RSS Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Exactly one year ago today I launched a four-part article entitled If I Ran Marvel. The idea for said article came from Mark Millar, who authored a similar article several years prior. Unlike his take on being publisher of DC, I aimed to focus on both companies: first Marvel, later DC. As it turns out, the DC portion of this "If I Ran..." series came much later than I ever expected, but here it is nonetheless. The above is from: http://www.earth-2.net/articles/if-i-ran-dc-01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Put me on Checkmate or we stop being friends! :laugh: Seriously, hell yes is this welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Too late. Andy Diggle has already signed the contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Bastard! Get him off Suicide Squad and reinstate Ostrander immediately! I seriously have to disagree on SS though. It works the way it is and Ostrander is showing that in spades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 There are a few reasons why I changed Suicide Squad around. The first being I felt I needed another book set in the 1960s. As mentioned in the article, I wanted that Mighty / New Avengers feeling. Suicide Squad and Checkmate were the best options to achieve this goal. Second, comics need to change if they're to remain relevant. Putting Ostrander back on the book and retaining the same concept would appease longtime SS fans, but they're not enough to keep the book alive. A new concept with a new creative team would cause controversy and, thus, chatter. Lastly, during If I Ran Marvel, I tapped Ostrander to write a Suicide Squad-like Omega Flight, and I didn't want to reuse him like that. Trust me, I have plans for John Ostrander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 I finally got around to reading this and needless to say, I loved it. Your plans for Etrigan, Question and Gotham Underground, in particular, are very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Thank you, James. Some of my favorite stories are ones in which characters are forced to change, drastically I might add. And Gotham Underground would do exactly that to Renee Montoya. Everything she knows about herself (e.g. her ideas about justice, her sexuality, the moral code which she lives by) would all change. It makes me sad that DC will never produce that book. By the way, I must give credit to Jenny for helping me with the Lois Lane idea, as well as Des for observing that Jason Todd has been acting like Peter Parker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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