Patton Oswaltremembers when San DiegoComic-Conwas a lot smaller.
“It was just smaller.
“It felt more niche, more personal and friendly.
Patton Oswalt is moderating multiple panels at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.Dia Dipasupil/WireImage
Now it’s way bigger and it’s not as face-to-face as it used to be.
But I guess that’s just what happens.”
The casting came as a surprise to him too especially since he didn’t even have to audition.
Hulu’s animated ‘M.O.D.O.K.’ series starred Patton Oswalt as the titular, big-headed supervillain.Marvel
“Neil just asked me,” Oswalt recalls.
“He said ‘hey, would you be Matthew?’
I was like, ‘holy s–t, yes!’
‘Minor Threats’ is a new Dark Horse comic out this August from writers Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum.Dark Horse
I was very, very happy.”
But I still feel like a kid that won a radio contest.
“What’s changed for the better is more diversity,” Oswalt says.
“You’re getting told these stories from different viewpoints.
They have expectations for the audience and they imagine the audience has expectations for the material.
Sometimes that stifles risk-taking and creativity.
So it’s a balancing act.
For every step forward, you also get some steps back, unfortunately.”
Although he was created by Marvel legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, M.O.D.O.K.
“I love working with the deep sandbox at Marvel,” Oswalt says.
“I love the B and C-level characters, the low-stakes criminals with low-stakes abilities.
They let us use the Tatterdemalion, one of my favorite obscure villains!
That made me really happy.”
These villains are like, we gotta capture this guy or we can’t operate.
It’s bad for business!”
Minor Threats#1 hits stores in August, the same month thatThe Sandmanpremieres on Netflix.
Stay tuned for more coverage of Comic-Con this weekend on EW.
