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While working on the \u201cRise of the Third Army,\u201d how often do you exchange notes with the writers of the other titles involved in this crossover? In other words, how collaborative has this experience been? TONY BEDARD (GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIANS): Being on the Green Lantern team is always a collaborative process. We do frequent conference calls and the occasional \u201cstory summit\u201d where we meet in person. It’s actually one of the most fun parts of the job since I’m constantly learning from working with Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi is a longtime friend. And now with RED LANTERNS writer Peter Milligan in the mix, it’s even more interesting, since Pete wrote some of my all-time favorite stuff \u2013 like ENIGMA.<\/p>\n PETER MILLIGAN (RED LANTERNS): We all make use of a \u201cdrop box\u201d in which we put our scripts and artwork, so we can check out what everyone else is touching upon. Also, we\u2019re having pretty regular phone conferences, from all points of the globe (well, the UK and different parts of the USA). Here we throw ideas and storylines around a bit. This was particularly useful at the beginning when the details of who and what the \u201cThird Army\u201d were was being thrashed out.<\/p>\n PETER TOMASI (GREEN LANTERN CORPS): It’s been very collaborative. We initiated this crossover with a summit at the DC offices to toss around ideas and craft a blueprint for \u201cRise of the Third Army\u201d that focused on the character arcs and the storyline with Geoff leading the charge. From that moment on, all the writers and editors have been keeping each other up-to-date with outlines and scripts, insane wee hours of the morning emails and texts, and regular monthly conference calls to push each other to create a kick-ass event. We hope \u201cRise of the Third Army\u201d will keep readers excited and inspire them to go along for a ride that I guarantee is going to blow the doors off and deliver unexpected thrills and emotional character moments that will be talked about for a long time.<\/p>\n TONY BEDARD: “Of all the Lanterns in the universe, I\u2019m the one you should fear most.\u201d<\/p>\n PETER MILLIGAN: It\u2019s difficult to take lines of dialogue out of context but I like this one. In RED LANTERNS #14, Atrocitus is giving his Red Lanterns specific roles \u2013 types of guilty ones they must go forth and collect \u201cguilty blood\u201d from. And this is how Bleez reacts when he gives her her function: \u201cPassion? Depravity? I think I\u2019m being typecast.\u201d<\/p>\n PETER TOMASI: I\u2019d go with SALAAK: \u201cBe prepared, Gardner.\u201d GUY: \u201cFor what, Salaak?\u201d SALAAK: \u201cFor the worse.\u201d<\/p>\n TONY BEDARD: I work with the news on. MSNBC all day long. I can’t work to music — too distracting — but news is no problem. Weird, huh?<\/p>\n PETER MILLIGAN: I like the mornings. This puts me in a very exclusive club, as most writers I know are night-owls.<\/p>\n PETER TOMASI: Hmm? I would imagine fans know next to nothing about my creative process. Let’s just say it involves me donning a red wig and a plastic Green Lantern ring and leaping around the house as I channel my favorite ring slinger, Guy Gardner, as I get into the moment and fight off the Third Army as they try and destroy my deadlines!<\/p>\n TONY BEDARD: Generally speaking, I like to leave the artist room to visually interpret things however they want. But I do embed reference images in my scripts sometimes when it’s a specific real-world location or object, or when I’m trying to describe something so complicated that an image communicates it better.<\/p>\n PETER MILLIGAN: Definitely the former. Part of my job is to \u201csee\u201d the page and describe it as best I can. Of course, good creative artists might interpret your descriptions, and as long as this stays true to the narrative that\u2019s great.<\/p>\n PETER TOMASI: I like to give as much information as possible in a panel description in my scripts. I like to paint a picture emotionally and descriptively that gives the artist all the beats that he needs so it’s not a guessing game and allows him to do what he does best. My partner in crime on GREEN LANTERN CORPS, Fernando Pasarin, is always amazing and always way beyond my expectations as he continues to make me look better with each and every issue!<\/p>\n Will fans be surprised by how the \u201cRise of the Third Army\u201d impacts your book?<\/strong><\/p>\n TONY BEDARD: Fans won’t just be surprised \u2013 they are never going to stop talking about how the Third Army storyline affects Kyle. Seriously. We’ll see Kyle on a quest to unite all seven powers of the Emotional Spectrum within himself and achieve a status no other Lantern from any Corps has ever achieved. And then it gets really interesting…<\/p>\n PETER MILLIGAN: There are some incredibly surprising – even shocking \u2013 scenes in RED LANTERNS, which have been thrown up by “Rise of the Third Army.”<\/p>\n PETER TOMASI: I sure as hell hope so. We’ve got plenty of surprises coming down the road for Guy, John, and other cast members of GREEN LANTERN CORPS, so I’m looking forward to how the readers react to not just my book, but also all of the Green Lantern group titles in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On September 5th, the release of GREEN LANTERN #0 will introduce a brand new Green Lantern to the DC Universe. 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\nWithout giving too much away, what\u2019s your favorite line of dialogue that you\u2019ve written for \u201cRise of the Third Army\u201d so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAs a writer, what\u2019s something your fans might not know about your creative process?<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDo you prefer to give your artists visual guidelines or do you prefer to see how they interpret your words without any further assistance?<\/strong><\/p>\n