InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "I like tigers."

skylands (skylands) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-23 19:52:00

Current mood:	accomplished
Current music:	Boa - Winter Love
Entry tags:	char: obsidian/todd rice, creator: bill willingham, title: jsa

CCI: JSA
I've been a long time lurker of SD for quite some time now (pre-lj eviction included), and the one thing I remember was concern regarding Willingham's future handling of Obsidian.

In fact, one question in particular was brought up.

Asked about whether the Obsidian character would remain gay in the JSA series, Willingham said, "I'm almost 97% certain that there won't be a scene in an upcoming issue of JSA where Obsidian goes, 'I'm cured! I'm no longer gay! I like women!'" before joking that the other 3% had to remain iffy so he would not lose his membership as a Republican.

Mind you, I never thought he would; however, it does make me feel a little bit better about his upcoming run since he plans to actually use Obsidian for something other than wallpaper.

Source.

In other news, they're splitting JSA into two teams/books with the new one called JSA All Stars. Here's the first cover for legality/those who are interested:

(Post a new comment)

	hearthemvoices 2009-07-24 02:59 am UTC (link)
	Two... teams? And why is Cyclone THAT busty. D: (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lieut_kettch 2009-07-24 03:03 am UTC (link)
	She's wearing a pushup. Courtney likes it when she wears the pushup. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-07-24 03:08 am UTC (link)
	... I'm trying to find the dirty joke involving the two of them and why Maxine's monkey is suddenly so tiny. I know it's there, but it's just not coming to me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lieut_kettch 2009-07-24 05:13 pm UTC (link)
	All that comes to mind is "shunting mass from her monkey to her breasts." dream dissolve Atom Smasher: Hey, Court, what's up? Stargirl: Hey Al, you'd do anything for me, right? Atom Smasher: You know I would, Courtney. Courtney: Remember when you told me you just discovered to to use your mass-altering powers on objects besides yourself? Well... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	skylands 2009-07-24 03:06 am UTC (link)
	I think the more operative question is when did Judomaster's chest outgrow Powergirl's? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	red_cyclone 2009-07-24 04:16 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, that is rather odd. However, she isn't vansihing, which makes me oh so pleased. Also, has her monkey shrunk? Ok, that just sounds odd. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	toasty_fresh 2009-07-24 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Moreover, why is her cleavage all up in her clavicle? Because chests do not work that way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tacobob 2009-07-24 03:41 pm UTC (link)
	The art..It's art when you first look at it appears to be alright, but when you look at it a little longer...Ugh. Why is Stargirl's lips on one side of her face like that? Why does Wildcat look like he just woke up and is in the middle of a horrible hangover? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

mari_redstar
2009-07-24 04:02 pm UTC (link)

And while we're talking about Stargirl's lips, she's never struck me as a girl to go for the dark red lipstick. Maxine, sure, she probably loves playing with makeup. Power Girl, why not, she likes doing dramatic fashion things, and maybe she's hoping to distract people from how weirdly her face is shaped. But Stargirl? And... isn't that Judomaster? Is the colorist maybe unaware that women's lips aren't naturally that color?

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lieut_kettch 2009-07-24 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	But Maxine likes it when Courtney wears dark red lipstick. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	shanejayell 2009-07-24 03:17 am UTC (link)
	So they're now going "JSA" and "GRRR! EXTREME JSA" ? sigh DC, why must you follow Marvel's crappy lead? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tacobob 2009-07-24 03:45 am UTC (link)
	JSA WORKS DARK JSA XtReme JXA JSA team Red! JSA team yellow! The Jumping Jumbo Jesus Junior JSA Squad! XXX! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluefall 2009-07-24 05:37 am UTC (link)
	You forgot JSA ELITE. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	volksjager 2009-07-24 02:00 pm UTC (link)
	Extreme-force-JSA (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tacobob 2009-07-24 03:47 am UTC (link)
	Um. Who is the guy in the back across from Power Girl,and is it me, or does it look like he's got a bit of a stiffy? Geez Wild Cat. BePats yourself! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	skylands 2009-07-24 04:05 am UTC (link)
	There's two new characters joining: King Chimera and the All-American Kid. Given the lack of an American Flag, I'm going to go with King Chimera. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ian_karkull 2009-07-24 04:42 am UTC (link)
	King Chimera?? Oh god, please don't be that magical warthog from the godawful Bruce Jones' mutilation of checkmate oh god oh god please please please! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	skylands 2009-07-24 05:08 am UTC (link)
	Don't think so. In the article they said he's the son of a Golden Age Flash enemy so I think we're safe... for now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ian_karkull 2009-07-24 12:02 pm UTC (link)
	Phew! Well then, colour me intruiged. I do like the ol' Legacy switcheroo. Maybe it's Brainwave Jr., the cover art does suggest a telepath. Also, I wonder why he's cosplaying as Sasha Bordeaux there. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	saralakali 2009-07-24 12:40 pm UTC (link)
	Augh! Now I can't unsee it. What the hell is that? (Reply to this) (Parent)

neotoma
2009-07-24 03:56 am UTC (link)

I'm still leery of what he might do to Obsidian, though with Sturges co-writing I don't suppose he'll go completely overboard...

And I suppose they have to split the book into two just to have space for all the characters...

But wow, I do not like that cover. It'd be one thing if any of the characters had unique expression, or even *facial* features, but right now it's terribly boring. And what's worse, this seems to be the half that most of the female characters have been shunted to -- so are they going to stuck with dull art and lifeless portrayals? I hope not. I liked that there were so many women in the JSA line-up.

(Reply to this) (Thread)

	arbre_rieur 2009-07-24 04:25 am UTC (link)
	They're only co-writing the opening arc. After that, Sturges gets JSA All-Stars (the members on that cover) and Willingham gets JSA (the members not on that cover). Obsidian goes in the latter category, it looks like. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	neotoma 2009-07-24 11:02 am UTC (link)
	Really? I'll give each new book three issues. But I'm not hopeful, since both FABLES and JACK OF FABLES managed to turn me off enough to drop them, in spite of solid plots and some interesting villain concepts. (Reply to this) (Parent)

bluefall
2009-07-24 05:43 am UTC (link)

Yeah, my concern has never been that he'll make Todd not gay. Of the many things that happen to gay characters that need to not happen to Todd, that is not even on the radar.

As for the gender ratio... Liberty Belle is the only female character who's actually had a worthwhile story or any kind of meaningful development (even Peej, who's gotten some facetime, has just been rehashing old angst), so even if the women in Sturges' book end up completely flat, we can at least feel satisfied that that's any real change for the franchise.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

neotoma
2009-07-24 10:59 am UTC (link)

I'm worried about them fridging Damon, to start with. To say I don't trust Willingham is just the start. The part that bugs me is that he'll have some brilliant concept, and then the execution will include something that is completely infuriating.

I was hoping that they'd trim some of the JSA cast (let some of them 'graduate', please!) and we'd get back to the teaching theme with a cast that is closer to half female, since most of the female characters were the younger ones...

(Reply to this) (Parent)

	jarodrussell 2009-07-24 04:20 am UTC (link)
	Where's Liberty Belle? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	shanejayell 2009-07-24 04:23 am UTC (link)
	Hopefully not killed off to make Hourman all "GRR XTREME!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jarodrussell 2009-07-24 04:27 am UTC (link)
	Hourman already is "GRR XTREME!" which is why he's also "SUCK MMM'KAY!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tacobob 2009-07-24 04:30 am UTC (link)
	Nah, the tiny flying monkey thing left a little "present" on his boot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jarodrussell 2009-07-24 03:07 pm UTC (link)
	I think he's staring at Stargirl. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	toasty_fresh 2009-07-24 04:30 am UTC (link)
	That cover is ew. I really cannot stand Freddy Williams III's art. (Reply to this)

	ian_karkull 2009-07-24 04:54 am UTC (link)
	Splitting JSA into two books is a good idea. Of course, putting almost all of the boring new members into one of them is not. Still, I'm curious to see whether the brand name can sustain a spin-off already. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	skylands 2009-07-24 05:17 am UTC (link)
	In May, JSA was at about 56,000; however, it suffered a 30% drop off but that could just be the Johns effect as his last issue was in April. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	tacobob 2009-07-24 03:43 pm UTC (link)
	When did Magog become so important in the JSA? He's wetter under the ears than most of those guys on the cover. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	skylands 2009-07-24 03:53 pm UTC (link)
	It's DC's hard-on for Kingdom Come. I still can't think of a reason why he's getting a solo in the first place when there's characters far more deserving. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tacobob 2009-07-24 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	A solo? Really? I think DC doesn't get what Alex Ross meant the character to be..You know, everything he hates in comics. >:( (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-07-24 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	Hard to say how I feel about this . I do thing the current title is over loaded. I have no idea why the powers that be decided to move away from the core and bring in the B&C list talent. If dividing the team allows for the trditional heroes of the JSA to shine (This means Hawkman too) then it could work. (Reply to this)

	lieut_kettch 2009-07-24 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	OMG! It's Rick Tyler! And he isn't constantly feeling up Jesse! Although, he is standing awfully close to Grant... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	neotoma 2009-07-24 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	Well, it's not like that hasn't happened before... (Reply to this) (Parent)