Comments on: A Month of Writing Stars – Jonathan Hickman

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:31:49 +0000

Really didn’t realise he’d done much beyond Nightly News…

Which I loved.

Dang, time to look for some cheap trades…

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:21:48 +0000

That should be “effect”.

That is of course I misunderstood the sentence and the soldiers were sent back to influence the end of the Catholic Roman Empire rather than cause it…

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:18:41 +0000

A group of soldiers sent back in time to affect the end of the Catholic Roman Empire.

That should be “effect”. But really don’t use “effect” as a verb at all – not for grammatical reasons. I just really hate it.

By: Lierson

Lierson — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:32:30 +0000

Loved the design of all covers.

Hickman is the man.

By: Dalarsco

Dalarsco — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:10:17 +0000

I wasn’t originally planning on getting Secret Warriors, but with your endorsement I think I’ll at least get the trades.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:38:35 +0000

Yo, Brian, you forgot to mention the one-shot he did for Top Cow’s Pilot Season “The Core”.

By: Jeff Ramirez

Jeff Ramirez — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:29:51 +0000

“Pilot Season: The Core” #1 : another hook written by Hickman.

Ian A.’s genre-jump observation: very correct. i remember (during last year when i was reading his books/issues in the order of their release, sometimes within months or weeks) thinking to myself something like “wow this is the SAME guy writing this other series?”

guerilla run-’n-gun shot-thoughts goin on; even his sense of symbol-design at least slightly manages to convey some sort of curious important meaning, history (repeat-itself?-challenge), and/or regretless purpose

By: Beacon

Beacon — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:48:42 +0000

Nightly News was great. I didn’t discover it until the trade came out but, had I started with the singles, I’d be singing its praises anyway. With all the rampant decompression plaguing comics now it’s nice to see a book that actually feels like it’s worth the cover price. Seriously, I haven’t seen that much information crammed on to a page since they cancelled the Intimates.

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:11:43 +0000

Nightly News definitely is worth reading. I’m not sure if being underwhelmed by the first issue would change in subsequent issues… but I’d say at least check the TPB out of your local library or something. It’s not some epic, Watchmenesque deconstruction of the industry; it’s just unique storytelling portrayed in a raw, visual way.

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:45:14 +0000

So Nightly News gets better after the first issue? I read it for free on the Image website and was… underwhelmed, at best.

By: rufusTfirefly

rufusTfirefly — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:16:01 +0000

God, I’m a huuuuuuuuge fan of Jonathan Hickman. I picked up the first issue of Pax Romana after hearing good things about his stuff and was blown away! Nightly News is even better .

I’m really excited to see what he has planned for Secret Warriors.

Seriously, check out Nightly News in trade. It’s honest to God, one of the best books I’ve read in many, many years…

By: Ian A.

Ian A. — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:14:46 +0000

Has there been any works by Patrick Scherberger?

He’s a staple of the Marvel Adventures line, and he’s currently working on the Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil mini series, on sale now.

By: Ian A.

Ian A. — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:12:46 +0000

Hickman is phenomenal, no doubt.

I’m continually impressed by his willingness to jump from genre to genre with his Image projects. From media criticism to speculative historical fiction to superheroes to science mockumentary — each one a 180 degree turn from the last and all worth while. In today’s market, that’s pretty fearless. Hell, writing anything — let alone three out of four mini series — without spandex is pretty fearless.

I’m definitely looking forward to seeing what he can do with an ongoing series and the Marvel Universe. Should be good.

By: JackKing

JackKing — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:05:54 +0000

What Dave said.

Hickman is easily one of my favourites working today.

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:04:49 +0000

I’ve read both The Nightly News and Pax Romana. I was more impressed with the former than the latter mainly due to the consistently lateness of P.R.

Haven’t tried the other titles yet, tho’.

Has there been any works by Patrick Scherberger?

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:01:54 +0000

Hickman was one of the writers I hoped to see here, as his work for Image comics has really been some of my favorite stuff released in the past few years, The Nightly News especially. His short in the Popgun anthology was also pretty impressive in how much information he was able to convey in such a short span (I think it was only about 4-6 pages).

I was also a huge fan of his Living Mummy short in the Satana one-shot, and I hope he gets to develop that as a series someday, I’d be interested in reading his take on the character.

Anyway, I’d encourage anybody who hasn’t read his work yet to check it out. Moreso than any other young writer right now, this guy has the potential to be the future of comics.