Benjamin Percy Archives

Green Arrow #36 Review: Let the Arrows Fly
However, there is some potential in this version of Ollie's mom. It's also nice to see Merlyn come back to the forefront of the comic, even if he doesn't get much space to breathe in this issue. Benjamin Percy has done a lot with the dynamic between Green Arrow and Black Canary in this run of Green[...]
Green Arrow Annual #1 cover by Jamal Campbell
Of course, that could be a jab at Christmas hypocrisy courtesy of writer Benjamin Percy In any case, this gesture of goodwill does feel a little unearned by the story. Green Arrow Annual #1 art by Eleonora Carlini and Hi-Fi Eleonora Carlini provides the artwork for this annual, and it is some solid work to boot[...]
Green Arrow #34 Review: Green Arrow Versus Ayn Rand
Hell, Ollie even name-checks Ayn Rand and the concept of "trickle-down economics". There is some action thanks to the Clock King subplot, but it resolves so quickly that it feels out of place in this comic which juggles so many other plots. We also get more of Wendy, and that scene punches you in the gut some[...]
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(*Please note: Signing times are subject to change.) I recommend going by and trying to get Benjamin Percy to record your voice mail message. THURSDAY, 10/5: • 2:00 – 3:00: Steve Orlando and Giovanni Timpano (Writer and Artist, Shadow/Batman) • 3:30 – 4:30: Erik Mona (Writer, Pathfinder: Worldscape) FRIDAY, 10/6: • 1:00 – 2:00: Steve Orlando and Giovanni Timpano (Writer[...]
green arrow
It can still be easily recommended, and Benjamin Percy has succeeded in keeping this a highly engaging title Plus, you get to see Green Arrow and Green Lantern team up once again Pick this one up. [rwp-review-ratings id="0"] [rwp-review-form id="0"] [rwp-review-recap id="0"] Green Arrow #30 Green Arrow is close to shutting down the Ninth Circle's operations, but he needs[...]
Green Arrow
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Green Arrow #28 by Benjamin Percy and Juan Ferreyra gives us the next stop in Oliver Queen's cross country journey to bring the villainous financial institution the Ninth Circle down. You know, that sentence alone shows one of the amazing strengths of this comic It takes some skilled storytelling to make a tale of financial[...]
Green Arrow #26 Review: The Emerald Archer And The Fastest Man Alive
Pick it up. Also, if you want to hear some of the behind-the-scenes stuff on this issue, check out the DC All Access interview with Green Arrow writer Benjamin Percy.  [rwp-review-ratings id="0"] [rwp-review-form id="0"] [rwp-review-recap id="0"] With the discovery that the Ninth Circle is attempting to spread its operations across the nation and around the globe after the establishment of[...]
Green Arrow
Writer Benjamin Percy talked with DC All-Access about the new arc and where it's going. Oliver has found and lost his true love, regained and re-lost his company…now he's hitting the streets with The Flash But it doesn't stay, as just a Flash team up as issue two brings Green Arrow in contact with Wonder Woman,[...]
Writer's Commentary: Benjamin Percy Talks James Bond #4 And A Proper Car Chase
Straight from Dynamite, here's a writer's commentary from Benjamin Percy talking about James Bond #4. Cover art by Dominic Reardon with interiors by Rapha Lobosco. PAGE 1: Fleming refers to Bond as a blunt instrument; a weapon So I liked the idea of creating parallelism between his eye and the muzzle of a gun, as they can be considered one[...]
Green Arrow #24 Review- The Emerald Archer Goes To Extremes To Save His City
Benjamin Percy brought the book back into glory as well as its liberal roots It's quite satisfying to see him staying on through Rebirth. The politics of Percy's book are not in question This book leans quite heavily on the left side While this is enjoyable for me personally, I would be remiss to say that[...]
Writer's Commentary – Benjamin Percy Talks James Bond #3
This time it's Benjamin Percy talking about James Bond#3 and how he hates selfie sticks. Cover by Dominic Reardon, and interiors by Rapha Lobosco. Page 1 When I was in Tokyo—on assignment for GQ—I kept seeing signs for love hotels and pleasure hotels I asked my fixer about them, and she laughed and said, "That's where you sneak[...]
The Big Screen Spectacle Arrow Could Never Do – Green Arrow #21 Review
Not that the first 20 issues didn't take great efforts to re-establishing Green Arrow as the great liberal hero, and had some wonderful commentary on current political and social events in the world today, but this issue really ramps things up. Benjamin Percy's takes the issue to build things on the macro and the micro scale,[...]
How Green Arrow Prepared Benjamin Percy To Take On James Bond
And today we get the flip side of the writer-2-writer interview from Dynamite as Fabrice Sapolsky of Intertwined talks to Benjamin Percy about James Bond #2. Cover by Dominic Reardon, interiors by Rapha Lobosco. FABRICE SAPOLSKY: James Bond is probably the easiest-hardest character to write He's been in novels, in movies (in very different incarnations), comics… So[...]
Benjamin Percy Grills Fabrice Sapolsky About The Intertwined Finale
Dynamite has sent us a new writer-2-writer interview with Green Arrow and James Bond writer Benjamin Percy asking questions of Intertwined writer Fabrice Sapolsky about the finale of his series. Cover by Olivier Coipel. BENJAMIN PERCY: As a teenager, I spent countless hours at the arcade playing Double Dragon and Street Fighter 2—and countless hours at home[...]
Aqualad Rises in Teen Titans – Teen Titans#6 Review
After all, he was briefly introduced in the issue, along with confirmation that he was a new gay character for the DC Universe. Now, with Teen Titans #6 this week the erstwhile character returns, and we have his home-life, history and relationships further expanded while still leaving enough mystery to keep the reader interested. Varaint cover by[...]
Writer's Commentary – Benjamin Percy Talks James Bond #1
A Writer's Commentary: Benjamin Percy talks James Bond #1, on sale today from Dynamite. Cover by John Cassaday and interiors by Rapha Lobosco. PAGE 1 Exotic locale? Check. One of my favorite opening sequences—in any Bond film—comes from The Spy Who Loved Me I'm tipping my hat to it here (without putting 007 in Roger Moore's banana-colored onesie ski suit). I[...]
Benjamin Percy On Tackling James Bond
Benjamin Percy is an experience writer having made his name on novels, short stories, essays, comic books and screenplays While in the midst of his critically acclaimed run on Green Arrow, the Oregon native has taken on a new project… James Bond I spoke to Percy about his familiarity with the iconic spy and the[...]
Dynamite Focuses On Story With Cornell, Percy, Chu And Mona
Keith Davidson, Dynamite's marketing director, introduced writers Paul Cornell, Benjamin Percy, Amy Chu, and Erik Mona from Paizo Publishing onto the panel The writers discussed their latest work and what they had in store for their upcoming stories. Paul Cornell discussed his upcoming Vampirella: – He emphasized that comic won't be a reboot and continues with everything[...]
Benjamin Percy And Paul Cornell Join Dynamite's Thursday NYCC Panel
The list of guests include Amy Chu, the writer of the KISS comic and co-writer of the KISS: The Demon miniseries, Erik Mona writer of the Patherfinder comics, Benjamin Percy the new writer for James Bond and Paul Cornell the new writer for Vampirella. Also joining them on the panel are Executive Editor Joseph Rybandt and[...]
Green Arrow's Benjamin Percy To Write James Bond
Benjamin Percy, who is doing a great job on Green Arrow and Teen Titans, has been tapped to write James Bond once Warren Ellis is done Ellis is finishing up his second arc, Eidolon, which will take the series to #12 Andy Diggle's Hammerhead is considered a mini-series, leaving Percy to take over the main[...]