2015 Comic Book News Archives

May 6, 2015: New "Bizarro" Comic Book Sees Jimmy and Bizarro as Buddies

Bizarro and Jimmy Newsarama.com caught up with writer Heath Corson to talk to him about his new "Bizarro" comic book title which begins in June, which will see Jimmy Olsen co-star with Bizarro in a comical adventure that leads the two down Route 66. Here's an excerpt from the interview...

    Q: Let's discuss the lead character a little. Most people are at least a little familiar with Bizarro from either the comics or the animated universe. But who is he in your comic? How do you introduce him?

    Corson: Bizarro is an alien from a distant planet rocketed here. His rockets give out right above the Earth and he crashes into our planet, spotting Superman saving an airplane (that he destroyed on his fall, by the way).

    Bizarro is inspired by Superman. He wants to be a hero like Superman. So he puts together his own cosplay Superman outfit and runs around Metropolis trying to do uphold "lies, injustice and the Bizarro American way."

    Of course, Metropolis soon gets sick of him and wants him gone. Jimmy Olsen takes it on himself to rid Metropolis of Bizarro.

    The character always fascinated me because he's this joyful, awkward, klutzy outcast that desperately wants to be loved but can't ever seem to make anything come out right. In other words, me in middle school. I kept saying that he's not this frustrated monster but more like this raw, exposed nerve, desperate for friends. See? Me am Bizarro.

    Q: So Jimmy Olsen is an ongoing part of the comic?

    Corson: Jimmy is the co-lead of the series. It's a buddy picture. Jimmy is our Steve Martin to Bizarro's John Candy. He thinks that in taking Bizarro on this road trip, he'll get fame, fortune and a coffee table book out of it. But, because he's doing it for the wrong reasons, it gives us the ability to knock him around a little. Make him pay for it.

Read the entire interview at the Newsarama website.



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