KILOWOG: Green Lantern Drill Sergeant [bio]

KILOWOG: Green Lantern Drill Sergeant [bio]: "

KILOWOG: Green Lantern Drill Sergeant [bio]

'You're all just rookies right now. Rookies who have all been chosen to serve, protect, and obey. You've been recruited like others have for millennia cuz you all have the potential ta overcome fear. …'

--KILOWOG











Comic Book History

Who is KILOWOG?

KILOWOG is the Green Lantern of Space Sector 674 and The Corps drill sergeant. Green Lantern KILOWOG was created by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton, and the character first appeared in Green Lantern Corps # 201 (June 1986).




First Appearance












KILOWOG was a geneticist and one of his planet's most brilliant minds. After the previous Lantern, Branwill, died, KILOWOG was chosen to be a member of the Green Lantern Corps.








KILOWOG is from the planet Bolovax Vik, like others of his race he is a towering alien with a brutish and porcine appearance. KILOWOG is renowned throughout the Green Lantern Corps as the primary trainer of the Corps' newest recruits.








KILOWOG started his Green Lantern career in the bottom of his rookie class. KILOWOG was trained by Green Lantern Ermey, who would often use the word 'Poozer', which meant 'useless rookies'. After the death of his Teacher he worked hard to fill in the void of his mentor and became one of the renowned trainers of Rookie Lanterns.








During the 'Crisis on Infinite Earths', Bolovax Vik, KILOWOG's homeplanet, was destroyed. This was a powerful blow to the giant Green Lantern, as his race lived a highly communal lifestyle, and to be alone was one of the worst things imaginable. However, KILOWOG was able to rescue the entire population of his homeworld by storing their collective life essences within his ring upon that world's annihilation.








At a time when the Guardian of the Universe left for a different dimension, the Green Lanterns were no longer bound to serve only on their own space sector. Green Lantern KILOWOG relocated to Earth with his former pupil Jordan. His appearance at first frightened most humans. KILOWOG was instrumental in the creation of the Soviet Union's first super-powered force, the Rocket Red Brigade.








During the 'Emerald Twilight' arc, numerous Green Lanterns were sent to stop the supposedly insane Hal Jordan. The very last GL to oppose Jordan was KILOWOG himself, on Oa. He attempted to prevent his old pupil from entering and absorbing the power of the Great Battery itself, which destroyed the Corps. KILOWOG was disintegrated with a blast by Jordan's ring, leaving nothing but a seared skull and ashes.








The enigmatic being known as Dark Lantern seemed strangely familiar to those closely acquainted with the legacy of the Green Lantern Corps when he first made his presence known on Earth. He was created by some of the remaining Green Lanterns who had lost their rings when Hal Jordan went mad. They tapped into arcane forces and based on the unusual nature of the Bolovax Vik afterlife, they converted the soul of KILOWOG into the Dark Lantern in order to send him after Jordan.








KILOWOG along with many of the Green Lantern corps members who died were revived, they reformed with the Guardians leading them once again. KILOWOG returned to his role as Green Lantern drill sergeant, training new 'poozers'.








In “Flashpoint', KILOWOG perished trying to stop Nekron and his Black Lantern Corps from completely annihilating Sector 674.

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ANIMATED APPERANCES

Justice League Animated Series

KILOWOG has appeared in a several episodes of Justice League, voiced by Dennis Haysbert. This portrayal of KILOWOG casts him in a more jovial light, although at no loss of his significant competence as a Lantern















Duck Dodgers

KILOWOG also appeared in the Duck Dodgers episode 'The Green Loontern', this time voiced by John DiMaggio.








Batman : The Brave and the Bold

In the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode 'Day of the Dark Knight' KILOWOG was voiced by Diedrich Bader. He was taking in a prisoner when Guy Gardner's antics caused that prisoner to go into rage. Thanks to him and Batman, he was caught.








Green Lantern: First Flight

Michael Madsen voices KILOWOG on DC's animated feature Green Lantern: First Flight. KILOWOG is initially distrustful of Hal Jordan, even demanding that he return Abin Sur's ring to him, despite being given it.















Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Henry Rollins provides the voice of KILOWOG in the anthology film Green Lantern: Emerald Knights.

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LIVE MEDIA APPEARANCE

MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN

KILOWOG like most of the alien Green Lantern's are computer generated in the 2011 Green Lantern Movie. Michael Clarke Duncan voiced KILOWOG in the film. KILOWOG was responsible for earth's new Green Lantern, Hal Jordan’s training course in ring slinging,

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POWERS & ABILITIES

Note: Due to the nature of comicbooks being an on-going tale, the character's powers along with his appearance, is in a constant state of flux.



KILOWOG is a bearer of the Green Lantern Ring and one of the most powerful and experienced member of the Corps.



Read the list of the Power Ring's abilities in Abin Sur's Powers & Abilities list [here].

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Sources : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilowog : http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Kilowog_(New_Earth) : http://www.comicvine.com/kilowog/29-6952/

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Green Lantern: Beginner's Guide to Kilowog

Green Lantern: Beginner's Guide to Kilowog: "

Stand straight, poozer!

The Green Lantern Corps’ top
drill sergeant, Kilowog, has a habit of calling all fresh-faced recruits
“poozers.” It’s a term of both antagonism and endearment; the outer space
equivalent of Gunnery Sgt. Hartman's “maggots” in FULL METAL
JACKET.
Anyway, you better believe Hal
Jordan was a poozer when Kilowog was training him in his early days. Though
Kilowog’s been in the Corps for longer than Hal has in continuity, he
actually debuted much later in the comics (in the mid-80s) to be subsequently retconned
into Hal’s past with the EMERALD DAWN mini-series. Tragically bookending that
story, Kilowog also factored prominently into EMERALD TWILIGHT (where a Parallax-possessed Jordan wiped almost all of the GLs.) Kilowog was the last to stand against his former pupil’s
rampage, blocking him from the central Oan battery.
In many ways, Kilowog is the
heart of the Corps. He actually became almost literally so during the
years of the Corps’ tragic inactivity. In LEGACY: THE LAST WILL
& TESTAMENT OF HAL JORDAN, Kilowog’s vengeful spirit was reconstituted into
a ghostly “Dark Lantern” by a cabal of bitter ex-Lanterns. Using black magic
rituals, they composed this being out of green willpower energy and let him
loose to get revenge on Jordan. Hal was actually the Spectre at that
time and their confrontation ended in forgiveness instead of vengeance, for once. Pieface, Hal’s old sidekick, was given their power to then rebuild Oa and the Great Battery, planting the seeds for the rebirth of the
Corps that we’re all enjoying, right now.

You just can’t have the Corps
without Kilowog. Not long before the order was reconstituted, Kilowog’s Dark
Lantern form was transformed into his regular old self by another metaphysical
working; this time conducted by Kyle Rayner and contrarian Gaurdian of
the Universe, Ganthet.
Michael Clarke Duncan will be voicing Kilowog in the forthcoming GREEN LANTERN movie. From the looks of
it, he’ll be the gruffest of the rookie Hal Jordan’s mentors, acting as a hard
case taskmaster to whip the poozer into shape. Seeing as how this will be
Hal’s movie and there’s only so much screentime for everybody,
I don’t expect too much of Kilowog’s life will be explored outside of the
usual training exercises. However, there’s one bit of trivia about the big lug
that you might appreciate knowing…
What do you think Kilowog did
before he joined the Corps? Was he a sergeant
in the army of his own planet, Bolovax Vik? Maybe he did something
just like as manly, like chopping alien trees? Nope. Neither.
Kilowog spent a lot of time in the lab! Of all things, he
was a genetic scientist. Unless he barked order at his lab assistants, I
suppose the ring freed sides of his personality that were previously untapped.
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Henry Rollings Voices Animated Green Lantern Kilowog

Henry Rollings Voices Animated Green Lantern Kilowog: "
Henry Rollins is so many things to so many people. One moment, he’s the uber-tattooed punk rock front man for Black Flag or The Rollins Band; the next, he’s stealing the spotlight as one of the memorable cast of Sons of Anarchy; and while that’s airing, he’s ranting live for hours to sold out crowds as one of the most popular spoken-word artists of our day, easily translating that mad-as-hell attitude and undying curiosity into his thought-provoking KCRW talk show. His quarter century of globe-trotting has recently added National Geographic to his resume, the latter day Renaissance man now filming documentaries for the renowned publication.
Intelligent? Beyond your dreams. Intense? Absolutely. Restless? Without a doubt. But does Henry Rollins ever pause long enough to be playful? Animation fans know it all too well.
When he isn’t perusing the Sudan, performing in Prague or recording for public radio, Rollins takes to another of his true passions: voiceovers for animated projects.
Rollins’ latest animated incarnation is in the guise of Kilowog for the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights will be distributed by Warner Home Video on Blu-Ray™, DVD, On Demand and for Download June 7, 2011.
Rollins voices one of the most beloved characters in the entire universe of Green Lanterns – Kilowog, the hardcore drill sergeant-style trainer of Green Lantern recruits. Written by Peter J. Tomasi (based on “New Blood” by Tomasi & Chris Samnee) and directed by Lauren Montgomery, the “Kilowog” segment of the film depicts the gruff character’s initial days as a young recruit under the abusive tutelage of Deegan, an equally gruff character who shows Kilowog the true “tough love” principles of training. As the segment play out, Kilowog must assume an integral leadership role within the ranks.
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is far from Rollins’ first venture down the animated path. For Warner Bros. alone, Rollins has recorded over the years for Batman Beyond, Teen Titans andBatman: The Brave and the Bold. And then there’s his more recent forays into voiceovers for series like Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time and the primetime series American Dad!
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights weaves six legendary stories of the Green Lantern Corps’ rich mythology around preparations for an attack by an ancient enemy. As the battle approaches, Hal Jordan mentors new recruit Arisia in the history of the Green Lantern Corps, telling tales of Avra (the first Green Lantern) and several of Hal’s comrades – including Kilowog, Abin Sur, Laira and Mogo. In the end, Arisia must rise to the occasion to help Hal, Sinestro and the entire Green Lantern Corps save the universe from the destructive forces of Krona.
Rollins is joined in the voice cast of the intergalactic animated film by Nathan Fillion (Castle), Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Jason Isaacs (the Harry Potter films), Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy), Kelly Hu (The Vampire Diaries), Wade Williams (Prison Break), professional wrestling legend Rowdy Roddy Piper and Radio Hall of Fame commentator/talk show host Michael Jackson.
No stranger to the spoken word, Rollins spent some significant time after his initial recording session chatting about his character, his love of great literature, Too Much Coffee Man, his need to travel the Earth, and much, much more. Read on …

QUESTION: How did you approach the character of Kilowog for this story?
HENRY ROLLINS: For me, Kilowog is a man who’s pure of heart. He’s a warrior. He’s a soldier. And he loves his rookies. Deegan is the guy who broke him in – in boot camp – and kind of brought him into command position. So Kilowog came up through the ranks by being brave and by being a take-charge leader. In the Kilowog segment, you see that he had a grasp of the leadership idea from the get-go. He’s with other recruits and he immediately takes the leadership position. So I think he’s a good guy, but he always knew he was gonna be running things.
QUESTION: Were there any challenges to finding the character for you?
HENRY ROLLINS: I assumed what the character needed before we went in. I said, “Andrea (Romano), this guy has a flat top, thick neck, but he’s a good guy and if you get past all the yelling, you know he’s got a good heart.” She said, “You got it. That’s, that’s the guy.” So I kind of had him dialed in and then we went forth.
It was really just finding his subtleties working with the great direction of Andrea. The character, for me, wasn’t all that hard to find. He’s not a complex guy. He takes his orders. He gives orders. He knows right and wrong. He takes care of bad guys, and keeps people alive. On that level, his life is pretty simple.
QUESTION: You’re so often a one-man show, or at least the leader of the band. What’s it like to be directed by Andrea Romano?
HENRY ROLLINS: I’ve been working with Andrea for well over a decade, and it is one of the fun moments of my year when I get the call. Watching her work with a whole group of people is like watching a combination of air traffic controller, director and producer all at once. And she has as much fun or more fun than all of us combined. Her level of energy is quite remarkable. I’ve done every kind of voiceover with her – entire casts, one on one, Batman Beyond, Teen Titans – and she always brings a tremendous bolt of energy. It’s infectious and it’s fun. It’s like she always says, “Thanks for coming in and playing.” Andrea really allows you to have fun with it and not take yourself too seriously, which allows you to work really hard.
QUESTION: You’re such an intense, intelligent, driven individual who actively lobbies for so many worthy, worldwide causes. Do voiceovers for animation fulfill some sort of need for play, or does it offer another challenge?
HENRY ROLLINS: The reason why I come and do voiceover, for animation or documentary or whatever, is because I’m really not suited for it. And so I have to somehow pass myself off as someone who can actually pull this off. It makes me work really hard, and I love the challenge. I’ve been in a lot of films, and yet I’ve never taken an acting lesson. I’ve done a lot of voiceovers for all kinds of things, and I’ve never taken any lessons there. I’ve just shown up with a whole lot of enthusiasm, a great fear of failure, and a desire to please the people who have somehow trusted me to do the work.
I come from the minimum wage working world of the late ’70s, early ’80s, so stuff like this, to me, is gravy. It is so not standing on my feet, carrying something to the back of a truck. I know how to do all of that. Many of us do. So, for me, it’s just a really fun thing. There’s pressure certainly to perform – not the same pressure that I take out on stage every night, when there’s a lot of people who are there to hear me or see me.
The voiceover thing, in order to be good at it, you have to have a laugh at yourself. I mean, you’re doing funny voices. We’re larger than life here. So you have to throw your seriousness away and be able to laugh at yourself. You have to throw out your ego. The more I do it, the more I realize that you have to approach it that way – and then you get super involved in the moment. I think that’s what the job requires. You have to think “Oh, no, here comes the meteor storm. We’ve got to go.” When I’m doing something like that, believe me, I’m really in that moment. When you can throw away your self-importance and have fun with it, that’s when you really deliver.”

QUESTION: What’s your motivation to perform in this odd world of entertainment?
HENRY ROLLINS: Like many of us in the entertainment world, I think we are making up for the lack of attention that we did not get as kids through the need for attention and approval from an audience. I tell audiences now that I’m only here for your attention and your approval. I need you way more than you’ll ever need me. And you’ll be done with me way sooner than I’ll ever be done with you. It’s a pity. And welcome to the show. (he laughs) And it’s so true.
QUESTION: Are you more comfortable performing in front of large groups or alone in a studio with you and the microphone?
HENRY ROLLINS: I love being in front of tons of people, and I really enjoy being one-on-one with the microphone. I love both micromanaging the part, and having the ability now to give the director exactly what he or she wants, and then really being able to nail it. In the booth it’s fun because they’re directing you, and you’re trying to hit those notes. It’s like Andrea will say “Can you lighten it up just a little? Remember, you’re kind of sad, because on page 11 you had that thing happen.” And then you can dial in with such extreme subtlety that she can hear it and go, “That’s what I needed. Thank you very much, we’re moving on.” To be able to deliver that is really enjoyable.
QUESTION: Did you read comics as a kid?
HENRY ROLLINS: I was not a comic book-guy growing up. My stepbrother had them. I would look at them with not a great of interest. My first job was throwing newspapers for the long-defunct Washington Star. I’d throw 80,000 tons of newspaper a year for about $4.60. So I’ve got maybe $12 to my name, but I was a kid, I didn’t know what to do with it. And so I went to the drugstore and I bought a couple of comics. I dragged them home, and I looked at them. Quite honestly, it didn’t do much for me, and I’ve never gone back except for when someone sends me the odd modern comic.
A few years ago, I did come across this character called “Too Much Coffee Man.” And he used to worry about the world. He had a coffee cup strapped to his head. I eventually made friends with Shannon Wheeler, who draws the comic. He illustrated a book for me – putting some illustrations at the beginning of each chapter. And Shannon used to kindly send me these collections of “Too Much Coffee Man.” But that’s the only comic I would really pay attention to, because I like the idea. “Too Much Coffee Man” has a lot to say. He’s a great apocalyptic philosopher for our very troubled times.
QUESTION: Comics don’t have an impact on you, but do you believe they have a social relevance for society?
HENRY ROLLINS: I think that it’s important for young people who are maybe sensitive. Maybe they’re not gonna be the quarterback and they’re not gonna get the pretty cheerleader to go to the senior prom. But it’s great for them to have an escape. Because some people who are often aren’t the one who can throw the football the furthest, they have interesting minds. And I think that comics help someone with an imagination have fun and play around … I think anything that inspires young people to have imagination – it’s what gives you things like, oh, the Internet and renewable energy. And progress. So I think anything that is a seed to imagination, that enhances imagination, I think is safe.
Growing up, I loved great literature. I lived for your Steinbecks and your Hemmingways as a kid, and I read them all again as an adult and got the better version of the story. My comic books were reading things like the The Grapes Of Wrath, and stuff like that that my mom turned me on to. So I understand anything that makes the imagination go as being a good thing.
QUESTION: You spend more days of the year on the road than you spend at home, and mostly in places few would consider a vacation spot. Why?
HENRY ROLLINS: Because the world is interesting. I’ve been touring since I was 20, living all over the world as often as possible. Being home is nice for about 72 hours. Make the dinner I’d like to make, open up the things I got on eBay and Amazon.com, eat at the favorite sushi place. And then after about three or four days of that, I start feeling it’s a grind, and the world is waiting for me. It’s life on pause. Meanwhile, time is ticking by. And I figure at some point when I’m 80 or 90, there will be time to sit around and go, “Oh, man, I’m tired.”
But as long as I have sap in my bones, the African continent is going like, “Henry, you haven’t come to Gambia yet. How come you haven’t gone to Chad yet?” Or Yemen is calling and saying, “It’s a little rough, but you should check it out.” That’s why I go into the world as often as possible. Thankfully, my work takes me far and wide. And then I just invent stuff. I just come up with ideas. I know people in different places. I do a lot of travel with the USO, so that gets me to places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, etc.
I’m the first and only ever USO performer in Egypt. They’ve never sent anyone into Egypt before. But I said, “Let me be the first.” And so I went in across the Sinai. For me, this is all fantastic – to go to these places, meet people, dig the culture, dig the music, dig the food, get lost in souqs and bazaars and streets. And so far I have not had to run for my life. A mortar attack in Baghdad wasn’t the best thing that ever happened to me.
But by and large, my travel has enriched my life. Coming from the minimum wage working world of the last century, this is all great opportunity. So I don’t “no” to the work, and I don’t say “no” to my curiosity.
QUESTION: Is there a super hero or villain role you truly covet?
HENRY ROLLINS: No. I’m happy for anything that would come my way. And I’ll be so happy if someone said, “Here is three years work on this series and you get to be that guy.” It’s all been so much fun. There’s nothing I’m wanting to do but more.
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights arrives on June 7, 2011 and you can pre-order it from Amazon.com now.

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