lkl@mhuxr.UUCP (LAPSLEY) (11/06/85)
A local radio station ran a brief item this morning on the 'revitalization' of Superman. It sounded like DC had held a press conference announcing the change, which was picked up by the 'source' news network. Highlights: Noel Neill voicing her regrets on tampering with an American legend. John Byrne saying that for him the assignment is scary. The announcer closed with the observation that the new Supes bears a 'striking resemblance' to Bruce Springsteen. Addendum (from the Wash. post) ..."The new Superman is no big deal, said Dim Shooter, editor in chief of Marvel, who wrote Superman himself in the '60s. Editors were stricter then, Shooter said, but now 'creative anarchy' reigns at DC Comics". As opposed to 'creative totalitarianism' at Marvel? :-) The usual disclaimers, L.K. Lapsley, ..ihnp4!mhuxr!lkl
mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (11/08/85)
> A local radio station ran a brief item this morning > on the 'revitalization' of Superman. It sounded like > DC had held a press conference announcing the change, > which was picked up by the 'source' news network. > > Highlights: > Noel Neill voicing her regrets on tampering with an > American legend. > I doubt she knows what happened with the character over the last 30 years or what exactly Byrne is planning to do. I think the Byrne Superman will be much closer to the TV Superman than the 3-times-as-powerful-as-God version of the 60's through present is. > > Addendum (from the Wash. post) > ..."The new Superman is no big deal, said Dim Shooter, > editor in chief of Marvel, who wrote Superman himself > in the '60s. Editors were stricter then, Shooter > said, but now 'creative anarchy' reigns at DC Comics". "Creative anarchy"? Sounds like a compliment to me! Glad to see the Shooter acknowledges that DC, in contrast to Marvel, is creative. Scott McEwan {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"
scott@hou2g.UUCP (Colonel'K) (11/08/85)
> Addendum (from the Wash. post) > ..."The new Superman is no big deal, said Dim Shooter, > editor in chief of Marvel... "Dim" Shooter, eh? Did this appear this way in the paper, or was it a Freudian slip on the part of the poster? Either way, it's great (though I would have loved it if the paper actually printed it as "Dim"--it'd serve him right!) "To order poison in a bar would be...illogical." Scott J. Berry ihnp4!hou2g!scott