The new year is in full swing, which marks the return of our DC Creator Q&A Series! This month, we’ll be sitting down with industry icon Deny Cowan! As one of the most influential creators in the comics industry, Denys is known for his work on historic characters such as Batman, Superman, and The Question. Beyond his character work, Denys also helped found Milestone Media in 1993, which featured the introduction of iconic characters like Icon & Hardware, and Static Shock!
Want to know what makes Denys tick? You’ve come to the right place! Submit your questions for Denys in this thread by February 9, and he’ll tackle your answers when Episode 7 of the DC Creator Q&A Series releases on February 26th!
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Wow! I’m a big fan! I actually just finished Worlds Collide, and I was just wondering what your favorite part was? As in, favorite character or plot point, not creating the comics.
What an honor to have you with us, Denys Cowan! I’m gonna ask you a question I get asked all the time, as a huge Question fan: what makes The Question a more interesting character than, for example, Batman?
I always have loved Denys Cowan’s work! He’s one of my favorite modern day comic book creators. I always have trouble thinking of questions for things like this, so I will just ask something obvious and basic. Who is your favorite Milestone character and why?
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My question is if a DC character was set to be permanently placed in the milestone universe who do thinks would be the best fit?
It’s an honor to have an icon like Denys Cowan join us and I hope @bjkicks sees this and ask a question because I know how big a fan his is of Mr. Cowan’s work and the entirety of Milestone Media.
I’m going to give this some thought and ask my question later but thank you for continuing this Q&A series and for giving us the chance to ask questions of, and hear from, Denys Cowan!
Hi Mr. Cowen,
My question is, what was is like working with Denny O’Neil? Was it a typical Comic Book Artistic relationship, where he wrote the script and you filled in the blanks? Or more “Stan Lee/Jack Kriby 'Marvel Method,” where you were working together to develop the story of “The Question”? Did Denny have a plot, then you drew the issue and he had to figure out the dialogue, or did you have the plot, like Jack’s “FF” and Denny had to figure it all out afterwards?
I had no idea until a few years ago that the character Dr. Miles Hawkins played by Carl Lumbly in the short lived superhero show M.A.N.T.I.S. was supposed to be part of the Milestone Universe and be Static’s uncle. Would love to learn more about the origin of the character.
As a Static fan, my question is: How do you feel about the evolution of Virgil Hawkins’s character between Static (1993) and more recent series, like Static: Season One/Shadows of Dakota?
@RexRebel asked almost the same question I was going to, but I think there’s a distinction (asking about the world versus asking about you…), so I hope it’s worth answering both.
Looking back on the founding of Milestone, what, if anything, would you want to have done differently?
I’m a fan and excited for this opportunity to interact.
Given the decades since Milestone, how would you assess its impact of its legacy on representative culturally relevant storytelling and what would suggests needs to happen to maitain and gain progress for the future and will you be a part of translating that progress to the cinematic universe?
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Mr. Cowan: What kind of character (or genre, or story), that you have not yet had the opportunity to draw, would you most like to work on? Is it something that already exists with a publisher, or maybe something that is entirely your own creation?
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