That’s the kind of thinking we put into it. It’s how she dresses as an ambassador in Arnold DC. Ultraman’s costume makes sense for him, so does Owlman’s. Then he looked kind of perfect for who Johnny Quick is.Īnd we went through that kind of thinking for all of them. We he turned that design in, we had to sit on it for a day or two the let our preconceived notions of what he should look like roll off of us. The tattoos we thought worked really well and Kieran took it and ran with the idea. In the case of Johnny, we felt that the changes we were making to his personality and his upbringing lent itself to a low tech type of costume choice-and not a costume at all, per se. That led to some out of the box thinking. Schmidt: One of the tenants we went into this with was to try to get readers to stop thinking of them as “the evil version of a hero” and instead start to think of them just as who they are on their own terms. Some of the Crime Syndicate members look markedly different from previous series, particularly this version of Johnny Quick. Then when Alex Sinclair colors them, again, next level work. He can elevate just about any material he gets, and he’s gone bonkers on these. Writing dense material like that and handing it someone as capable as Bryan means that I don’t sweat it once it’s in his hands. Ha ha.Īs for working with Bryan, yes, absolutely. Or just how they became the evil jerks they are.
The trick to all of these is focusing on what I’ve called “the flip.” But it’s that point of departure from their counter-parts. And that realization, so we meet him at that moment rather than the first time he dons a cape and cowl. The sequence we focus on is the point where he realizes all of his beliefs amount to nothing. But Owlman is already Owlman at the start of his story. We see Ultraman’s origin and we can see where he took a different path from his heroic counter-part. The key to all of them isn’t focusing on the origin (though that’s fine) but focusing on what makes this character become who he or she is. Is it difficult to tell an origin in five pages? Does it help when Bryan Hitch is illustrating them? You also get to tell a short origin story for each member as a back-up feature. A crisp and smooth line that also adds fullness to his shapes and characters. I love his faces and he’s also managed to kill it on the big, epic stuff, too.ĭexter’s been a favorite inker of mine going way back to my editorial days. The thing I love the most about his work is his ability to capture emotions in expressions. But since he’s started working professionally, his storytelling has been growing by leaps and bounds. He’s a completely self-taught comics artist which is super-impressive. Schmidt: Kieran has grown immensely in the time I’ve known him. What does each one bring to the narrative? You get to work with a variety of artists on the mini-series including Kiernan McKeown and Dexter Vines on the main story. Pin me down, and I’ll probably go with Emerald Knight. Surprisingly so, but I really enjoy both of them in ways I didn’t anticipate.
Emerald Knight and Atomica have grown on me the most. There’s a lot more to be done with her should DC decide to mine it. Superwoman is scheming and I think really interesting with her updated backstory. Writing a jerk with the powers of Superman is really fun. Schmidt: When I started, I thought I’d enjoy Owlman the most and I definitely love writing him. Is there one character that you enjoy playing against type the most? In writing Crime Syndicate, you get to essentially warp classic DC heroes. So our take is an updated one and has a dark sense of humor to it. No one had ever told an origin story for the Syndicate, so we were able to add to the tapestry and do something new.Īs for the take on the characters, the opening from Death Metal allowed for us to make updates and modifications where we thought it would be good and fun. The biggest question I’ve always had with the Crime Syndicate was how they met, and what was the glue that kept them together.
How is this version different from previous incarnations?Īndy Schmidt: We had an opportunity with the ending of Death Metal to do a new take. The Crime Syndicate has a long history in the DC Comics Universe.
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Writer Andy Schmidt and artists Kieran McKeown and Dexter Vines’ Crime Syndicate series wraps up this week, and it was our pleasure to speak to Schmidt about his approach to the new series and the “evil” members of one of DC Comics’ original alternate reality concepts. With anything related to multiverses as hot as a mint issue of Flash #123 right now, bringing back the “anti-Justice league” for their very own mini-series was perfect timing.
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