Next month a one-shot post-mortem comic all about Wash will be released, written by Patton Oswalt and overseen by Joss Whedon. I have no idea what a post-mortem story is but Im willing to find out.
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
The stand-up comedian/actor Patton Oswalt?
Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
No. Christian right author and former military Patton Oswalt... ofcourse its Pat! there is only one famous person with a name so odd.
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
Heh. Didn't know he was a writer of comics. Seems an odd choice.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
Patton's a huge comic geek. He majored in English, believe it or not, and is actually a pretty accomplished writer. This doesn't surprise me at all, at least in that regard.
He's a hilarious comedian, definitely one of my favorites.
I saw him live the first time I heard his KFC Famous Bowls bit, and I about died laughing. Not many comedians out there that can take you from "What in the hell is he talking about?" to tears streaming down your face.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
A lot of actors are getting into writing stories for comics. Helen Slater wrote a Supergirl story a couple of months ago. Wil Weaton has written some comics (though granted, he's a geek first, and an actor second). James Marsters wrote the Spike and Dru comic. Michael Chiklis has written comics.
Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
Brea Grant (the speedster from heroes) and her brother wrote a 1920's period zombie comic, the third issue just came out and I really like the type of humor they used.
Kevin Smith has already written for The Green Hornet several times, and is halfway through his second Batman arc.
And Juliet Landau wrote a stand-alone in the Angelverse for Drusilla.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Let me just observe that I hate the current trend of celebrity-written comics, with the possible exception of Umbrella Academy. Posted by AchillesHeel (Member # 11736) on :
Im just gonna hazard a question, why?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
For one thing, they're generally incapable of sticking to a schedule. For another thing, not enough of them are big enough comics fans to actually know that almost all their deconstructionist "hey, what if we did this to my favorite character" ideas have already been explored by professionals before they got hired to jazz up the book. So we wind up with "original" plots that basically consist of superheroes using slang and being sassy to each other, only interrupted when someone is raped or revealed to be someone else in disguise.
Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
There are exceptions. I'd be happy to see comics written by people like Samuel L. Jackson, who is a major comics geek.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: For one thing, they're generally incapable of sticking to a schedule. For another thing, not enough of them are big enough comics fans to actually know that almost all their deconstructionist "hey, what if we did this to my favorite character" ideas have already been explored by professionals before they got hired to jazz up the book. So we wind up with "original" plots that basically consist of superheroes using slang and being sassy to each other, only interrupted when someone is raped or revealed to be someone else in disguise.
Isn't the trade-off (that they sell 10X as many copies and bring some much needed publicity to the book) worth it, though? Especially given that some of the celebrity written ones are good, even if most of them are barely mediocre?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
quote:Isn't the trade-off (that they sell 10X as many copies and bring some much needed publicity to the book) worth it, though?
To the company? Perhaps. Only in the short term, though; the novelty will fade, meaning that a subpar book will eventually revert to low sales regardless of who's on it. And they'll be paying that celebrity more than they'd pay a regular author.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Good news for Firefly nerds
ooh ooh ooh
quote:comics
oh welp i'm out
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Also a new Firefly Companion book coming out this month, with (among other things) original short stories by some of the show's writers.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson:
quote:Isn't the trade-off (that they sell 10X as many copies and bring some much needed publicity to the book) worth it, though?
To the company? Perhaps. Only in the short term, though; the novelty will fade, meaning that a subpar book will eventually revert to low sales regardless of who's on it. And they'll be paying that celebrity more than they'd pay a regular author.
No, to you. A book that you enjoy is much less likely to be killed if it gets a boost from a celebrity-penned issue, presumably.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Ah. I'm not at all sure that's true, actually. In general, the books that get celebrities attached to them, if they already existed prior to the celebrity coming on board, are top-shelf titles in the first place.