Does this mean the ranks might be growing? Giffen: I don't know about the ranks, but I do know our supporting cast will be growing.~ Larfleeze, his most infamous catchphrase. I mean, a purple fiery lion-esque tribal mask? Whoa! IGN: Can you offer any clues as to the final page teaser? It looks like there are some Orange Lanterns that are no longer just constructs. He looks like a “Laord of the Hunt” and without looking like someone we saw before.
I think this works well because the name fits. I threw out a bunch of designs, DC threw out a bunch of designs and we settled on this one. Keith told me his name, that he wanted someone large and very very powerful with two wolves and a few servants carrying goodies Larfleeze would want – AND do something NEW. Keith left Laord’s design very open for me. Can you take us behind the design a little of the creatures we see here? What did the script call for in comparison to the final product? Kolins: Thank you. At least in Larfleeze we get the chance to poke some fun at the whole douchebag as hero trend. Heroism and honor and valor get one labeled a boy scout (how many times have we heard that applied to Superman?). The douchebag as hero model is still selling well. Even though he’s come a long way since then, and I think has earned our sympathy these last few years, what are the challenges of approaching the solo book of a “bad guy” and letting him his keep his initial appeal while making him a character you want to follow month to month? Giffen: It's not as much of a challenge as you'd think. IGN: Larfleeze is pretty sympathetic up until he murders everyone for the Orange Power Battery. I know his time spent enslaved will play into the Revolt of the Orange Lanterns storyline, so there's that already. Evil plans… Giffen: I don't see how they can't. IGN: Will any of these past events come into play in this series? Kolins: Nothing is throw away, if Keith and Marc put it in – they’ve got plans to use it. He thinks what he thinks at the moment he thinks it with no regard for anything he's thought before.
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Does he truly see events differently than they happened or is this a sort of defense mechanism? Giffen: Larfleeze - and keep in mind that this is my take on the character - is so full of himself that there's no room for anyone else. IGN: He even tells his butler that half of his story is a lie. When it comes to characters, Marc and I have always been more interested in who he (or she) is than what he (or she) is. What do you think this adds to the character? Giffen: Another layer beyond the "gimme, gimme" avarice that's Larfleeze's stock and trade. The juxtaposition of his words with the actual events is both hilarious and deeply tragic at the same time.
IGN: Scott, can you talk a little bit about the design of Larfleeze? Do any of his features give you any difficulty in terms of rendering emotion and body language? Kolins: Those tusks do get in the way sometimes, so I have to pick my angles carefully, but his sinewy framework and rabid face topped with that crazy hair – what’s not to love? IGN: I love, love, love Larfleeze’s origin here, as told by him. Actually, do we really need another dire, depressing, grim comic book in a market already saturated with the like? C'mon. And did you see how quickly we corrupted Scott? That's gotta be a record of some kind.
Can we expect this kind of humor throughout the book moving forward? Scott Kolins: I love that stuff and hope it takes over the entire book. Just fun and playful in a way that a lot of other superhero books aren’t right now. IGN Comics: First and foremost, I loved the credits.
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