Post by Susan Hillwig on Sept 29, 2013 14:59:43 GMT -5
Those of you who keep up with “All-Star Western” and Jonah’s official adventures know that a certain something happened between the posting of the last issue of “Shades of Gray” and this one here. In ASW#21, Jonah Hex was transported to the here-and-now of the DCNu, and will remain amongst the “future folk” for an unforeseen amount of time. Personally, I’m loving every minute of it, and am just tickled that Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray have touched upon some of the same things in their title that I have with my fic -- as I’ve said before, we’re drawing from the same source material, so there’s always a good chance that our ideas will overlap. Frankly, I wouldn’t have it any other way, as it shows we’re all doing our best to remain true to the spirit of the character that John Albano & Tony DeZuniga created over forty years ago.
That being said, Jonah’s present predicament highlights something that cropped up not long after I began “Shades of Gray” in 2010. I knew that Jonah being dropped into the Modern DCU would affect things, and eventually the continuity of my story would veer off from what DC was printing on a monthly basis. However, I never suspected that DC would reboot their entire line just a year later, altering their own continuity to such a degree that some of the characters I want to use in my fic no longer exist in “The New 52”.
But fear not, dear readers: what’s happened to the DCU since August 31st, 2011 will not affect my plans for this story. I will continue to use the continuity laid down before Flashpoint -- Golden Age and all -- though some things from the DCNu may bleed over (that’s only natural when dealing with parallel universes). It was a decision I made not long after the reboot, and I wasn’t planning on making a full announcement about it until around issue #20 or so (you’ll see why when we get there), but J&J doing their own version of “Jonah in modern times” made me realize I should tell you fine folks right now so as to avoid confusion down the road.
Again, I love what J&J are doing, always have, and I hope “All-Star Western” becomes DC’s #1 title (okay, a tad unrealistic, but I can dream!). Just remember that the Jonah Hex I’m writing about in “Shades of Gray” never teamed up with Booster Gold and got his ass sent to 2013. My Hex went to 2050, then went back home and died. Then some other things happened...
Okay, enough chit-chat. On to the comments!
- Susan Hillwig
That being said, Jonah’s present predicament highlights something that cropped up not long after I began “Shades of Gray” in 2010. I knew that Jonah being dropped into the Modern DCU would affect things, and eventually the continuity of my story would veer off from what DC was printing on a monthly basis. However, I never suspected that DC would reboot their entire line just a year later, altering their own continuity to such a degree that some of the characters I want to use in my fic no longer exist in “The New 52”.
But fear not, dear readers: what’s happened to the DCU since August 31st, 2011 will not affect my plans for this story. I will continue to use the continuity laid down before Flashpoint -- Golden Age and all -- though some things from the DCNu may bleed over (that’s only natural when dealing with parallel universes). It was a decision I made not long after the reboot, and I wasn’t planning on making a full announcement about it until around issue #20 or so (you’ll see why when we get there), but J&J doing their own version of “Jonah in modern times” made me realize I should tell you fine folks right now so as to avoid confusion down the road.
Again, I love what J&J are doing, always have, and I hope “All-Star Western” becomes DC’s #1 title (okay, a tad unrealistic, but I can dream!). Just remember that the Jonah Hex I’m writing about in “Shades of Gray” never teamed up with Booster Gold and got his ass sent to 2013. My Hex went to 2050, then went back home and died. Then some other things happened...
Okay, enough chit-chat. On to the comments!
- Susan Hillwig
