TODD McFarlane. He does the Spawn stuff. Seth MacFarlane does Family Guy.

If you're going to criticize a man, at least have the courtesy to get his name right so that the criticism is correctly targeted.

I know that admonishment is over a year late, but it bothered me THAT much.

My feeling on Milgrom’s art is the same as my feelings on Klaus Janson’s art - he is a SUPERB inker but should be banned from penciling.

I'm with you on Janson.

As for the True/False thing, I agree that calling it false is a bit misleading. A better status would have been "Mostly true".

I honestly think that most people connect the mega-crossover concept with SW2, and therefore hate it for starting the marketing mess, regardless of whether or not it was a good story.

A second reason why I think it isn't received as well as I think it deserves is because of inconsistant quality. Some of the crossovers came naturally to the story, and some were incredibly forced. And, the longer the series went on, the more forced the crossovers felt.

The crossovers between issues one and two, I liked. The Hulk issue, all the Spider-Man and X-Men ones I thought were good. But, many of them were really bad.

And, if you happened to be a fan of some of the titles that crossed over, then that issue was really a throw away. It seemed that some issues were able to crossover and continue both the book's plot as well as the Secret Wars plot, and some issues (like Daredevil) were able to be a stand alone story that didn't advance either. But, many of them advanced the Secret Wars plot without really contributing to the host title, and without taking away anything. So, if you had a subscription, you suddenly got a book that had nothing to do with anything you were reading. And, if you were following the crossover, you had to get this relatively low-selling title that you otherwise wouldn't have.

Now, today this is fairly commonplace. But, 20+ years ago it was incredibly annoying.

Theno

you're right, i just noticed the IC panel is credited (vertically in the spine), which elevates it from 'swipe' to 'homage.'

but the homages would be a lot easier to take if the majority of his artwork wasn't already an 'homage' to another artist. since Mr Jimenez acknowledges the Perez influence on his work, 'derivative' is a probably a better term than 'swipe'.

still, classy guy or not, it doesn't make the work any more original or creative in my eyes. although i suppose the masculine/ugly women (esp E2 Lois Lane and Power Girl in IC) is a fairly singular take.

Also, a chunk of Phil's pitch for the Global Guardians with costume designs was printed in the Prism 2006 (or was it 2005?) Comic Guide. A little pamphlet promoting LGBT comics and comic creators. Dr. Light was going to be the leader.

Also, 1985 isn't a sequel to Secret Wars, but a story set in the "real world" in 1985, the year Secret Wars came out. (And the Secret World comics are a part of the storyline.)

everyone in Phil Jimenez' art has George Perez EVERYTHING. that guy swipes more stuff from Perez than Rich Buckler did with Neal Adams. well, except for that Earth 2 Superman returns last panel from Infinite Crisis #1, that was 'influenced' by JL Garcia Lopez...

Is this ever going to get made?

huh? Are you sure you’re not thinking of someone else?

No, he's right. Stiff, overly photo-realistic, and everybody has the George Perez/Eastern-European nose.

The only problem with this is Marvel's sliding timeline. The Marvel Universe perpetually began "10 years ago".
Fantastic Four #1 took place in 1997 now, so the Secret Wars would have been around 2002.

Seth MacFarlane is a petulant bastard

Todd McFarlane. Seth is the Family Guy guy.

phil jiminez’ art is ugly.

huh? Are you sure you're not thinking of someone else? because "ugly" certainly isn't a word I'd equate with him. Whoever drew that JLQuarterly cover, sure, that's some ugly art. But it's not Jimenez.

I have yet to see McFarlane give a public statement on the issue, so I figured it better to just give the basic facts (Bendis asked off of Hellspawn, and was fired from both books) rather than go with rumors, as Bendis has tried not to do much more than state the basic facts, as well (”He fired me”).

Heh. Can I have a followup question, then?

I don't see Todd ever speaking up about the real reasons, because I can't imagine a situation in which he wouldn't come across as petulant child. As he has on so many other issues. This may be one of those things that permanently gets reduced to facts without any sort of context, sadly. Thanks for answering it (and setting my recollection straight in the process)...

On the other hand, given that these days DC cannot seem to publish a series without filling it with death (gruesome deaths, to boot) perhaps it was better than the project didn't come forth at the time. Hopefully somebody will find that Bible and decide on a launching a *good* GG series, AFTER Didio's influence on the DC Universe has passed.

I think I conflated the Hellspawn story with Ultimate X-Men - or am I also wrong that Bendis was, at one point, going to write both Ultimate books. but left UXM in favor of Millar?

Bendis and Salvador Larroca were the original creative team on the series, yeah. If I recall correctly, Bendis wanted the team -- which included Mystique -- to be backed by the government (maybe acting as black ops?).

Although their run never happened, Marvel used Larroca's designs anyway. Adam Kubert only had to design a few of the costumes, including Iceman's, I believe.

Of course, Bendis would later write the book, and Larroca is now the series' artist.