The first series was set before my time, says Ridley, 50.
Now I feel like Im moving into territory that was very impactful to me as a young person.
The first set of comics tracked a group of super-heroes created by the U.S. Part of what I want to examine are things that havent changed in the last decade.
Credit: Art by Georges Jeanty, colors by Nick Filardi
We talk all the time about American exceptionalism.
Thats great phraseology, its not just a birthright.
We have to work towards it every day, and thats where we leftThe American Way.
It was an idea that we could set up a group of individuals to be exceptional for us.
That didnt work out in story and I think over the last ten years it didnt work.
Thats what excites me, the challenge of being limited only by my imagination, he says.
I want to have conversations, and I really mean conversations, about race, he says.
But most of all, Ridley wants to write stories for his two teenage boys to enjoy.
As wonderful as12 Years a SlaveandAmerican Crimeare, they want to know where the superheroes are, he says.
