Blizzplanet corners Walter Simonson on the comic
by Mike Schramm 
Oct 31st 2007 at 3:30PM
Blizzplanet has posted an interview with Walter Simonson, and is it me, or is it time to stop poking around for information on the new comic? Just let the nice people write and draw the thing already!Simonson doesn't actually confirm the non-secret secret that Varian Wrynn is the amnesiac starring in the comic, but that doesn't keep Blizzplanet from prodding and poking everything they possibly can out of him. He says the comic will be set in the present, but when they nerd it up with some more lore, he admits it'll actually take place before the Burning Crusade. Simonson tries to drop a hint that the hero will end up in Orgrimmar, but then he's eventually exasperated enough to reveal that Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff and the Pools of Vision, Ashenvale, Darnassus, and the Eastern Kingdom will all make appearances inside the comic. And while Blizzplant has heard rumors that Dire Maul will be featured in the comic, they eventually get Simonson to tell them that "we're going to witness an event involving ogres (and others) that occurs regularly in a hitherto underutilized part of Dire Maul." And that sounds, of course, like a Tribute Run.
I can see how, if you're a big fan of the comic already, learning stuff like this might be fun and interesting. But at some point, you've just got to leave Simonson alone and read the comic for yourself. Enough interviews, enough hinting, enough speculation. Just let him write it so we can read it already!
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Blizzard, NPCs, Interviews
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Baluki Oct 31st 2007 5:55PM
I think he's probably talking about the Dire Maul arena (The Maul), not a tribute run. Which would make sense, since the main character is a gladiator. One of the covers that Samwise did seems to depict the arena, though it could be other parts of DM too.
http://www.sonsofthestorm.com/images/samwise/WarCraft_Samwise100c.jpg
Medievaldragon Nov 1st 2007 7:29AM
"I can see how, if you're a big fan of the comic already, learning stuff like this might be fun and interesting. But at some point, you've just got to leave Simonson alone and read the comic for yourself. Enough interviews, enough hinting, enough speculation. Just let him write it so we can read it already!"
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The questions about Dire Maul, Orgrimmar and Thunderbluff came to be because Solicitations as far as issue# 3 (January) have been available from DC Comics website.
There have been only three interviews with Walter: MTV, Newsarama and Blizzplanet.
Actually, the interview with Blizzplanet was the #2 interview, I had contacted Walter on October 8, got the questions answered by October 17, a week before Newsarama, but I had agreed not to post the interview until DC Comics had reviewed all the 31 questions in the Q&A -- since it had more direct-to-the-liver questions covering Issue# 1-3.
There is a difference between those three interviews, however. Newsarama caters to old-timer comic book fans. Not all World of Warcraft players are comic book readers. So this whole Wow# 1-12 comic book is something new to certain group of Wow players. Some don't even read the pocketbooks.
The questions of our Q&A were submited by World of Warcraft fans. Specially lore fans. This interview was aimed to those who aren't into comic books to give them a notion of what it was about and how canon to the MMO and the Warcraft universe it will be. Why they should care to buy and read the comic book.
When a person is new to comic books or novels, they are unsure if to invest: is it canon? Or a butchery of lore. In this case, the comic book has more importance than we know, specially if this hero turns out to be the same hero hinted by Metzen to star in the Wow film. And more if it is indeed Varian. The Alliance is basically stranded with no leader. Come on ... Thrall vs the child king. If this guy is Varian, he will know more about the orcs, their secrets. That's something that will put fear into the Horde if he's discovered to be the King.
We might be facing a glimpse of things to come in upcoming expansions.
This latest interview will be featured at the official website news section in upcoming weeks. Nethaera has known of the interview since early October, and I have kept her updated.