“Oh, no. No no no. That’s—that’s Venom. That’s Venom as me. That’s—and it’s not even the good one. It’s Mac Gargan.”
— Spider-Man, New Avengers #50
Due to popular demand, I guess I have to dedicate one of these installments towards Mac Gargan, the current Venom. First, a quick refresher on who Mac Gargan is and what […]
I saw some screwy news courtesy of Rich Watson’s Glyphs about another entry in the DC vs Dwayne McDuffie saga. An excerpt:
Plans for a Static monthly were scrapped by DC last spring. Based on their actions, they never really wanted to publish the Milestone stuff, they wasted my time. We could have done a little […]
It took about nine months, but the comic miniseries Ultimatum had finally finished, meaning that the 4th Letter fan-favorite Ultimatum Edit is kaput as well. As always, ManiacClown and I had a blast and we hope you enjoyed it as well.
Thing is, we make a lot of references to random things that I’m sure fly […]
I attended the Four Color Reality Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2009. It was described like this:
6:30-7:30 Four Color Reality: Making Comics Relevant to Readers Across Cultures— Comic book stories have become the core of American pop culture—is there a big-budget spectacular that doesn’t in some fashion owe its existence to comic book roots these […]
We’re at San Diego Comic-Con, where we talk with Jason “The Martian Confederacy” McNamara and Leigh Walton of Top Shelf, amongst other things.
We’ve got a special pre-San Diego Comic-Con 2009 show. We talk about what we want to see, fawn over Darwyn Cooke’s Selina’s Big Score, and speak on embarrassing fan (us)/creator (them) interactions.
I’m definitely a fan of Dwayne McDuffie. I’ve spoken at length about how disappointed I was that DC hamstrung his run on JLA, leading to an uneven pace, choppy character work, and a general feeling of unease. I was actually surprised when I saw this post on his website:
Here’s a preview of my final issue […]
from milestone’s static shock: rebirth of the cool. words by dwayne mcduffie & robert l washington iii, art by john paul leon.
(i’m done. that’s 13 weeks of black comics– 6 guys, 6 chicks, and a resurrection batting clean-up. you can’t tell me you can’t find comics starring black people any more. we’re out there, superheroes […]
from marvel’s fantastic four: the new fantastic four. words by dwayne mcduffie, art by paul pelletier.
(i still don’t know that i genuinely care about storm, but this is a couple of good bits.)
Dwayne McDuffie: I wrote a scene set at their gravesite that I recently had to quickly rewrite into something not very good.
Matthew Murray: Do you actually enjoy writing JLA? It just seems to be constant editorial rewrites and bad art.
McDuffie: No, I don’t.
To be honest, I wouldn’t like writing JLA either if I was paired […]
