Green Lantern: Willworld Explained

Green Lantern: Willworld
Publisher:DC Comics
Date:July 2001
Main Char Team:Green Lantern
Origisbn:1563897822
Writers:J. M. DeMatteis
Artists:Seth Fisher
Colourists:Chris Chuckry
Letterers:Tom Orzechowski
Editors:Joey Cavalieri
Pages:94

Green Lantern: Willworld is an original graphic novel written by J. M. DeMatteis and illustrated by Seth Fisher released by DC Comics in hardcover in July 2001.

Publication history

The artist Seth Fisher notes that:

Fisher has also said that "we wanted a book where I could squeeze my imagination for everything it was worth and 'Green Lantern' just seemed to have the most potential that way".[1]

Writer J. M. DeMatteis described the story as "Green Lantern meets Little Nemo in Quantum Wonderland. A playful, surreal, quantum physics fairytale".[2]

The book was released as a hardcover in July 2001 [3] and softcover in December 2003 .[4]

Plot

This story tells how a young Hal Jordan mastered his power ring. The story is set on a world formed entirely by the imagination of other Green Lanterns.

Critical reception

Locus Magazine gave the book a positive review and noted that it was "stunning stuff, highly recommended".[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=1074 A Beautiful Mind: talking with artist Seth Fisher
  2. Web site: How Powerful The Imagination Is? . Ellis . Jonathan . January 2001 . PopImage.com . 2009-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030311194931/http://www.popimage.com/industrial/011101dematteis_int.html . 2003-03-11 . dead.
  3. https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/green-lantern-willworld Willworld hardcover details
  4. https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/green-lantern-willworld-0 Willworld softcover details
  5. Web site: Red Hour Orgy. Shropshire. Philip. 2002-02-15. Locus Magazine. 2009-01-28.