Steve Englehart interview

Harvey Jerkwater over at Filing Cabinet of the Damned posted an interview with comic writer Steve Englehart earlier today. Englehart talks about some of his current and upcoming projects, as well as his approach to writing, cosmic stories and why he likes the character Mantis so much:

I dunno, she was the first character I created who became huge, so I liked her anyway. Then, when I left Marvel to write The Batman and JLA, people were all over me about whether they'd ever see her again, and I came up with the idea of getting her into the JLA by the side door - then I decided to continue that in SCORPIO ROSE, and thought I might put her in everything I did thereafter - an idea that soon proved impractical. But when I came back to Marvel and did the Surfer, she fit right in, and she's remained a major character, so I was asked to come back a few years ago and straighten out the stuff that had been done to her in my absence. She's just likeable, different, and kicks butt - what else could you ask?

In other Englehart news, the writer recently sent out an email that gave more details on his Black Rider project with Marshall Rogers, a one-shot that's part of Marvel's Western event coming up in June. The western hero will visit New York circa 1881, where he tries to shut down a Chinese prostitution ring and runs into the Ancient One.