Newsarama’s Vaneta Rogers spoke with Ethan van Sciver at Wizard World Chicago last week about his upcoming projects, including Green Lantern: Blackest Night with Geoff Johns and an untitled Wonder Woman project with Gail Simone. They also discussed the rumors of an upcoming Flash project with Geoff Johns.
The artist had just come from a DC panel where Dan DiDio seemed to always turn to him to answer any question about The Flash. We asked: Why is that?
“Because he’s a sadist, deep down. He even told me that. He said, “I just like to see you squirm.’ I honestly have no idea. He likes to get the rumors going,” Van Sciver said.
We talked about the rumor mill and how most fans think his upcoming “secret project” with Geoff Johns is either Aquaman or The Flash.
“Aquaman’s leading the pack?” Van Sciver said in obviously feigned surprise….
The mysterious van Sciver/Johns project — whether it’s Flash, Aquaman, or something else — will be announced in San Diego later this month.
Ethan van Sciver is no stranger to the Flash, having worked with Geoff Johns on the 2001 graphic novel The Flash: Iron Heights (now collected in the second edition of Flash: Blood Will Run, released earlier this year). He also worked on Impulse with Todd Dezago, where he helped create Inertia, and did several covers for The Flash in 2004 and for The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive in 2007.
Just stumbled upon your site this afternoon and wanted to take a moment to commend you on all the content, particularly after launching only recently. That, and being a fellow Flash fan, that already makes you alright in my book. Keep up the great work!
As for Johns and Van Sciver teaming up on a new Flash title? It doesn’t get much better than that. Well, maybe Johns and Alan Davis (also no stranger to the Flash) but I’m not complaining! I’d love to see them team up for the book, and it’d guarantee an audience to boot. The wait for more info. is going to be tough.