Following on the heels of San Diego Comic-Con International, somehow or other our copy of Superman got lost in the shuffle. Generally we hold interviews like this for weekdays, but we wanted to get this out live as quick as possible.Dan Jurgens sat down with us to talk about Superman #11, his second-to-last issue on the series.Now, first of all–on that cover, I’ve never noticed that there’s so much glowy-ness goign on with the belt buckle. Is that something that plays into how the suit works?That was an addition for print. If you look at the solicitation art, it wasn’t like that.I always envision the effect as emanating from the “S” Shield and working it’s way down through the suit.Why the intermission with Anguish before pursuing the submarine angle?In general, the idea was to start a subplot in the Anguish storyline that would build to its own story.Hey look! It’s Lois’ boyfriend! Was having him show up here just a question of where he fit in with other stuff going on?
Edge shows up, too–it looks to me as though Lobdell is going to head in a bit of a different direction. Were you looking to bring a little closure to the stories you, Keith, George and Jesus have been telling?
Carlini’s makes an appearance here, and the Bogdanove Bridge, too. Some callbacks to your first run on Superman! Has the Bog bridge been referenced before?
I grew up at a time when one of Lucy Lane’s defining traits was her blindness. Any idea what went into the decision to jettison that aspect of the character?
There’s been a little somewhat more broad humor in the Clark Kent stuff–his stuff in the newsroom in previous issues, and then the whole thing about picking up the check here. Was that a conscious decision to bring the book some levity, and/or to separate the tone and feel of Clark from Superman?
Lucy doesn’t really remind me of Lucy anymore; there’s something about the way she’s drawn here that makes me feel like she’s more peers with Lois & Clark than she used to be. Is that a fair assessment? Kind of like what you’ve done with Jimmy?
Bungee jumping? Is it just me, or is there a potential bit of hilarity involved there when the cord breaks and Clark doesn’t get hurt?
Sadly, Morgan’s strategy of mining smaller reporters for their best details and then letting the crap roll downhill onto them if the story doesn’t pan out is all too realistic in journalism today.
On that same line, is something like allowing the suit to be damaged something you have to run by DC editorial? I know the cape is invulnerable, but that’s substantial damage to the suit in a pretty short window of time.
On that short window of time, do you think a quick, brutal battle like this is better or would you have liked to have more time to flesh that fight out?
What’s with the Predator hair? I’ve really only seen that look on Lobo and Massacre before in the DCU.
