Giffen talks “Drax,” JLI and erections

(Originally spotted over on Rob Worley’s site. And you thought my URL was obscure.)

If, somewhere along the way in your journalism career, you get a chance to interview Keith Giffen, do it. There’s no better quote machine in the comics industry, and I throw Stan Lee, Neil Gaiman, Jim Steranko and anyone else you can think of into the ring to slug it out with him.

Comixfan: While we’re on the subject, after Drax and Defenders, what else do you have planned at Marvel?

Giffen: A series with a classic name, that I am not at liberty to discuss right now. Simply because, Marvel and DC now like to announce, and the minute they announce, I’ll talk about it. Like Drax, I’ve been done with Drax for four months. Well, Andy keeps calling me and going ‘Can you fix this?’, but the actual bulk work has been done for a while, but then they announce it in Philadelphia, and I can talk about it. It’s business. The guy who created Viagra wasn’t going around going ‘We can give you an erection!’ before Pfizer announced it. Which is kind of interesting, because everyone knows Pfizer makes Viagra, but what’s the name of the guy who created it?

Comixfan: I have no idea… [laughs]

Giffen: Ah ha, so its not just comics doing that. At least comics will say ‘created by Keith Giffen and Roger Slifer’ on Lobo. Work for hire lives…

Interviewing Giffen is sort of like riding a bucking bronco — you grip that phone and your keyboard and hold on, because you’re going at light speed all over the map, and if you can’t keep up, well, you should look into Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, bud.

And you know I’m telling the truth, because I didn’t write this interview and, frankly, I don’t think that I’d ever heard of Comixfan before today. But Giffen interviews are goodness, although it looks like they cut most of the profanity and the slams of the comic industry as a whole. Or maybe it’ll be in Part Two.

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