Todd McFarlane is currently leading Strangers in Paradise writer Terry Moore by 59.9% to 40% in the competition for best writer.
That's because SiP is a GIRL comic.
Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.
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Gandalfe - Sep 07, 2005 8:42:09 am PDT #8682 of 10000
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 07, 2005 8:49:27 am PDT #8683 of 10000
"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
The only writing of McFarlane's that I'm interested in reading is his signature on the notice of bankruptcy that one of his companies turned in recently.
Going through the list, I pity poor Lea Hernandez, who may be a very good writer but was pitted against Alan Moore. Most extreme voting differential I saw in the whole thing—she was swallowed more completely than crumbs that fall in his prehensile beard.
P.M. Marc - Sep 07, 2005 10:02:22 am PDT #8684 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
From my personal perspective, I'm miffed that they pitted Grant Morrison against Gail Simone. How's a girl supposed to choose???
(I chose Gail, because I figured she needed the votes.)
Kalshane - Sep 07, 2005 10:33:58 am PDT #8685 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I wasn't familiar with Terry Moore, but I voted anyway just to vote against McFarland.
Gandalfe - Sep 07, 2005 8:24:17 pm PDT #8686 of 10000
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Oh, you know it'll come down to Alan Moore vs Frank Miller. I only wish Brian K Vaughn was in another bracket so he could make it to the final 4.
Because I personally believe thatMoore and Miller have really dropped off their quality of late, while everything that BKV writes now is on my hold list, and I always look forward to them.
P.M. Marc - Sep 07, 2005 9:29:09 pm PDT #8687 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Bendis, Ellis, Gaiman, and Morrison all have firm shots.
Was Miller even winning his round? IIRC, he was doing worse than I expected.
Strega - Sep 08, 2005 6:07:16 am PDT #8688 of 10000
Hm, I've just assumed that Gaiman would take the whole thing. Particularly when, at some point in the next month, someone posts a link on a Gaiman fansite.
Gandalfe - Sep 08, 2005 6:19:47 am PDT #8689 of 10000
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Forgot about Gaiman, he could really screw up the curve.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 08, 2005 7:56:33 am PDT #8690 of 10000
"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
Hm, I've just assumed that Gaiman would take the whole thing. Particularly when, at some point in the next month, someone posts a link on a Gaiman fansite.
He was actually losing his opening round race when I checked, though it was pretty early in the running. I do think he's the most deserving of all the writers I'm familiar with on the list, although Moore's not far behind.
Considering how well McFarlane was doing, I doubt the voters are primarily Vertigo-type readers.
P.M. Marc - Sep 08, 2005 8:26:30 am PDT #8691 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
He was actually losing his opening round race when I checked, though it was pretty early in the running. I do think he's the most deserving of all the writers I'm familiar with on the list, although Moore's not far behind.
He was ahead when I voted, by a fair margin.
Can't remember who he was up against, though.
The cult of Moore is, I believe, larger than the cult of Gaiman, with enough crossover to suck votes away from Gaiman in the event of a Moore v. Gaiman match.
I think Gaiman's the better writer, but I think Moore's the better comic book writer.