Take a look at the following Q&A
from a recent interview with Lone Ranger comics scribe, Ande Parks…
NANCY COLLINS: What do you think
today’s comic fan is looking for from a character like the Lone Ranger?
ANDE PARKS: They want to see the man’s
values on display. They want to see that pillar of justice. They want the
interplay between Lone Ranger and Tonto. They want action, but not without some
meaning. I think, in the case of our book, they also want a sense for what the
real Old West was like. I hope so, anyway… because we really try to get some of
that history into the book. I think it adds another layer. It makes the heroic
stories more believable, which elevates the heroism.
Doesn’t that make you want to read
Lone Ranger? Alas, Ande Parks’ Lone
Ranger run fails to do any of that for me, which is why I quit reading it in
the teens. I often wonder why Dynamite
gave Parks’ a shot at writing Lone Ranger, especially considering the following
Q&A:
NANCY COLLINS: How familiar were you
with the Lone Ranger before coming on as writer for the series?
ANDE PARKS: To be honest, not very. I
had seen the show some as a kid, but I definitely not what you would have
called a big fan. The first time I wrote the characters was in the Death of
Zorro mini-series, and I struggled to find their voices in that first issue.
Still struggling, dude. I applaud your efforts, though.
