I second Carey's return. Plus with Magneto head of the X and with Tvshow synergy, his Rogneto would come back and inflame the forums ! (I don't care about it)
Also if we're pitching randomly, I think Liu could get another shot.
I second Carey's return. Plus with Magneto head of the X and with Tvshow synergy, his Rogneto would come back and inflame the forums ! (I don't care about it)
Also if we're pitching randomly, I think Liu could get another shot.
Maybe he could get one of the ancillary titles, but to be honest I haven’t read anything good by him in ages.
It’s weird because I grew up reading back issues of his classic runs while at the same time seeing him completely lose it with titles like New Excalibur and New Exiles.
I've said for years as a plotter or editor sure, but his time has passed as a writer for the current franchise without him essentially returning things to a place these characters have outgrown. An overseer to ensure that continuity and the core of the character are kept YES, hell the movies, cartoons, and video games deathly need him but again his recent runs over the last 20 years demonstrate why this isn't the best idea.
The agreement also provides Disney with the opportunity to reunite the X-MEN with the Marvel family under one roof and create richer, more complex worlds of inter-related characters and stories that audiences have shown they love. It only makes sense for Marvel to be supervised by one entity. There shouldn't be two Marvels.
This is what in seeing.
[I]His time is past.[/I] It appears that his time is now.
I haven't read anything from him that was good lately. Looking at two of the incoming X-writers current stuff I don't think this a road we want to go down. Let's just say that taste is subjective
He wouldn't make a good modern writer. Not sure what this means. Is it the galas? Are you afraid that he won't do galas? I'm sure it enough people asked him be would give you a gala.
"The Marvel EIC Chair has a certain curse that goes along with it: it tends to drive people insane, and ultimately, out of the business altogether. It is the notorious last stop for many staffers, as once you've sat in The Big Chair, your pariah status is usually locked in." Christopher Priest
I think Mr Claremont has earned the right to do what pleases him. Back then, he took over a franchise that was dwindled and was free to do what he wanted.
Nowadays it would be different with social media and all…
I wish him the best, of course.
“Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.” Goethe
It’s true that X-Men ‘97 has very Claremontian writing, but this actually proves that Lord Claremont doesn’t need to come back, as new writers like Beau DeMayo and his team are perfectly capable of creating the kind of melodramatic soap opera we love from our Merry Mutants. Unfortunately, Lord Claremont has never seemed to be able to get over being forced off the books in the early 90s and other writers taking over. Marvel is a business and I think it’s actually a massive shame he accepted the golden handcuffs of his exclusivity contract, as he could almost certainly have produced an awesome Indie series in the last couple of decades, building new characters and ideas from scratch that he actually had ownership over.
That generation of writer in particular is extremely averse to creator owned comics. There’s a reason we don’t see a Louise Simonson penned 50 issue epic published by Image. To them, the end point of comics is the big two. The people after them understand that the big two is a stepping stone for your own work. I also wouldn’t be surprised if the weird situation involving the book Claremont did with DC is why he avoids it.
And lmao about Beau DeMayo, the dude whitewashed Sunspot and changed his origin AND he got fired. He is not the guy you want taking over lol
How is Sunspot whitewashed? He is a Pardo Brazilian meaning he is a Mixed-race Brazilian. Roberto has an African-Brazilian fafter and a European-American mother. Unless you are referring to his voice actor. ( who is Brazilian like Sunspot). Many Brazilians approve of the voice actor and have shown their appreciation for him. They have no problem with the casting.
"The Marvel EIC Chair has a certain curse that goes along with it: it tends to drive people insane, and ultimately, out of the business altogether. It is the notorious last stop for many staffers, as once you've sat in The Big Chair, your pariah status is usually locked in." Christopher Priest
CC is still building good with Wolverine and in before that it was X-Treme X-Men so i wouldn't mind him into the mainstream.
Last edited by Keno; 03-23-2024 at 07:45 PM.