Over at the Beat, Steve Morris talks to Cullen Bunn about pitching the upcoming Fearless Defenders to Marvel, and the development process that ensued:
My initial proposal was only one page. I knew, though, that I wanted a good part of the book to be about how Valkyrie would choose the members of the team. That was the note that I really wanted to stick to. I think that building the team relatively slowly gives every character a chance to find a place and voice in the group and in the book as a whole. Beyond that, the proposal definitely had room for editorial input. The collaborative nature of comic books is something that I enjoy, and I love seeing where new ideas can take a book. Sometimes, some of the suggestions I’ve been given have really challenged me, but I think it takes the series in some unexpected directions… The biggest development is something that occurred because of the timing of the book. Because it took a while for the series to be approved, I decided that Valkyrie was procrastinating when it came to the task of choosing allies. She simply didn’t see anyone worthy of becoming a Shield Maiden. This, I think, paints Valkyrie in a much more interesting light, and I love the idea of exploring her definitions (right and wrong) of heroism.
Bunn is a really interesting writer (Those who haven’t tried his Sixth Gun series from Oni with Brian Hurtt, you should fix that immediately), and Fearless Defenders is a book with a lot of potential; it’s nice to get a look inside its origins.
December 18th, 2012 at 11:00 pm
I haven’t read Sixth Gun yet, but I’ve been considering it, but I had an interest in Fearless Defenders just off of the interview he did here about the series. Have you seen the cover solicited for issue 2? One of the best covers I’ve seen in years.