News from Comic-Con San Diego

[khaosworks]

Grant Morrison's long-awaited Justice League series was announced, entitled "Justice League Classified" and Morrison will be on the series for at least one arc with "Superman/Batman" artist Ed McGuinness. The series is to be an outlet for more "arc oriented" stories, wherein various writers and artists can tell tales of the JLA in any era of their history. Carlin said it was possible that writer Gail Simone's JLA arc with legend Jose Garcia-Lopez may be folded into that series, as well as the "I Can't Believe It's Not Justice League" mini-series, of which artist Kevin Maguire has completed three issues.

Carlin also confirmed Kurt Busiek, hot off "Avengers/JLA," will be the regular writer on "JLA" for the near future along with artist Ron Garney. Carlin said the next three years of "JLA" are planned, including a fill-in issue by Chuck Austen that may be used if the need is seen. Though Austen may seem vilified on the Internet, he received a loud ovation from the audience and explained that he's enjoyed working on "JLA," so he'd love to work with more DC teams and Carlin said he'd be pleased to work more with Austen. Carlin said he felt experimenting with rotating creative teams on "JLA" was successful and that fans of that format would enjoy "Classified."

Is it just me or is "Justice League Classified" a really horrible name? It sounds like it's a want ads section for superheroes.

Still, Busiek on JLA. Yay!

Comments

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[etherial.livejournal.com]

Is it just me, or does Superman/Batman make one think of slash?

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I can definitely deal with Busiek. JLA/Avengers kicked ass. But, yeah, Justice League Classified sounds like a dating service.

Thanks, Terence. That's a song. Gotta go.... :)

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Man of Steel! Sucessful, athletic SWM ISO SF to while away long winter nights. Age, species, skin color unimportant. Desire to travel a must, ability to fly a plus, initials LL a BIG plus.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Precisely. It's half done, but I've been listening to Air America, which has been distracting, as it's Pirate Day. ARRR!

[acrobatty.livejournal.com]

And Thunderbolts is coming back! YAY!

That said, I'm a little nervous about Busiek. IMO, his work quality has been degrading lately -- JLA/Avengers had a great plot but the script never clicked, Astro City is hit and miss -- and I didn't like the JLA guest shots in Power Company. Busiek does such brilliant JLA-like riffs that I wonder if he can actually add anything to the real JLA. But let's hope.

And the any-era arc idea sounds terrific! It's the sort of thing you can only do with a long-term fanbase, but once you have it, why not? It should be a lot of fun to see some modern looks at bygone lineups.