Vaneta Rogers has interviewed penciller Ron Garney about his upcoming gig on “Skaar: Son of Hulk,” written by Greg Pak. Here’s an excerpt:
NRAMA: What type of visual tone are you hoping to bring to the character and the comic? Do you have some ideas, having seen the character’s initial design?
RG: Yeah. I guess the challenge for me, and what I have been thinking about — it’s been sort of brewing in the back of my mind — is how I’m going to make him more enigmatic than the Hulk himself. Because you really run the risk of it being a watered down version of the original character. And for me, the trick is, you know, you can put tattoos all over him and have him swing big axes, but there should be something in his attitude and demeanor that will bring about that feeling. That’s the challenge here, is to make him as interesting as his father.
‘Cause when you think of the Hulk, you can’t help but think in terms of awe-inspiring power, the most powerful creature in the Marvel Universe, basically. As his son, how is he going to stack up against that? For me, that’s the challenge. Visually I have to convey that feeling. I have to make him feel as enigmatic as his father.