tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post7652263750362992561..comments2023-11-05T07:44:07.654-05:00Comments on GeniusboyFiremelon: Better than New Comics Day?!?!Timothy Callahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-5454861112383247172007-08-02T23:25:00.000-04:002007-08-02T23:25:00.000-04:00Marc C: Yeah, I liked the Diggle Adam Strange, at ...Marc C: Yeah, I liked the Diggle Adam Strange, at least the first half--and then it turned into that huge crossover lead-in which was OBVIOUSLY not the direction originally planned. But that's not Diggle's fault. I actually forgot Diggle wrote that series. <BR/><BR/>Marc: Ms. Marvel has been pretty good all along. I've bought every issue, and I'm definitely looking forward to the new one.Timothy Callahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-54941350933571362782007-08-02T22:52:00.000-04:002007-08-02T22:52:00.000-04:00Your comment about Ant-Man, Nextwave and Blade mad...Your comment about Ant-Man, Nextwave and Blade made me laugh...and cry. <BR/><BR/>I will say this though, Ms. Marvel 18 is worth a buy this week for Aaron Stack showing up in all Nextwave-esque glory. STEALS THE ENTIRE COMIC.marcwrzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12558816994072889277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-66207984118233877372007-08-02T11:10:00.000-04:002007-08-02T11:10:00.000-04:00Interesting points, Tim. I loved Diggle's Adam Str...Interesting points, Tim. I loved Diggle's Adam Strange mini, the one that they tied Rann/Than into and really the best of the pre-Infinite Crisis stories overall.Marc Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293532769174212726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-24690849037691360292007-08-02T11:00:00.000-04:002007-08-02T11:00:00.000-04:00I would rank the writers on every Swamp Thing seri...I would rank the writers on every Swamp Thing series like this (and I own almost every Swamp Thing issue, except where described):<BR/><BR/>1) Alan Moore (by far the best Swamp Thing writer ever)<BR/><BR/>2) Rick Veitch (is very good, and I actually have a fan letter in the column from his last issue--the one right before he quit)<BR/><BR/>3) Mark Millar (did a nice job at the end--and I guess Morrison didn't really have much to do with their collaboration on the first issues of his run)<BR/><BR/>4) Brian K. Vaughn (whose Swamp Thing I really liked--it's actually a proto-Y The Last Man, with the teenage Tefe on an odyssey, various episodic adventures along the way, secret agents trying to apprehend her--you should track down the issues)<BR/><BR/>5) Len Wein (I feel bad ranking his work so low compared to the others, but without the Wrightson art, there's not a lot going on--witness the Redondo issues for example--also, I don't own every Wein issue, just most of them)<BR/><BR/>6) Marty Pasko (had some cool stories, for a few issues there, before Moore came in and changed my concept of what a cool story looked like)<BR/><BR/>7) Andy Diggle (Diggle's not one of my favorite writers in the world, but his Swamp Thing relaunch was slightly interesting, but he left before it went anywhere)<BR/><BR/>8) Will Pfeiffer (He did a decent job with the mood of the series)<BR/><BR/>9) Joshua Dysart (I gave up after two issues of his run, frustrated at the lack of progress and how the relaunch just seemed like Moore lite)<BR/><BR/>10) Nancy Collins (I gave up after her first year, although I picked up an issue or two later. I didn't like her "horror" approach at all. It didn't work)<BR/><BR/>11) Doug Wheeler (I don't know what Wheeler had in mind, but his run seemed like you were being forced to sit through the most boring Biology class in the history of the universe--yet I bought all the issues, hoping for some light at the end. Collins crushed that hope, and yet I rank her above Wheeler)<BR/><BR/>That's my take.Timothy Callahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-90460568443639254062007-08-02T09:23:00.000-04:002007-08-02T09:23:00.000-04:00Wow, Tim, I've not run into many people who've act...Wow, Tim, I've not run into many people who've actually read Swamp Thing (outside of the Moore run and even then, not many). I read the Swamp Thing from 20 (which REALLY is Moore's first issue but it's never been reprinted, not even in DC's Moore-centric catch-up trades. Anyone know why?) until Millar finished it out at 171 - Millar's run, to me is the best. I'm always searching for the BKV run (which must be pretty bad for DC/Vertigo NOT to tpb it in light of his recent successes there) and I have the last run (Diggle/Dysart) but never got to it. Wheeler's run is truly one of the worst runs I've ever read; Collins brought an interesting take to it, but nothing 's like Millar's run.<BR/><BR/>Thoughts?Marc Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03293532769174212726noreply@blogger.com