Paul Giacoppo Interview - DC Showcase: Kamandi
The underexplored worlds of Jack Kirby are getting their due with the new DC Showcase shorts collection, which includes Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!.
The story is set in a post-apocalyptic Earth ruled by talking animals and centers on the titular hero as he and his friends are kidnapped by a gorilla cult and put through a series of deadly tests to determine which is the reincarnation of their god, The Mighty One.
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In anticipation of its new release, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with writer Paul Giacoppo to discuss Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!, adapting Jack Kirby's unique world, the hindsight of developing an apocalyptic story, and more.
Screen Rant: I knew nothing about Kamandi before the short, and now all I want to do is learn more about him.
Paul Giacoppo: Can we just stop it there, like interview's over, just write that! [Laughs]
Oh my god, literally that's everything we had hoped for with this. DC shorts are all about telling people who obscure, but really cool, characters in the DC universe are and then telling a story that makes you want to know more about them. When I was breaking into animation, I was checking out Bruce Timm's Justice League show and they just have every character they could think of at the time, especially when they did Justice League Unlimited.
That was my first real experience with The Question as an animated character and Shining Knight and Vigilante, and they just managed to make them all so cool. I remember Bruce Timm saying something like, «Yeah, we got The Question for the show, and now all I want to do is Question stories,» and I think Jeremy and Jen did a fantastic job with the Blue Beetle short.
I couldn't agree
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