ROY THOMAS INTERVIEW
SOURCE: Alan Waite
Impulse Gamer recently chatted
with legendary writer and comic scribe Roy Thomas (Alter
Ego, The Avengers, Conan, All-Star Squadron & Infinity Inc). Roy
discussed his passion of the Golden Age, his work with
TwoMorrows Publishing (Alter Ego) and which DC series he would
like to continue.
What sparked your enthusiasm for the world of
Golden Age Comics?
I was a comics buyer (through my
mother) from the age of 4 1/2, and I never ceased liking them,
even though I only got in on the last half or so of the Golden
Age, starting in 1945.
But I was from an early age, when I
got hold of copies of SUPERMAN #19 and ALL-STAR #21 and at least
one 1942 comic with Captain Marvel Jr., very interested in what
had come before, including the idea of the heroes during WWII.
SOURCE: DC Comics
How did you become involved in
TwoMorrows Publishing and more particularly Alter Ego?
ALTER EGO #100 told the story in
notes from and to Jon B. Cooke. I got in touch with him through
TwoMorrows when I read about COMIC BOOK ARTIST being
forthcoming, with attention to be paid to "neglected" folks like
Gil Kane and myself.
SOURCE:
http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=55&products_id=969
It fit with my notion of doing an
ALTER EGO section, much like the FCA section now in AE.
Do you have any scoops for our
readers regarding the JSA (Justice Society of America) edition
of Alter Ego 109?
I've had to delay the interview
with the daughter of John B. Wentworth, creator of Johnny
Thunder. It's finished and it's fascinating, but it will take 6
months or more to get hold of any photos, so I'll have to delay
it for the NEXT JSA issue, alas.
But there's still the study of the
early work of Bernard Baily (Spectre, Hour-Man) by Ken Quattro,
along with Hurricane Heeran's look at various JSA groups that
might/should have existed in the 40s (with art by Shane Foley
and Al Dellinges).
SOURCE: DC Comics
Also, a look at the 1980s JUSTICE
SOCIETY OF AMERICA: INVASION FROM FAIRYLAND mini-series by
Michael Bair/Hernandez and me that never was, and various other
JSA-related feature. In addition to the beginning of an
interview with Leonard Starr about his early work by Jim Amash
and of course other features, including coverage of the
50th-anniversary of fandom celebration in 2011 at the San-Diego
Con.
Cover by George Perez, which had
appeared only on a DC digest issue in the 80s.
Source:
http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=55&products_id=1026
Which golden age character would
you like to write again? (Your
penmanship is sorely missed on the message boards)
I'd like to write almost any of
them. Mostly I'd like to write the JSA or All-Star Squadron
picking up where ALL-STAR #67 left off. Thanks for the kind
words...
SOURCE: DC Comics
Lastly, what are your thoughts on
the new DC-52 and more importantly, the new Earth-2?
No thoughts on DC-52 or Earth-2,
since I don't read those comics.
Except, of course, that E2 should
never have been destroyed in the first place. I'll be
interested in DC when I'm writing a regular comic for them...
and not before. Which probably means never.
But they're a company with a fine
heritage.
Thanks for your time Roy and good
luck with your future endeavours!
Don't forget to check out the
http://www.twomorrows.com
for more work by Roy Thomas and all things Golden Age!
