers may especially want to pay attention?
A: We're having fun. As I said, each book has a different storyline heading toward the summer, so you can read one or read them all. I can tell you that next month, we're going to get a lot of mail because we're doing what DC does best - getting to the "touchy stuff." Superman meets a new hero, who happens to be African-American or Black, depending on what side of PC you sit, who believes that Black kids - or African-American kids - shouldn't have to look up to a white hero. It's about race and heroism and it's going to upset a lot of folks because it asks the hard questions about the human race. But, me am no dummy. I teamed up with Geoff Johns! He's my hero. Geoff is the Superman of Comics - everybody loves him. Me? I'm Bizarro compared to Geoff, so we make a great team!
Then, just to shift gears, I wanted a way to say thank you to Joss Whedon for the past year I've spent working on Buffy Animated, so we've got Superman Vs. Dracula. It's just a cool one-shot story and again, we brought in Geoff Johns to co-plot, while I script. I really wanted to work with Geoff, but he is so far ahead on Flash and JSA, that we couldn't figure out how to do a cross-over like we did last year with Greg Rucka and Detective. So, I went to Eddie and asked if we could get Geoff to co-plot two issues together. Geoff lives locally, we talk almost every day, so it made sense. We had a ball and hopefully it shows in the work.
They are two very different stories by two very different artists. Ariel Olivetti draws "What Can One Icon Do?" (Feb #179) and Ian Churchill did "House of Dracula" (Mar #180) and I think they brought in their best work. But, Superman does that to folks. He brings out your best -- because he is the best.
April is a disturbing little tale that Ed McGuinness pitched a while ago where Bizarro #1 and Superman switch brains Freaky Friday style and what started out as just a romp - in typical Bizarro fashion - actually gave us a chance to see how the other one lives. The origin of Bizarro #1 is revealed for those of you who are asking. McGuinness was truly inspired - the artwork is gorgeous.
May - June: The Lois' deal with Lex which has been dangling out there since #151. And there is a very specific reason why that story will be told then which will be clearer in a few weeks. Those will be by me, McGuinness, Cam Smith - whose sensational inking doesn't get nearly enough credit, Richard Starkings & Comicraft - letters & design, and Tanya & Richard Horie, colors. I'm very lucky to work with such talented people. Very.
What else can be said? You want the truth about Krypton? This year. You want more of Zod? This year. Who killed Steel? This year. You want... ooops. Can't tell you that part.
It's a great time for comics and it's a great time to be a Superman fan.
Read the complete interview at the Newsarama website.
2002 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2002.- January 3, 2002: Wizard Fan Awards Nominees
- January 8, 2002: New Look for Superman Books
- January 8, 2002: Casey Talks Adventures of Superman
- January 11, 2002: Alex Ross Interview
- January 13, 2002: John Buscema Dies
- January 16, 2002: Superman & Savage Dragon
- January 17, 2002: DC Comics Launches 9-11 Mini-Site
- January 18, 2002: Superman Homepage in Superman #178
- January 22, 2002: Dan Slott Talks Justice League Adventures
- January 26, 2002: Kurt Schaffenberger Dies
- January 26, 2002: First Time for DC Characters
- February 5, 2002: Jeph Loeb Talks Superman - The Secret Revealed
- February 5, 2002: Derec Aucoin Joins Superman Team - Update
- February 7, 2002: New DC Comics President
- February 23, 2002: Paul Levitz Talks Smallville Comic Book
- February 26, 2002: Wagner Talks DC Project
- March 5, 2002: Superboy Cancelled!
- March 8, 2002: DC Comics Sues Wella Corp.
- March 9, 2002: New Monthly Superman/Batman Comic!!!
- March 12, 2002: Comics and the Internet
- March 13, 2002: MAD Magazine Smallville Issue
- March 14, 2002: Mark Schultz Talks Superman
- March 24, 2002: Berganza Talks Smallville Comic Stories
- April 4, 2002: Bogdanove talks Superman/Aliens II: GodWar
- April 11, 2002: SCI FI Joins Free Comic Day
- April 14, 2002: JLA to go Bi-Weekly in August
- April 17, 2002: Daily Planet Crew in Marvel Comic
- April 20, 2002: Mark Millar Talks Superman
- April 21, 2002: DC Comics at WonderCon
- May 9, 2002: The JLA's Obsidian Age
- May 10, 2002: The Physics Behind Comic Books
- May 20, 2002: Superman Comics = Real Life
- May 27, 2002: Sorry! Says Superman Editor Eddie Berganza
- May 28, 2002: New Superman Comics Creative Team
- June 7, 2002: Doug Hazlewood Interview and Gallery
- June 16, 2002: Smallville: The Comic
- June 19, 2002: Superman's Ending Battle in September
- June 20, 2002: Steve Seagle Talks Superman
- July 6, 2002: Superman's Day of Doom
- July 7, 2002: Waid Talks Superman: Birthright
- July 7, 2002: Superman's Costume Change
- July 7, 2002: No More Superman Comics in Brazil
- July 22, 2002: San Diego Comic Con 2002 Information
- August 4, 2002: Seagle Talks Superman at San Diego Comic Con
- August 8, 2002: Nicolas Cage Selling His Comic Collection!
- August 15, 2002: JLA With Alex Ross and Paul Dini
- September 11, 2002: Superman Comics Back in Brazil
- September 15, 2002: Tom Derenick Draws Superman
- September 19, 2002: Superman 10 Cent Adventure
- September 22, 2002: Man of Steel Cancelled!
- September 22, 2002: Forbes Rates Richest Fictional Characters
- September 25, 2002: Mark Waid Sets the Record Straight
- September 29, 2002: 12-Part Superman: Metropolis Series
- October 14, 2002: Nicolas Cage Sells Comic Books for US$1.6 Million
- October 15, 2002: Duncan Rouleau Interview
- November 4, 2002: Berganza Talks Superman in 2003
- November 12, 2002: DC Comics for 2003
- November 14, 2002: Kurt Busiek Talks Superman
- November 15, 2002: Pantheon Books to Publish Alex Ross Book
- November 26, 2002: Nicolas Cage To Sell More Comics
- November 26, 2002: Tom Palmer Talks Smallville Comic Books
- November 27, 2002: Superman Comics Return to Brazil
- December 1, 2002: Casey Talks Adventures of Superman
- December 4, 2002: Kelly Talks Action Comics #800
- December 5, 2002: Joe Kelly Talks New JLA Lineup
- December 11, 2002: Steve Gerber Talks Superman: Last Stand on Earth
- December 19, 2002: Supergirl Cancelled!
- December 21, 2002: Eddie Berganza Promoted to Group Editor!
- December 27, 2002: Cavalieri Talks Superman: Secret Identity
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