If you’ve been wondering, like me, why Dynamite Entertainment’s revitalized and wonderful Lone Ranger series earned Eisner noms for Best New Series and Best Cover Artist (John Cassaday), enjoy listening to this extremely cool podcast with LR scribe Brett Matthews.
Fun factoid #1: The long delayed end to the first Lone Ranger arc (#6) went to the printer last week, per the Matthews podcast, so I’m hoping we’ll see the conclusion in stores within the next month and the collected trade paperback shortly after that.
Fun factoid #2: No question, Matthews is the right guy to do the Ranger, as he collaborated with the super Joss Whedon on TV’s Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
Fun factoid #3: No crossovers with Zorro or any other characters, although there’s been a tip of the hat to LR’s lineage, aka the Green Hornet.
May 7th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Re: factoid#2
What is that supposed to mean? You might as well say “No doubt, Matthews is the right guy to write Howard Hughes’ biography, he collaborated with the super Joss Whedon on TV’s Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel*.”
Just being one of Whedon’s associates does not mean that everything he touches turns to gold; if anything, Matthews is the right guy for the Lone Ranger because of his knowledge and passion for the character (evident in every interview), not because of which famous names are on his speed dial.
*= said collaborations amounted to serving as Whedon’s assistant on Buffy & Angel and writing a single episode of Firefly; there’s no need to exaggerate his standing in the Whedonverse just to arouse the Whedonites.
May 7th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Hi Michael,
I’m not a SERIOUS Whedon fan, as many people who liked Buffy and Firefly. That said, one of the few mainstream Spandex books I read and enjoy is the Whedon/Cassaday X-Men, the latter who is also working with Matthews on LR.
Growing up with the LR in the early 60s on TV and in comics (Gold Key) — but having the bad taste in my mouth from the early 80s movie — I’m a bit picky about the Ranger, and was surprised more than anything else about the Whedon connection, thus I mentioned it.
You and I can both agree, however, the book is well worth reading, and that’s a good thing…
Thanks for responding,
Wayne