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What's your favorite work within your core GL run?

Another question... if you'd had the chance, where would you have taken Kyle beyond where things were left with his whole odyssey in space? In your vision, would you have ultimately gravitated him back to Earth at some point, or do you see him falling more into the traditional role of a galactic protector in space as an evolution of the character?

What do you think about where Lianna was taken in the Omega Men?

Hard to say what was my favorite. I'll have to think about that one...

As for the direction I wanted to take Kyle... Definitely further out into space. Really wanted to give the book more of a 'cosmic epic' feel... Kinda like it is now. LOL

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Ben just wanted to say that I loved the cast you where introducing and using during your run with Liana now MIA or with the Omega Men or something and Dark Lantern Wog those 2 where my favorites!

Thanks!

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Yes, I loved him drawing from Last Will & Testament in that way.

I wonder... Ben, was bringing back Kilowog dictated by DC, or was that something you brought to the table? I'm assuming you used the 80s issue of GL Vol. 2 where Kilowog carried all the life-essences of his dead planet as at least a loose reference.

I basically just picked up where Joe Kelly's HC left off and pitched the idea of restoring Kilowog to his former self. And yes, I tried to draw from the vol 2 continuity re: the gestalt consciousness of the people of Bolovax Vik.

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I loved Kilowogs return. Kudos to you.

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To be perfectly frank, I'm WAAAAAY behind on my GL reading (I know, for SHAME!) so I can't really comment on the current direction. I will say that even though I feel privileged to have written Kyle, I've always been a Hal fan at heart. Which is why I was both psyched and crushed to learn of his return. Psyched because he always was THE GL to me... but crushed because after reading about "big changes to GL in the coming year" in Wizard magazine only a month after my run began, I realized I wouldn't be the one writing his new adventures. But hey, at least I got to write one Hal/Alan Scott story for the DC 1st one-shot...

See, I knew there was a reason I liked your Kyle stories more than any that had come before!

I'm a HUGE Hal Jordan/Green Lantern Corps fan, and with the exception of Morrison I never felt that we got a GL that was truly cosmic in scope. The characters and the world are so versatile, it always seemed like a waste to me that everything was so earth centric.

So it was great to see you writing a Green Lantern who was fighting sun-destroying creatures and taking on cosmic terrorist groups and fighting renegade Guardians and what not. It really made me believe again that a Green Lantern ring was in fact the most powerful weapon in the universe, not necessarily just a itty bitty trinket.

Anyway, really enjoyed your Kilowog resurrection...kind of hard to believe, for me, that anyone even REMEMBERED the hive mind aspect of Kilowog (So much of Kil's character has been totally distorted beyond recognizability since the end of Vol 2 and Emerald Dawn I/II and Vol 3).

Do you have anything in the pipeline, comics wise?

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I basically just picked up where Joe Kelly's HC left off and pitched the idea of restoring Kilowog to his former self. And yes, I tried to draw from the vol 2 continuity re: the gestalt consciousness of the people of Bolovax Vik.

very cool, I like the concept of the Hive mind in one body, you would think a ton of intresting stories could come out of that yet no one else really seems to pick up on it.

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This stuff all sounds extremely interesting. i came on to comics just months after GL: Rebirth/GL Vol 4 started, so i've never read any of this. But I am definitely going to have to track down these back issues now

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See, I knew there was a reason I liked your Kyle stories more than any that had come before!

I'm a HUGE Hal Jordan/Green Lantern Corps fan, and with the exception of Morrison I never felt that we got a GL that was truly cosmic in scope. The characters and the world are so versatile, it always seemed like a waste to me that everything was so earth centric.

So it was great to see you writing a Green Lantern who was fighting sun-destroying creatures and taking on cosmic terrorist groups and fighting renegade Guardians and what not. It really made me believe again that a Green Lantern ring was in fact the most powerful weapon in the universe, not necessarily just a itty bitty trinket.

Anyway, really enjoyed your Kilowog resurrection...kind of hard to believe, for me, that anyone even REMEMBERED the hive mind aspect of Kilowog (So much of Kil's character has been totally distorted beyond recognizability since the end of Vol 2 and Emerald Dawn I/II and Vol 3).

Do you have anything in the pipeline, comics wise?

Though most of the work I've been doing lately is in New Media (check out the 2 webseries I've worked on: www.afterworld.tv and now www.geminidivision.com -- starring über-babe/fangirl Rosario Dawson), I actually do have a couple different creator-owned comic book projects in the works which I plan on releasing on the web first so I can make them available to as wide an audience as possible before printing hard copies. Soon as they're ready to roll out, I'll be sure to let everyone know...

In the meantime, if you're interested... Please check out one of the books I'm most proud of, something I came up with on the heels of my GL run. It's a four-issue miniseries called LIVING IN INFAMY about a Witness Protection town for reformed supervillains. Sort of "The Incredibles" meets "The Sopranos"... My co-writer, Deric Hughes and I published it independently through a company called Ludovico Technique back in 2005-2006. You might have heard of it, but like many people I've talked to about it, you might not have even seen it because your local retailer never ordered it.

Have no fear: you can read the entire series for FREE online right now @ www.wowio.com (or, if you want to download it, you can purchase PDFs for 99˘ each). If you dig it, please tell your friends and help spread the good word! And remember: every click counts as cash--so keep clicking! LOL!

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B.

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Thank you for writing for the most handsome GL, Kyle Rayner!