In the course of the first issue, we learn a lot about Klaus. Ideally, the best superheroes selflessly battle on behalf of people who are too weak or downtrodden to fight for themselves-that tends to be poor or marginalised people who lack the protection of the law-so for me these characters work best when they also bump up against the agents of entrenched power, like police and courts and the army. I like the superhero as rebel better than the superhero as defender of the status quo, I suppose. We saw this with Superman a bit during your Action Comics run: What about these very clean-cut heroes makes you focus on their rebellious streak? No, you're right, there's a similar use of music and colour but let's not remind people of those day-glo '90s days! The DMT tryptamine "elves" Klaus communes with in issue #1 get their big moment in issue #6. Is that just me overanalyzing, or was that intentional? The musical sequence in #1 kind of reminds me of the way The Invisibles communed with John Lennon. I'm sure within a year they'll have chains around his ankles as he illustrates Wolverine's bleak and meaningless existential adventures in the umpteenth century but right now he's doing his own thing and KILLING IT! I had no idea how good Dan would prove to be so it's been a revelation to me. How important was that to shaping the look of the series?ĭan does his own colours. The colors are gorgeous, especially in #1.
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