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How will I mark success in 2007? Well, it’s pretty easy, considering that almost all of Descendants to date happened over the course of that year (Descendants #1: Life Savers, Inc through Issue #21: Come the Black Clouds), I can say it’s been good for Descendants.
From a much snarkier perspective? Well…
- None of the heroes made deals with the Devil
- No heroes covered up accidental deaths
- No lovable D-listers died for no reason
- No children were killed or pressed into military service
- And no ’silly’ characters went insane
I know I’m ragging on Marvel here, but seriously, what was up? Is that what people really want to see? Am I so out of touch that I just don’t *get* how awesome it is to have a cartoon clown beat the shit out of someone for calling him names or see a multiple teenaged girls burst into tears (multiple times!) over the fact that their friends were killed/they were made to kill?
I don’t know, man… But to be fair, despite some things that made my brain hurt, Marvel did give us some good: World War Hulk: X-men was a masterpiece superhero throwdown I’ve missed so badly in comics. Messiah CompleX, while making Cyclops out to be an Iron Man level wang (sure, shooting someone with your optic blast for disagreeing is a wonderful idea!), is a fun read as long as I can ignore the lame, lame deaths. The Holiday Special was awesome and is probably still on the shelf if you want to get it.
Over at DC, I only read Blue Beetle but I’m glad I do. Buy that too.
And just say NO the New Warirors vol4. It really is that bad. The first 6 issues use the fact that you have to guess who the main characters used to be as a point of suspense. DO NOT WANT.
With that off my chest, I can talk about my own work on Descendants.
To be totally honest, I’m not where I wanted to be at this point in the project. Not that I’m not happy with what’s been written and maybe I’m asking too much after only 21 ‘issues’. You decide:
1) Alexis Keyes, Darkness
I really think I’ve failed Alexis as a creator as of right now. The younger generation sort of stole the show since #13 and I haven’t been able to develop her and her relationship with Ian as much as I’d like. My hope for Year 3 is more Alexis, maybe even a solo adventure for her. It seems that all her character stuff keeps getting bumped, so hopefully, if I log jam it in, I’m bound to get one soon.
2) George
Regardless of if you noticed him, George has been in this story from the beginning. If this were a real comic, I imagine he would be seen in crowd sequences all the time just so fans could find him. I planned to reveal George and his situation by now, but not so much.
3) Tome Checked Out
I didn’t mean to go a whole year without running into Tome, but it looks like we will. But don’t worry, there’s no way I can ignore them for year 3.
4) Secrets
There are a lot of things kept secret that I’ve meant to reveal or at least drop bigger hints about by now. These include Juniper, The Brazil-American War, and Arjun Ravi. God willing, Year 3 will have a place for them.
Otherwise, I’m very happy with Descendants as a body of work right now. I have all sorts of new things in mind and just can’t wait to get to them and I hope you are too!