New Teen Titans Poolside
One of the reasons I love the Titans more that the JLA is that they had an indoor pool! And they used it quite often, giving us a lot of eye candy.
Here's an excerpt from an interview between Judd Winick and New Teen Titans Creator (and all around awesome artist) George Perez:
Here's an excerpt from an interview between Judd Winick and New Teen Titans Creator (and all around awesome artist) George Perez:
Thanks for all the eye candy, George! (BTW, the following scans were not drawn by Mr. Perez).
PÉREZ: Dick always had great legs. I always believed in putting in a fair amount of beefcake with the cheesecake. [Laughs]WINICK: No kidding! Did you guys ever do a count on how many swimming pool scenes you did?
PÉREZ: Oh gosh, once we had that pool we had to use it! [Laughs] When I met my current wife around then, she was in the fashion [industry], so I had to keep up on proper bikini styles and things like that.
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Hopefully the new monthly Titans book will restore some of the team's former glory, or at least make us all remember the good old Wolfman/Perez days.
Kinda funny, before Wolfman, Titans flopped twice. Marvel drama (which he was partially responsible for, having hired Jim Shooter in the first place) led to Wolfman finding a new office at DC. And he went from having the Thing team up with heroes he may or may not in fact know to having...Batman team up with heroes he may or may not in fact know.
So he had the idea for a team from different genres and decided to use the Teen Titans name: You want space opera? That's what Starfire's for. Cyberpunk? Meet Cyborg. Superhero classic? Kid Flash. More cynical superheroes? Channeling. Mythological fantasy? Wonder Girl. Crime drama? Can't forget Robin. And religious horror? That's so Raven.
He actually culled the existing roster. The 70s Titans were gone, though he used Lilith now and again. He thought Speedy was a discount Robin with drug issues, so off with him. Aqualad had the same problem Aquaman had, being restricted to water. And Kid Flash? Let's just say Marv had...bigger plans for him. Plans which would reshape the DCU and even the way we thought of comics as a medium.
Gar: Yeah sure, laugh at the green kid, but I'm the only one who did any homework.
Vic: What are you talking about? I graduated years ago.
Dick: Same.