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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 6, 2023 0:50:29 GMT -5
ps The issue has an interview with Marie, conducted by David Anthony Kraft, who would go on to create Comics Interview, where he did that sort of thing on a regular basis. It also has a little sidebar article about future Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant (then a Marvel UK editor) interviewing T-Rex frontman Marc Bolan, about his love of Marvel Comics.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 6, 2023 7:07:48 GMT -5
Pay the man!  Check's in the mail. And, no, nobody can tell that's a toupee. |
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 6, 2023 10:21:25 GMT -5
I am in your debt. Thanks. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 6, 2023 20:59:31 GMT -5
I am in your debt. Thanks. No sweat; I have digital copies of FOOM and found it inside the files. I've collected digital copies of several fanzines and prozines, including Amazing World of DC, FOOM, Charlton Bullseye, Witzend and some others, plus stuff like Amazing Heroes, The Comics Journal, and the like. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 10, 2023 20:01:33 GMT -5
I've just watched the documentary Chris Claremont's X-Men. It's a pretty accurate and well-deserved acknowledgement of what the franchise's success owes to the man. Chris, Ann Nocenti, Louise Simonson (and Jim Shooter!) all come across as very decent people, with whom I'd love to have a chat. I liked the way the film doesn't gloss over the problems at the end of Chris's run (when artists and editor Bob Harras started calling the shots).
Can't say I learned much (except that Louise was the model for Linda on the cover of House of Secrets #92!) and there are a few blatant factual errors, but a lot of what I had just suspected as a reader was confirmed. Those dastardly behind the scene shenanigans that interfere with good storytelling! Bah!
I could have done without the cosplay and without the comments by a few young creators who had nothing to do with that era, but that's really nit picking.
Worth watching, if only for the nostalgia factor, if you enjoyed the X-Men in the 1980s.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 10, 2023 20:35:27 GMT -5
I've just watched the documentary Chris Claremont's X-Men. It's a pretty accurate and well-deserved acknowledgement of what the franchise's success owes to the man. Chris, Ann Nocenti, Louise Simonson (and Jim Shooter!) all come across as very decent people, with whom I'd love to have a chat. I liked the way the film doesn't gloss over the problems at the end of Chris's run (when artists and editor Bob Harras started calling the shots). Can't say I learned much (except that Louise was the model for Linda on the cover of House of Secrets #92!) and there are a few blatant factual errors, but a lot of what I had just suspected as a reader was confirmed. Those dastardly behind the scene shenanigans that interfere with good storytelling! Bah! I could have done without the cosplay and without the comments by a few young creators who had nothing to do with that era, but that's really nit picking. Worth watching, if only for the nostalgia factor, if you enjoyed the X-Men in the 1980s. I thought that was fairly well known, from when she was married to Jeff Jones. I can't recall if I watched the whole thing, though I have seen clips from it, including Nocenti talking about Shooter gifting her a "bondage outfit" and whip, which was supposedly a joke gift but everyone involved seemed to act like it summed up Shooter as being.....................um, hard to relate to? Or worse...... It does kind of explain some of his own stories, though. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 11, 2023 6:00:38 GMT -5
I've just watched the documentary Chris Claremont's X-Men. It's a pretty accurate and well-deserved acknowledgement of what the franchise's success owes to the man. Chris, Ann Nocenti, Louise Simonson (and Jim Shooter!) all come across as very decent people, with whom I'd love to have a chat. I liked the way the film doesn't gloss over the problems at the end of Chris's run (when artists and editor Bob Harras started calling the shots). Can't say I learned much (except that Louise was the model for Linda on the cover of House of Secrets #92!) and there are a few blatant factual errors, but a lot of what I had just suspected as a reader was confirmed. Those dastardly behind the scene shenanigans that interfere with good storytelling! Bah! I could have done without the cosplay and without the comments by a few young creators who had nothing to do with that era, but that's really nit picking. Worth watching, if only for the nostalgia factor, if you enjoyed the X-Men in the 1980s. I thought that was fairly well known, from when she was married to Jeff Jones. I can't recall if I watched the whole thing, though I have seen clips from it, including Nocenti talking about Shooter gifting her a "bondage outfit" and whip, which was supposedly a joke gift but everyone involved seemed to act like it summed up Shooter as being.....................um, hard to relate to? Or worse...... That would not be representative of the documentary's tone, as Shooter doesn't come across as a bad guy. The only thing apparently still sticking in Claremont's craw (and with good reason) is the return of Jean Grey, which Shooter green-lighted. Chris even acknowledged at some point that a writer wants what's best for his book and an EiC wants what's best for the line, and the two priorities might not align. Shooter, for his part, had nothing but good to say about Chris (even as he recalled their shouting matches with bonhomie). Bob Harras is the one who comes out of the documentary looking the worst. He's presented as an editor who went for the cash grab and completely disregarded the guy who led to the franchise's success. Rob Liefeld also comes across as a little superficial, I must say, and in a way that reminds us that hindsight is 20/20. For all his tendency to have characters strike poses, It can't be denied that his arrival really boosted sales, and that Louise's New Mutants stories before that were not setting the world on fire. |
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Post by mikelmidnight on Jul 11, 2023 11:24:15 GMT -5
That would not be representative of the documentary's tone, as Shooter doesn't come across as a bad guy. The only thing apparently still sticking in Claremont's craw (and with good reason) is the return of Jean Grey, which Shooter green-lighted. Chris even acknowledged at some point that a writer wants what's best for his book and an EiC wants what's best for the line, and the two priorities might not align. Shooter, for his part, had nothing but good to say about Chris (even as he recalled their shouting matches with bonhomie). I've said for a long time that Shooter's tenure made me stop reading Marvel ... but for everyone like me, 5-10 people started reading Marvel. So as a professional publisher, I can't fault his decisions too much. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 12, 2023 18:25:17 GMT -5
I've just watched the documentary Chris Claremont's X-Men. It's a pretty accurate and well-deserved acknowledgement of what the franchise's success owes to the man. Chris, Ann Nocenti, Louise Simonson (and Jim Shooter!) all come across as very decent people, with whom I'd love to have a chat. I liked the way the film doesn't gloss over the problems at the end of Chris's run (when artists and editor Bob Harras started calling the shots). Can't say I learned much (except that Louise was the model for Linda on the cover of House of Secrets #92!) and there are a few blatant factual errors, but a lot of what I had just suspected as a reader was confirmed. Those dastardly behind the scene shenanigans that interfere with good storytelling! Bah! I could have done without the cosplay and without the comments by a few young creators who had nothing to do with that era, but that's really nit picking. Worth watching, if only for the nostalgia factor, if you enjoyed the X-Men in the 1980s. It was kind of in limbo for a while (only really showing up on Amazon Prime), so I was glad to see both it and The Image Revolution (another great documentary) show up on Youtube |
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Post by MWGallaher on Jul 16, 2023 9:59:17 GMT -5
Jungle Explorer Narrates Own Comic Story:  |
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Post by MDG on Jul 16, 2023 10:17:25 GMT -5
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 16, 2023 14:58:56 GMT -5
I should have picked up on the EC influence years ago... |
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Post by tarkintino on Jul 16, 2023 17:23:16 GMT -5
Wilson is perhaps the textbook definition of "unsung hero" of comic book history, despite his brilliant, groundbreaking work being a major selling point for more IPs (arguably) than anyone else in the medium's history. I am looking forward to this BIG TIME! |
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Post by MDG on Jul 19, 2023 13:20:11 GMT -5
I saw this today when I was sneaking up a staircase at work that's not open to the public yet...  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 19, 2023 14:41:08 GMT -5
One billion comics sold??? Even at 5 cents a pop, that's a whole lot of moolah! |
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