Comments on: Sunday Brunch: 5/3/09

By: Lupin Yonsei

Lupin Yonsei — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:51:46 +0000

I really admire Waid’s candor in that interview. I came away from it with more respect for him. He doesn’t sound cantankerous, like some other creators whose interviews I’ve read. *cough*Byrne*cough

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:54:09 +0000

“Waid may be burning bridges, but something tells me he won’t miss them.”

Or he thinks / knows that at least a few people at DC won’t be there by the time he’s ready to go back. At the end of the day, he’s still Mark Waid, and unless there’s severe personal conflicts, there’ll always be people in the industry willing to hire him.

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:15:45 +0000

DC seems to have plenty of literal cannibalism in their books nowadays, in addition to the more metaphorical cannibalism Ian mentions. It’s one of many reasons why in the last few years my pull list went from almost entirely DC books, to less than 25% DC books. Although I have to admit, I’m still going to give Blackest night an issue or two to hook me. I am still enjoying the Green Lantern books.

Crossgen ending so suddenly was a shame. I really liked a lot of their books, especially the stuff Bedard was working on. I wish he could have at least finished off Negation War.

By: Argo Plummer

Argo Plummer — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:52:53 +0000

“PURTY! Paul Pope’s Adam Strange is reason enough to buy Wednesday Comics, no?”

You know, I’ve never been that into Pope or anything he’s done. However, I like Adam Strange and the beauty of Wednesday Comics to me is that I get to see what Pope can do with Adam Strange and still enjoy a ton of other creators doing what they want to do with their stories.

I’m definitely intrigued…

By: Ian A.

Ian A. — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:55:34 +0000

I will, someday, make it all the way through that Waid tell-all without getting distracted, I swear. Today might not be that day, though.

“Fetishized necrophiliac cannibalism” sounds like the current edict at DC, yeah. Resurrect the past, “love” it to death, and devour its remains.

Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer is the best obvious high concept since werewolves on the moon, at the very least. Great idea. Curious about the execution.

I’ve already added Wednesday Comics to my subscriptions at HeavyInk. Also, I appreciate that Giffen, DeMatteis, and Maguire have already been hired to save the Metal Men after Didio and Churchill have their way with the team. That was either a great preemptive hire or a lucky coincidence. Either way, I’ll take it.

Remake/Remodel is an excellent idea. It’s like the Project Rooftop of public domain.

I wish Project Rooftop would focus on characters who actually need facelifts, though, instead of whoever’s popular. There are hundreds of characters out there who are in dire need of new looks, but the next contest is about…Wolverine, who’s already had damn near every look imaginable. I guess people are free to submit any designs at any time, but, still, the Wolverine contest — especially coming after the Batman contest, with no palate cleanser in between — rubs me the wrong way.

By: CATR's Chris

CATR's Chris — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:22:13 +0000

Mark Alessi does bring back a lot of memories. Still, it’s sad that the Crossgen stories never got to an end. No matter how much of an a$$ was Alessi.

By: Sijo

Sijo — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:29:06 +0000

Waid may be burning bridges, but something tells me he won’t miss them.

I’d post here about how much I hate DC’s excessive use of death and cannibalism, but I’m not even going to bother checking out Blackest Night, so I don’t care. Oh and Marvel Zombies called, they want their gimmick back.

The Pinocchio thing was good for a laugh, but I don’t see it sustaining a whole story.

The Eye thing on the other hand, wasn’t even funny.

By: Vincent Murphy

Vincent Murphy — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:50:34 +0000

“PURTY! Paul Pope’s Adam Strange is reason enough to buy Wednesday Comics, no?”

No. But, thank Rao, he isn’t drawing Kamandi, which IS reason enough to buy Wednesday Comics.