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#43 Re: El regreso de The Brave and the Bold por Mark Waid
MARK WAID TALKS THE BRAVE AND THE BOLDNewsarama
With the release of DC’s February solicitations, two long-awaited DCU projects appeared on their schedule to the delight of many readers - Jeff Smith’s Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil limited series and the debut of the new ongoing Brave and the Bold series, from the “all star” (lower case) team of writer Mark Waid and artist George Pérez .
Originally announced n the summer con season of 2005 for a 2006 release, major events in the DC Universe like Infinite Crisis and 52has pushed that to early 2007, but now Waid and Pérez are ready to unleash it on DC fans.
While we spoke to Waid about the series when it was first announced, we thought it was time to quickly catch-up with him, get a refresher course on the title, and see what – if anything – has changed since that time…
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Newsarama: Mark, first of all, the February ’07 debut versus the originally announced launch. Obviously that got adjusted somewhat, any particular reason for it? Was it letting the changing landscape of Infinite Crisis and 52 establish itself? Was it George's schedule? Your own? Something else entirely?
Mark Waid: Yes to all …but mostly to the juggernaut that is 52. As much fun as it is, it's eaten up a gargantuan amount of time for all those involved. Plus, George has been busy doing a number of short-term projects for DC, pinch-hitting on Infinite Crisis and such… Looking back, I see that my first script was dated April 4th, but I didn't even get a chance to hit the second one until months later - and George was busy that entire time anyway. Now, however, with 52 almost done and George's schedule clear, it's full speed ahead!
NRAMA: So let's just lay the floorboards and go from there. Brave and the Bold has a classic identity in DC history and again we did talk about that in summer '05, but explain to readers the premise of this new Brave and the Bold ? As if they're brand new to DC and don't know the history?
MW: The history doesn't matter. Don't want that to scare anyone off. The Brave and the Bold was, for about 20 years starting in the 1960s, comics' premier team-up book, setting the standard for Marvel Team-Up, Marvel Two-In-One, and dozens of other crossover-type books since then. More often than not, it was a "Batman plus this month's guest star" book - but that part, especially, is ancient history.
NRAMA: Speaking of Batman, the first story arc does feature him and Green Lantern. Out of all the DC toys you're well known to love, why launch with them?
MW: Putting Batman in the first issue was a nod to the old B&B, and Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) is a character I've been itching to write again since Geoff Johns redefined him. We wanted to start big, with characters who have a guaranteed audience, and the story shaped up nicely with those two as the "anchors" to the various plots and subplots that spin out of that first issue.
NRAMA: Have you given any thought to an overall formula or strategy for pairings for future story arcs? Will it be a member of the “Big 7 or 8” along with a lesser known? A teaming of A-listers? Or just whatever characters pop into your conscious that you can build a story around?
MW: Again, yes to all. We probably won't stray too far from big-marquee co-stars at first - we want to make sure the audience is there and established before we get too experimental - but that said, just because you see two logos on the cover doesn't mean the stars inside are limited to those two characters - there'll be guest-stars galore, and George and I both want to give readers a series where they won't be sure from page to page who might suddenly show up as a surprise.
NRAMA: From the solicitation copy of issue #1, it seems the story will take Batman off-world into a space-faring adventure with Green Lantern. First of all, can you describe that first arc for readers, without the constraints of having to put it in a pithy 150 words?
MW: Without giving too much away, the story begins when Green Lantern finds a murder victim dead of a gunshot wound. The catch is, he finds him floating miles above the Earth's atmosphere - and he puts in a call to Batman, the world's greatest detective, to help him solve this impossible crime. Once Batman cracks it and gets a lead on those responsible, he and Green Lantern are catapulted into an investigation that begins in Las Vegas and takes them to El Paso, to Thanagar, to Rann, to other dimensions and beyond in pursuit of the murderers - who have stolen a very familiar and very important artifact that DC fans will instantly recognize and begin worrying about.
Along the way, their investigative paths dividing in issue #2, Batman will run into Blue Beetle and other Earthbound heroes while Green Lantern and Supergirl will journey to the edge of the galaxy and cross paths with whichever space-faring heroes manage to make it out of 52 alive.
NRAMA: Now Grant Morrison’s and your own JLA noted, Batman hasn't been on a lot of more superheroic/"science fictiony" adventures in the last couple of decades, particularly space-faring ones.
Is this directly as a result of the evolution of the character inInfinite Crisis? A freedom now exists to broaden the type of environments you can place him in?
MW: Not really; in fact, the challenge of the first arc was to create a mystery that was sci-fi enough to make it a Green Lantern adventure and yet, at the same time, give it enough of an Earthly element to keep Batman involved. Let GL worry about the planet Ventura, says Batman; he has enough problems with this case right here in the U.S.
NRAMA: During that first conversation, you told us that you were still hammering out what sort of antagonists the hero pairings would be facing, though you went on to say you like the ideas of the worlds of the respective characters "folding together". “Green Lantern vs. Scarecrow” was your hypothetical example at the time.
Has that aspect of the serried come into greater focus since that early interview?
MW: Yep, largely because of a madman named George Pérez , who isn't happy until we've found about twice as many characters to put into each issue as I'd originally planned on. And if that sounds like a complaint, think again - it's terrific to work with someone so in on the mission statement and so eager to make this book a true tour of the post-Crisis, post-52, post-One Year Later DC Universe.
NRAMA: Last time, asked what characters you were itching to get your hands on, you replied..."It's like throwing me into the candy store with a full wallet. It's hard to say - some of the fallout from Infinite Crisis will preclude certain characters, but it will also make available characters who nobody has thought about for a while. The only thing I can say with any certainty is that, pursuant to a conversation Geoff Johns and I had last week, we suddenly realized who the perfect character would be to tie all these other characters together - the one anchor character who's not Superman or Batman who ties together many of the various aspects of the DC Universe. I know - it sounds ultra mysterious, but I think if you put two seconds to it as a fan, you'll stumble across the answer."
Not to give away the farm, but can you expand on any of those various hints and teases?
MW: Only in that, while Geoff's and my observation still stands, that character's ID must remain a mystery for a bit longer, because the shape of the first story arc shifted and now that character may not show up for a little while. But when he does, believe me, that's still the card we want to play.
NRAMA: Before we let you go, we would be remiss not to ask about working with George Pérez…What's it like watching is pages come in, and what are you doing as a writer to craft the stories towards his particular talents?
MW: Going through my DC Who's Who and DC Encyclopedia with a renewed intensity. It's great because it's forcing me to use muscles I don't often use - I'm better with smaller casts than with large, sprawling ones, and the trick to drawing in so many extra heroes and villains to keep George stoked is in making sure that they're introduced well and freshly to new readers. We take nothing for granted with our audience and don't want this series to be nothing but a fanboy playground; again, the mission statement for B&B is "a broad look at the new DCU," so we're making an extra effort to ensure that brand new readers as well as longtime fans are properly introduced (or re-introduced) to the various co-stars and guest-stars.
NRAMA: Finally, can you crystal ball a little and say what you can to get readers excited not only about the first arc, but the foreseeable future of the title?
MW: The first arc is a blast because we worked out a mechanism through which we can see big, surprising glimpses into the souls of everyone in the story thanks to the way they react to the Stolen Artifact and what it means to them. Plus, as I said, you're never going to be completely sure who might suddenly walk on as an added guest-star - and there are many. And that's just the first five-issue arc. Beyond that, George and I have talked about pretty much every hero under the sun, but I personally am looking forward to doing more hero/villain team-ups (Batman and Brainiac, anyone?) and straight-out villain team-ups.
[Again, to revisit out first conversation with Waid about the series, click on the link]... -
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#45 Re: El regreso de The Brave and the Bold por Mark Waid
Cualquiera, Perez es PRO De verdad. Si ya va por el 2 y faltan 2 meses para que salga el 1, empiezan la serie con 3 revistitas ya terminadas como mínimo.Originalmente publicado por walterkovacs
Esto pinta como que termina saliendo cada 5 meses...
Perez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#49 Re: El regreso de The Brave and the Bold por Mark Waid
Bueno, ese es justamente el sentido de esta coleccion. Hacer conocer a los personajes mas "chotos".Originalmente publicado por EmaHalJordan Lastima que ya en el 2 pongan al choto del nuevo Blue Beetle
Igualmente este nuevo BB, segun gente de DC va ser muy importante en el nuevo evento... por lo tanto o es fiambre o alguna burrada le van a encontrar para darle chapa. -
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