![]() ![]() Had I started with the origin, it would have been a different story than what I was revealing in the first issue. You really need to have read all eleven issues to fully enjoy and appreciate what the origin is. It was fun if you look at the title of the three "Time's Past" segments in issue #4 I actually call it "A Family Affair Part III" and then "Part Two" is with Jill Thompson and the last one, which is issue #12, is entitled "Family Affair Part One." So I was actually playing with the idea of doing reverse narrative at the beginning. ![]() Had I done it the other way around it wouldn't have worked in terms of the overall maxi-series. By jumping back each time from the 1940s to turn of the century Paris to his origin, I could only tell that story at that point when you knew that much about the character. ![]() James Robinson: It worked in terms of the story structure. What made you want to end at the beginning for Shade? "The Shade" #12 is James Robinson's final installment of the maxi-series, on sale September 12.ĬBR News: The very last issue of the twelve issue maxi-series is out soon and it tells the story of Shade's origin. ![]()
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