Writer Paul Cornell spoke with CBR News at Kapow Comic Convention about DC Comics' New 52 has allowed non-super hero titles the chance to find success in the marketplace, writing dark subject matter and more.
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05-25-2012, 01:58 PM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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Cornell on New 52 Genre-Expansion, Writing Dark Stories
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05-25-2012, 01:59 PM #2BANNED
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Is it just my computer, or is the formatting/spacing of the Q&A here a mess?
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05-25-2012, 02:04 PM #3Tai'shar Manetheren
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Hmmm Doesn't sound like he's particular enthused with working on Demon Knights. But that might just be my interpretation of it.
Are you particularly proud of your work on "Demon Knights?" It's got a dark and challenging subject matter --
I do darkness, but I'm not a great fan of it. Something like "Saucer Country" is something I'm immensely proud of. Ryan Kelly is just doing amazing work on that and that's a very personal project. That is a story I've literally been wanting to tell for decades, and I finally have a way to do it.D-Deadman! You killed Deadman!!
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05-25-2012, 02:06 PM #4Tai'shar Manetheren
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Yeah it seems a little choppy and it seems like a few questions are merged into answers.
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05-25-2012, 02:11 PM #5Season 2 of Blue Estate
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naw man its good on my end browsers maybe?? Originally Posted by Mr. Holmes
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05-25-2012, 04:35 PM #6Zeitgeist Explorer
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MORE MI13 PLEASE?
Seems like a lovely bloke.
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Here's hoping that DC's New 52 commitment to genre diversity (such as it is) stands the test of time.
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05-25-2012, 06:19 PM #8New Member
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I really like Cornell's stuff but Demon Knights wasn't doing it for me so I let it go. I wish he could get his hands back on Superman. Either on the main title or a new one. Morrison and Cornell steering Superman could be pretty amazing. Oh...and bring Nick Spensor back. His Marvel stuff has been lacking and he was absolutely on fire at DC.
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05-25-2012, 06:20 PM #9Elder Member
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This interview was laughable, hahaha.
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Am I the only who thinks that he does'nt want to work on DC properties anymore? (or any major property for that matter).
Comic Books are fun, Comic Book fans not so much.
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05-25-2012, 06:36 PM #11BANNED
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He's not really a superhero writer. I think he has a similar perspective as Warren Ellis after dabbling his hand in a few properties like Action and Stormwatch. Originally Posted by Rakzo
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05-25-2012, 06:37 PM #12Tai'shar Manetheren
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He didn't seem to sound terribly enthused did he? Originally Posted by Rakzo
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05-25-2012, 06:42 PM #13Senior Member
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Oh God, that's the worst fate imaginable, but I can see the comparitions. Originally Posted by Mr. Holmes
I loved Cornell's Action Comics and I'm currently enjoying his Demon Knights but practically everything else he has done for DC has been really dull, like if he did'nt want to be on those projects at all.Last edited by Rakzo; 05-25-2012 at 06:45 PM.
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05-25-2012, 06:48 PM #14BANNED
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Even Demon Knights is now tanking in sales. I don't think I blame him for losing interest. We have an industry where people will buy the latest Batman no matter how unimaginative the stories are, and won't give a chance to books that do something completely new like Demon Knights.
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05-25-2012, 06:57 PM #15Senior Member
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Cornell strikes me as a writer who requires a lot of freedom, and that can occasionally make life hard when doing work-for-hire.
In Action and Demon Knights, he has more freedom, so it's significantly better. However, after his Lex story ended in Action and he was forced to write a tie-in for Reign of the Doomsdays....it was quite possibly the worst, most lifeless shit I have ever read from Cornell. Were it not for the credit, I wouldn't have even believed he wrote it.
The same can sort of be said about his run on Stormwatch, which had that bizarre reference to Superman shoe-horned into the first issue (clearly editorial interference), then the series gradually started getting better, but Cornell dropped out due to, yup, editorial interference.
Same thing for Batman and Robin - he was brought in to fill a gap for three issues, and it wasn't very good.
But yeah, give him freedom, such as in Action or Knight and Squire or Captain Britain, and it's a totally different ballgame with Cornell.
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