Vaneta Rogers has interviewed Greg Pak about “Skaar: Son of Hulk” for Newsarama. Here’s an excerpt:
NRAMA: Seeing as Skaar is, basically, a newborn, is this a coming of age story?
GP: It’s an exploration of what you get if you raise a person in a war-torn world stripped of every vestige of civilization – and then ask him to play nicely with others. Skaar will absolutely come of age during the course of this story – but not exactly in that heartwarming, afterschool special sort of way.
At the Sunday afternoon “Mondo Marvel” panel at WizardWorld Los Angeles, Marvel announced that penciller Ron Garney will join writer Greg Pak on the “Skaar: Son of Hulk” series that debuts in June. Marvel.com has more. Here’s an excerpt:
SKAAR: SON OF HULK focuses on the child of the Hulk and Caira the Oldstrong, his now-deceased wife. With his mother dead and his father back on Earth, Skaar grows up fending for his life on the post-apocalyptic planet of his birth, Sakaar.
“There’s a grand tradition of stories that explore the fantasy of savage survival,” explains Pak. “Maybe the more civilized and protected yet weirdly complicated and exposed the real world becomes, the more we’re attracted to stories about barbaric worlds where the rules are brutally simple. After battling bureaucracy and petty hypocrisy all day long, it can be nice to escape into a fantasy world where people survive by their wits and fists and swords.
“But there can be an element of wish-fulfilling denial to these kinds of stories—an artificial dream of noble savagery that can hide the true costs of brutalization and war. With SKAAR: SON OF HULK we’re embracing—and exploding—that fantasy, mining it for all its epic adventure and harrowing subtext.”
“Incredible Hercules” #115 hits comic book stores on March 19. Written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente with pencils by Khoi Pham, the book features the final showdown of Hercules and Amadeus Cho versus S.H.I.E.L.D. and Ares.
Click here to read a seven page preview at Marvel.com and tell your local retailer to hold a copy for you today!
As an added bonus for New York City residents, Pak, Van Lente, and Pham will sign copies of the book on March 19 from 6 to 8 pm at Jim Hanley’s Universe, 4 West 33rd St., New York City, across from the Empire State Building. Click here for more information.
“World War Hulk Aftersmash: Warbound” #4 hits comic book stores on March 19. Written by Greg Pak with pencils by Leonard Kirk, the book follows the Hulk’s alien gladiator companions as they face a new challenge under the deadly dome of Gammaworld.
Click here to read a seven page preview at Marvel.com and tell your local retailer to hold a copy for you today!
Marvel.com has posted a seven page, colored, lettered preview of “Incredible Hercules” #115. The book is written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente with pencils by Khoi Pham and hits stores on Wednesday, March 19. Pak, Van Lente, and Pham will also sign copies of the book on the 19th from 6 to 8 pm at Jim Hanley’s Universe, 4 West 33rd St., New York City, across from the Empire State Building.
Click here to check out the preview.
In his latest BrokenFrontier.com “Pak Talks Comics” column, Greg Pak shows off his contribution to the Hero Initiative’s Hulk cover benefit. Check it out.
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Comic book writer Greg Pak will attend the New York Comic-Con from April 18 to 20, 2008. More details soon!
Comixtreme continues to love “Incredible Hercules” — here’s an excerpt from Adam Chapman’s review of issue #114:
Two years ago, the thought of a high-profile book starring Amadeus Cho and Hercules would not even have been a consideration, not even enough fodder for a joke. And yet here the book is, consistently engaging and interesting, making Hercules more interesting and entertaining than ever before, and making Amadeus Cho himself ever more interesting with additional shades of grey being added to his character. This is one of, if not the BEST Marvel book currently being published, a true success story, that Hercules has managed to headline a book that respects his character and makes him a serious hero again.
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“Incredible Hercules” #114 was written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente with pencils by Khoi Pham. Tell your local comic store to hold a copy for you today!
Find out this Thursday in the next edition of the “Pak Talks Comics” column at BrokenFrontier.com!
The third trade paperback of the “Battlestar Galactica” comic book series written by Greg Pak hit comic book stores on February 27. This final storyline of the series focusses in particular on Sharon, the Cylon played by Grace Park on the television show. Here’s what WizardUniverse.com had to say about the last issue of the series:
… the emphasis here is on human relationships and human tragedy, even if the ‘human’ in question happens to be a machine. Throughout, it’s easy to hear the voices of Katee Sackhoff, Edward James Olmos, James Callis et al delivering Pak’s smart, sad dialogue. Way to close on a high note, BSG team.
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