Who should write a GA regular? Elliot S! Maggin, of course. Nobody wrote a more fun Ollie than his.
Who should write a GA regular? Elliot S! Maggin, of course. Nobody wrote a more fun Ollie than his.
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Yep....Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp....on a Green Arrow/Black Canary book!
I think Black Label is a great chance to have a GA book, though I would also be fine with a limited series.
I don't care about a month to month regular title when it comes to GA. Whenever a writer thinks she/he has a good story for the character, then it can be pitched and DC editorial can agree or not to develop the book.
I love Green Arrow, but usually, after one writer that I like ends his run, I don't care for the one that follows. The only exception might be when we had from Kevin Smith, to Brad Meltzer to Judd Winick (I still have a lot of reading pending from his GA years). I liked Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino's run and, once Rebirth started, what Percy did alongside Schmidt and Ferreyra (among others), but I think the character deserves a treatment similar to what DC does with Mr Miracle or The Question, who are mostly secondaries and they may not always carry a title, but when they do, it's usually something interesting and where a writer has an idea that may be different from the general scenario of superheroes' comicbooks. Once the writer is done, the character is put to rest until someone else has a bold concept or story to try.
"The Batman is Gotham City. I will watch him. Study him. And when I know him and why he does not kill, I will know this city. And then Gotham will be MINE!"-BANE
"We're monsters, buddy. Plain and simple. I don't dress it up with fancy names like mutant or post-human; men were born crueler than Apes and we were born crueler than men. It's just the natural order of things"-ULTIMATE SABRETOOTH
About which writer I think can deliver a great GA, I like many of the options listed in the thread, but my top candidate is Tom Taylor, especially after reading his current title, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
"The Batman is Gotham City. I will watch him. Study him. And when I know him and why he does not kill, I will know this city. And then Gotham will be MINE!"-BANE
"We're monsters, buddy. Plain and simple. I don't dress it up with fancy names like mutant or post-human; men were born crueler than Apes and we were born crueler than men. It's just the natural order of things"-ULTIMATE SABRETOOTH
When I saw the thread title, I immediately thought of Jeff Lemire, who you guys have already mentioned. I really wanted a lot more of what he and Sorrentino were serving when they were on Green Arrow.
Also, I would second Frontier's suggestion for Jeff Parker.
I'm leaning towards Christopher Priest.
I don't know, I think he'd do great in a thee-part prestige format where an old, grizzled Ollie has to come out of retirement to hunt down the man who stole his recipe for chili. Call it "Green Arrow: Unsizzled" and get Frank Miller to write it with art by Mike Grell.
I'm sorry. I'll be good.
I think Grell's take on GA could do well in the Black Label imprint, or maybe Matt Wagner (if only to free him from editorial's demands). Either would be a definite purchase from me.
Again, I could totally see GA carry a Black Label title or mini, but I think he should nominally also have an ongoing.
I think Green Arrow has actually been a pretty steadfast DC title, even if he never sets the sales world on fire. But he's held an ongoing for quite a long time.
Well, since we had the 80th Anniversary one-shot a couple of months ago, and we currently have both Bendis writing Ollie in a couple of books and the Aquaman & Ollie mini-series, any new thought or changes in opinion on who you think could handle writing a regular Green Arrow book (if / when DC ever revives that title)?
Batman and Green Arrow....written by Batman.