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Post by Engage on Sept 25, 2006 23:06:23 GMT -5
From FFPlaza.com:
Michael Straczynski announced on a newsgroup that he will be leaving the Fantastic Four so he can concentrate on his Thor revamp.
I like to think that when the FF is a good book, Marvel is healthy. I think this is something they should give to Slott after what he did to The Thing and She-Hulk. If only as a four-issue transition before someone new comes in.
The question is, with the FF currently broken up but with a Milestone Issue coming up in about six months, what direction will the book take? Will it be serious as it leads to the reformation in some form? Will we see an alternate FF led by either Reed or Sue? A series of one-shot character books?
The FF is a tricky book because of the scale of the story. It needs to be solidly grounded in family and humour but still put them against threats that test that bond on a huge scale.
Lee, Byrne, Simonson and Waid were masters at this. JMS did a solid job, especially recently, although I didn't personally care for some of the story arcs. The question (I seem to be full of them) is:
Who's next to take up the reigns of the First Family?
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Post by thew40 on Sept 26, 2006 10:06:19 GMT -5
Dan Slott. The guy's got a good bead on that side of the MU, plus I think a nice, long tenure on a flagship title would do wonders for his career. If he took up FF, I'd probably buy it on a regular basis again.
~W~
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Post by Doctor Doom on Sept 26, 2006 10:41:40 GMT -5
MARK. WAID.
And yes, I'm fully aware he is on a DC exclusive/
I don't care!
(But Slott might be alright, 'cept he has a problem writing serious books.)
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Post by The Night Phantom on Sept 26, 2006 18:03:14 GMT -5
Karl Kesel keeps doing some nice FF one-shots and fill-ins, and I like the diversity and unusual concepts of some of the non-FF material he’s done for Marvel lately (the Vegas story in Amazing Fantasy, the “Masked Marvel” backup that appeared in several titles recently). I keep wondering what he’d come up with if he were let loose on FF for a while. I also think Dan Slott might come up with something interesting. My concern is that I’m not sure he can capture cosmic grandeur. For that matter, I’m not sure Kesel has that angle either. But I bet their failures would be a lot more interesting than the best work a lot of writers might give the FF. Hmm…how about Neil Gaiman? Heck, I wouldn’t mind if ___ _______ came back. (I’ve blotted out the name to protect the innocent—mainly me, for I fear I might set off a firestorm of controversy!  ) And here’s a What If? for you: what if Mark Gruenwald (R.I.P.) had become FF scribe? I bet that would have been interesting… |
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Post by Engage on Sept 26, 2006 18:36:19 GMT -5
Oh come on. You can't leave us with blanks!
Is it DeFalco? 'Cause unless you say something I'm assuming its DeFalco.
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 26, 2006 19:20:42 GMT -5
Howsabout Chuck Austen on words and Al Milgrom on pictures? Bwah ha ha ha ha ha!!!  |
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Post by The Night Phantom on Sept 26, 2006 21:25:43 GMT -5
Oh come on. You can't leave us with blanks! Is it DeFalco? 'Cause unless you say something I'm assuming its DeFalco. Huh…funny how the number of underscores matches. Howsabout Chuck Austen on words and Al Milgrom on pictures? Or even vice versa! BWA HA HA—hey!! |
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Post by Shiryu on Sept 27, 2006 13:10:44 GMT -5
Then we see Reed building something to destroy the writers of the book from the comic pages |
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Post by The Night Phantom on Sept 28, 2006 16:03:54 GMT -5
Yesterday I was discussing the question of JMS’s FF successor with a friend, and he suggested a writer that I had turned him on to: Robert Kirkman, who in fact has already written the FF in the limited series Fantastic Four: Foes. In fact, Kirkman often shows a grasp of the Marvel Universe (Marvel Team-Up), the family life of superheroes (Invincible), and cosmic or otherwise unusual story concepts (Marvel Zombies). He might make a good pick. (Why didn’t I think of him before?!?)
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Post by The Night Phantom on Sept 29, 2006 22:00:36 GMT -5
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Post by Doctor Doom on Sept 30, 2006 3:31:48 GMT -5
Interesting. Haven't read anything of his before but I love to try new writers.
Personally I think moves like this are great because it proves that the naysayers who claim we just get the same writers on a roatating circle are wrong.
Anyone read his stuff at DC or the FF special he did before and can give any feedback?
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Post by Shiryu on Sept 30, 2006 11:56:28 GMT -5
Never heard of this guy before...  Has he wrote anything on Marvel before ? |
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Post by The Night Phantom on Sept 30, 2006 22:46:42 GMT -5
Never heard of this guy before... Has he wrote anything on Marvel before ? McDuffie’s been on the scene for years, but this will be by far his highest-profile comics-writing assignment. His career does offer some highlights. At Marvel he wrote Damage Control, a humorous look at the company that cleans up after superpower battles. He was instrumental in creating and writing the Milestone line of comics focusing on African-American heroes, published via DC (I mean the comics publisher—not Damage Control!  ); there, arguably his greatest success has been the character Static, who spun off into his own TV cartoon series called Static Shock. McDuffie has also written for the Teen Titans and Justice League cartoons. Currently Marvel is publishing his limited series Beyond!. Earlier this year Marvel printed a Fantastic Four Special written by McDuffie. It was the offbeat tale of a temporary détente between Reed and Doom, which evolves into a chess game—in more ways than one. In my mind the placement in continuity is a bit questionable (it seems to come too soon after Mark Waid’s FF–Doom confrontations, and it seems it should be set after JMS’s return of Doom), but I think it shows a solid understanding of the characters and their history. I’m curious and optimistic as to what he will come up with for the regular series. |
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Post by Doctor Doom on Oct 1, 2006 4:39:24 GMT -5
No kidding- what was the special called, I might try to pick it up?
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Post by The Night Phantom on Oct 1, 2006 8:14:37 GMT -5
Fantastic Four Special is called Fantastic Four Special (story title: “My Dinner with Doom”). Earlier I said it came out this year; its indicia says “February, 2006”, but according to Diamond, it was released December 29 of last year.
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); there, arguably his greatest success has been the character Static, who spun off into his own TV cartoon series called Static Shock. McDuffie has also written for the Teen Titans and Justice League cartoons. Currently Marvel is publishing his limited series Beyond!.