WTF? -- The Losers is ending?!
According to an interview with series artist Jock, The Pulse is reporting that The Losers will end with issue #32:
Working with Diggle on The Losers has been a great experience for Jock. "We had many long talks at the pub about doing stuff and then we were given the go-ahead to do it," Jock said. "DC was behind us 100%, which we're both very grateful for. We have a total freedom to take the series where we feel it should go and that's a great feeling."
"Andy's great to work with - I think we 'get' each others work. if he writes an action shot into the script for example, I know what he's after - an in your face, extreme, dramatic, grab you by the collar shot," continued Diggle. "Not a medium close shot that makes you feel like you're watching the scene from a distance ... if a character points a gun at the viewer I want it to feel like the end of the barrel is pushing at you, creasing your forehead!"
Jock told us a little about what to expect in these last issues of The Losers. "#26-29 is the penultimate story arc, drawn by the legendary Colin Wilson, called 'UNAMERICA'.
Max's plans are coming to fruition which sees the team hit an abandoned nuclear ridden town called 'Pripyat.' Things heat up towards the climax, 'ENDGAME', which runs from #29 -32. I start drawing that soon ... it'll be strange to wave goodbye to the series, but fantastic that we can wrap it up as originally planned.
Wow, what a drag.
Link via: The Beat
UPDATE: Over at his blog, Losers writer Andy Diggle addresses the series' end:
Well, the cat's finally out of the bag - The Losers will officially be ending with issue 32.
Jock and I owe DC big time for supporting the title right through to the ending we always had planned for it. We designed it as a finite story which, as I said in an interview with Heidi Macdonald back in 2002, would take "two or three years to tell."
Jock spilled the beans in an interview he's just given at The Pulse, so head over there and check out his beautiful Batman and Catwoman covers!
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"If a character points a gun at the viewer I want it to feel like the end of the barrel is pushing at you, creasing your forehead!"
Viewer?
Well, I guess one is "viewing" the page, but I would have said reader.
Why is that a drag? If they tell the story they want to, it's better than letting it linger.
It's a drag for selfish reasons. I could read that book for much more than 30 issues.
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