WB Jeff Parker on Agents Of Atlas The Sentry and X-Men

[sonnylarue]

On this edition of the Word Balloon podcast, writer Jeff Parker is back to discuss his newest projects for Marvel. This week saw the debut of The Age Of The Sentry mini series. Jeff talks about fleshing out the character's silver age past, and the direction the character will take in the future. We also get more information on he coming October battle between The Hulk and The Monster Of Frankenstein, and next years debut of the ongoing Agents Of Atlas series. Plus some background on Giant X-Men First Class, and hints at a new direction for the First Class series. We also discuss his book of Alex Toth letters called Dear John, and the status of his creator owned property The Interman .

http://media.libsyn.com/media/wordballoon/WBjeffparker08.mp3

[Jeffery Longmont]

Wow, this is a great one. I'm really going to have to pick up this ATLAS stuff.

Oh and you HAVE to read SUPREME! All the Sprouse issues are some of the best stuff, but the last issue is really something else.

Oh and, Oh and here's the oozinator (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt4MgnHc)!

[Darth Kramer]

This one was one of my favorite episodes of WB ever, right up there with the Walt Simonson episode. I can't wait for more Agents of Atlas, but I'm kind of glad that Leonard Kirk isn't doing it, just so I'm not tempted to buy any more pages of original art!!!

[Ashwin Pande]

Man I wasn't remotely interested in that Sentry book but the way he describes it (probably gave too much away but it was fun to hear! I wish more people did that. It wasn't too consequential and it's what got me interested in reading what he's going to do) makes me really want to read that book. I usually hate silver age stories but his take on it seems fun and hilarious. Really want to read that now.

[Jammer]

Sorry, I didn't know much about the Sentry before New Avengers and now I just hate the character. I suppose I could give it a shot but I'm spending enough on comics now that I just don't need to spend any on a character I hate.

Great episode though. Love the interview.

[sonnylarue]

Sorry, I didn't know much about the Sentry before New Avengers and now I just hate the character. I suppose I could give it a shot but I'm spending enough on comics now that I just don't need to spend any on a character I hate.

Great episode though. Love the interview.

thanks. i understand your feelings about the sentry. i have my list of " i don't care about the characters" too.

jeff is a great writer though. like fraction b clay moore, and brubaker, i was drawn to his creator owned stuff before reading any of his mainstream work.

[valentine]

Great interview, looking forward to more AoA

[Jeffery Longmont]

I work at a used bookstore, and the Alex Toth book you guys were talking about just came in. I'm so getting it!

[Will]

John, your interviews with Jeff are always fun as hell and this was no exception. REALLY fun episode guys.

What's funny is that I already have the individual issues of Agents of Atlas and I STILL want to pick up that awesome hardcover after hearing this episode. I already read the first issue of Age of Sentry and it was incredibly fun so big kudos to Jeff Parker, Paul Tobin, Nick Dragotta and Ramon Rosanas.

I mean c'mon, how can you NOT find Lindy riding on Watchdog endearing?

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[ChuckMcButcalf]

I passed over Age of the Sentry last week at my LCS. After listening to the interview it's getting tossed on my buy pile. Damn you Siuntres! I'll be on the lookout for the AOA trade too. I'm intrigued.

[ghost_writer]

John, the interview with Parker was great. He's one of my favorite scribes in comics. His comments on the direction of the Age of the Sentry mini interested me enough to pick up the first issue; I thought it was fun and was a refreshing departure from the serious mood of the other books I pick up. Oh, and the art was gorgeous. Your thoughts on the book?

[Daniel_Warner]

Interesting interview. Thanks John.

'Age of the Sentry' caught my attention on the shelf but I passed it up thinking it was a garden variety Golden Age homage. After hearing Jeff explain what he wrote into the story, however, I'm definitely going to read it.

Making faux golden-age stories is an interesting way to build history into a relatively new character. Alan Moore has used this device a bunch of times. I know there are more out there. Anyone have any other good examples of this technique that might be worth tracking down?

[sonnylarue]

John, the interview with Parker was great. He's one of my favorite scribes in comics. His comments on the direction of the Age of the Sentry mini interested me enough to pick up the first issue; I thought it was fun and was a refreshing departure from the serious mood of the other books I pick up. Oh, and the art was gorgeous. Your thoughts on the book?

i really enjoyed it, including the stan's soapbox page.

[Doc Beechler]

Parker and Paul Tobin have been doing really fun stories in Marvel Adventures Avengers and MA Super Heroes. The issue of Avengers with the team at a county fair and Cap and Tony tracking down spammers is fantastic!