2010 Comic Book News Archives

July 1, 2010: JMS Talks About Superman "Grounded"

Superman #700 AICN's Ambush Bug spoke with J. Michael Straczynski about the "Grounded" story taking place in the "Superman" comic book, starting with issue #700 (available now). Here's an excerpt from the interview...

    About your new SUPERMAN arc, from the looks of the teaser in SUPERMAN #700, it looks to be a pretty emotional story with Superman humbled by a human tragedy and choosing to ground himself and walk the Earth like Samuel L. Jackson in PULP FICTION or Kane from KUNG FU. Can you tell the readers what this arc is going to be all about?

    JMS: What it's definitely not going to be about is Superman moping around the country feeling lost. I have no interest in writing that story, and I don't think people have any interest in reading it, either.

    It's about reconnecting, in a vital and personal way, with the country that was and is his home. The analogy I've used elsewhere is when a married couple renews their vows. In a way, that ritual is even more important than the original wedding, because now the honeymoon is long over, the years have passed, and we love that person with their faults and flaws, not in spite of them.

    So I want to create a situation where we see ourselves through Superman's eyes, and him through our eyes, to see where we are and what he can, or should, or shouldn't be doing.

Read the complete interview at Aint-It-Cool-News.com.



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