CBR: Matt Wagner Takes On "Green Hornet"

[CBR News]

The award-winning creator explains the hows and whys involved in resurrecting the venerable hero in a 1930s origin tale full of racket-breaking and Kung-Fu, discusses the connection to the Lone Ranger, and more.


Full article here.

[Xenos]

I hope two elements are addressed to my satisfaction: the Hornet's overcoat--not so stylish as the Shadow's trenchcoat, and seemingly hotter, bulkier, and harder to move around in. My theory is that maybe it's lined with some 30-s era bulletproofing. I hope John Cassaday can address the coat, artistically, so as to make it look fluid and stylish.

Then there's the Hornet's lack of physicality, particularly in comparison with Kato. Not only has he not been portrayed as being as agile as Kato, but the idea seems to be that he's not even tough, in the manner of the hard-as-nails P.I.s of the pulp era. I've never seen how that could work. I'd like him to be shown to have his own physical style, perhaps a tighter, Taiji or Wing Chun kind of fighting style, as opposed to the bigger, more open Karate or Shaolin style that Kato uses.

I do like the first cover, and that full-face style of Hornet's mask, best.

[Global Honored]

Yes the Wagner cover for GH:YO with male Kato sold me. I will check this out.

[Rod G]

Hopefully Cassady will get the rights to the Shadow . . .

[Drcharles]

This is making me laugh, all the old pulp and vintage characters are flooding back to us.
Why ?
Simple, the lack of quality designed new characters, most of the charcaters that are being designed today are quite simply not worth a wank...................

[kossori]

This is making me laugh, all the old pulp and vintage characters are flooding back to us.
Why ?
Simple, the lack of quality designed new characters, most of the charcaters that are being designed today are quite simply not worth a wank...................

Or maybe they are realizing... if we can have 60 years of Batman and Superman stories... and good creators can tell fresh and exciting tales... and people will buy them still just because they know the characters...

Why not give other classic characters the chance to enjoy that, too..?

At one time, Green Hornet, Doc Savage, Buck Rogers, Zorro and the rest were new concepts, themselves... But unlike most characters being created today, they proved to be compelling enough to establish a fan base and have lasted this long mostly because new fans spring up every day from reading the old stuff.

[kossori]

Oh, and on the topic at hand... If it's half as good as Wagner's Sandman Mystery Theatre, I'm on board...