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Bryan J.L. Glass is an American comic book writer, known for his work on books such as The Mice Templar, a creator-owned series that he publishes through Image Comics, and for which he won two Harvey Awards. He has also written books for Marvel Comics, including Thor: First Thunder and Valkyrie.
With his latest project “Furious,” a five-issue miniseries which debuted this past January from Dark Horse Comics. “Furious” was illustrated by Glass’s “Mice Templar” collaborator Victor Santos, and first glimpsed with an eight-page story in December’s “Dark Horse Presents” #31.
CBR News spoke exclusively with Glass for his first interview on the series, before its official unveiling Saturday at Baltimore Comic Con during the “Powered by Creators: Bryan J.L. Glass Comes to Dark Horse” panel.
“For years, I’ve always considered myself to be a creator, but every time I got a publishing opportunity, it would be to come aboard someone else’s existing project,” Glass said. “This is the first project I’m bringing to a major publisher that originated with me.”
“Furious,” in its earliest state, dates back to ideas Glass had around 25 years ago, though it has evolved significantly in that time.
“‘Furious’ is the story of a woman who has woken up to the fact that she is a repugnant human being, and superpowers grant her the means to redeem herself,” Glass told CBR. “But unlike the average superhero who wears a mask to protect their loved ones from all the enemies that they’re going to make, Furious wears a mask because, if you knew who she really was, you would hate her.”
Given the title character’s contemptible status, Glass said one of the biggest challenges in writing the series is presenting an unlikeable protagonist in the proper way.
“How do you ride that balance? How do you walk that tightrope between establishing that the character is repugnant, and yet you’re following this character, trying desperately to change who they were,” the writer asked. “You want to be rooting for them.”
EXCLUSIVE ART: Furious is a character who, if the world knew who she was under the mask, would hate
Compared to warrior mice and Asgardian gods, “Furious” is noticeably more grounded than Glass’s past comics work. The title character is, in fact, the first superhero ever in her world — a world intended to closely resemble our own.
For more information check out the podcast page.
http://roundtableshow.com/bryan-j-l-glass-04-10-2014/
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By PSN RADIOBryan J.L. Glass is an American comic book writer, known for his work on books such as The Mice Templar, a creator-owned series that he publishes through Image Comics, and for which he won two Harvey Awards. He has also written books for Marvel Comics, including Thor: First Thunder and Valkyrie.
With his latest project “Furious,” a five-issue miniseries which debuted this past January from Dark Horse Comics. “Furious” was illustrated by Glass’s “Mice Templar” collaborator Victor Santos, and first glimpsed with an eight-page story in December’s “Dark Horse Presents” #31.
CBR News spoke exclusively with Glass for his first interview on the series, before its official unveiling Saturday at Baltimore Comic Con during the “Powered by Creators: Bryan J.L. Glass Comes to Dark Horse” panel.
“For years, I’ve always considered myself to be a creator, but every time I got a publishing opportunity, it would be to come aboard someone else’s existing project,” Glass said. “This is the first project I’m bringing to a major publisher that originated with me.”
“Furious,” in its earliest state, dates back to ideas Glass had around 25 years ago, though it has evolved significantly in that time.
“‘Furious’ is the story of a woman who has woken up to the fact that she is a repugnant human being, and superpowers grant her the means to redeem herself,” Glass told CBR. “But unlike the average superhero who wears a mask to protect their loved ones from all the enemies that they’re going to make, Furious wears a mask because, if you knew who she really was, you would hate her.”
Given the title character’s contemptible status, Glass said one of the biggest challenges in writing the series is presenting an unlikeable protagonist in the proper way.
“How do you ride that balance? How do you walk that tightrope between establishing that the character is repugnant, and yet you’re following this character, trying desperately to change who they were,” the writer asked. “You want to be rooting for them.”
EXCLUSIVE ART: Furious is a character who, if the world knew who she was under the mask, would hate
Compared to warrior mice and Asgardian gods, “Furious” is noticeably more grounded than Glass’s past comics work. The title character is, in fact, the first superhero ever in her world — a world intended to closely resemble our own.
For more information check out the podcast page.
http://roundtableshow.com/bryan-j-l-glass-04-10-2014/