2007 Comic Book News Archives
October 20, 2007: Geoff Johns Reveals Details on Up-Coming Superman Comics
IGN.com caught up with Geoff Johns to ask him a series of questions about his comic book work, including what's in store on his "Superman" run. Here's a portion of the interview...
- Q: Since you began writing Superman after Infinite Crisis, you've been hinting at the larger changes that event had on Superman's back-story. Do you have any future plans to dive fully into a story that would explain Superman's childhood in greater detail?
Johns: Yeah, 2008 is kind of going to be the year to do it. There are going to be some very big Superman plans coming out in early 2008 and throughout 2008. Nobody has been happy with the schedule for Superman - not us, the retailers or the readers - and now that the schedule is under control, we're going to be pushing the Superman books pretty far. In '08, I'd like to do what we've done with Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps to the Superman books.
Q: So you don't have any plans to leave Superman anytime soon?
Johns: No, Gary Frank and I are sticking around for the long haul. I just talked to Gary Frank today, and he's so excited about this book. His stuff is unbelievable, as you've already seen. We've got long term plans to stick around, and we'd like to be on the book for years.
Geoff Johns also chats with Newsarama.com about up-coming Superman comics.
- Q: OK, back to Action Comics. Looking at the solicitation for these issues, you're named as a solo writer on this story arc. Why just you? And will Richard Donner be working with you again on future Action Comics stories?
GJ: The idea was always for me to handle this arc solo - it's got a lot of history to research before tackling the story and, quite honestly, I've been dying to work with the Legion for years. Dick will be back depending on his schedule.
Q: This story also marks the start of the new ongoing artist for Action Comics, Gary Frank. Can you talk about Gary's art on these issues?
GJ: Gary is amazing. For me, he's the perfect Superman artist because he combines this brilliant, very clean, modern style, but he's got hints of both Curt Swan and Christopher Reeve influences throughout the Superman stuff. So visually, you see that he's the heir apparent for Superman, and for all the Superman characters. It's like, to me, I look at it and say, of course he should be drawing Superman. And for a guy like Gary, who did all the wonderful designing and powerful work for Supreme Power, coming in and doing his take on the Legion, reintroducing the original Legion, it's incredible to see.
2007 Comic News
Listed below are all the Comic News items archived for 2007.- January 20, 2007: Geoff Johns Previews Superman for 2007
- January 26, 2007: DC Comics Teaser Poster
- January 29, 2007: Wrestler Jerry Lawler to Draw Superman
- February 1, 2007: Didio Answer Questions on DC Teaser Image
- February 8, 2007: Ale Garza to Draw Supergirl
- February 15, 2007: Geoff Johns Explains “Action Comics” Delays
- February 16, 2007: Further Geoff Johns “Action Comics” Elaboration
- February 20, 2007: Details on DC's Weekly “Countdown” Series
- February 21, 2007: Dan Didio and Mike Marts Talk “Countdown”
- February 23, 2007: DC Comics Sends “Action Comics #845” Back to Press
- February 23, 2007: Content Change for “Superman #659”
- February 25, 2007: NYCC Report - DC Nation Panel
- February 27, 2007: Joe Kelly Talks “Supergirl”
- February 28, 2007: “Superman” Comics Content Changes
- March 4, 2007: WonderCon 07 DC Nation Panel
- March 6, 2007: “Justice League of America #7” Cover Revealed
- March 8, 2007: Brad Meltzer “Justice League of America” Interview
- March 19, 2007: Fabian Nicieza on Writing “Action Comics”
- April 4, 2007: Extra Pages in “52” Finale at No Extra Cost
- April 5, 2007: “Superman Legends #1” Debuts April 19th in the UK
- April 12. 2007: Alan Burnett Talks “Superman/Batman”
- April 13, 2007: Mike Carlin Remembers “The Death of Superman”
- April 15, 2007: More Scheduling Problems for “Action Comics”
- April 18, 2007: Byrne is Dead... Long Live... YOD!
- April 18, 2007: Superman Comics Continuity “Post-Infinite Crisis”
- April 19, 2007: Exclusive “Countdown” Preview on MySpace
- April 19, 2007: Dan Didio Prepares to “Countdown”
- May 7, 2007: Wizard World Philadelphia 2007 - June 15-17
- May 11, 2007: Gary Frank - The New “Action Comics” Artist
- June 2, 2007: Dan Jurgens Talks “History of the Multiverse”
- June 14, 2007: Dustin Nguyen on Illustrating “Superman/Batman”
- June 16, 2007: DC Nation Panel at HeroesCon
- June 17, 2007: Superman Comic News from Wizard World Philadelphia
- June 20, 2007: Exclusive Interview with Fabian Nicieza
- June 20, 2007: Alan Burnett Talks Cartoons to Comics
- June 20, 2007: Dustin Nguyen Talks “Superman/Batman”
- June 28, 2007: Alex Ross Unveils Up-Coming Wizard Magazine Cover
- July 3, 2007: Didio Reveals New “Countdown” Teaser Image
- July 12, 2007: Superman Homepage Wizard World Tour Continues with Chicago!
- July 13, 2007: Superman Homepage at San Diego Comic-Con
- July 18, 2007: DC Comics “Final Crisis” Teaser Image
- July 19, 2007: Superman's Death Rated No. 1
- July 20, 2007: Wizard World Returns to Chicago August 9-12
- July 27, 2007: More Details from San Diego Comic Con
- July 27, 2007: SDCC Panel Report - “DC Countdown... To The End?” & “DC Group Therapy”
- July 27, 2007: Gary Frank Reveals His Superman Sketchbook
- July 29, 2007: SDCC News - “DC: Big Guns” Panel
- July 29, 2007: SDCC News - “DC: New Worlds Order” Panel
- July 29, 2007: SDCC News - “DC Nation” Panel
- July 29, 2007: “All Star Superman” Wins Eisner Award
- August 3, 2007: San Diego 2007: Countdown to Salvation Tangent Run to the Finals!
- August 8, 2007: Gary Frank Superman Sketch Book Updated
- August 10, 2007: Superman Homepage at Wizard World Chicago 2007, Day 1 - Friday
- August 10, 2007: Wizard World Chicago - DC Nation Panel
- August 10, 2007: Wizard World Chicago 2007 - Preview Night
- August 13, 2007: New Supergirl Creative Team Announced
- August 13, 2007: The Death of Mike Wieringo
- August 15, 2007: Wizard World Chicago 2007 - Final Report
- August 28, 2007: Keith Giffen Talks “Four Horsemen”
- August 29, 2007: Geoff Johns Talks “Action Comics” and Bizarro
- August 31, 2007: Dini and Quitely do T.O. Comic-Con
- September 5, 2007: “Superman Confidential” Comics Rescheduled
- September 5, 2007: “Kingdom Come” Superman in JSA Comics
- September 19, 2007: More Superman Comic Scheduling Changes
- September 27, 2007: Kurt Busiek Talks About “The Third Kryptonian”
- October 10, 2007: Kurt Busiek Reveals the Third Kryptonian
- October 12, 2007: Eric Powell Talks About Drawing Superman
- October 20, 2007: Geoff Johns Reveals Details on Up-Coming Superman Comics
- October 31, 2007: Palmiotti and Gray Talk “Superman Confidential #7”
- November 21, 2007: Wizard World Texas 2007 Report
- December 9, 2007: Renato Guedes Named New “Superman” Artist
- December 12, 2007: “Superman Confidential” Scheduling Changes
- December 13, 2007: Darwyn Cooke Returns for More “New Frontier” Stories
- December 17, 2007: Chloe Sullivan's Comic Book Debut
- December 19, 2007: Dates Set for Superman and Superboy Lawsuits
- December 24, 2007: Dan Didio and Geoff Johns Talk Superman in 2008
- December 28, 2007: Frank Quitely on Drawing Superman
Back to the News Archive Contents page.
Back to the Latest News page.