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Title: Question for Kurt Busiek Post by: Genis Vell on July 11, 2006, 04:32:36 AM I have seen the previews of SUPERMAN #654 and they are really amazing.
I hope to read this run for a long time... So, my question is: how many issues should you write? Only 12 or there are longer term plans for your run SUPERMAN (as I hope!)? Thank you. Title: Re: Question for Kurt Busiek Post by: Kurt Busiek on July 11, 2006, 11:58:49 AM Quote from: "Genis Vell" I have seen the previews of SUPERMAN #654 and they are really amazing. I hope to read this run for a long time... Thanks! Quote So, my question is: how many issues should you write? Only 12 or there are longer term plans for your run SUPERMAN (as I hope!)? There are longer-term plans. kdb Title: Re: Question for Kurt Busiek Post by: Permanus on July 11, 2006, 02:28:04 PM Wow! Now, how often do you get a straight answer like that?
Title: Re: Question for Kurt Busiek Post by: Genis Vell on July 11, 2006, 03:58:58 PM Thank you, Kurt! More than 12 issues... A record, in the current comic biz.
I have enjoyed with several Superman stories in the last years (Superman is the only hero able to make me feel like a kid again!), but I hated the short lenght of the last runs. Rucka on ADVENTURES? 20 issues or so. Simone/Byrne on ACTION COMICS? 9 issues. Loeb and Kelly have been good exceptions. I think that only with long runs a writer can really add something in the life of a character. Today, so many writers produce 6 or 12 part stories and then leave the books... And when you read the last chapter, you understand that nothing really important happened... And how could it, in a short storyline? I miss those good old self contained stories where you could find the core of the characters in just 22 pages. When multiparter sagas were not longer than 4 episodes and were produced only if there was something really important to tell. Way back in the Silver Age Marvel, how many trilogies were published? In this moment, I can only think to Master Planner (AMAZING), Galactus (FANTASTIC FOUR) and Titanium Man (TALES OF SUSPENSE). Daydreaming moment: Kurt Busiek like Cary Bates! A 15 years long run... Am I axagerating? Title: Re: Question for Kurt Busiek Post by: Super Monkey on July 11, 2006, 06:27:53 PM We can only hope :)
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