11/10/2023 0 Comments Jon stewart green lantern oathIn the first issue, we see him trying to live a normal guy's life, having flashbacks of flying, soaring across the galaxy while he's sitting at a red light in his truck. To him it comes out of nowhere, and that is sort of a parallel for the way he's dealing with his military service. He doesn't know about his alternate universe self where he's the Guardian and the Builder and the Paul Muad'Dib of that world. She just comes out of nowhere, from John's perspective. The interesting thing about the Revenant Queen in the story is that John doesn't know who she is. What are you hoping that this villain will evoke for readers? You perfectly segued into my next question about the Revenant Queen and the Radiant Dead. He's an incredible gift to us and I want to make sure he's really getting a chance to flex his muscles, to show the horror stuff that we're seeing from the Revenant Queen and the Radiant Dead, and all the awesome elements of John's constructs. So in every issue as I'm in my chainsaw stage of scripting, I have the big visual elements to give Montos awesome stuff to do. I think about what the big beats of this issue are, and then this issue, and then this issue, and how does it a play into three act structure. I outline a lot and I just think about how many issues I have to tell this story. When you're writing a multi-issue arc, especially in a shared universe like this, it needs to be chainsaw first. It'll take forever and you'll lose sight of the big picture. Whenever I'm writing any story I approach it like an ice sculpture. Stories of heroes that we don't know about going back thousands and even millions of years, and I just wanted to see more of that stuff. I see the Green Lantern corner of the DC Universe, especially, as the Wild West where there's just so much uncharted history that we don't know about. To me, that's like reading real life histories and how different accounts of things conflict. I think that makes it all the more interesting. Sometimes there are inconsistencies and changes and retcons and things that are just unavoidable in any kind of shared universe. To me, the DC mythology is so vast and beautiful and interesting and sometimes there are different aspects of it because it's been around so long. The mission of this book was to further develop the character, but also to further develop the Green Lantern lore. In this first issue you measure that sense of scope with John's personal struggles. Green Lantern is often a very cosmic, space-faring epic. Whenever anyone sees John in any other book going forward, I want them to remember this story and I want it to color their impressions of him so he's not just a warrior, he's also the guardian, the builder, the family man - the many aspects of who he is. We're going to see his architect background and his relationship with his mother, with his sisters, and see what's happened to them. We're also going to see what it means to struggle with some stuff as an ex-Marine. To me, that's a much more complete view of what John is. Sometimes he's called the Guardian and the Builder. It is a War Journal, it's about this massive conflict that's coming, but John is so much more than that. The title fulfills expectations for what people expect to see from John Stewart, but it belies the complexity that he has as a character. I think that we sometimes think about the military as a destructive force, but because of his architecture background he's taking things apart and rebuilding them better than before. Newsarama: He's also referred to as the Guardian and the Builder. I think that's how people tend to think of him. So if Hal is the test pilot and Kyle is the artist, John is the ex-Marine. I think people associate him with his history of military service. Honestly, I think the title is more about the reader's expectations for the character of John Stewart because of how he's been developed in a lot of previous stories. That was pitched to me, and I'm totally fine with it. Phillip Kennedy Johnson: I confess the title was not my choice, but I like it. Newsarama: Congratulations on Green Lantern: War Journal! What about that title do you think speaks to John Stewart and the story that you're telling?
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