2006 Comic Book News Archives
April 27, 2006: Exclusive Interview with Geoff Johns
Superman Homepage writer Neal Bailey caught up with fan favorite comic book writer Geoff Johns in a phone interview recently, and asked him all about the "Up, Up and Away!" arc in the monthly Superman comic books and "Infinite Crisis".The Superman Homepage would like to thank Geoff for agreeing to do this interview, and for fitting it into his busy schedule.
- Neal: You're bringing back Intergang, Perry with a cigar, Clark at the Planet, Jimmy as a schlub, and Luthor as the businessman, at least in that first issue. Essentially status quo for before the events post-Doomsday. That, coupled with the people who have been reading Supes since 1992, makes it seem like a conscious effort to bring back the time when people thought everything was most cohesive, or at least ongoing and related, and you being a continuity nut would know that. Is this going to be in just your story, or is this the broader editorial direction for Superman in general?
Geoff: I think the direction is, well, Matt Idleson is our editor, and he wanted to get to a very iconic-based Superman world again where the Daily Planet, you know, Clark's at the Daily Planet, you know, Jimmy has his role, Perry has his role. Our Luthor's role will evolve and change as we go forward, I think into something new and good. And Lois had her role. We did, we made a conscious effort to try and get, there's always a back-to-basics approach, and I guess in a way we've done that, we're trying to do that in another way, to be a lot of good characters, some spins on characters that have been around we tried, we wanted to try to flesh out Metropolis in a different light, with the Avenue of Tomorrow being one of the pieces there, and just kind of, you know we just wanted this to be a very straightforward Superman story about Clark Kent and what being Superman is to him, and giving us a clean slate and setting all the pieces on the stage. We're not trying to make a conscious effort to go back to anything specific except an era that we feel will work best for the kind of stories that we want to tell.
2006 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2006.- January 10, 2006: Geoff Johns & Kurt Busiek Talk Superman “One Year Later”
- January 13, 2006: Gail Simone on Livewire's Comics Debut
- January 25, 2006: Dan Didio Talks Superman Comics
- January 25, 2006: Matt Haley on “Superman Returns” Comic Adaptation
- January 26, 2006: Kurt Busiek Talks About His Ideas for Superman
- January 28, 2006: DC Comics Announces Cover Price for “52”
- January 31, 2006: “Infinite Crisis #3” Sells Out, Second Printing Coming
- February 1, 2006: Superman - This is Your Life
- February 2, 2006: “Infinite Crisis #4” Goes Back to Press for New Printing
- February 8, 2006: “Supergirl #5” Gets Extra Pages and Two Covers
- February 15, 2006: Chuck Austen Talks About His Time Writing Superman
- February 15, 2006: DC Offers “Superman/Batman #1” as Second FCBD Title
- February 17, 2006: Jeph Loeb on Sam and “Superman/Batman #26”
- February 24, 2006: Earth-2 Superman in Wizard Magazine #174
- February 25, 2006: Superman Comics Info From New York Comic-Con
- March 1, 2006: Matt Idelson Talks Superman Comics
- March 2, 2006: “Supergirl #5” Goes Back to Press for New Printing
- March 8, 2006: “Infinite Crisis #5” Goes Back to Press for 2nd Printing
- March 9, 2006: Exclusive Matt Idelson Interview
- March 15, 2006: “Superman Returns” Prequel Comics Announced
- March 19, 2006: Superman News from Wizard World L.A.
- March 28, 2006: Superman Featured in Wizard Magazine #175
- April 4, 2006: Olivetti Replacing Byrne on “Superman Returns” Prequel Comic
- April 5, 2006: Judge Says Siegels Own Superboy - “Smallville” in Question
- April 5, 2006: Superman Homepage Emerald City Comic Con Report!
- April 7, 2006: E! Online Report on Superboy Court Case
- April 14, 2006: New Team Back in Action
- April 19, 2006: Jim Krueger Talks Justice
- April 24, 2006: Exclusive Interview with Mark Verheiden
- April 26, 2006: History of Superman in Wizard Brazil
- April 27, 2006: Exclusive Interview with Geoff Johns
- May 9, 2006: DC Launches 52theComic.com
- May 10, 2006: “Superman Returns” Prequel Comics Now a Miniseries
- May 23, 2006: An Open Letter from Joanne Siegel
- May 26, 2006: Dan Jurgens Talks Superman/Doomsday Omnibus
- May 29, 2006: Gerard Jones Responds to Joanne Siegel
- May 31, 2006: Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con
- June 1, 2006: Jimmy Palmiotti Talks Superman Returns Comic Books
- June 3, 2006: DC to Unveil “Superman Confidential” Comic Series
- July 3, 2006: PodCast on Martha Kent Prequel Comic
- July 18, 2006: Brad Meltzer Answers Fan Questions on “Justice League of America”
- July 18, 2006: Superman at the San Diego Comic Con
- July 21, 2006: Donner Joins Johns on “Action Comics”
- July 25, 2006: Donner, Johns and Kubert on Action #844
- July 28, 2006: Superman Flying to the Middle East
- August 3, 2006: Wizard World 2006 - Superman Homepage Report - Day One
- August 4, 2006: Wizard World Chicago 2006 - Day Two
- August 6, 2006: Wizard World Chicago 2006 - Day Three
- August 7, 2006: Nicieza Talks “Action Comics”
- August 7, 2006: Wizard World Chicago Report
- August 9, 2006: Wizard World Chicago A Success
- August 10, 2006: Read “52” Issues 1 to 5 Online
- August 31, 2006: Superman in Wizard #180
- September 19, 2006: Exclusive Interview with Ethan Van Sciver
- September 26, 2006: Matt Haley Talks “Superman Returns” Comic Adaptation
- October 2, 2006: Geoff Johns Talks “Action Comics”
- October 4, 2006: Donner's “Last Son” Previewed at EW.com
- October 4, 2006: Kurt Busiek Talks Superman
- October 6, 2006: Adam Kubert Talks “Action Comics”
- October 18, 2006: Behind the Scenes of an “Action Comics” Cover
- October 23, 2006: Talking “Superman” with Kurt Busiek
- November 17, 2006: “Action Comics #844” Gets Second Printing
- November 22, 2006: Exclusive Interview with Matt Haley
- December 6, 2006: Exclusive Jesse McCann Interview
- December 9, 2006: “Action Comics” Scheduling Changed
- December 21, 2006: Superman Artist Hardin Burnley Dies at 95
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