Comic book superstar Jim Lee took time out of his busy day to give Prodigeek the details of his many projects from his art on All-Star Batman and Wildcats to running Wildstorm to his work on the upcoming DC MMO video game. Check out part one of Jim Lee’s thrilling interview. Now here’s part two.

Prodigeek - How’s the DC MMORPG going?

Jim Lee - It’s going real well. Stuff looks better and better each passing week. I think I’m very happy with the way it’s turning out. It’s a game I want to play. I think that’s kind of why they hired me to come aboard.

Prodigeek - What’s your title?

Jim Lee - Executive creative director. I’m involved in a lot of aspects of the game, most aspects of the game. Things that I know about, like art obviously, but you know even game play and stuff like that. I just give my feedback and sit in on discussions and be the eyes and ears for DC to make sure that [Sony Online] delivers a great game and so far they have been delivering, I mean it’s been a real educational experience to. Have to say I mean it’s one thing to be a gamer playing, it’s another to see and understand how it came together. A really staggering amount of work [is needed] to produce a video game, much less an MMO which is so much more.

Prodigeek - How have you seen the DC MMO change over your time working on the game?

Jim Lee - Oh a lot, you should have seen the early generation models and buildings. It’s not just, Sony’s development or my development in the process that’s are growing, but the whole team. All the people that are working on the game care. All the guys have learned and improved the game by leaps and bounds. The stuff their knocking out now in terms of environment and figures and designs are light years ahead of what we were doing a year ago. All aspects of the game are steadily improved upon. [Sony says] This is a first model of this character. We’re going to rebuild it a couple of times. You have to kind of go through this process to get to the final good stuff. We’ll get closer and closer to the final good stuff so it’s exciting. (more…)

Comic book superstar Jim Lee took time out of his busy day to give Prodigeek the details of his many projects from his art on All-Star Batman and Wildcats to running Wildstorm to his work on the upcoming DC MMO video game. Come back tomorrow for the second part of Lee’s first Prodigeek interview. Here’s part one.

Click here for part two.

Prodigeek - How’s All-Star Batman and Robin going?

Jim Lee - It’s going really well. I’m working on All-Star Batman and Robin #9, finishing that up. Frank’s been writing great scripts. It’ll make for a great trade. It’s a big story. Much bigger than either of us originally envisioned it to be. But the great thing is taking the time to explore the world that he’s created. We’re doing a lot of cool stuff with a lot of characters, not just Batman. Not just Robin and Gotham. There’s Black Canary and the Joker, Green Lantern, Justice League. It’s a world bigger than just Batman.

Prodigeek - What attracted you to working on All-Star Batman, especially after your run on the regular Batman title?

Jim Lee - Oh it was definitely the chance to work with Frank Miller. He’s the guy that got me into comics. I was a fan through his work. I’ve always admired everything he’s done, not just the early era of old Batman stuff, but the stuff he did for Dark Horse, Sin City, 300. I think he’s one of the all-time great talents and you just cannot pass up opportunities like that.

(more…)