No I like Ewing a lot so I'd prefer he stick to titles I'd actually read, meaning non-Xbooks
No I like Ewing a lot so I'd prefer he stick to titles I'd actually read, meaning non-Xbooks
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As long as Coates doesn't get X-Men, I'll live.
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As long as Rosenberg and Coates don't get anything, I'll live.
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Would his Avengers or his X-Men manage to sell if he doesn't do "all stars" teams?
I mean, he would probably have to include characters like Wolverine or Iron Man no matter what, but how many C-listers could he have on those teams without tanking the sales?
Bringing back the old, killing the young: that's the Marvel way
Am i the only one that thinks Al Ewing is still learning his trade and SHOULD NOT be rushed onto high profile books?
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Chris Claremont was 25 when he took over X-Men and had done Iron Fist and some other stuff before that.
Gerry Conway worked on Ka-Zar and other minor anthology books before he did Amazing Spider-Man at the age of 19.
Bendis did some indie comics and then an AU title like Ultimate Spider-Man and Alias for the MAX imprint before he did New Avengers.
Matt Fraction, according to himself, got the gig on Iron Man in part because of his Annual issue for Sensational Spider-Man.
I'd say by that metric, Al Ewing has earned his stripes, several times over. But that's just me.
He is still relatively new to the game. For me he is not the best choice for a major project. I don’t want to go into all the negative issues I see in his work because he is clearly improving, but he’s not the finished article in my book. Marvel are guiding him up the ladder but there is no need to rush him.
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
By that metric we should get someone off the street to write X-Men. They chose Hickman for a reason. Maybe by the time he is finished Ewing will be ready. Maybe a new talent will wow us all and do the job. I am only going on what I see in Ewing’s work and I don’t think he’s ready.
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Yeah Ewing has been consistently writing nice but low key titles for seven years at Marvel , frequently team books. And he wasn't "off the street" before that. I can see that the higher ups are keen on him and I do think in some ways he's like a Gillen or Carey... but he's also like Jeff Parker. Parker was great at Marvel but not really a "high stakes" oriented writer and didn't really get a major flagship like Uncanny X-Men or Avengers. I'd rather they work up another X title and let him write not just to hit top 5 every month. Or Avengers because I am not feeling them currently.
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Not my point.
Many seem to agree. I think it was OK but I dropped it when it drifted away from what I want from a comic. Hulk hasn’t been a high profile book for decades and he has clearly done a good job to lift it up there.Hulk is one of the best comics out right now
Like I say, I am not going to slag him off, I am not going to list all the reasons I have only enjoyed a fraction of his output and taken a dislike to many more. He just isn’t a big hitter in my book.
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.