Comments on: Interesting Superhero Novel http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:27:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Frank Byns http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-502138 Frank Byns Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:29:24 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/#comment-502138 [plug] If anyone is interested in more superhero prose fiction, the latest issue of A Thousand Faces, the Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction is now available at http://www.thousand-faces.com Nine original superhero stories, plus interviews with Christopher Knowles ("Our Gods Wear Spandex") and Van Plexico (the "Sentinels" series). [\plug] [plug]

If anyone is interested in more superhero prose fiction, the latest issue of A Thousand Faces, the Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction is now available at http://www.thousand-faces.com

Nine original superhero stories, plus interviews with Christopher Knowles (“Our Gods Wear Spandex”) and Van Plexico (the “Sentinels” series).

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]]> By: red-Ricky http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-501398 red-Ricky Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:38:21 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/#comment-501398 <i>...a sister city to New Orleans, founded in the 1700s by a masked pirate called St. Diable.</i> </blockquote> Oy! No disrespect, but are we talking about a pirate named Street Devil or Saint Devil? 'Cause I gotta tell you, there are a lot of awesome pirate names out there and Saint Devil doesn't strike me as one of the best. Yours truly, Bad-Rum Bart ps: Aren't pirate name generators neat? http://gangstaname.com/pirate_name.php …a sister city to New Orleans, founded in the 1700s by a masked pirate called St. Diable.

Oy!

No disrespect, but are we talking about a pirate named Street Devil or Saint Devil?

‘Cause I gotta tell you, there are a lot of awesome pirate names out there and Saint Devil doesn’t strike me as one of the best.

Yours truly,

Bad-Rum Bart

ps: Aren’t pirate name generators neat?
http://gangstaname.com/pirate_name.php

]]> By: Matthew E http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-500624 Matthew E Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:13:57 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/#comment-500624 <i>Y’know, I’ve often wondered why superhero novels never really took off. Maybe it’s because it’s so used to being marginalised as a visual medium, and that a lot comic readers aren’t fans of prose and won’t always cross over. I for one would love to see a lot more superhero novels around the place…</i> I'm a big fan of superhero novels; I've got a shelf and a half of them downstairs, and a big list of more I want to get (and Devil's Cape has just been added to it). Most recent additions: the latest <i>Wild Cards</i> book and Minister Faust's <i>From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain</i>. (The first was awesome and the second deceptively good and intriguing.) There are actually a lot of them out there; the best ones are very good, but others tend to be kind of underwritten. If you want an exhaustive list, check out <a href="http://superprose.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">this site</a>; he includes a lot of stuff I wouldn't include, but I can't think of anything he should have included but didn't. Y’know, I’ve often wondered why superhero novels never really took off. Maybe it’s because it’s so used to being marginalised as a visual medium, and that a lot comic readers aren’t fans of prose and won’t always cross over.
I for one would love to see a lot more superhero novels around the place…

I’m a big fan of superhero novels; I’ve got a shelf and a half of them downstairs, and a big list of more I want to get (and Devil’s Cape has just been added to it). Most recent additions: the latest Wild Cards book and Minister Faust’s From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain. (The first was awesome and the second deceptively good and intriguing.) There are actually a lot of them out there; the best ones are very good, but others tend to be kind of underwritten. If you want an exhaustive list, check out this site; he includes a lot of stuff I wouldn’t include, but I can’t think of anything he should have included but didn’t.

]]> By: Stony http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-500334 Stony Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:07:28 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/#comment-500334 Who the hell is Roy? I meant Rob.... oy... I need my eyes checked Who the hell is Roy? I meant Rob…. oy… I need my eyes checked

]]> By: Stony http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-500329 Stony Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:05:01 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/#comment-500329 Y'know, I've often wondered why superhero novels never really took off. Maybe it's because it's so used to being marginalised as a visual medium, and that a lot comic readers aren't fans of prose and won't always cross over. I for one would love to see a lot more superhero novels around the place... maybe instead of luring novelists to work in comics, the companies should give novelists the properties to write in the medium that they're most comfortable with themselves. This is not to knock that comic writers themselves shouldn't or can't write novels, I guess this goes back to the argument over whether TV writers coming into comics is a good thing. I'm soundly of the mind that a good writer is a good writer regardless of the medium they choose, BUT that they need to be able to master that medium before their true worth can be revealed. Otherwise, look forward to seeing Roy's book when it comes out down here. Let's get this sub-genre popping! Y’know, I’ve often wondered why superhero novels never really took off. Maybe it’s because it’s so used to being marginalised as a visual medium, and that a lot comic readers aren’t fans of prose and won’t always cross over.
I for one would love to see a lot more superhero novels around the place… maybe instead of luring novelists to work in comics, the companies should give novelists the properties to write in the medium that they’re most comfortable with themselves.

This is not to knock that comic writers themselves shouldn’t or can’t write novels, I guess this goes back to the argument over whether TV writers coming into comics is a good thing. I’m soundly of the mind that a good writer is a good writer regardless of the medium they choose, BUT that they need to be able to master that medium before their true worth can be revealed.

Otherwise, look forward to seeing Roy’s book when it comes out down here. Let’s get this sub-genre popping!

]]> By: Rob Rogers http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-499915 Rob Rogers Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:17:53 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/31/interesting-superhero-novel/#comment-499915 Thanks very much for the post, Brian. I'm excited about the book and I appreciate the attention. And yes, I'm very grateful to Greg Rucka for taking the time to read the book and for his gracious comments. What a cool guy! Thanks very much for the post, Brian. I’m excited about the book and I appreciate the attention.

And yes, I’m very grateful to Greg Rucka for taking the time to read the book and for his gracious comments. What a cool guy!

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