Here you go . . . apparently they are trying to keep the "more fantasy, less superhero" theme by getting Tad Williams to write the book:
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=89755
Sweet Jesus. I like Tad Williams, but the man is well known for being, to put it delicately, verbose and wordy. I feel sorry for the letter guys or the artist tryign to draw around all the text.
Apparently he did another project for DC, which I hadn't heard before I read the article on this job. I was going to say that I'm not sure if Aquaman as a sword and sorcery style book is the best direction for the character, even though its already been moving in that direction for a bit now. But I'd be hard pressed to tell you what direction you COULD take Aquaman that would really draw in a lot of readers.
I think that getting Tad Williams to write this is a play to get readers that might pick up things like the Conan comics, as well as the fantasy reader that may be curious about what Tad Williams will do with a "superhero" character.
That having been said, neither board that I have seen this posted on has seen a lot of activity on this topic, one way or the other. Doesn't bode well, I wouldn't think.
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Well it's not like they can do much worse after what Tom King did to poor Wally West....
Well it's not like they can do much worse after what Tom King did to poor Wally West....
Or a whole lot of other characters in Heroes in Crisis or other comics. I mean DC had some stupid stuff in the past like identity Crisis for example but in the last months they really set a new low.
Part of the problem is that it seems that no one has something like a plan for the stories.
Other than back to dark and gritty it seems :(
Well it's not like they can do much worse after what Tom King did to poor Wally West....Or a whole lot of other characters in Heroes in Crisis or other comics. I mean DC had some stupid stuff in the past like identity Crisis for example but in the last months they really set a new low.
Part of the problem is that it seems that no one has something like a plan for the stories.
Other than back to dark and gritty it seems :(
I liked identify crisis, if only for handling Teddy so well. They bungled it afterwards, mind, but he was true to his character throughout the whole setup.
Freehold,
I didn't mind Identity Crisis, but it wasn't the best storyline in terms of setting things up later on.
Low,
Yeah Heroes in Crisis has been pretty less than stellar...
I liked identify crisis, if only for handling Teddy so well. They bungled it afterwards, mind, but he was true to his character throughout the whole setup.Well it's not like they can do much worse after what Tom King did to poor Wally West....Or a whole lot of other characters in Heroes in Crisis or other comics. I mean DC had some stupid stuff in the past like identity Crisis for example but in the last months they really set a new low.
Part of the problem is that it seems that no one has something like a plan for the stories.
Other than back to dark and gritty it seems :(
My Problem was that the story made no sense starting with the crime scene and the writer being a Deathstroke fanboy.
Whoops! Got my crisis confused! I meant INFINITE crisis.
Freehold,
Yeah the whole Superboy Prime punching reality has been pretty bleh.
Final Crisis at least tried to fix it...
Freehold,
Yeah the whole Superboy Prime punching reality has been pretty bleh.
Final Crisis at least tried to fix it...
I liked his turn to villainy.
I especially liked my first Green Lantern fighting the Legion of Super Villains BY HIMSELF AND WINNING until SP showed up.
Sweet Jesus. I like Tad Williams, but the man is well known for being, to put it delicately, verbose and wordy. I feel sorry for the letter guys or the artist tryign to draw around all the text.
I prefer the term "fully descriptive"... :-P All things being equal, though Williams' stories can be quite long, I have never felt like he's just marking time to reach "epic" story length. If the reason they're doing this is to get some crossover appeal, they've hit the right mark for me. I enjoy Tad Williams, I like DC (mid-80s Teen Titans were my thing), I'll definitely check it out.
Reader,
I like Tad Williams too. So him being wordy...doesn't bother me.
Freehold,
Eh. If I want to see the Legion of Super Villains, fight a Green Lantern, I'd rather it be Sodam Yat. He's cool.
Reader,
I like Tad Williams too. So him being wordy...doesn't bother me.
Freehold,
Eh. If I want to see the Legion of Super Villains, fight a Green Lantern, I'd rather it be Sodam Yat. He's cool.
that also happens.
Also, Rond Vidar is cooler.
I disagree but only because I like Sodam.