NYCC '08 VIDEO - MARK WAID INTERVIEW PREVIEW, Part 2
Mark Waid had an eventful New York Comic Con 2008. In addition to appearing there as the BOOM! Studios Editor-in-Chief, the fan-favorite Waid was also there as the newly-announced addition to the Amazing Spider-Man writing team. But all those commitments didn't stop him from dropping by the Newsarama digital newsroom for a few moments of shop talk.
In part 2 of this two-part interview preview, the always-amiable Waid discusses BOOM!'s recent acquisition of the Farscape comic book license, the advantages and disadvantages of licensed properties vs. orignal, and why Hollywood have such a craving for comic books properties (psssst.... he has a secret he'll share with you that he doesn't want the Hollywood people to know a about)...
In Part 1 of this two-part interview preview, Waid talks about joining the established Amazing writing team and how that group dynamic differs from the writing team he was part of for DC's 52, where he falls on the Spider-Man marriage issue, and the fact that he doesn't care why J. Jonah Jameson hates Spidey, he just loves the fact that he does...
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