Charmed Comics Return in October 2014

[cyma]

Tumblr/Twitter Q & A

Anonymous asked: Hi pat! can we hope for Billie to return? Sha has redeem herself and her friendship with the sisters was a good thing in my opinion. Sure the character was not always good written but she was still cool and interesting. It's sad that her bond with the sisters was not included in season 9, except for one panel, especially when we know that in the future she'll be "part" of the family.

Pat Shand: No Billie this season, unless my plan drastically changes. X

Anonymous asked: hello Pat, I saw your post on twitter about people who discriminate others, and i was wondering if you would consider including one day a gay character in the Charmed universe?

Pat Shand: There are already plans. X

Anonymous asked: Hi Elisa. Which issue of Charmed are you working on now? Can you share the pencils of the charmed 1 preview that has been shown? The likeness of the characters look very good!

Elisa Feliz: Thank you! I just started drawing Issue 2 from season 10. I can’t post any pencils myself yet, but once I can show some stuff I’ll post it on my fb page so you can see it. X

Anonymous asked: Which Halliwell sister is the hardest to draw and which is the easiest in your opinion?

Elisa Feliz: Well, for me the hardest one has been Phoebe with the long hair look. And the easiest likeness has been Paige’s. X

Anonymous asked: Hi Pat! I'm so exited for Charmed Season 10!! And I have lot of questions.. Just like: will we learn more about Cole's family? Will see more of Tyler? Penny and Patty know about Prue's new life?

Pat Shand: Let's see. Yes, probs, yes. X

Pat Shand:

The cover for CHARMED: SEASON TEN #3 is one of my favorite covers for anything I've written, ever. @seidmanart is bringing the A-game. X

David Seidman:

@patshand Thanks! It's honestly one of my favorites as well. Can't wait to show it off. X

@nathanjenkins4:

@patshand @seidmanart Oooh I wonder which character(s) will be on it X

Pat Shand:

@nathanjenkins4 @seidmanart Paige! X

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[StoryGirl83]

We've got one full preview page (no speech bubbles yet). It's easy to tell who's who. In my opinion (on that page) Piper and Henry look the most like themselves. Paige has a almost shoulder length wavy style in bright red. Phoebe makes me think of season three Phoebe, blonde. If nothing else the colors on the preview page are definitely sunny. There is also a pencil drawing of Cole that we got a cut out of from somewhere in issue 1.

[cyma]

Here it is:


Wasn't able to copy the enlarged version of the page. Only able to do that on the website: charmedcomicfan10.jimdo.com/2014/07/27/first-charmed-1-preview-page/


Here's one of Cole also

[cyma]

Tumblr/Twitter Q & A

Anonymous asked: Hi Pat! I'm so exited for Charmed Season 10!! And I have lot of questions.. Just like: will we learn more about Cole's family? Will see more of Tyler? Penny and Patty know about Prue's new life?

Pat Shand: Let's see. Yes, probs, yes. X

Anonymous asked: Which is your favorite Charmed power?

Pat Shand: Before I began scripting, I would’ve said Piper’s molecular immobilization/combustion… or maybe even a demonic fireball. However, after writing #1, the answer is and always will be orbing. Orbing is the coolest. X

Anonymous asked: Hi Pat, how does Charmed cupids know so much about people they have just met, are they both empathic and telepathic or does the ring act as a informational source?

Pat Shand: I think that’s a great question, but I’m not gonna answer it or general mythology questions like that. There have already been occasions where a pre-existing but unexplained part of the mythology has helped when I thought up a use for it, so I’ll keep this one nice and open! X
Anonymous asked: Hello Pat, is it in your plans to use Charon the soul collector? she sounds so promising that it's a shame the writers never used her for a bigger story arc

Pat Shand: Nah, that’s dipping a bit beyond the confines of relevance, I think. There are far too many other characters I want to include that I think are more interesting. X

Anonymous asked: Hi, I've a little question about charmed season 10: are we get to know something more Phoebe's third child? ps, sorry for my english but i'm a belgian fan
Pat Shand: Nope, not in the plan. X

Anonymous asked: Totally hypothetical... if you were to write a story about one of the Halliwell's relatives/ancestors: Patty, Grams, Melinda etc. Who's story would you be most interested in delving into?

Pat Shand: Hm… I think Grams is probably one of the most unexplored characters. I say that because she’s often mean, almost to the point of being cruel, and that’s never really addressed, much less delved into. There have been many, many times where I’ve questioned her motives. X

@patshand: What, no, writing the end of Charmed #3 made YOU cry. X
@kostaszomgas: @patshand are we to prepare for incoming feels?
@patshand: @kostaszomgas Not in the way I think anyone is expecting -- LEAST OF ALL ME -- but mabes.

@12baracidblues: I was wondering @paulruditis...Will Patience look the same as we left her in S9? #CMD X
@paulruditis: @12baracidblues No. She'll have different tattoos on her arm.

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[StoryGirl83]

Aug 27, 2014 3:56:17 GMT -5 cyma said:

Here it is:


Wasn't able to copy the enlarged version of the page. Only able to do that on the website: charmedcomicfan10.jimdo.com/2014/07/27/first-charmed-1-preview-page/


Here's one of Cole also

Actually, here's a better view of it, straight from Pat Shand's Tumblr account:

Here's a Page From Charmed Season Ten 1 - Elisa

[cyma]

More previews:

[cyma]

Anonymous asked: How will you expand Phoebe's powers? She's the only sister for some reason to always have the most limits to her powers.

Pat: I feel like a good majority of the questions that I get here are about powers and kids.

I’ve said before and I’ll say again, I have no interest in expanding any of the sister’s power sets or expanding their families. Their powers are huge and have increased, changed, evolved, etc. every season. It’s getting to be too much and there is no drama when writing a story about three all-powerful witches. The drama and the humanity is that their powers are limited, and can function as metaphors for who they are as people. Their strengths need weaknesses. Thus, I want to explore their powers and watch them learn new ways to utilize their already existing powers rather than expand, expand, expand until they’re gods.

Well said Pat 

Anonymous asked: Will we see them individually or collectively bonding with Prue? For a sister they've mourned for years, we didn't really see any bonding moments from them.

Pat: The lack of bonding moments between the sisters and Prue is a vital plot point of the majority of (if not the entire) season.

Will be looking forward to the bonding, something which was missing last season due to the end of the world events.

[cyma]

Anonymous asked: Hi Pat! i have just one and only one question about Charmed, but it's the most important thing for me. Can we hope that Prue'll finally find happiness in her life and if possible forever just like her sisters? Cause when I watch the first 3 seasons and i think about all that she has lost and given up, i can't stop myself thinking that she truly deserves that.


Oh, so you want massive spoilers, then?

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This has got me too curious. I don't see Andy coming down soon. Perhaps Prue's happiness has nothing to do with finding a man or starting a family. And whatever she is now...should she even be starting a family?   But Pat mentioned he has no interest in more kids or expanding family so what exactly does happiness for Prue means? And why is it a massive spoiler?

[Esmeralda]

I'm going to guess that massive spoiler means that we'd have to find out why Patience wasn't part of the flashforwards in "Forever Charmed" that showed the sisters living sappily ever after, since they comics have been using that as canon.

So indeed to tell how, if anything, Prue finds happiness would mean telling the ending of the story, and much as I love spoilers, since I hate the sappily ever after that we got, I'm *very* happy to hear that he won't tell us the spoilers.

I'm also *VERY* happy that the family won't expand and neither will anyone's powers. If anything, I could hope that something happens so that EVERYONE ends up with no powers - except the original three, for the exact reasons that he pointed out...I'm interested in them as *sisters*, who need each other, not as gods!

And I'm also very curious to see how Prue bonds with her sisters.

[Esmeralda]

As for the pictures, not all that nuts on the likenesses, (prefer the previous one), but if they keep it consistent so we know who's who, I won't complain too much. The ones all of them seem to have the most troubles with is Coop and Henry - it's too bad that The WB thought that both Phoebe and Paige had to find guys who were tall, dark and handsome. Remember the one artist/penciller when the only way we could tell who was who was the color of each guy's shirt?

Due to Phoebe's reaction, I'm going to guess the guy in blue is Coop, but if anyone told me that it was Henry, I'd believe them.

I do think I'd prefer these if they were simply novels as compared to graphic novels, because the stories have been great while the images...oh, well.

[StoryGirl83]

Aug 28, 2014 9:56:50 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

As for the pictures, not all that nuts on the likenesses, (prefer the previous one), but if they keep it consistent so we know who's who, I won't complain too much. The ones all of them seem to have the most troubles with is Coop and Henry - it's too bad that The WB thought that both Phoebe and Paige had to find guys who were tall, dark and handsome. Remember the one artist/penciller when the only way we could tell who was who was the color of each guy's shirt?

Due to Phoebe's reaction, I'm going to guess the guy in blue is Coop, but if anyone told me that it was Henry, I'd believe them.

I do think I'd prefer these if they were simply novels as compared to graphic novels, because the stories have been great while the images...oh, well.

Actually, Coop's not in that preview. Henry is the one in blue and the other one has been identified only as someone we don't already know. Some people think he's one of the demons mentioned in the second issue solicitation.

[cyma]

Charmed Season 10 Issue 3 COVER




Now that is the definition of awesome

[Esmeralda]

Oh, most definitely awesome! I wonder if that will be a Halloween issue...it's been ages since All Halliwell's Eve...

[StoryGirl83]

The issue is called "The Perks of Being a Whitelighter" and here is the solicitation summary:

As a pair of ne'er-do-well demons attempt to activate a weapon that could mean the end of the Charmed Ones, Paige takes on a new charge. But what will she do when her latest witch in training turns into... well, a bunch of cats? Also, the Angel of Death is back, but not in a way anyone will expect... least of all the Angel himself.

Probably not a Halloween issue, but you are so right. It's been way too long since we've had a story about Halloween.

[Esmeralda]

Well, I got my issue yesterday and can say I'm not that impressed yet. For all the artist talked about Paige, I thought she looked the least like Rose - Phoebe really looked like Alyssa and you can tell Piper is Piper due to the hair (no crooked eyebrow...), so Paige is the one who has short reddish hair. As usual, which guy is Coop and which guy is Henry is hard to tell, but Leo looked more like Brian than just about any of the other artists. Prue doesn't have any hints of Shannen the way the earlier artist did her and Cole, I guess kinda looks like Julian.

If you'd read this one before reading the others, you'd think the only ones with kids is Phoebe with Parker and Paige with Henry Jr - the only ones mentioned or shown - if ONLY those were the only kids - that would've been MORE than enough (kids were featured much too much for me in Season Nine), and just one of each!

Actually compared with the stories from the first season, this one was kinda dull - the old, "cute guy next door is really a demon who tries to kill the sisters and doesn't succeed". *yawn* The demon he becomes is kinda cool, since he's definitely not something that could be done during the series and an icky, gooey vanquish, but that's about it.

But it sounds like the whole thing is just a way of catching people up on what's been happening with the sisters and setting up what's going to happen - much like the first issue of Season Nine, like this one, one of my least-favorites of that season, and I ended up loving that season.

So I'm holding off my opinion on the new writer until next issue.

[Esmeralda]

Just a quick add that I've got the next two issues and really don't like the direction they're taking it - and I think next issue is going to be even worse. In the second issue I was positive that they were going to try to match up Cole and Prue, but now it appears that they're going to try to match up Cole and Phoebe - an idea I don't like one single bit!

Art-wise is okay - you can tell who's supposed to be who and sometimes the images are very good, but not most of the time - I prefer some of the earlier artists. What I don't like is they're giving Piper red highlights in her hair and I can never remember Holly having those.

Best of all, so far no sign of any of the kids - they're all off at Cupid's Whatever where they're safe and out of sight. The first two "seasons" featured them much too much for me. I'd prefer if Piper had the boys, Phoebe had Ladybug, Paige had already adopted Henry Jr. and that was it!

[Nimue]

Jan 13, 2015 13:05:16 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Just a quick add that I've got the next two issues and really don't like the direction they're taking it - and I think next issue is going to be even worse. In the second issue I was positive that they were going to try to match up Cole and Prue, but now it appears that they're going to try to match up Cole and Phoebe - an idea I don't like one single bit!

Art-wise is okay - you can tell who's supposed to be who and sometimes the images are very good, but not most of the time - I prefer some of the earlier artists. What I don't like is they're giving Piper red highlights in her hair and I can never remember Holly having those.

Best of all, so far no sign of any of the kids - they're all off at Cupid's Whatever where they're safe and out of sight. The first two "seasons" featured them much too much for me. I'd prefer if Piper had the boys, Phoebe had Ladybug, Paige had already adopted Henry Jr. and that was it!

Since I don't read the comics I may not be the best one to say anything about it, but if they do pair them up it may not be anything serious, maybe they'll just reminisce about their past, or whatever, and leave it at that. Since in the show Wyatt let slip out that in the future Phoebe and Coop are happy together, the writers can't really go against that, unless they want to add in some unnecessary drama with Phoebe and Cole. And besides, I don't think Phoebe has any feelings for him anymore, and she probably wouldn't want to go down that direction again (especially not if it meant hurting Coop, at least I hope not ).   

[Esmeralda]

Well, the comics are typical where what they insinuate is going to happen is not always what does happen.

I also think that due to what we saw during "Forever Charmed" (Coop taking Phoebe to the hospital while their two older daughters watch with Billie) that matching Phoebe and Cole would be horribly inconsistent, and the comics have been wonderful that way so far - I've yet to see anything that made me think "NO WAY!" or at least nothing that hopefully won't be fixed later on (hopefully saying that Piper's three will be heirs to the power is only because at that point, Phoebe only had one daughter), which is part of why I've been enjoying them so much. Except for the fact that the truce has already broken (although expecting demons to have honor always rubbed me as stupid - although nothing Kern's Elders did hit me as particularly smart, especially including Leo when he was one), if I have to accept "Forever Crap", I mean "Forever Piper", I mean "Forever Charmed" as real (which I don't...to me, it's still Piper's delusion as she and the other two die after the explosion in "Kill Billie, Vol. 2" leaving Victor and Leo to raise the boys - lucky boys!), I can accept the comics as "Season 9 and 10", even if each is too short to truly be an episode.

[aggiefan12]

Jan 13, 2015 17:55:11 GMT -5 Esmeralda said:

Well, the comics are typical where what they insinuate is going to happen is not always what does happen.

I also think that due to what we saw during "Forever Charmed" (Coop taking Phoebe to the hospital while their two older daughters watch with Billie) that matching Phoebe and Cole would be horribly inconsistent, and the comics have been wonderful that way so far - I've yet to see anything that made me think "NO WAY!" or at least nothing that hopefully won't be fixed later on (hopefully saying that Piper's three will be heirs to the power is only because at that point, Phoebe only had one daughter), which is part of why I've been enjoying them so much. Except for the fact that the truce has already broken (although expecting demons to have honor always rubbed me as stupid - although nothing Kern's Elders did hit me as particularly smart, especially including Leo when he was one), if I have to accept "Forever Crap", I mean "Forever Piper", I mean "Forever Charmed" as real (which I don't...to me, it's still Piper's delusion as she and the other two die after the explosion in "Kill Billie, Vol. 2" leaving Victor and Leo to raise the boys - lucky boys!), I can accept the comics as "Season 9 and 10", even if each is too short to truly be an episode.

[aggiefan12]

I'm thinking Coop is the one that won't survive after #5 alot of people dislike Coop cause he's boring and brings nothing to the show and it's not the Phoebe/Cole fans alone also #6 Will O Wisp Phoebe is the one on the cover with the summary talks about a tragic loss and one of the charmed ones takes a trip cross country and meets a Will O Wisp. Besides in the flash forward of Forever Charmed Wyatt didn't recognize Coop until Piper gave Coop his ring back and then he blurts it out loud so it's possible he's not around in the future. Plus we only see Piper and Leo old in the future not Paige and Henry or Phoebe and Coop, also Phoebe doesn't live in an apartment in the comics she has a house. The future isn't set in stone.

Walking Dead TV show doesn't always follow the cannon of the comic books cause some of the characters in the show are either not in the comics or they die early on plus the storylines have changed like Terminus was supposed to be a season whereas the show had it for a like 4 or 5 episodes and then how they get to Washington is gonna be different.