Mystik U actally still coming

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>Zatanna Zatara is one of the most powerful magicians to walk the Earth, capable of altering the fabric of reality with one backwards word.

>But what was she like in college?

>If you’ve ever been a college student, you know it’s a highly unique time in a person’s life. You’re a newly minted adult, free to make your own choices, but those choices are complicated by the fact that you haven’t yet settled into the person you’ll ultimately become. It’s an unpredictable and wild time in most people’s lives. So imagine what it’s like when magic is thrown into the mix.

>This is the background of MYSTIK U, an upcoming prestige-format limited series written by Alisa Kwitney (Destiny) and drawn by Mike Norton (Revival, Runaways) that will reimagine the lives of four of DC’s magic users in spectacular new ways. To give us the background on this unique new title, we spoke with both Alisa and Mike about what readers can expect when classes start this fall.

>So what is Mystik U about?

Mike: Mystik U is about a sheltered show biz kid (Zatanna), a bitter rebel (Sebastian Faust, son of Felix), a split personality (Enchantress), a competitive premed student (new character Pia Morales), and an awkward prodigy (Sargon the Sorceror) all discovering that they have the capacity to perform real magic.

They’re enrolled at a university for the magically gifted, where the world’s most powerful practitioners of magic will mentor their fledgling talents…and try to discover which of them is fated to betray the others and become a powerful force of evil.

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>Sounds like we can expect plenty of magic. What else can we expect?

Alisa: Human stuff. The first year of college is a kind of theater where people improvise themselves—sometimes they change their names, and they might adopt a whole new way of dressing along with a new passion. It’s also a place where you might discover that, after years of being on the bottom of the food chain in high school, there are people who recognize your talents. But the opposite can also occur—you realize that you’re no longer the best in the class at something. Mystik U is very much a story of freshman orientation for Zatanna and the others, but on magickal steroids.

Mike: An interesting take on a story you may have thought you knew. I’ve really enjoyed looking at some of these characters in a way I never did before!

>Is there a villain?

Mike: Gotta have a villain!

Alisa: There is definitely a villain, but there’s also an exploration of the villain’s journey. One of the things I always loved about Harry Potter was the unfolding of the story of the young Tom Riddle and how he came to be Lord Voldemort. If I could ask J.K. Rowling to write a book for me, it would be the complete tale of Tom Riddle’s school days at Hogwarts.

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>Some of your core cast members—like Sargon the Sorcerer—aren’t as well known. Why did you pick this particular cast?

Alisa: I wanted some of the more obscure magical characters from the DCU because I knew I would have the freedom to explore different aspects of them. For example, it seemed clear to me that Sargon should be from the Middle East. The historical Sargon of Akkad was the founder of a dynasty that ruled over what is now Iran and Iraq and beyond. I also wanted to look more closely at Sargon’s relationship with his ruby. Does it give him his powers, or enhance them? And at what cost?

I wanted a brooding, aloof, tormented Heathcliff type, because that’s always sexy, and Sebastian Faust fit the bill perfectly. I mean, he gets his powers because his father, the evil sorcerer Felix Faust, betrays him and uses him. And Faust (the son) needs to conceal his eyes with dark glasses because he’s not in complete control of his power. That’s just deliciousness to a writer. I don’t know why everyone hasn’t been clamoring to write more Faust.

As for Enchantress, I wanted to show a different side of her. I don’t see June Moon and Enchantress as a good girl/bad girl split, or a clear case of possession. I mean, who hasn’t gone to college and experimented a bit and discovered a new side of themselves?

>Mystik U really exists
>it's aged down established heroes instead of actual teen heroes
>no Misty
>no Klarion
>no Brother Power the Geek
>no modern-day emo revival of Scare Tactics
>Rose Psychic tho

I don't know what to think desu. I don't just wanna read DC Harry Potter, but I love the idea of this book if it delves.

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And then there’s Zatanna. There’s so much expectation placed on her—she’s the one who comes into the book, and the school, with a reputation, with history and baggage. Everyone expects her to be the one to watch—so how does that impact on her? And what happens when she doesn’t perform as well as she—and everyone else—expects?

Pia, who is the new character, is clearly the most obscure. She thought she was on one track—medical school—until her powers manifested and she realized she had to figure out what to do with this new ability. She’s also snarky and opinionated. I get tired of seeing ensemble casts where the guys get all the funny lines and the girls are always left saying, “Come on, it’s time to get back to work.” Pia’s a bit of a wiseass.

>These are all younger versions of the characters than we’re used to seeing. What went into designing their look in this series?

Mike: A lot of thought went into trying to make modern, real-life looks for the established characters. It was challenging and fun updating some of the more obscure characters too. This hasn’t been a part of the DCU I’ve had a lot of experience in, so it’s been a blast jumping in and playing.

>We’ve definitely seen magical schools before. How does Mystik U differ from that other very popular wizarding school?

Mike: Well, that other school doesn’t have the House of Mystery or the House of Secrets on its campus! That’s one difference!

>>94714086
fuck I spoke too soon

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>>94714116
>that other school doesn’t have the House of Mystery or the House of Secrets on its campus!
Gay

Alisa Kwitney is what makes this promising. I liked some of her Vertigo work. I'm glad it isn't some shit writer like Tynion.

>>94714101
>The Price of Admission
Isn't the price of magic in the DCU mean that you are fucked eternally?

>>94714059
Honestly this sounds pretty bad. Zatanna should've been a teacher, along with the others. Tim Hunter, Klarion, maybe you could've even salvaged Khalid Fate too as a student.

>>94714107
Honestly I would have liked the actual current kid heroes too, but since this is just a mini maybe they could launch a real ongoing in that vein if it does ok.

>>94714086
So left to right that's

>?
>Pia Morales
>Sebastian Faust
>Zatanna
>Sargon
>June Moone
>I want to say Black Alice, but due to the crescents I'm leaning toward Enchantress when June's possessed

>>94714262
the ? is Rose Psychic

>>94714257
Jakeem Thunder?

>>94714059
bimonthly means one issue per two months, right?

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>>94714280
Ah, that's right. Thank you, anon.

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Seriously though this HAS to be the campus band.

Neat, Mike Norton.

>>94714305
Nice, I would have guessed Traci 13

This canon or no?

>>94714319
When this was first announced I had hoped Traci would appear. It's weird that her brother got a lot of play.

>>94714336
Apparently she is being used in Superwoman, but I haven't read that

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>>94714366
yeah she's back to a more punk-inspired look, I haven't kept up with it though

>>94714366
She is, she's dating Natasha Irons.

>>94714072
>>Zatanna Zatara is one of the most powerful magicians to walk the Earth
Oh fuck off with this feminist garbage. Also the nerf on Sargon is ridiculous.

>>94714416
Zatanna is a top tier magician though. When has she not be? She and her dad have a completely OP hax magic ability.

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>>94714334
my guess is "probably"

>>94714416
she's been in that tier since at least COIE with that magical circle shit

>>94714288
Shit yeah. He's super interesting but Johns didn't do much with him in JSA.

>>94714262
>>94714086
Cool, Sebastian Faust was supposed to appear in that Suicide Squad Black Files book that was coming out this month but then got pulped

>>94714434
She was not on her dad's level and her dad wasn't on Sargon's level.

>>94714504
Wow, it's almost as if a non-canon mini series can change things up from what they should be.

>>94714504
Both of them are much younger here though.

>>94714543
It's canon and her power level's beep upped in the last several years not just for this mini. All female characters have suffered from power creep because feminism.

>>94714607
Isn't Sargon a lot older than Zatanna? That would make this not canon.

>>94714465
That's what happens when a character is too OP. They job alot.

>>94714059
>Zatanna
No thanks, vapid character only liked because of her outfit.

https://twitter.com/akwitney/status/898222293180194816

seems to be non-canon

>>94714672
Might be like Young Animal: It's within the confines of the DCU, but not strictly intertwined.

>>94714672
Then I won't read. I only read canon works.

>>94714707
Possible, I guess we'll see then. I just expect them to more strongly state that it's canon when that's the case, like King did whenever someone asked about MM because >>94714718 is not an uncommon belief among readers.

>>94714672
Nowhere does she says that it's non canon. It's just its own corner of the universe, like a lot of magic characters were before they went pew pew in nu52.

>>94714059
I hope this is half as good as Sandman King of Dreams

>>94714638
Nah, I mean that he never tapped into his core. He supposedly grew up lonely and obviously with a chip on his shoulder. He shouldn't have made friends off panel(the only on panel friendship he developed with was Courtney). Also, Thunderbolt should've been autistic about his commands to balance out his power, when Jakeem says "yo, Thunderbolt, smoke em" the geenie should respond with just blowing some harmless smoke in their direction. Use language and communication in such a way that you both limit Jakeem by having him need to formulate his commands on very specific and long sentences while also ensuring that some hilarity follows.

>>94714631
It's called a retcon. But yeah Sargon is much older.

>>94714795
The Gaiman prose book?

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Someone better use Mahama,Mamudo, and Death flies. Comics never do insta-death magic.

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>>94714842
Sargon was only in silver-age stuff, right? I remember not recognizing him in The Books of Magic

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>>94715005
and by Silver-Age I actually meant Golden Age

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>>94715027

>>94714663

thats good enough reason to like a character.

>>94714842
Sargon has already appeared in this continuity. And he's definitely older than Zatanna.

>>94715085
what if he decides to deage himself to fuck college chicks

>>94714059

Is there some cookie-cutter script out there for these uni-based storylines?

>>94715005
Saga of The Swamp Thing

>>94714059
Wtf? Jailbaits?

>>94715346
no, it's a college

>>94714059
Sargon is old enough to be Zatannas father. The second Sargon is about a decade younger than she is.

>>94714672
Of course it's not canon. It's straight up AU. Magic school just does not fit with DC magic, or the background of any of those characters.
The only way this would not be AU was if the magic school was something Zatanna was trying to do to teach the younger generation.

>>94714416
She was on the Justice League of America, dude. As the magic specialist.

>>94714116
>Well, that other school doesn’t have the House of Mystery or the House of Secrets on its campus!

That "other very popular wizarding school" LITERALLY has a house of secrets kek

>>94714718
Keep reading shitty comics then, DC canon hasn't been the same since the reboot.

>>94714672
Good, who cares about DC canon anymore? I just want good stories.

>>94715706
The way people cling onto 'canon' is pathetic when even the publishers themselves just reset continuity and reboot the fuck out of their popular titles every year for sales numbers.

Just throw names like Arania, Conner or Impulse/Bart, and watch part of /co/ turn into weeping widows. I'm almost starting to savour the salty taste of fan tears, I can almost feel the desire to have Bendis write even more Marvel titles and just let Geoff Johns take over DC and repeat the whole rainbow Lantern event but even bigger.

This 'canon' only seems to be crippling writers from doing creative things, so for all I care it's just fucking gone. Let the writers piss on canon, as long as the story is captivating and the art doesn't look like the bitch from Bee & Puppycat got a new job.

>>94714059
>miniseries
>1 of 3
Is this a new format? I noticed that DC started to do 3 parts miniseries instead of 6 parts that they usually do (tho, I'm not against it tbqh).

>>94715513
That's not saying much.

>>94715659
... in 1986.

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>$5.99
>1 or 3
God dammit, I want it $2.99 and as an ongoing.

>Zatanna being a massive slut in college
im behind it

>>94715882
It's double-length so it's basically the same as 6 normal issues.

I think the Deadman mini was similar?

>>94714116
>tired of "straight man" females
>creates a "snarky and opinionated" female instead
But this is also extremely trite and overdone.

>>94716066
The Etrigan mini announced yesterday will be 6 issues at $2.99, and there is always a chance that more magical being will appear in it.

>>94716263
>Etrigan Mini
>Pretty much a Zatanna mini
>Ragman Mini
What are we building up to, here?

>>94716263
Looks like DC's playing it smart knowing full well Z's going to nosedive hard, so better to get it over with in three than six.

>>94716012
Nah, that tired meme won't do, you're completely deluded if you think COIE was the same as Flashpoint.

>>94715861
This. I honestly can care for DC canon anymore, since they fucke it up so much. At this point it's an useless concept for me, I just care about good stories.

>>94714086
What the fuck is this hipster trash? Why is Sargon just a nerd in a turban?

>>94715986
At the time the JLA were only the best of the best.

>>94716349
It was though.

>>94716281
Shadowpact Rebirth

>>94714086
DC is supposed to be above this wtf

>>94714086
God I fucking hate Pia Morales already. Look at her sassy brown girl pose. You can tell she's seconds away from telling straight white men to clear a path for her walk.

>>94716416
It wasn't. Nowadays they don't know what the fuck is canon anymore (THEY DID BACK THEN, and they made an effort to keep track of continuity, now they just don't care) and characters aren't as well developed as they were back then.

>>94716416
I hate Flashpoint apologists that use the COIE argument like it was remotely the same shit.

>>94714416
Fuck off casual she has been for decades

>>94716528
>(THEY DID BACK THEN, and they made an effort to keep track of continuity, now they just don't care)
They honestly didn't, this is why we got Zero Hour in 1994.

>>94716450
What are you even talking about? DC had Gotham Academy for the last few years, where were you complaining then?

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>>94716528
>Continuityfags

>>94716549
I don't even like Flashpoint, but I'm not the one defending reboots. So you should be the one defending COIE, in how less of a clusterfuck it was.

>>94716528
After COIE there was Zero Hour, which retconned more things, followed by any number of retcons and reboots (Infinite Crisis, the first Green Lantern Rebirth, etc).

The point is, reboots and retcons were commonplace. Even back in the good old days. You're just too young to remember.

>>94714416
>One of
>ONE OF
>ONE OF
Christ you are a sensitive little /pol/ack

>>94716595
Yes
None of the main cast were white

>>94716450
DC IS ABOVE NOTHING, FOOL!

Should I post the Justice League Megazord again? Teen Titans Go? DC UNIVERSE ONLINE?!

>>94716665
>international magic school
>being upset that some nonwhites are there
Do you not want to see weird turban magic
out of Sargon? fag.

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>>94716386
This was before he got his awesome suit and cape.

>>94716394
Red Arrow and Vixen? And written by Brad Meltzer too. Fuck off man.

>>94717309
>What is the Satilite Era
Fuck off casual

>>94717517
she wasn't very efficient back then.

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>>94716665
please, tell me how Olive Silverlock wasn't white

>>94714301
It means both twice a month and once every two months

>>94714059
>a three-issue miniseries
FUCK OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFF

I refuse to believe someone would fuck Faust

>>94718401
Tala did in the DCAU, but she also fucked Grodd so aside from "power" her standards weren't all that high.

>>94714059
Dem eye brows be thick my dudes

Also
>6$ for 48 pages
I don't know i'll think about it

>>94717583
Anon, she is clearly brown with Silve hair.

And Yes, I know those not exist on reality, but this is a comic

>>94714059
Better have her sneaking off to give Bruce Wayne a squeezer.

>>94719026
fuck off, Dini

Wait, what? This is a thing? Holy shit, I'm hyped.

>>94714180
>>Anka ruined Nico
>>Nico in DC
Nice.

>>94716370
>>94715861
Canon is basically like sauce
It's nice to have, but it shouldn't be the most important thing in your meal
>inb4 food analogies

>>94715202
Something something experimenting something something mistakes something something learning who you are

>>94716281
Disappointment, I'm sure.

>DC magic AU high school starring Zatanna
I can dig it

>>94714416
>Oh fuck off with this feminist garbage

She's always been one of the most powerful magicians you stupid nigger

>>94714072
>>But what was she like in college?

who the fuck asks these questions?

>>94719659
This is a confirmed AU?

>>94714607
>power creeps because of feminism
What? The only ones who's gotten insanely strong because of that are at Marvel. DC has been developing Zatanna's growth for years. She's always been one of the most powerful magic users in the DCU. Have you read a Zatanna book? Maybe her appearances in the JL? Fucking Seven Soldiers or JL Dark? Zatanna's power has been pretty damn consistent all things considered.

>>94716309
These are 48 pages each, though. It's possible it's being done like this to get a trade faster or something. DC is seeing how trade sales are big so they're making as many mini series as possible and releasing more trade and volumes faster than usual.

>>94719659
It's a college, but yeah, this sounds like fun.

>>94721811
It's still going to take 6 months to come out. More likely they're just wanting to see if minis in this format do better.

>>94716474
Yeah dude the brown people are totally out to get you better become paranoid and delusional, it's the only sane response

>>94714416
Man I cant wait for summer to be over