The current "battle of the comic book writers" matchups pit Gaiman against Geoff Johns. Which is just not fair. Also, Warren Ellis against Grant Morrison.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
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victor infante - Sep 09, 2005 5:50:36 pm PDT #8707 of 10000
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2005 6:59:54 pm PDT #8708 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
Huh. Morrison is kicking Ellis ass.
By a much wider margin than Gaiman is leading over Johns. Weird.
Gandalfe - Sep 09, 2005 8:25:38 pm PDT #8709 of 10000
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Yeah, I thought Ellis would be a contender for the championship, but Morrison is doing better than anticipated.
And Azzarello is losing BADLY. Which is just sad, because 100 Bullets is tops, baby. And Kirkman is going DOWN against Miller. Which isn't a surprise, Kirkman's too new, but, damn. Makes me want to turn into a zombie and bite Frank Miller's ass, or something.
Strega - Sep 09, 2005 8:30:26 pm PDT #8710 of 10000
I think that many fans of superhero books do not feel especially kindly toward Ellis. Heh.
Gandalfe - Sep 09, 2005 8:33:31 pm PDT #8711 of 10000
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Because he has nothing but contempt for the genre, and would gladly skull-fuck the lot of them?
I can dig it.
Strega - Sep 09, 2005 8:55:41 pm PDT #8712 of 10000
I don't know if he has contempt for the genre exactly, but contempt for its domination of the industry, definitely.
But that's a big yes on the skull-fucking.
Of course, Ennis did "The Pro" and he seems to be doing okay. But that may have slipped under the radar for a lot of people.
Gandalfe - Sep 09, 2005 9:15:16 pm PDT #8713 of 10000
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Wait. Are we talking Ellis or Ennis? I mean, both are big on the skull-fucking, but . . . . Remember, Ennis did a wonderful Authority series. Or was that Ellis?
P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2005 10:18:05 pm PDT #8714 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
The Authority started as Ellis.
P.M. Marc - Sep 09, 2005 10:28:03 pm PDT #8715 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
I think that many fans of superhero books do not feel especially kindly toward Ellis.
This hasn't been my experience, but I tend to avoid superhero book forums, so I only have real life and my fandom echo chambers to fall back on, and the Cult of Ellis is strong in my circles. Morrison is appreciated, but not reveared.
Of course, part of my shock may have been that I voted for Ellis, and I feel like I've been playing the chalk throughout, so to see him behind Morrison (who I adore, but who lacks the focus that makes Ellis so memorable) made the o.O face happen.
I was a little alarmed at how well Dixon was doing. He's good at world building, but outside of his Year Ones, he doesn't really do much beyond that, and wasn't he pitted against Moore? Should have been a bloodbath.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 09, 2005 10:42:08 pm PDT #8716 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
Right now Moore's leading with almost 87% of the vote. I'd call that a bloodbath.