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Kenny Porter talks writing ‘The Flash’ prequel comic as a primer to Flash, and the new movie

Kenny Porter talks writing ‘The Flash’ prequel comic as a primer to Flash, and the new movie

FromAIPT Comics


Kenny Porter talks writing ‘The Flash’ prequel comic as a primer to Flash, and the new movie

FromAIPT Comics

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
May 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week, the AIPT Comics podcast goes off script with a brief intro of news, and then we dive into an interview with writer Kenny Porter. The writer behind the recent relaunch of Superboy as well as the super fun DC Mech, he also crafted the official prequel comics miniseries The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, out May 16th in comic shops.Interview: Kenny Porter - Flash: The Fastest Man Alive - Out May 16Working with artists Ricardo Lopez Ortiz, Juan Ferreyra, and Jason Howard!Kenny Porter has been tearing it up at DC with titles like DC: Mech, and stories in Batman: Urban Legends, with THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE coming out in trade paperback May 16th, it’s an honor to have you on the AIPT comics podcast! To start, THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE ties into the upcoming movie universe, for fans of who don’t read the comics, how important is it to read this before watching The Flash this summer?Fans are probably wondering, how much of The Flash script did you get to read before diving in?After reading all the issues, it’s clear you’re establishing some things, is it fair to say these things are established so the movies don’t have to?How open was Warner with which villains you could use in the series?Were any villains off the table?Batman plays a big part in this series, did you find yourself writing his dialogue in a Ben Affleck voice?What was it like working with three different artists on the series?Getting to see Flash discover three key abilities in this series, set in the movie universe, is so rad. Were there any other abilities of Flash you wanted to show or reveal but didn’t have the page count to do so?Congrats on Superboy The Man of Tomorrow #1 winning the DC round robin! Comic shops have till March 26th to put in their orders for Superboy The Man of Tomorrow #1, are kids of the 90s who grew up with black leather jacket Superboy in for a treat?
Released:
May 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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