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Jeff Parker is the prominent writer of such comics as Future Quest, Batman ’66, Thunderbolts, as well as Agents of Atlas. now he turns his interest to one of the most prominent trick agents ever in James Bond Origin with artist Bob Q. Parker shares more about this thrilling series with Westfield’s Roger Ash.
Westfield: exactly how much of James Bond origin comes from Ian Fleming’s stories as well as exactly how much comes from you as well as history?
Jeff Parker: I try to stay extremely close to actual history as well as WW2 offers lots of chance for missions that can be essential yet unknown compared to the huge context of the war. The Ian Fleming Estate make sure I navigate by key landmarks that Fleming mentioned in the novels, however that still leaves me a great deal of space to picture exactly how Bond’s early years unfold.
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Westfield: exactly how much research study did you do for the series?
Parker: I’m still doing a lot, my view of WW2 has always been mainly with the lens of America’s involvement as well as now I’m taking in the rest of Europe’s perspective, mainly Britain’s of course. however James will likewise go into neutral countries as well as you get to see exactly how things work in Portugal for example. While James does have an early type of trick service training, his genuine education is the war itself.
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Westfield: What difficulties did you encounter while putting the story together?
Parker: It’s difficult to discover photo recommendation for a great deal of the settings- specific warships of the time, submarines— I don’t like to establish that stuff as well as then expect Bob to discover everything in addition to exactly how much he has to draw.
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Westfield: exactly how is the 17 year old Bond different from the character we know?
Parker: He’s not worldly-wise as well as suave yet. He doesn’t have that towering confidence that gets him with any type of door yet. however he does already have the ferocious tenacity where he won’t let setbacks derail him. He believes quick as well as keeps moving up until he reaches his goal, which is perhaps the core trait of James Bond. It’s an fascinating difficulty to present a hero who is recognizably the character you believe of as James Bond with barely any type of of the trappings of a Double-0 status, trademark guns as well as cocktail, all of that. as well as we do not utilize this as a possibility to introduce those things. You will not discover out why James likes vodka martinis shaken, at least not at this point.
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Westfield: You’re working with artist Bob Q on the book. What can you state about your collaboration?
Parker: We are truly clicking, I feel. Bob is crazy talented, as well as that’s great since this is a job that needs his level of art power. the most important thing is exactly how much character he provides James, as well as yet you totally accept that this is Bond as a young man, however when he didn’t keep his cards so close to his vest. Bob is providing you one more method to approach as well as like a hero who’s been around sixty some years. I lucked out in this collaboration.