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1) Out walking one day, you find the fossilised remains of an angel. Further investigation by top scientists proves the theory of evolution to be wrong, and leave scientists looking for a new explanation. How would this change you?
I would be pleased and happy. I like the idea of angels. Although I don't believe they have skeletons.
I would not harbour any particular guilt or pride at being the one who found it. It was already there to be found, after all.
2) Who would feature in your ultimate 'superhero' comic, and what would it be about? You can pick any creative team, and any characters from any publisher.
I'm going to assume this means existing characters and other creators, and not "my own characters, drawn by me". And I'm also not going to cheat and say "The Legion of Superheroes" (aka "The Legion"), which is pretty darn close to my ideal comic right now.
My absolute favourite writer at the moment is Peter David, though he seems to have moved on from writing comics for the immediate future. So it will be a Peter David book. For artists I would like to yoink J H Williams III and Mick Grey from off of Promethea, because I loved the work they did on Chase and, er, Promethea. Characters ... hum.
Right, I know. It will be a high school for super-powered teenagers. The kids will have lessons in all the usual subjects as well as Special Powers Training, though these lessons will focus on control and safety rather than how to kick ass more effectively. I'll throw in a bunch of established teenage heroes - Impulse, Superboy, Spider-Girl (is that comic still running? M2, The near-future line of Marvel comics), Static and Inferno to keep one of my old friends happy - but it'll really have an ensemble cast of kids with powers and no secret identities. Oh, and we can have some second-string heroes as tutors - Plastic Man, Air Wave, Strong Guy and so forth - because second-stringers are funny. Guest speakers will be common and frequent.
The students will not be sent into combat situations by their teachers, and will in fact be expressly forbidden from doing so. This will not stop them, hence the need for secret identities. Code names and use of offensive powers outside SPT classes will be forbidden. (Thinking about it, the second one might not be stated explicitly; there'll just be a rule about students fighting, like any other school.)
It would probably run for about ten issues (being published by DC, who usually give their new series a decent chance to pick up sales) and then die from lack of sales.
Having said that I think perhaps my choice of artist might not be suitable. I could go for something a little more cartoony, or at least brighter. Oh, I know, Doug Mahnke, most famous for "The Mask" and currently lovin' it up JLA way, and his occasionaly partner in crime Tom Nguyen on inks because he has a funny name.
3) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I think I would like to be more confident. I have a slight inferiority complex, which means I consider anything that I have had a hand in to be worthless and bad, and not nearly as good as something made by "a proper person" or "a professional". I am starting to believe people when they say my art is good, and look at it with objectivity, but it's very difficult to overcome my natural preconceptions. Because I am stupid and crap.
This includes things that I buy; if I select something myself, it must surely have been a poor choice and not nearly as good as somebody else's. This is why, when I decided to buy a TV, I tookbacony with me to help me pick a good one. Not necessarily because I would pick a bad one, but because I would not be happy with it.
4) If you were a character in a musical, what would your signature tune be? Describe the chorus.
Somewhat inspired by Moulin Rouge, I'd like something orchestral that isn't usually played by an orchestra. Something that just builds and builds to a massive, sweeping crescendo. At this very moment I'm leaning towards "Poprocks & Coke" by Greenday, because I think it would sound great sung by a choir and I like the lyrics. It may or may not have some deeper meaning, but on face value it's quite appropriate and ...
Oh God no, another track has just turned up on my random MP3 playlist. It's stupid and bouncy and insipid and cheerful and sodding perfect, dammit. It's only bloody 5ive, isn't it? This will do my musical reputation no end of good.
"Get on up when you're down.
Baby, take a good look around.
I know it's not much, but it's OK,
We'll keep on moving on anyway."
5) Your house mate gets sucked into an extradimensional portal. You knew that this was likely, and have prepared a 'portable rescue kit' for the long, wacky adventure that lies ahead. What's in the kit, and where would you expect to end up?
In the kit: First aid kit. Kendal Mint Cake and Beef Jerky, which I have been told is good as rations (lasts forever because no bugger'll eat it). 50' of rope. Candles and matches in the hope that this new dimension conforms at least partially to our physical laws; tricorder and lightsaber in the hope that it doesn't. Ditto Digivice. Perhaps one of the more functional hooded cloaks from my LRP costume box (protection from the elements, accepted in many worlds as casual attire, doubles as a blanket).
Where would I expect to end up? Well, everybody knows all dimensional portals lead to Sigil, the city at the center of the multiverse. From there we would proceed to explore the multifarious worlds at our disposal, each time hoping that the next leap will be the leap home. Presumably after each finding that we have some strange and unique ability. Such is the way of things, after all.
I would be pleased and happy. I like the idea of angels. Although I don't believe they have skeletons.
I would not harbour any particular guilt or pride at being the one who found it. It was already there to be found, after all.
2) Who would feature in your ultimate 'superhero' comic, and what would it be about? You can pick any creative team, and any characters from any publisher.
I'm going to assume this means existing characters and other creators, and not "my own characters, drawn by me". And I'm also not going to cheat and say "The Legion of Superheroes" (aka "The Legion"), which is pretty darn close to my ideal comic right now.
My absolute favourite writer at the moment is Peter David, though he seems to have moved on from writing comics for the immediate future. So it will be a Peter David book. For artists I would like to yoink J H Williams III and Mick Grey from off of Promethea, because I loved the work they did on Chase and, er, Promethea. Characters ... hum.
Right, I know. It will be a high school for super-powered teenagers. The kids will have lessons in all the usual subjects as well as Special Powers Training, though these lessons will focus on control and safety rather than how to kick ass more effectively. I'll throw in a bunch of established teenage heroes - Impulse, Superboy, Spider-Girl (is that comic still running? M2, The near-future line of Marvel comics), Static and Inferno to keep one of my old friends happy - but it'll really have an ensemble cast of kids with powers and no secret identities. Oh, and we can have some second-string heroes as tutors - Plastic Man, Air Wave, Strong Guy and so forth - because second-stringers are funny. Guest speakers will be common and frequent.
The students will not be sent into combat situations by their teachers, and will in fact be expressly forbidden from doing so. This will not stop them, hence the need for secret identities. Code names and use of offensive powers outside SPT classes will be forbidden. (Thinking about it, the second one might not be stated explicitly; there'll just be a rule about students fighting, like any other school.)
It would probably run for about ten issues (being published by DC, who usually give their new series a decent chance to pick up sales) and then die from lack of sales.
Having said that I think perhaps my choice of artist might not be suitable. I could go for something a little more cartoony, or at least brighter. Oh, I know, Doug Mahnke, most famous for "The Mask" and currently lovin' it up JLA way, and his occasionaly partner in crime Tom Nguyen on inks because he has a funny name.
3) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I think I would like to be more confident. I have a slight inferiority complex, which means I consider anything that I have had a hand in to be worthless and bad, and not nearly as good as something made by "a proper person" or "a professional". I am starting to believe people when they say my art is good, and look at it with objectivity, but it's very difficult to overcome my natural preconceptions. Because I am stupid and crap.
This includes things that I buy; if I select something myself, it must surely have been a poor choice and not nearly as good as somebody else's. This is why, when I decided to buy a TV, I took
bacony with me to help me pick a good one. Not necessarily because I would pick a bad one, but because I would not be happy with it.4) If you were a character in a musical, what would your signature tune be? Describe the chorus.
Somewhat inspired by Moulin Rouge, I'd like something orchestral that isn't usually played by an orchestra. Something that just builds and builds to a massive, sweeping crescendo. At this very moment I'm leaning towards "Poprocks & Coke" by Greenday, because I think it would sound great sung by a choir and I like the lyrics. It may or may not have some deeper meaning, but on face value it's quite appropriate and ...
Oh God no, another track has just turned up on my random MP3 playlist. It's stupid and bouncy and insipid and cheerful and sodding perfect, dammit. It's only bloody 5ive, isn't it? This will do my musical reputation no end of good.
"Get on up when you're down.
Baby, take a good look around.
I know it's not much, but it's OK,
We'll keep on moving on anyway."
5) Your house mate gets sucked into an extradimensional portal. You knew that this was likely, and have prepared a 'portable rescue kit' for the long, wacky adventure that lies ahead. What's in the kit, and where would you expect to end up?
In the kit: First aid kit. Kendal Mint Cake and Beef Jerky, which I have been told is good as rations (lasts forever because no bugger'll eat it). 50' of rope. Candles and matches in the hope that this new dimension conforms at least partially to our physical laws; tricorder and lightsaber in the hope that it doesn't. Ditto Digivice. Perhaps one of the more functional hooded cloaks from my LRP costume box (protection from the elements, accepted in many worlds as casual attire, doubles as a blanket).
Where would I expect to end up? Well, everybody knows all dimensional portals lead to Sigil, the city at the center of the multiverse. From there we would proceed to explore the multifarious worlds at our disposal, each time hoping that the next leap will be the leap home. Presumably after each finding that we have some strange and unique ability. Such is the way of things, after all.
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