Dan Didio on JMS and Superman

[Jan]

From a report on Dan Didio's panel at Megacon this weekend:

An audience member asked how J. Michael Straczynski got his job writing Superman and Wonder Woman. Didio explain that he has always loved Straczynski's work and that the subtlety of storytelling in his run on Brave and the Bold was exceptional. "The emotional impact of doing 22 pages is not an easy task and he does it on a regular basis. Superman, hands down, is his favorite character." Coming out of World of New Krypton and War of the Supermen, DC wanted to spotlight something different about the character. "He has a take on Superman that is basically a 180 degree turn from where the book is right now. It's that dramatic and it's everything true to who Superman is and what people believe him to be."

also:

As we left, I got a picture with Dan Didio and he asked me where my writeups are published. When I told him The Superman Homepage, he assured me that as a Superman fan, I will appreciate Straczynski's upcoming story in Superman because it gets back to the core of what Superman has always been about.

Jan

[frulad]

"He has a take on Superman that is basically a 180 degree turn from where the book is right now.

Even if it wasn't JMS writing, that quote would have me checking the book out. While I love James Robertson's "Starman" from a few years back, I am not a fan of what he has masterminded in the books right now.