#64 hit the stands a couple of weeks ago, and it was the first new script featuring the character written in years.Granted, that’s a bit like saying that the Soundgarden song from The Avengers soundtrack is their first new single since the breakup–it rings a little hollow, given the number of releases they’ve had that are new to the fans but recorded a decade ago.It’s still factually accurate and Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen was left holding not only the load of creating a new Supreme comic more or less from scratch but also with the unenviable task of following up an Alan Moore run that, having been canceled before it was concluded, had gained a kind of mythological air among fans. “The great, unfinished Alan Moore arc” finally wrapped up with last month’s Supreme #63, and Larsen talked to us at the time not only about the issue itself but about the challenges that come from following in the footsteps of Alan Moore, especially at a time when Before Watchmen has his name on every fan’s tongue.Larsen joined ComicBook.com to talk about Supreme #64, the action-packed, all-out war that followed on the heels of last week’s very subdued, talky Moore issue.Remember that these commentaries are designed to be read as additional insight after you’ve read the comic. So spoilers on, and if you haven’t read Supreme #64 yet…well, what’s keeping you? The column is late this month and everything!There’s really no room for introduction here, is there? The war–and it’s as ambitious a war as we’ve seen in your work, arguably in comics, since the darkest days of Emperor Dragon–kicks off on page one and really doesn’t let up this issue. After the relative calm of Moore’s last issue, was it a priority for you to get the whiz-bang part of the story moving?Moore’s whole last issue was building to a huge confrontation. There really wasn’t any way to avoid that. That being the case–I thought it was important to pay that off in an exciting way. And it really was the perfect opportunity to set up the next chapter of the story. I don’t think there’s any advantage to putting off telling the stories I want to tell. That, and I’m not one to pad things out. I’d rather charge ahead and get things going.
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