TheGLC.com :
Greetings Ethan
Ethan Van Sciver: I bought a lawnmower today. That's how
comic artists roll.
My life is very exciting.
TheGLC.com:
what kind of mower ?
Ethan Van Sciver: I haven't taken it out of the box yet.
It's a Toro, but it's got some extra feature that monitors
how fast or slow you want to push it, and it adapts to you.
TheGLC.com:
I
wish I could make a living doing what I love, you have a
blessed life, Ethan.
But You better not be making
that wife of yours mow the lawn! Anyway,
What is the very next project of yours we can look forward
to, Ethan?
Ethan Van Sciver: She actually wants to. She's in
the garden all the time. I had to explain to her that it was
"men's work". Telling a woman that something is "men's work"
is a good way of getting out of doing it, these days. My
wife gets very annoyed.
TheGLC.com: Reverse psychology.
This is surreal. Here on the BIGGEST Green Lantern fan site
on the internet, chatting with EVS about lawnmowers. LOL
Ethan Van Sciver: Anyhow, we don't have to talk about
lawnmowers. I'm sorry.
TheGLC.com: I'm sure most folk would
be content to talk about toasters with you, if that's what
you bring to the table.
My wife only gets annoyed when I tell her that 'I'm on it'
and then keep coloring in my Superfriends coloring book ...
Ethan Van Sciver: A Superfriends coloring book? That sounds
like heaven.
TheGLC.com:
You are speaking in riddles. If you say "lawnmower,"
that's code for something that happens in Blackest Night
right?
Ethan Van Sciver: No, the thing I'm working on now has
nothing to do with mowing lawns or making toast. It's Geoff
Johns at his finest though.
TheGLC.com: Is it Plastic Man?
Ethan Van Sciver: No, it's not Plastic Man. It's
a huge blockbuster event that Geoff and I will utterly rock.
TheGLC.com:
So did you have fun in Seattle, Ethan?
(at Emerald City Comic Con)
Ethan Van Sciver: I did have fun in Seattle. People
came out...lots of Green Lantern fans...and I drew a lot of Sinestro drawings.
The GLC.com: What's up with Sinestro?
Ethan Van Sciver: It's pretty funny that Sinestro, the
character that DC editors laughed at me about a few years
back, is now the most popular villain DC has.
TheGLC.com:
I've read good arguments that basically suggest... Sinestro
will PLAY or BE gay if a situation where he stands to gain
power by it, but otherwise sex is not on his mind. What
do you think?
Ethan Van Sciver: Sinestro could be gay... I don't see why
not. But I think he's asexual...far too megalomaniacal to
consider anyone or anything other than himself.
TheGLC.com:
Ethan, do you have any insider info on a possible GL movie?
Ethan Van Sciver:
They came to me about the movie.
TheGLC.com:
any info you can pass on about it?
Ethan Van Sciver: Nope!
TheGLC.com:
Not even a thumbs up or thumbs down?
Ethan Van Sciver: Thumbs down until they hire Geoff (Johns)
to write it.
TheGLC.com:
Will we see a GL film in the next decade ?
Ethan Van Sciver: As of now, yes, you'll probably see a GL
movie. But it could fall through. You never know.
TheGLC.com:
is there anything besides GL or plastic man that you have
dreams of working on?
Ethan Van Sciver: Yeah! Everything!
TheGLC.com:
Any idea on Keith Champagne's GL Corpse mini? I'm dying to
know.
Ethan Van Sciver: I don't know about Green Lantern Corpse.
Haven't heard anything about it.
TheGLC.com:
Now the big question you guys have been ducking at the
panels... it's OK if you don't want to say yet...Will the
Blackest Night be a company-wide crossover?
Part of me is envisioning Blackest Night possibly being
something like Underworld Unleashed was, to some degree...
with different issues of, like, Robin, Batman, Superman,
Wonder Woman, etc., not necessarily connecting directly with
the core Blackest Night story, but having tie-ins where dead
loved ones come back with Black rings, etc.. Hot or cold?
I mean would
BN be like the way Jokers Last laugh crossed over throughout
the universe. I don't want to
see Batman's parents coming back to life, that'd be fucked
up right there.
Ethan Van Sciver: Geoff and I talked about it way back when,
saying that it OUGHT to be company wide. But that was just
us talking. I know that DC is excited about it, but I don't
know anything about what their plans are beyond what Geoff
is capable of producing. I hope they DON'T make it company
wide, lest it get out of control and lose it's focus. But
again, I'm keeping my eyes on my own paper.
TheGLC.com:
I hope Ch'p becomes a black lantern, that be badass
Ethan Van Sciver: The new Ch'p, B'dg is awesome.
He's a little tough guy.
TheGLC.com:
I like B'dg, but Ch'p still holds a place in my heart
Ethan Van Sciver: Mine too.
TheGLC.com:
The Orange Lanterns: the thick orange aura/shield around
them in the GL #25 splash... you mentioned this was for a
reason. Was it to conceal that manta Orange Lantern with the
ring collection under its wings, or something else?
Also, now that we've seen some of the other corps.
Yellow, Violet, Red and Orange. I'm really looking forward
to blue and mostly Indigo. Any hints as to when we might see
clues when they will be popping up and recruiting?
Ethan Van Sciver: I won't give anything away ever. I don't
want to spoil anything. This will be the most wonderful
Green Lantern experience you've ever had, and it'd be awful
to hurt that in any way. Anyhow, I really have to get to
work, goodnight Be good!
TheGLC.com:
It's a pleasure, sir.
Ethan Van Sciver: I'm here, on my
thread forever, so feel
free to stay in touch and ask anything you'd like!
