How does someone that openly hostile to his own fanbase convince an editor to hire him?

There must be fans who like him. For example: there's a whole platoon of fans who DESPISE Devin Grayson, who think she ruined Nightwing with this whole torment-him-make-him-suffer arc. And I can't quite wrap my head around people hating Grayson.

Willingham delenda est.

wrod. I keep hoping he'll turn it around, but the man cannot write any of the Bats. I halfway wish they'd just give him another DC title to ruin, but i'm afraid it'll be something I like.

The Puffy AmiYumi Show premiers tomorrow on CN: [link]

Which comic fans want to do a quick survey on writers in the DCverse?

I'll throw out their names, and you rate them for strengths (Plot, characterization, dialogue), weaknesses, best story arc, characters they write better than anybody else, characters they just don't get, best artist for their work.

Any takers? You don't have to do them all, of course. Just writers you have a strong opinion about.

Chuck Dixon
Greg Rucka
Devin Grayson
Bill Willingham
Jeph Loeb
Geoff Johns
A.J. Lieberman
Ed Brubaker
Anderson Gabrych
Judd Winick
Gail Simone
Grant Morrison

I've read at least something of all of them, I think, but I can't say much more than "that one thing I read was good," "know more my reputation than by work," or "die Willingham DIE" about most.

I've read an awful lot of Winick, though-- his run on GL was vastly superior to Marz, his GA is wonderful, and while I like his Outsiders at first, I'm kind of bewildered now.

while I like his Outsiders at first, I'm kind of bewildered now.

I think that (1) Nightwing -- the character -- is so fucked-up right now that nobody knows what to do with him, and Outsiders is having the same problem, and (2) Adam Walsh? ADAM WALSH?!? I want to know who's responsible for that idea.

Adam Walsh? ADAM WALSH?!?

The funniest response to this I've seen (and I wish I could remember whose LJ I saw this on) was something along the lines of: "rassa frassin' Adam Walsh, gets to meet the Outsiders... OH WAIT. They're NOT REAL."

Geoff Johns generally writes really strong character-driven stories and has great respect for the Golden Age comic book characters. He managed to largely redeem a lot of the Zero Hour crapfest for me. Though I think returning to that story again and again to pick at the scabs is actually perhaps the greatest weakness of his writing. Has a tendency to lose track of subplots he's left hanging, though.

I know Morrison is a favorite of a lot of the in crowd, but I think his writing long ago degenerated into pointless self-referential wanking and surrealism for its own sake. (The latter works much better on a canvas or celluloid than in the written word, IMHO)

Question -- which superheroes/villains among the more prominent Marvel/DC/independents are fully qualified medical doctors? My short list is Dr. Don Blake (Thor's alter-ego), Dr. Jean Grey (Marvel movie-verse) and um....

are fully qualified medical doctors? My short list is Dr. Don Blake (Thor's alter-ego), Dr. Jean Grey (Marvel movie-verse) and um....

Dr. Stephen Strange