RIDLEY PEARSON: Words are like coins you can spend them freely or carefully. How does it feel to use words so sparingly? His novels have been published into two dozen languages and adapted for television network and the stage.ĬHRISTINE VAN ZANDT: Welcome to Kite Tales! Your best-selling Peter and the Starcatchers series is co-written with Dave Barry and includes illustrations, but that still must be a very different process from writing your new DC Comics Super Sons graphic-novel series. While some aspects of this book may appeal to young readers who have little or no familiarity with the DC Universe, I wouldn't advise it for anyone who is easily put off by inconsistency with canon.Ridley Pearson is a #1 New York Times best-selling author of more than 50 award-winning books for readers of middle grade and young adult. Please be forewarned that this interpretation is unrelated to the established Superboy or Robin, and has nothing to do with the original Super Sons comic. (It also doesn't help that the artwork seems to have divested him of all hints of his ethnic background.) And there's sadly no mention of his intriguing backstory as the grandson of Ra's al Ghul. When his dad doesn't allow him to tag along and play vigilante, he throws a tantrum and demands to be called 'Ian' rather than Damian. This alternate version of him comes across as a bratty, arrogant rich kid with incredibly bad (and inexplicably underfunded) costuming choices. And yet, that appears to be what happened.Įxisting fans of Damian Wayne are advised to brace themselves. While the author did give the introductory disclaimer that he was essentially told by DC to do his own thing, I wasn't expecting him to dive right in without having any real knowledge of the characters he was adapting. A lot of the plot drive seemed to be a result of off-screen events we readers simply aren't privy to. Transitions were jerky, and the pacing sometimes felt uneven. The storytelling format was disjointed and often difficult to follow. So there is plenty of room for expanding on her character in any future installments. She's African royalty of some kind, and outside of nebulous visions, her abilities are unclear.

The character of Candace presented as a strong, promising female MC. It often reminded me of the art style found in the The Iron Giant movie, (which elicited fond feelings.) The coloring was vibrant and the use of shadow gave it a vaguely cell-shaded appeal. And with their fathers busy off trying to save the planet in their own ways, they get caught somewhere between school bullies and investigating the source of a mysterious virus outbreak. When 'climate disruption' threatens coastal cities, both boys are displaced.

An alternate reality take on the Super Sons series, featuring the middle-school aged offspring of Batman and Superman.

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