| Posted: 12 July 2016 at 8:06am | IP Logged | 12
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A further note on crossovers...When I was working on FOURTH WORLD I concocted a story about a "godwave" that was created by the destruction of the Old Gods, and that swept thru the Universe, creating the New Gods (of all planets) and then rebounding in a weaker form to lay the seeds of superhumans. Hearing of this, which I planned as a few issues of JK4W, the Powers That Were at DC declared it "too big" for one title to hold, and coopted it for that summer's megacrossover. Paul Kupperberg, FOURTH WORLD editor, and I, were given the job of coordinating the event. We made one decision right off: unlike previous crossovers, which had been handed down arbitrarily, dictating which issues would cross regardless of what the creative teams had already plotted, in this one we would Play Fair. No one would have to take part in the crossover unless they wanted to. Of course, most creative teams said they wanted nothing to do with it. Some even protested that it "interfered" with their characters at an intrinsic level, even tho it actually changed nothing. (Remember, I originally planned to do this as a story contained completely in FOURTH WORLD, so the events would all be in place retroactively, and would have no effect on the current status of the characters.) The Powers insisted that everybody get on board, and creative teams were asked to submit proposals for how they wanted their characters to fit into the overall tapestry. Which led to problem two: some of those creative teams held off until the last possible second, and then demanded that their characters play the most important parts in the stories. sigh The result was GENESIS (DC chickened out on GODWAVE as the title), and it was a ripe ol' mess. Too many cooks, all of whom were trying to create an entirely different meal. And this because Paul and I decided to Play Fair!!
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