Geoff Johns' Green Lantern is one of the greatest comic runs in my opinion, and the scene in his Flash run where Wally is struggling with patience watching tv with his parents-in-law is one of the most influential scenes for me in all of fiction, and helped me to appreciate superpowers more since I leaned more toward the martial arts characters who were ostensibly human, but that scene helped reinforce the Flash's powers as a metaphor for patience. (Also, reading older Wally comics from Marv Wolfman's New Teen Titans where I think it showed how he'd have to manage his calories so using his powers had a financial burden similar to Spider-man which helped make him appear more realistic than Batman). Thank you for this interview to start off the week, and thank for your Wally West Flash work, Mark Millar! I've read it multiple times!
I read in Peter David writing for comics he has quick silver waiting in line at the post office to show the frustration of being a speedster. Time moves slow for not-meta folk in those circumstances but eternity for those with super-speed.
His run on Flash was IN-CREDIBLE stuff. If I recall correctly...it's been awhile....that run was sandwiched between two runs by Mark Waid. And that Waid stuff was SO terrible.
@@DM-sy4hg This was a pleasant surprise! Glad to read from another fan! Wally's a character I regularly think about while wearing my red jackets/coat, which I'm wearing right now! Every second is a gift. =) Hope you and yours have a blessed December!
Geoff Johns is a genius, he achieved what many considered impossible, to make Aquaman a commercial and critical success. He transformed an unjustly ridiculed character into a character that finally was seen in the right manner.
Geoff John is my favorite writer hands down. I wish his run on aquaman and teen titans was longer. Dc and marvel really need both these guys now. Geoff should come back and write blue beetle. I would also love green lantern by mark millar but with a different lantern than Hal. He already has a lot of good stories.
This guy resurrected so many characters. No one has ever been able to turn a turd into gold more than him. DC owes him big time for how he rescued the JSA, the Flash and especially Green Lantern. He even made Aquaman awesome which was impossible.
Geoff has always been one of my faves. Re: Stargirl. The cafeteria battle scene is one of the best superhero fight scenes I've seen. Felt like a comic.
Winter of 2007 reading marvel & d.c. sinestro corp war vs world war hulk. Winner - the readers that was all blockbuster movies on the comic book page. Comics for comic book readers.
Such a great interview! I got into DC from his Green Lantern run and Johns will always be one of my favorite writers. Just read his Hawkman, which was great, and I’m enjoying his current JSA and Stargirl books.
Geoff is indeed correct remembering when Identity Crisis was released at 46:40. Issue 1 ("Coffin") went on sale June 9th, 2004 and issue 7 ("The Hero's Life") concluded the series on December 15th, 2004.
It’s funny, I got into comics at the exact same time Geoff did so not only is he one of my fave writers but I now understand exactly why he loves DC so much. That period of comics was amazing and because of that I’ve maintained my love for the DC characters through the good and bad times 😊👍
1:22:55 man Geoff I would absolutely kill for you to come back to Marvel so u can do the Hulk and Spider-Man for reals Spider-Man needs someone like you right now
I really like Geoff Johns, great interview. Mark, my man, Superman: Red Son is one of the TOP 5, Superman stories ever, really special and up, up and there. lol I just really like Superman: Red Son mini.
Again, another great interview. I've always enjoyed Geoff's comic work. His new Justice Society series and his Image books (Geiger and Junkyard Joe) are fantastic!
I'm a fan of both Johns and Millar, but honestly it's sad comics have become nothing more than a stepping stone to Netflix and fodder for Hollywood. I feel like American comics will never be really cool again. I hope I'm wrong.
Of course you’re wrong. 99 percent of the work never gets adapted. The shows and movies are the only reason comics are still published. They’re finding it so don’t whine.
Great interview again Mark. Interesting to hear all of Geoff’s story, he really had a great footing to work in comics because he was there for some really fantastic film & tv eras. I’ll have to dig up my copies of Three Jokers and his DC Watchmen Doomsday Clock, before the world ends sometime😂
Yesssssss!!!! Great. Interview!!! Little bit of advice stop saying uh huh. Uh huh. Just let them talk. But. I love the feel of just two old friends talking. Soooooo goood. And I am even more of a Johns fan. !
Yeah, that pirate comics site is great for hard-to-find, out of print stuff. I am reading your old Saviour series, Mark - it is very good. 19-year old Mark Millar was a cool guy!
Good interview. Love Geoffs work. I wish someone would really get into the meat of the whole western comic sales issue. Manga is eating western comics lunch, and like Mark said they'll read and watch the show. However people watch the marvel & DC movies but don't really read the books. Could it be a content issue? or a continuity issue? because like Geoff said indies seem to be doing well, just nothing that's corporate owned. I think someone needs to take a swing at cracking that nut. That said three jokers sold a million copies. It's a hard but to crack
Great to hear an industry legend validating what I've been saying for a long time is wrong with comics now.... There. Are. No. Stakes. If a character dies? Fuck it, we'll bring 'em back in a couple months. How do we get around this historical obstacle? Retcon the shit out of it. The continuity is fucked. And when it gets too fucked they reboot it and fuck it up some more. As if the concept of ageing characters out or killing them and, oh I don't know, creating new ones (!!) wasn't an option.
I love a lot of Geoff Johns work but the phrase, "The Three Jokers brought people out because it was a good book" is kind of laughable. The art is impeccable, but it and Doomsday clock represent a lot of the worst tendencies in Johns's writing imo
Both guys have written some incredible stories in comics, but Geoff Johns is a hack that helped destroy the DCEU/SnyderVerse with his goofy ego. I’ll never have respect for him again. That’s it 👍
@@MTVCOPS what are you even talking about? 💀 I start my comment with praising both writers and then just tell a truth about his involvement in DC films? Christ lol
