JL #27 AFTERWARD

So, what did you think? This is one of my favorites, just because I think everything about it works so well. 

As I talked about in the Forward, I'm not sure *why* I used a Press Conference as a reason to start the adventure; however,  I think that it *does* work. It allows us to see some of the "behind-the-scenes" stuff, PLUS it allows us to see some of the "public JLA personas" we almost never get to see. In fact, I don't think I ever had any "public" appearances since JL #10, when the various JLAers appeared at world-wide AIDS charity events.  There were a few other mentions of charity events, like the JLAers promising to appear at a half-time show during NBA play-offs or talking about doing things for charity, but that is the only other time I  remember actually *showing* them appearing in public. 

New Pronunciation Key

In JL #27 I introduced a new system of pronunciation keys for the English words. If you don't know how Japanese works it's kind of difficult to explain, but over each Japanese word (such as Justice League in the title shown directly below) I write smaller Japanese characters as pronunciation. However, because the Japanese sounds are fewer and more stringent than English, words like "cup" and "cap" end up being given the same pronunciations in Japanese. I added a "dot" or a "triangle" to try to help differentiate the sounds. Obviously, it didn't work. :-) 

JL #27 Next Issue Blurb

NEXT ISSUE: 

Why did the six absent members not participate in this adventure? Next issue, we see the six members' individual stories! Don't miss JUSTICE LEAGUE #28!!  

JL #27 "The New Members' Press Conference"

JL #27 FORWARD

I don't know why I started this story with a press conference. Thirteen years later, I really don't remember my thought process for that. I do remember that Hollywood stars and British musicians would always have press conferences whenever they visited in Japan, so it was more of a cultural idea to me then it was when I lived in the States.

JL #27 "The New Members' Press Conference"

Up until this point I hadn't done too many "poster" type covers. From now until the end, it is all I will do. This is based off an illustration of The New Warriors by Steve Scott & Walden Wong, reprinted below. I never read the book, but I saw the illustration in a catalog and liked the postures of the characters. I didn't know the artists, so incorrectly attributed the entire illustration to "Walden."