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[WWC] Q&A WITH 'CORPS' WRITER RICK REMENDER
Wizard talks with the scribe of DDP's newest war and espionage comic series!
By Matt Powell
Posted 6/28/2008
Previously announced at the Devil's Due panel on Saturday, fan-fave comic writer and talent-to-watch, Rick Remender (All-New Atom) has been enlisted in the Devil's Due army. Beginning in October, the scribe will pen a new six-issue mini-series entitled The Corps with artist Roberto Carlos.
To get the skinny on the series, Wizard caught up with the writer to get debriefed on his new assignment.
WIZARD: Rick, first off, how'd you first get hooked up with The Corps?
RICK REMENDER: "The Corps" is a line of toys that's been around for a couple of decades as I understand it. To be honest I'd never heard of it until DDP editor and long time friend of mine, Jim Demonakos, called me to see if I'd like to write a comic based on them. He told me the basic concept, a few of the artists they'd lined up and that I'd have a lot of creative freedom to develop the book. When Jim calls asking for a favor I comply. The additional treat of having an open playing field and great art didn't hurt.
Can you describe the series?
REMENDER: Self-made billionaire Renton Des saw in the governments around the world a need to be able to order covert operations while maintaining deniability. The complicated modern world stage offers a unique and profitable opportunity for a privately owned team that can accomplish these delicate assignments. With the help of a disenfranchised mercenary, Renton formed The Corps employing only the very best operatives from around the world. The Corps work for any ethical and free government; provided they can pay. [The series] isn't about any one person so much as it's about two teams of mercenaries who were put together by the same person. The fun is that the readers won't really know who is good or bad until the book is done.
What would you say is the tone of the series?
REMENDER: Thematically, The Corps is a merging of the intrigue of "Mission Impossible," the ugly wartime realism of "Band of Brothers" and the high adventure of a "007" film. "The Corps" will be a high tension, high stakes, shotgun blast of adventure set all over the world; from the frozen planes of the arctic, to the unexplored depths of the Atlantic, to the treacherous slums of Brazil and as far as the cold vacuum of space. The action will be enormous in scope with the fate of the world on the line. As the many shocking treacheries are revealed, the tension will mount. No one is beyond suspicion of espionage. No one is to be trusted.
How does this series compare to your previous projects?
REMENDER: The book in unlike anything I've ever written. For one, it's the only time I've done a licensed project where I was given so much freedom. The line of toys has no predetermined story so it's been fun to create the bible for the series.
