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Tweak says, "EXTERMINATE!"

arbre_rieur (arbre_rieur) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-03-25 22:19:00

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char: black canary/dinah lance, char: speedy/red arrow/roy harper, creator: dwayne mcduffie, group: justice league of america, title: justice league of america

Two pages from Justice League of America 31, and the story behind them
In the latest issue of JLA, there's a short scene between Red Arrow and Black Canary. Those pages have an interesting behind-the-scenes story to them, as Dwayne McDuffie revealed on a message board some time back.

Why a simulation of a graveyard, you perhaps wonder. Here's your answer.

Some readers were discussing the fate of Hawkman and Hawkgirl in Final Crisis and whether or not they died. McDuffie chimed in with:

I wrote a scene set at their gravesite that I recently had to quickly rewrite into something not very good.

Which prompted the following exchange.

Reader: Do you actually enjoy writing JLA? It just seems to be constant editorial rewrites and bad art.

McDuffie: No, I don't.

The thread can be found here: http://www.thevhive.com/forum/the-v/threads/morrisons-final-crisis-contains-spoilers/2731

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	sailorlibra 2009-03-26 01:23 am UTC (link)
	Reader: Do you actually enjoy writing JLA? It just seems to be constant editorial rewrites and bad art. McDuffie: No, I don't. Wow, that made me feel really sorry for McDuffie. I mean, JLA is technically DC's biggest title. It should be the title that everyone wants to work on. But it's not. And that's terrible. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	magus_69 2009-03-26 01:30 am UTC (link)
	I think that this current issue epitomizes what's wrong with the JLofA. It's being fucked by editorial mandate by a guy who has been described as (IIRC) "a directionless gladhander." It's rare that I think that I have actually wasted money, but I did here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sailorlibra 2009-03-26 01:34 am UTC (link)
	We need to overthrow Didio. Right. Now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jlbarnett 2009-03-26 05:57 am UTC (link)
	unfortunately DC always seems to be on a loop of "Hey let's do something really dramatic with Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman," "Okay but we'll have to pull them from the Justice League." This is then followed by "You know Justice League really needs Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	henker 2009-03-26 08:57 am UTC (link)
	I'm sure it doesn't help that McDuffie is frequently on the DC message boards, which is really pessimistic and critical all the time. All that negativity probably gets to him after a while. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-03-26 09:41 am UTC (link)
	What I would hink he is speaking to are the poliics of it all. The writters all fight over the characters. I bet its really hard to create firm stories with drama and punch cause' you always have to pass them through a committee.This shit roles downhill to the artist... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sailorlibra 2009-03-26 01:32 am UTC (link)
	Approach Wally for what? And why wouldn't she? He's been around for the past thirty years--in non-DCU time. Not sure what that is in DCU time--as the main Flash. At this point, I would say she knows him a lot better than she knows Barry. The real question is: why would Didio let Dinah approach Wally when she could be approaching the "iconic" form of the Flash? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)