Comments on: A Month of Writing Stars – John Arcudi

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:25:43 +0000

In fact right now one of my Firefox tabs has put the name “Cass” into the box for me…

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:24:25 +0000

Have you changed browsers recently? Ever since I went to Opera at home (replacing Internet Explorer) a couple of weeks ago, it’s been happening to me. Here at work on Firefox &/or IE, it’s not a problem. Offhand, I think this is the only site where I’ve noticed it occurring.

I have just upgraded to Firefox 3 (from Firefox 2), but this started happening before that.

And I also had someone else’s name appear in that box recently.

By: joecab

joecab — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:51:31 +0000

I actually went to college with John Arcudi in the early 80s. He seemed very intimidating until he noticed I was reading a comic and he struck up a conversation. Nice guy and very intelligent.

By: Jbird

Jbird — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:47:52 +0000

So weird to look back at that cover talking about Afghanistan, dripping in genocidal horror, before it was “our” war.

By: Djed

Djed — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:09:48 +0000

Mignola/ Arcudi/ Davis on BPRD are just awesome. A perfect triumvirate. BPRD is one of the best books on the market.

By: Dan Bailey

Dan Bailey — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:19:23 +0000

Huh. I’d never seen what you describe happen before, Da Fug, but just now I looked at the “Your Name” field & saw “stealthwise.”

Weird.

By: Da Fug

Da Fug — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:52:52 +0000

Re the comment thing: For the past week or so, there has oftentimes (not always) been a grayed-out name in the “Your Name” field on various posts that seemed to be totally random posters at CSBG (ala the DanCJ thing that DanLarkin mentioned) and not anything I had ever typed before in that field. It just sometimes comes up whenever I pull up a posting. It did not happen on this post and I’m on an old version of Firefox. The “Your Name” field was previously blank at all times for me.

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:57:24 +0000

My only real exposure is to his work is the Doom Patrol series, which I quite enjoyed, despite being a devotee to Morrison’s version of the team. I was sad when it was cancelled and even sadder to see John Byrne wipe out the series and almost ruin the franchise until Johns brought it back from the brink…

I forgot he did that weird wrestler version of Thunderbolts. I had been a fan of the Busiek/Bagley characters and was not too happy at the time to see the series receive a weird…and pointless…overhaul.

By: Eric P.

Eric P. — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:08:30 +0000

I liked most of Arcudi’s work, but some of the Dark Horse stuff like Will to Power and X was just really hard to get into. The Mask was pretty good.

By: Evan McB

Evan McB — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:06:35 +0000

Liked The Mask, Loved Gen13, and REALLY Loved Major Bummer!

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:26:28 +0000

The comment box was giving me trouble earlier today too. It automatically filled in DanCJ for me, but I caught it before I posted. Definitely an anti-Dan conspiracy.

By: Dan Bailey

Dan Bailey — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:39:24 +0000

Ummm … make that “Alucard.” *sigh*

By: Dan Bailey

Dan Bailey — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:35:23 +0000

Which explains why Brian has yet to become celebrated for provoking a flame war with Dan Slott, unlike certain other online personalities I could name.

Otherwise, I guess I know Arcudi (whose name I keep wanting to type as “Alcucard,” which he’s probably used to, especially given his BPRD credits) almost solely for BPRD, which I’ve definitely enjoyed.

I do own the entire short MAJOR BUMMER run, but I’ve noted at least once before that I’ve been able to endure only the first 3 or 4 issues, because the main character strikes me as being deliberately crafted as an idiot, which for some reason I never like. I don’t even like Mahnke’s art on that series, though from what I can tell he got a lot better later. Looking back, I was probably just in a bad mood when I read those ishes — the creators were/are obviously quite talented.

Hmmm. The issue of THUNDERBOLTS pictured above is the only one of that series I own, courtesy of a random 50-cent-box snag a few years ago.

And speaking of GEN13, does anyone have any thoughts on what runs are particularly good? Purely from glancing briefly at a few (I think) late-’90s or early ’00s ishes at an LCS a few weeks ago, I find the series somewhat intriguing, but it’s been around so long & featured so many creators that I’m at a loss as to what might be worth tracking down, especially given its beginnings (I take it) back in the days early Image were purveyors of absolute garbage. I’ve got a TPB featuring an Adam Warren run, & I’ve read his MAGICAL DRAMA QUEEN ROXY mini (which I found fun & somewhat evocative of his later EMPOWERED, of which I’m quite fond), but that’s it so far.

By: DubipR

DubipR — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:22:14 +0000

Another fine choice showcasing Arcudi. I loved a lot of his Dark Horse work (yes, even his Barb Wire was good), but his DC output is overlooked and well done, its a shame that more people didn’t pick up Major Bummer or his Doom Patrol. As for remembering the JLA mini, you bet I did…. Arcudi and Tom Mandrake (one of my all time favorite artists!).

I look forward to more.

By: Mark The Man-Thing

Mark The Man-Thing — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:20:58 +0000

Great Arcudi article…I thought his Thunderbolts run was pretty fun; you never knew what to expect.

Any chance we’ll see profiles on Len Kaminski, John Jackson Miller, or John Ostrander?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:13:14 +0000

I am sorry, guys, the site just hates Dans.

That is why Apodaca just goes by his last name.

Seriously, I have no idea why you two in particular seem to keep having issues.

By: Dan Bailey

Dan Bailey — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:02:31 +0000

>>(Has anyone else found that the comment box has stopped remembering their name?)

Have you changed browsers recently? Ever since I went to Opera at home (replacing Internet Explorer) a couple of weeks ago, it’s been happening to me. Here at work on Firefox &/or IE, it’s not a problem. Offhand, I think this is the only site where I’ve noticed it occurring.

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:46:48 +0000

Arcudi is great. I loved his Doom Patrol (the Seth Fischer drawn issues are particularly good) and B.P.R.D. is consistently great.

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:33:58 +0000

That “Anonymous” is me.

(Has anyone else found that the comment box has stopped remembering their name?)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:32:47 +0000

I like John Arcudi.

I admit I haven’t read most of his stuff, but his Mask and Doom Patrol were good and is JLA: Superpower one-shot is excellent.