Picolo: I think Raven was definitely the most challenging because it's happening inside her head. Beast Boy is very easy to show. I'll color it a certain way." So Gabriel talk more about that, cause we had to figure that out in Beast Boy too, and I feel like that was you and me putting together our ideas to come up with like solutions. How do we show that?" And he was like, "What if we show almost like a wave - we call this the emotion, this stream - between her and the people. I said to Gabriel, "I have to be able to show other people she's absorbing other people's emotions, and I don't really know how to do that. This was the perfect example of why comics are such a perfect medium. The most challenging thing for me was, Beast Boy has these very visible, physical powers that you can see, and has these very awesomely powerful abilities, so how do I make those things, number one, something that other people can't automatically see so that it could seem like they're your friends or neighbors or at your high school? But also, how do I frame these in a way that allows you to see how they evolve. They look like regular teens, which is why when I fell upon Gabriel's art, I was like, "He's reading my mind! He's already doing what I want." I wrote it originally as they're wearing regular clothes. Garcia: I had to pitch at least the basis of what I'd be doing when I wrote the pitch. What was the most challenging thing or the most exciting thing about bringing both of their respective powers to life on the page from a writing perspective and from an artistic perspective? Speaking of powers, their powers are amazing, and there are so many different ways to explore these powers and bring them to life. They have each other to overcome the troubles of having superpowers. It shows with how they deal with having superpowers, and we see that in the book, but it all comes together in the end. Picolo: One thing that I love is how different these two characters are, and their personalities are very different. It's rooted in friendship and respect for each other, and trying to support the other person, so that even if there was no real romantic relationship, at the end of the day, they are still friends. Garcia: The thing I like most is that their relationship is rooted in friendship. What do you love about this relationship between Beast Boy and Raven? Why are they such a great couple? I was like, "Let's see if that happens," and then great, Beast Boy got greenlit, and then I was like, "maybe Beast Boy Loves Raven is not that far fetched of an idea," so when I went with a greenlit Beast Boy, I was like, "This is definitely gonna happen."Ī key part of this book is their relationship and the romance between them. Picolo: I was afraid when I was drawing Raven that I was not going to get a second book, because that was my first published comic ever. They love the idea of that meeting, so it just seemed natural. They love both of the origin stories for the individual characters. How did they me? What will it be like? And our editors, they loved it. We both love the ship of Beast Boy and Raven, so then we started talking about Beast Boy Loves Raven as a real idea, real thing. Then I ended up doing Raven first once I got Gabriel as my artist and found him and knew how much he loved Beast Boy, so let's definitely do Beast Boy next. I didn't even know I was going to be doing Raven first. It wasn't super fleshed out, so it's kind of like they would never let me do this. It was origin story pitch for each Titan, and then some team book ideas, and then an idea that was called Beast Boy Loves Raven. Garcia: It felt like it was meant to be because when I originally did this pitch for DC, it was a very large pitch that had a table of contents. It's this amazing thing we created together, and now the readers have taken it over in a way that I love, and it's there still. This series for me is synonymous with Gabriel. It really feels like the universe is ours. Kami Garcia: I mean, the only person I've collaborated with as long as Gabriel is my original best friend and writing partner Margaret Still on the Beautiful Creatures series. What's it like to have collaborated with each other for so many years now on Teen Titans? You've worked together on three books - with more stories to come by the looks of it. In honor of the third book's release, Garcia and Picolo sat with CBR for an exclusive interview about the new graphic novel, what this project means for them and what they hope for their Teen Titans in the future. While waiting for him, their paths cross, thus leading to a budding friendship and romance, but things are not as positive as they may hope, as new threats emerge. After the events of Teen Titans: Raven and Teen Titans: Beast Boy, these Titans are off to meet Slade, who's promised them that he has the answers they're looking for.
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