n 2010 and 2011, my co-writer, Tracy Marsh, and I had the pleasure of working with the awesome folks at IDW and amazing artists Phil Hester and Victor Santos on Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters. As a lifelong fan, it was a thrill to do anything Godzilla-related. Unfortunately, as often happens in creative fields, differences of opinion came up when developing stories. Toho, the Japanese company that owns the rights to Godzilla and his universe of kaiju, wasnt comfortable with the direction we wanted to take, and since Tracy and I didnt feel we could execute our concept as well as we planned, we stepped away from the book after eight issues. I tend to stick to creator-owned books, and when I venture out of that, its only because Im inspired by the subject matter and feel like I can execute it really well. Toho obviously has a great responsibility to the characters they own, and theyre rightfully protective of them. While I wish they would have let us tell our Godzilla story as we envisioned it, I completely understand their reservations and hold no animosity. It was a work-for-hire job, and our ideas werent making the client happy.
However, I thought it would be fun to share with you readers who followed the book exactly what we intended to portray. Heres our initial pitch for the series, originally entitled Godzilla: Monster World
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