Augie revisits Chris Claremont and Todd Nauck's year with Nightcrawler, giving him a love triangle and a set of Bamf sidekicks.
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Augie revisits Chris Claremont and Todd Nauck's year with Nightcrawler, giving him a love triangle and a set of Bamf sidekicks.
Full article here.
Any chance of me reading the Nightcrawler series disappeared when I read this line:
When I first tried Claremont in the 80s it was that exposition that drove me away. The idea that it makes it new reader friendly is a myth as far as I can tell. He just overloads you with mostly unnecessary information that breaks the flow of the comics.He's not afraid to have characters spout the necessary exposition to catch a reader up on a relationship or a power set. It's often obvious, but not objectionable to someone who came up reading such comics.
Give it a shot. It really is much more restrained than you might remember or fear. EVERY comic has exposition; very few writers hide it well. It's a necessity, it's not fun to write, it's not easy to hide, so most just rip the Band-Aid off and hope the reader doesn't mind too much.
If you don't like Claremont's style in general -- the catchphrases, the short word balloons, the pet favorite villains -- then I won't try to talk you out of it.
-Augie