Like Venditti before him, Joshua Fialkov talks with iFanboy about his upcoming run on Green Lantern Corps and Red Lanterns. And as usual, you will find some choice quotes below.

 

Fialkov on the focus for his books:

For me, I want to focus on the consequences of the Corps’ behavior. They’ve bee indirectly involved in nearly destroying the universe multiple times in a relatively short span of time. That does not necessarily build trust with the beings they’re supposed to be serving and protecting. And maybe the ‘scary’ Red Lanterns seem a little less scary and a little bit more on point with their whole “Don’t trust these guys” thing.

 

Fialkov on finding the balance between light and dark:

 

The thing I’m actually most obsessed with isn’t so much dark and light, it’s really gray. The space in between good and evil isn’t actually that broad. And while when you look at the Green Lanterns Corps and the Red Lantern Corps, you see them in black and white terms, the truth is that Atrocitus is exacting what could be called biblical justice. They’re not wrong about the Greens, their methodology is questionable, sure, but, they’re not wrong.

His plans for Atrocitus:

Both books are going to be mirrors of each other, so I want Red Lanterns to take on the same ensemble cast feel that GLC has. I think Milligan has done a terrific job of exploring Atrocitus, so, now, I want to focus on the rest of the Corps and move Atrocitus into the Guardian role.

 

The idea for me is that if you can read either book on it’s own, and you’ll understand and be able to enjoy them, but, if you’re reading both books together, you get a broader more nuanced picture. That’s the same for the whole line. Each book will stand on it’s own, but, you’ll be rewarded with added depth of story and character if you read all of them together.