2014 Comic Book News Archives

February 4, 2014: Geoff Johns and John Romita Jr. are New "Superman" Creative Team

DC Comics has officially announced that writer Geoff Johns and artist John Romita Jr. will come onboard as the new creative team on the "Superman" comic book title.

Superman by JRJR

    Prolific scribe Geoff Johns has been knocking it out of the park with JUSTICE LEAGUE and FOREVER EVIL. Now, Johns, whose previous work on Superman includes ACTION COMICS and SUPERMAN: Secret Origin, is poised to pen the monthly comic book series SUPERMAN.

    Joining Johns is acclaimed New York artist John Romita, Jr., making his DC Comics debut, and legendary artist Klaus Janson, who returns to DC Comics and will ink the book.

IGN.com has the first interview with John Romita Jr. about his new appointment...

    IGN: I've seen the sketches, and they look absolutely incredible, especially in how you captured the weight of the character and the momentum and power that he has, which is perfect for your style. What are you going to bring to Superman, who is the most iconic character out there?

    JRJR: Honestly, the only thing I can do is stay within myself on this. I've said before, I'm a little bit intimidated for the soul purpose that there are so many people who have done it before me, and done it very well - exceptionally well, iconic versions. So if you concentrate too much, you feel like you're following a Hall of Famer in a position on a baseball field. You can't do that. So all I can do is do the best I can do. One of the things I can do as well as other people is tell a story. That actually makes my artwork look better. So if the storytelling is there, the artwork will be there. But I can't look at myself as trying to compete with the guys before me. I'd go out of my mind. So I will honestly stick to what I can do best, and hopefully the rest will work.

    But I've actually asked myself the question you just asked me. I call them death books. I followed guys like John Romita Sr. on Spider-Man, I followed Frank Miller on Daredevil. Now I'm following Jim Lee on Superman. I'm not exactly brilliant with my strategy, but I just know that I'm in good company if I followed those people. I have detractors, and I have fans. I will find out quickly if it's not quality. I'll know instantaneously, from the first printing.

Read the complete interview at IGN.com.



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