Larfleeze to Get His Own Series By Writer I Don’t Want Writing Larfleeze
DC Comics announced today the new creative teams that would be taking over the Green Lantern franchise in June. It seems that Geoff Johns is finally handing over the reigns of the franchise he single-handedly raised to A-list level, and he’s taking all of his fellow writers and artists with him. This is too bad for a series like Green Lantern, where Johns only just introduced Simon Baz, but it’s great news for a series like Red Lanterns, which has been terrible under writer Pete Milligan.
You can read all of the new creative lineups at Mtv Geek, because apparently for some insane reason, DC is turning to Mtv to announce things like this. Does any self-respecting comic book geek actually watch Mtv?
Anyway, the new teams are nobody I’ve ever heard of before. Good for them, but it’s nothing to get excited about. You can also check out Mtv Geek for interviews with the teams.
But tucked away within this announcement is the revelation that Larfleeze the Orange Lantern will get his own ongoing series! This is great news, because I’m a huge Larfleeze fan, and I think he’s one of the coolest new characters in the past 10 years!
Agent Orange, if you’re nasty
The horrible news is that the series will be written by Keith Giffen, the writer behind the current Threshold series, which has Larfleeze back-up features. Words cannot express how much I have absolutely hated Keith Giffen’s recent Green Lantern work, or the first issue of Threshold. His Larfleeze is absolutely terrible. Giffen turns Larfleeze into a one-note joke who is more annoying than entertaining. Jeez, I just…this is really frustrating.
But I suppose the problem is probably me. I have this picture in my mind for what kind of character Larfleeze could be…but nobody actually writing the character wants him to be like that. They all want Larfleeze to be a one-dimensional Looney Tune who rants and raves and cries a lot. Personally, I don’t think Larfleeze should have his own series. He should be a character in the Green Lantern stable, a wildcard who shows up now and again when you least suspect him.
But that’s just me. And clearly I just don’t get the character.
I’m also still looking for a Larfleeze action figure if anybody knows a guy. And he’s going to appear in an upcoming episode of Green Lantern: The Animated Series. I really need to watch that show.
Posted on February 20, 2013, in Comics, DC and tagged Green Lantern, Larfleeze, Orange Lantern. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
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I agree, Larfleeze will probably get stale. The bet way to do a Larfleeze series is to have Geoff Johns write it, but I assume that Johns has had enough of Larfleeze by now. To my understanding, Johns created Baz so he could bring him along to the Justice League of America once he left Green Lantern. I don’t mind that; it will certainly make JLA more enjoyable. Btw, GL the Animated Series is fantastic. I recommend you watch the episodes, “Blue Hope,” “Loss,” and then “Cold Fury.” (and then “Larfleeze.”) It gets really emotional for a kids show 🙂
I love emotional kids shows. Adventure Time is great at it. But that thing about Johns taking Baz with him to JLA sounds promising. I read one of the interviews on Mtv that said the Green Lantern title will go back to starring Hal. I’m far more interested in Simon than Hal, so let’s hope Johns’ JLA is good.
Wow – Larfleeze the book hasn’t even been published yet, and you guys are judging it in the negative! No wonder the comics industry is going down the drains, when people like you, who claim to support it, shit on anything that doesn’t fit into how YOU see it. Geez… if you don’t like new comic books trying new things, you could always read your back issues of something else.
I’m basing my opinion on Larfleeze comics that Giffen has already indeed written. The Larfleeze series may not be out yet, but Giffen has already written two parts of a Larfleeze story in the comic Threshold. I don’t like his take on Larfleeze. Therefore, I’m predicting that I won’t like his Larfleeze series.