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hptr_fangirlDan Jurgens of Superman: Lois and Clark talks about the issues 3-4 and what to expect in the upcoming books.
First off, in the time since we spoke last, you revealed via Twitter that this series will only run for 8 issues. Is the plan to have one long storyline that will make a nice collected edition?
I think that’s the best plan for any limited series. And, yes, this will culminate with an ending that is very true to the characters and story overall. I’m quite happy with what we’ve done and where we’re going.
Can you say yet whether you (or DC) have longer-term plans for Superman, Lois and Jon once the series is over?
Right now, my focus is entirely on these characters and this story. It’s an important story for the Superman mythos and I want to make sure it’s as good as it can be.
Okay, into the stories proper: In a world where the community is basically just wiped off the map and both Superman and Blanque vanish, is the Rusty Ridge massacre something that we’ll be coming back to? It seems like it would be something that concerned authorities.
I have a couple of ideas on how to refer to it and certainly hope to do so. It’s certainly of interest to Joshua Chambers, who we met in issue 2. We’ll see him again as someone who’s investigating these unexplained events, and looking into the idea that they’re connected.
Do you have a specific backstory and power set worked out for Blanque? If so, is it something we’ll see?
Yes, I do have his backstory planned out and hope to get to it one day.
There are, in #3 and #4, a handful of very nice shots of Superman and Lois together on a plain white background. How much of that is scripted and how much of it is Lee? The mirroring works nicely for me.
That’s all Lee. It’s something I do a fair amount of myself, when I draw. One of the great aspects of working with Lee is that we think very much alike when it comes to what we like in comics. He is an impeccable storyteller who is able to portray the power of Superman and emotion of the quiet scenes with equal skill.
How are they going to explain to Jon that the car went to the shop and never came back after it got trashed in the Fortress?
Believe it or not, I have a story for that!
Are we going to find out how the new Fortress came to be? There’s no Eradicator (that we know of) in this universe, but he does call the Fotress robot “Kelex.”
He built his own version of an artificial intelligence system, which he named “Kelex” out of a feeling for what he left behind. The Fortress, in general, is not only practical but exemplifies Superman’s need to retain some aspects of the life he knew.
Does Lois know about the Fortress? I can’t totally tell given the way they talk about Henshaw in #3.
Yes, Lois knows he has a place.
When I was a kid, one of my best friends was a kid whose father was a plumber. He had a massive workshop out in the back yard that was distant and separate from the house. It was like an alien place to us— a place of adventure with magnificent tools and the types of things you just didn’t see anywhere else. It was a work place, very separate and different from what the house, which was about 50 feet away, reflected.
So, in a way, I think of Superman’s fortress like that as well. It’s his work shop— a place where he puts stuff that would otherwise be a problem.
As testament to that, we saw him fight Shockwave in the flashback portion of issue 2. When he walks the through the Fortress in #3, in the present, Shockwave’s armor is there, as is Blanque.
Do those Jor-El and Lara statues tell us something about what “version” of the post-Crisis, pre-Flashpoint Superman we’re dealing with, or are they kind of purposefully not helpful in that way?
In a somewhat subtle way, it tells us a lot.
Source: ComicBook.com
First off, in the time since we spoke last, you revealed via Twitter that this series will only run for 8 issues. Is the plan to have one long storyline that will make a nice collected edition?
I think that’s the best plan for any limited series. And, yes, this will culminate with an ending that is very true to the characters and story overall. I’m quite happy with what we’ve done and where we’re going.
Can you say yet whether you (or DC) have longer-term plans for Superman, Lois and Jon once the series is over?
Right now, my focus is entirely on these characters and this story. It’s an important story for the Superman mythos and I want to make sure it’s as good as it can be.
Okay, into the stories proper: In a world where the community is basically just wiped off the map and both Superman and Blanque vanish, is the Rusty Ridge massacre something that we’ll be coming back to? It seems like it would be something that concerned authorities.
I have a couple of ideas on how to refer to it and certainly hope to do so. It’s certainly of interest to Joshua Chambers, who we met in issue 2. We’ll see him again as someone who’s investigating these unexplained events, and looking into the idea that they’re connected.
Do you have a specific backstory and power set worked out for Blanque? If so, is it something we’ll see?
Yes, I do have his backstory planned out and hope to get to it one day.
There are, in #3 and #4, a handful of very nice shots of Superman and Lois together on a plain white background. How much of that is scripted and how much of it is Lee? The mirroring works nicely for me.
That’s all Lee. It’s something I do a fair amount of myself, when I draw. One of the great aspects of working with Lee is that we think very much alike when it comes to what we like in comics. He is an impeccable storyteller who is able to portray the power of Superman and emotion of the quiet scenes with equal skill.
How are they going to explain to Jon that the car went to the shop and never came back after it got trashed in the Fortress?
Believe it or not, I have a story for that!
Are we going to find out how the new Fortress came to be? There’s no Eradicator (that we know of) in this universe, but he does call the Fotress robot “Kelex.”
He built his own version of an artificial intelligence system, which he named “Kelex” out of a feeling for what he left behind. The Fortress, in general, is not only practical but exemplifies Superman’s need to retain some aspects of the life he knew.
Does Lois know about the Fortress? I can’t totally tell given the way they talk about Henshaw in #3.
Yes, Lois knows he has a place.
When I was a kid, one of my best friends was a kid whose father was a plumber. He had a massive workshop out in the back yard that was distant and separate from the house. It was like an alien place to us— a place of adventure with magnificent tools and the types of things you just didn’t see anywhere else. It was a work place, very separate and different from what the house, which was about 50 feet away, reflected.
So, in a way, I think of Superman’s fortress like that as well. It’s his work shop— a place where he puts stuff that would otherwise be a problem.
As testament to that, we saw him fight Shockwave in the flashback portion of issue 2. When he walks the through the Fortress in #3, in the present, Shockwave’s armor is there, as is Blanque.
Do those Jor-El and Lara statues tell us something about what “version” of the post-Crisis, pre-Flashpoint Superman we’re dealing with, or are they kind of purposefully not helpful in that way?
In a somewhat subtle way, it tells us a lot.
Source: ComicBook.com
