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This Week in Marvel

#228.5 - Joss Whedon

This Week in Marvel

Marvel

Arts, Tv & Film

4.2982 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2016

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Ben talks with visionary director and writer Joss Whedon about his new eight-page Captain America story, working with artist John Cassaday, and more!

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0:00.0

Hey everybody Ben here, Ben here, editorial director of Marvel Digital Media and I have a very

0:14.4

special interview for you this week spoke to the one and only Josh Wheaton the

0:18.3

director of Marvel's Avengers and Marvel's Avengers Age of Ultron he's coming

0:22.4

back to comics to do an 8-page Captain America story

0:25.6

with artist John Cassiday,

0:27.0

so we spoke all about it.

0:28.2

Enjoy.

0:29.3

My first question would be, how did you get drawn back to comics this time because obviously it's a medium

0:35.1

that you've worked in a little bit but not your irregular cup of tea?

0:40.3

Well, it's Cast Day of course.

0:44.0

Cast was like, you want to do this.

0:48.0

And, you know, eight pages is not a lifetime commitment.

0:54.0

And Cass and I both share the same affection for World War II era caps.

1:02.0

So it just seemed like I've been on a break for one time.

1:07.4

It seems like a perfect reaction to start waiting again.

1:11.0

Just a day, you know, it's like working with more of your favorite actors.

1:17.7

You don't have to tell them that much.

1:20.4

You just get it. You mentioned the appeal of World War II Captain America and I think that's something like a lot of people share I think you know it's a unique aspect of the character

1:30.8

What is it about that era and placing the character in that era that made it

1:35.0

appealing for you?

1:37.0

You know, it's always a chance to look at the definition of a hero and the way that it's changed and the definition of

1:51.4

masculinity in the way that it's changed.

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