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Post by shaxper on Aug 20, 2014 20:06:43 GMT -5
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Post by Nowhere Man on Aug 20, 2014 20:23:15 GMT -5
I believe he's doing all these interviews because of the new Sin City movie. It opens this Friday.
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Post by shaxper on Aug 20, 2014 20:28:23 GMT -5
Ah. That makes sense.
And, duh, the Wired article even says as much.
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Post by shaxper on Aug 21, 2014 6:12:17 GMT -5
Finally got around to reading this article this morning. It's a lot more blunt/unforgiving of Miller and more concerned with the truth than flattering his ego. Granted, they got so little from him in the interview that most of what they're writing is their own words (and thus not necessarily reliable), but it's a perspective that resonates better. |
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Post by Confessor on Aug 21, 2014 6:13:44 GMT -5
I STILL haven't read his Daredevil stuff yet. I need to rectify that soon. Yes...yes you do. |
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Post by ironchimp on Aug 21, 2014 9:36:14 GMT -5
Miller's Daredevil + Alan Moore's original Captain Britain Back up story in Marvel Uk's Daredevils might be one of the very best superhero comics published
Just looking at Wiki it also says it came with
Reprints of Moore's Time War — originally printed in Doctor Who Monthly[2] to coincide with the appearance of the Special Executive[3] in Captain Britain. The same issue also included a poster of the team and a single page article by Moore that provided background on their creation.
"Early Artwork" — profiles of artists including Garry Leach,[4] Jerry Paris,[5] John Higgins,[6] Dave Gibbons[3] and Alan Davis.[7]
Nonfiction articles — a number of which were written by Moore[8] but also featured an article by Steve Moore on Hong Kong comics.[7]
"News Feature" — looking at upcoming Marvel Comics titles, written by Frank Plowright. It briefly became "Comics Publishing Boom," which looked at the news from the various American comics publishers.
"Fanzine Reviews" — written by Moore.
A letters page
"Comic Mart" — where readers could post the comics they had on offer and those they wanted.
totally forgot about all the essays and features too.
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Post by bashbash99 on Aug 21, 2014 10:58:02 GMT -5
Read the Wired article. I've seen some pretty wretched photos of Frank but I think these take the cake. Not sure if its illness, addiction, or just bad genes but he sure looks to be in poor shape.
Liked the part where Wired kind of called him out about how unspecified "computer problems" have kept him from going back online.
Its amazing how much the comic creators I liked the most as a kid (Byrne, Miller, Moore, Sim) ended up as cranky curmudgeons (and that might be a bit generous). Well, at least Matt Wagner, Walt Simonson, & Bill Sienciewicz still seem OK. Its probably one of those things where the internet amplification of comments has made me aware of things I was best left in the dark about, lol.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 11:02:52 GMT -5
Read the Wired article. I've seen some pretty wretched photos of Frank but I think these take the cake. Not sure if its illness, addiction, or just bad genes but he sure looks to be in poor shape. Liked the part where Wired kind of called him out about how unspecified "computer problems" have kept him from going back online. Its amazing how much the comic creators I liked the most as a kid (Byrne, Miller, Moore, Sim) ended up as cranky curmudgeons (and that might be a bit generous). Well, at least Matt Wagner, Walt Simonson, & Bill Sienciewicz still seem OK. Its probably one of those things where the internet amplification of comments has made me aware of things I was best left in the dark about, lol.The thought of, say, Mort Weisinger or Bob Kanigher or, a bit later, Jim Shooter leaving a toxic trail via social media is a daunting one. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Aug 21, 2014 11:34:04 GMT -5
Read the Wired article. I've seen some pretty wretched photos of Frank but I think these take the cake. Not sure if its illness, addiction, or just bad genes but he sure looks to be in poor shape. Liked the part where Wired kind of called him out about how unspecified "computer problems" have kept him from going back online. Its amazing how much the comic creators I liked the most as a kid (Byrne, Miller, Moore, Sim) ended up as cranky curmudgeons (and that might be a bit generous). Well, at least Matt Wagner, Walt Simonson, & Bill Sienciewicz still seem OK. Its probably one of those things where the internet amplification of comments has made me aware of things I was best left in the dark about, lol.The thought of, say, Mort Weisinger or Bob Kanigher or, a bit later, Jim Shooter leaving a toxic trail via social media is a daunting one. Shooter had a blog for awhile. He'd post something, then twenty to thirty creators would say he was lying in the comments.
It was a great blog.
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Post by paulie on Aug 21, 2014 11:54:31 GMT -5
The thought of, say, Mort Weisinger or Bob Kanigher or, a bit later, Jim Shooter leaving a toxic trail via social media is a daunting one. Shooter had a blog for awhile. He'd post something, then twenty to thirty creators would say he was lying in the comments.
It was a great blog.
And a few creators said that he wasn't lying in the comments. I thought his blog was excellent. |
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Post by paulie on Aug 21, 2014 11:56:34 GMT -5
Read the Wired article. I've seen some pretty wretched photos of Frank but I think these take the cake. Not sure if its illness, addiction, or just bad genes but he sure looks to be in poor shape. Liked the part where Wired kind of called him out about how unspecified "computer problems" have kept him from going back online. Its amazing how much the comic creators I liked the most as a kid (Byrne, Miller, Moore, Sim) ended up as cranky curmudgeons (and that might be a bit generous). Well, at least Matt Wagner, Walt Simonson, & Bill Sienciewicz still seem OK. Its probably one of those things where the internet amplification of comments has made me aware of things I was best left in the dark about, lol. George Perez, Jim Steranko and Neal Adams were all quite nice when I met them. Effervescent even. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 12:16:03 GMT -5
Shooter had a blog for awhile. He'd post something, then twenty to thirty creators would say he was lying in the comments.
It was a great blog.
And a few creators said that he wasn't lying in the comments. I thought his blog was excellent. If memory serves, I happen to be the one who called the old CBR Classics forum's attention to the then-new blog's debut a few years back. A blog, though, isn't social media per se, of course; I'm thinking of how, uh, intriguing unfiltered Shooter might've been on Twitter or Facebook back during his reign of terror in the '80s. |
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Post by paulie on Aug 21, 2014 12:18:58 GMT -5
And a few creators said that he wasn't lying in the comments. I thought his blog was excellent. If memory serves, I happen to be the one who called the old CBR Classics forum's attention to the then-new blog's debut. A blog, though, isn't social media per se; I'm thinking of how, uh, intriguing unfiltered Shooter might've been on Twitter or Facebook back during his reign of terror in the '80s. It would have been awesome!
Though as an autocrat I don't know if he would have wanted to use that weapon. He seems more a Cardinal Richelieu type who would prefer to keep the church (Marvel Comics) in front of his machinations.
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Post by fanboystranger on Aug 21, 2014 14:03:35 GMT -5
Shooter had a blog for awhile. He'd post something, then twenty to thirty creators would say he was lying in the comments.
It was a great blog.
And a few creators said that he wasn't lying in the comments. I thought his blog was excellent. I was being sincere when I said it was great. Regardless of the truth behind what he was saying, it was a good look into his thought process. Shooter's a fascinating figure, in my opinion-- he broke into the industry literally as a kid working for an absolute tyrant of an editor, and everything about him seems shaped by the industry. I'd love a tell-all biography from Jim, then watch the fireworks once it's released. (It might just be enough to pull Barry Windsor-Smith out of the woodwork.) I know we've gotten bits and pieces here and there from the blog, some more recent interviews, and those incredibly bitter introductions and commentaries to the Valiant "First Impressions" HCs, but I'd like to see something like Shooter: The Untold Story by Sean Howe. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Aug 21, 2014 14:04:31 GMT -5
If memory serves, I happen to be the one who called the old CBR Classics forum's attention to the then-new blog's debut. A blog, though, isn't social media per se; I'm thinking of how, uh, intriguing unfiltered Shooter might've been on Twitter or Facebook back during his reign of terror in the '80s. It would have been awesome!
Though as an autocrat I don't know if he would have wanted to use that weapon. He seems more a Cardinal Richelieu type who would prefer to keep the church (Marvel Comics) in front of his machinations.
Yeah, he would have just had Jim Owlsley post it. |
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