IGN has posted a interview with Brian Azzarello on the up coming series First Wave:


IGN Comics: Besides DC acquiring the rights to all the properties involved, how did the idea for First Wave come about? 

Azzarello: Well…DC acquired the rights. [laughs]

IGN Comics: Fair enough. Well then how did the idea to put all these characters together in one world and story come about? 

Azzarello: That was Dan's [DiDio] idea. He came to me with that idea, actually.

IGN Comics: So what attracted you to the project? 

Azzarello: He and I had been looking for a way to get me back into the DCU for a while. I really had no interest in doing any super-powered characters. I didn't want to touch Batman when it wasn't Bruce Wayne. So this was a nice little back door in. We have actually been trying to get this going for years now. Dan first contacted me about it almost four years ago. At that point, none of the DCU characters were part of it. That was something I brought to the table. Why don't we include some of these other guys that haven't been used in a while?

IGN Comics: You're obviously known for writing hard-boiled crime stories. What's the difference between writing a crime or noir story and writing this type of pulp tale? Is there one? 

Azzarello: Motivationally, you have to be a little bit purer. Because you're dealing with people that are heroes. Which is tough for me, man. [laughs] I have to come at this from a different place. 


To read the rest of the interview check it out here.