tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post6539027235278183643..comments2024-03-24T07:53:37.246-04:00Comments on J.M. DeMatteis's CREATION POINT: THE GIRL WITH THE UMBRELLAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-85373152155533977042012-01-17T11:39:16.728-05:002012-01-17T11:39:16.728-05:00Please do! :)Please do! :)J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-44301173385917306942012-01-17T11:37:43.199-05:002012-01-17T11:37:43.199-05:00Very cool...in the meantime, I guess that's my...Very cool...in the meantime, I guess that's my excuse to re-read IMAGINALIS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-18229275980954953202012-01-17T11:36:50.449-05:002012-01-17T11:36:50.449-05:00I slipped a few of those Zadian doppelgangers into...I slipped a few of those Zadian doppelgangers into my book IMAGINALIS, David. There's a reference to an ancient kingdom and an ancient queen; in my mind it was clearly Abadazad and Queen Ija.<br /><br />As for that happening in this new work...it's certainly possible. But that's the story's business, not mine. I just follow where it leads!J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-71846722650296277032012-01-17T11:23:25.018-05:002012-01-17T11:23:25.018-05:00I'd expect nothing less than a big fantasy fro...I'd expect nothing less than a big fantasy from you, JMD!<br /><br />BTW, weird question: I know that there are ownership issues, but are you able to do an 'unofficial' crossover with ABADAZAD of the kind that Marvel and DC freelancers occassionally did? The ones where the writers used 'stand-ins' that are obviously intended to reflect their other universe counterparts?<br /><br />I remember a few nods to certain characters in my own reading experiences. Before her wedding to Peter Parker, for instance, Mary Jane ran into an old billionaire boyfriend named Bruce. After Hal Jordan went insane and killed the Guardians of the Universe, Bruce Banner ran into him in a Marvel Universe insane asylum. <br /><br />Since you write the kind of stories that span universes anyway, it wouldn't be unprecendented for one of your characters to run into, say, a reunited brother and sister pair that look suspiciously like Kate and Matt...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-37549637893104332342012-01-17T11:07:23.205-05:002012-01-17T11:07:23.205-05:00This new story also has scope. It's a BIG fan...This new story also has scope. It's a BIG fantasy that crosses many worlds. For me it has the same feeling of excitement that I got when I was developing MOONSHADOW and ABADAZAD. We'll see where the story leads me...!J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-77430751187589769562012-01-17T11:04:21.634-05:002012-01-17T11:04:21.634-05:00I'm glad to see a title like SUPERGIRL re-embr...I'm glad to see a title like SUPERGIRL re-embracing the beauty and simplicity of an all-ages dynamic. It's funny (and sad) that for the past thirty years, it's been getting harder to find comics like that. I find that the 'sophisticated' comic often, not always, but far too often, lacks real imagination and soul.<br /><br />Judging by those pictures, I predict readers will respond to "Jane" for the same reason they still love Supergirl. <br /><br />She rides the wind and has adventures that make the Magic surrounding us so obvious only a cynical, 'sophisticated' adult could miss it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-18651013722485499732012-01-17T10:48:08.500-05:002012-01-17T10:48:08.500-05:00Thanks, David! Re: Supergirl. When my daughter w...Thanks, David! Re: Supergirl. When my daughter was younger and I was desperate to find some appropriate comics for her, I gave her two hardcover volumes of late fifties/early sixties Supergirl stories and she LOVED them. Those stories would be viewed as "unsophisticated" by today's "adult" comic book reader, but they were filled with imagination and whimsy and they were utterly sincere.J.M. DeMatteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293848326241642685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193334913733210326.post-29572744546828695722012-01-17T10:30:15.442-05:002012-01-17T10:30:15.442-05:00That's awesome, JMD! Look forward to seeing th...That's awesome, JMD! Look forward to seeing the project manifest. <br /><br />My daughter is at that really cool age where she devours stories, and she's still young enough that I get to read them to her. (Read an issue of SUPERGIRL to her three times last night!)<br /><br />I lok forward to reading it to her!<br /><br />--DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com