STEPH!!!!!!
Don't let the space bugs bite!
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Other Media 2: It's Astounishing!
Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!
Please use spoiler font for new releases until after the weekend following release.
Rio - Sep 19, 2009 6:55:41 am PDT #2465 of 5059
Are you ready to be strong?
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 19, 2009 7:03:45 am PDT #2466 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
RIO!!!
Maybe ask him if Javier Grillo-Marxuach's review of Alien Resurrection made him crack up?
Polter-Cow - Sep 19, 2009 7:09:50 am PDT #2467 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Why hello there!
My husband is going to interview Joss this week. Joss wants only questions he has NEVER been asked before. Anyone got any good ones?
This is the long and complicated question I wanted to ask at Comic-Con and didn't: "In both Astonishing X-Men and Runaways, you've gotten to create new canon for existing characters while also introducing new characters into the canon, characters who would then go on to be written by other writers who had no idea what you may have conceived for these characters' futures. How do you approach the process of 'playing in someone else's sandbox' and how do you let go of characters you've created so they can go on and do things you never imagined?"
Maybe your husband can make it more concise. I'm really more interested in the second half of the question. I've always wondered how comic writers feel when their story and characters go into someone else's hands. It would make me very twitchy.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 19, 2009 7:14:18 am PDT #2468 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Holy FUCKOS!!! RIO!!!
Got no Joss questions at this moment. Must ponder.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 19, 2009 7:16:05 am PDT #2469 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Maybe your husband can make it more concise. I'm really more interested in the second half of the question. I've always wondered how comic writers feel when their story and characters go into someone else's hands. It would make me very twitchy.
Not just comic writers, but people who've created characters that have lived on under new writers.
Polter-Cow - Sep 19, 2009 7:19:58 am PDT #2470 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, yeah, it's not exclusive to comics. But I think it happens a lot more. And it's not even characters you've created but also established characters/stories you've written. And then the next writer may step in and undo half your plot for all you know.
Rio - Sep 19, 2009 7:27:20 am PDT #2471 of 5059
Are you ready to be strong?
Oh, I really like that question. Thank you.
sumi - Sep 19, 2009 7:34:25 am PDT #2472 of 5059
Art Crawl!!!
Rio! Lovely to see you!!
Polter-Cow - Sep 19, 2009 7:34:40 am PDT #2473 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You're welcome! I wonder whether he had any long-term plans for Klara or Hisako, for instance, and what he thinks of the characters presently. Does he bother conceiving a future for the characters beyond what he'll get to write? Because it's likely the next writer will have no idea what his thoughts were and take the character in a different direction.
And it's different from running a television series because even though different writers are writing your characters, you still get to supervise. Collaborative storytelling is stressful! If you're a control freak like me.
Be sure to come back and post a link to the interview!
amych - Sep 19, 2009 7:46:28 am PDT #2474 of 5059
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I have no Joss questions. Only RIO!!!!! asscaps and exclamation points.