CBR: Wolfman on the Long Road to "Teen Titans: Games"

[CBR News]

Legendary comic book writer Marv Wolfman gives CBR News the scoop on his new DC Comics graphic novel, "The New Teen Titans: Games," after nearly thirty years of anticipation.


Full article here.

[d0dg3r]

This is a sign that the End Times are upon us, surely...

I'm a decade or two past caring enough to buy this but it's nice that it's done. Maybe my local library will get a copy.

[grphxkindaguy]

I'm a decade or two past caring enough to buy this

You, me and most people I think!

[Jody Garland]

This is a sign that the End Times are upon us, surely...
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It is the comic equivalent of Duke Nukem Forever, isn't it? Funny we got both of them in the same year.

[Badger1701]

This was the last run I really enjoyed of Teen Titans, so I am totally onboard with this.

[Imraith Nimphais]

That image of Raven makes me pine for a DCnU version of the character...does anyone know if she will make an appearance somewhere in the new 52?

[glennsim]

Very excited about this.

It's sorta like a chance to go out again with that girl you were in love with in jr. high. But less creepy.

[Leocomix]

"After three decades"?? 1987-2011 makes 24 years so: after two decades

[Hamdinger]

"After three decades"?? 1987-2011 makes 24 years so: after two decades

Not to be a smarty-pants but since you are being a smarty-pants...

Legendary comic book writer Marv Wolfman gives CBR News the scoop on his new DC Comics graphic novel, "The New Teen Titans: Games," after nearly thirty years of anticipation.

So I thought I'd clarify that for ya.

[Imraith Nimphais]

"After three decades"?? 1987-2011 makes 24 years so: after two decades

Oh Goddess!!!

"After nearly thirty years" = less than three decades.


edit: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. Comprehensive skills do seem to be a thing of the past, no? LOL.

[Donna M.]

You, me and most people I think!

You guys have GOT to be kidding me, right? I am so buying this with money tomorrow. A friend of mine had some copies of the page and I've been waiting for YEARS to see a real copy and its finally here!
DC ARTISTS TAKE NOTE - Even with the Reboot, THIS is what these characters should look like (in regards to facial features, of course)! George made it a point to give them all distinct features and that demands some serious respect!

[Flashpoint]

You guys have GOT to be kidding me, right? I am so buying this with money tomorrow. A friend of mine had some copies of the page and I've been waiting for YEARS to see a real copy and its finally here!
DC ARTISTS TAKE NOTE - Even with the Reboot, THIS is what these characters should look like (in regards to facial features, of course)! George made it a point to give them all distinct features and that demands some serious respect!

Indeed. Case in point...



Look at that page, in particular at the one row which features each member of The Titans' faces. There is no "boy face/girl face" cookie cutter comic book artist crap. Each Titan looks like an individual, like a real live human being with their own individual facial features. No one there is identical.

George Perez shattered artistic expectations with his work on The Titans. Absolutely brilliant work.

[club33az]

Loved this question and answer:
"Because it's been a while since this incarnation of the characters were in a comic series together, did you feel you had to modernize them at all or change them in order to reach new readers who might potentially pick up the graphic novel?

No. Not in the slightest. My view was this is a standalone graphic novel. We even ignore -- because we plotted the last fifty sixty pages recently -- we completely ignored anything that happened even in our "Titans." This was standalone and everything you need to know about the Titans, whether you read it in the past or in the present for the first time, this version of the Titans you learn from the graphic novel."

Ah, it felt so good to read that! Are you reading this, Mr. Didio?

[Lorendiac]

This is a sign that the End Times are upon us, surely...

It is the comic equivalent of Duke Nukem Forever, isn't it? Funny we got both of them in the same year.

Gee, at this rate maybe in a few more years Image will release the long-awaited wrap-up to Alan Moore's "1963" miniseries. Six issues were released in 1993, and a great big "Annual" was supposed to come out around early 1994 to wrap up all the plot threads by showing the culture shock of the retro-1963 heroes meeting the 1993 grim-and-gritty Image characters . . .

[grphxkindaguy]

You guys have GOT to be kidding me, right?

NOPE.

I have no interest in that particular team line-up and time-frame this took place in. Not to mention I haven't liked anything Wolfman has written in almost two decades.

I'd only get it for Perez's gorgeous art...