GEOFF JOHNS Y ROMITA JR. AL RESCATE DE SUPERMAN

En una cosa estamos de acuerdo: Superman necesita CAMBIOS.

Todas sus series en New 52 han sido un absoluto caos que ni siquiera la ya cancelada serie de Snyder/Lee, en pleno aniversario, ha sabido encauzar.

Por lo tanto, a DC le toca recorrer al otro guionista que le queda: Johns. La gente anda ya pidiendo por ahí que vuelva a sacar a la Legión.

Creo que no han pensado como quedarían páginas de Romita Jr. con 40 superhéroes en ellas...

"For me, as far as the story goes, my tagline for the story is "Putting the Man of Tomorrow back in the Man of Tomorrow." It's really looking at Superman and getting back to the core values and attributes and strengths of Superman. Really, the Man of Tomorrow is the theme, for me, that we're going to tackle in this first storyline."

"Working on the project, working in new territory, and then the storyline; it really is discovering the unknown. We'll learn some things about Superman that you've never known before, one in particular that is going to be redefining him in a way that we've never seen."

Parece que Romita está muy contento, pues ha conseguido que acepten algunas ideas propias, osea, contribuir como co-argumentista. Algo que muchos artistas hacen, aunque no siempre se les reconoce.

"I think working with somebody like John, who has ideas of his own, we'd go back and forth and amplify each other. That's really where I get my excitement about working on a project, is when I speak with an artist and we actually become real, creative collaborators. It's not about handing a script over and then having the pages drawn. It's gotta be about that collaboration. You talk and formulate ideas and themes before you even start writing or drawing."

Honesto y humilde, Romita reconocer que su fuerte no es el dibujo y no va a competir con versiones anteriores en eso, SINO EN EL STORYTELLING, en contar la historia.

Honestly, the only thing I can do is stay within myself on this. I've said before, I'm a little bit intimidated for the soul purpose that there are so many people who have done it before me, and done it very well -- exceptionally well, iconic versions. So if you concentrate too much, you feel like you're following a Hall of Famer in a position on a baseball field. You can't do that. So all I can do is do the best I can do. One of the things I can do as well as other people is tell a story. That actually makes my artwork look better. So if the storytelling is there, the artwork will be there. But I can't look at myself as trying to compete with the guys before me. I'd go out of my mind.

Yo creo que es una gran idea: Todos salen ganando: Romita tiene una nueva editorial, un nuevo personaje, un nuevo modo de promocionarse antes de lanzar los proyectcos personales que confiesa haber creado.

DC consigue a un dibujante que es mejor que el 85% de los que tiene.



Marvel...ha sido más que inteligente al dejar ir al artista en este punto de su carrera. Es obvio que no tiene nada más que decir con los personajes de esa compañía.

¡Todos salimos ganando!

Todos...menos Superman.