From: dascoser@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (david serchay)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc,alt.comics.lnh
Subject: Re: Favorite Writers
Date: 25 Dec 92 03:23:18 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

panda@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Elizabeth Holden) writes:

> djyoung@carina.unm.edu (Danny Young) writes:
> 
> > Ok Here's my list for favorite writers:  But remember that I'm a super
> > hero comic fan and I think that most of the quality writers in comics 
> > are with the lesser known companies.  If only because the don't get to 
> > experiment as much under a superhero format.
> 
> This assertion confused me a little.... You say that the "quality 
> writers" are with "lesser known" companies then list five favourites that 
> do things exclusively for the big companies.
> 
> > 
> > 5.  JIM SHOOTER:  This guy can just plain write. I enjoyed the Secret Wars
> > 	and have seen some other promising work from him in Valiant.
> 
> WOw, do we disagree.  I think Shooter's writing is unimaginative, 
> unoriginal, trite, dull and formula, not to mention sexist and shallow.  
> ANd I hated Secret Wars, and the New Universe, and the Valiant stuff 
> Shooter did was just plain dull.
> 
> > 
> > 4.  ROGER STERN:  Liked his stint on the Avengers, especially the Vision
> > 	domination series.
> 
> Agreed.  Stern did some great work on IRON MAN, too.  He's one of the 
> underrated writers in comics; when he's good, he's magnificent.  
> 
> > 
> > 3.  STEVE ENGLEHART:  This guy has written a lot of stuff I like.  Silver
> > 	Surfer, Vision/Scarlett Witch LS and I think Squadron Supreme LS.
> > 	don't hold me to it though.
> 
> He's written stuff I like too, but not recently.  His good work was in 
> the early-to-mid seventies on Batman and Master of Kung Fu, among others. 
> (Yes, Avengers too.)  His more recent work on Fantastic Four and more 
> recent comics was about as bad as writing can be.
> 
> > 
> > 2.  FABIAN NICIEZA:  One of my favorites.  I like the New Warriors, X-Force
> > 	and his earlier work.
> 
> Oh, agreed!  This man's work sings.  He takes hackneyed ideas and injects 
> real life and character into them.  I didn't expect to like this man's 
> work, and he gave me a surprise.  His ideas, his scripting, his ability 
> to flesh out a concept, are magnificent.
> 
> > 
> > 1.  WALT SIMONSON:  His writing for Thor between 337-382 was by for the 
> > 	most incredible plotline that I have read.  It is amazing how tigh
> > 	t this books are.  I can still read them one after another.  You
> > 	try and do that with other series of comics.
> 
> Well, I can think of many comics I can and do re-read with great delight, 
> and certainly his THOR comics are among these.  But nothing he has done 
> before or since has impressed me in the same way.  His Fantastic Four 
> work had promise but went nowhere.
> 
> > 
> > Honorable Mention:  Chris Claremont:  He would probably be higher but I bec
> > 	an X-fan to late and couldn't catch up with his plots.
> > 
> 
> Again, I agree.... Claremont is consistently good, sometimes excellent, 
> and in spite of his wordiness mananges to inject feeling and 
> verisimilitude into the most improbably of situations.  Getting rid of 
> him on X-Men was the stupidest thing Marvel could have done.
> 
> Namaste,
> Elizabeth

Another writer that I've been enjoying is J.M. Demantias (sp). While I 
thought his work on JLI/A was so-so, I think that his work on Spectacular 
spider-man has been fantastic. The VErmin, Vulture, and Green Goblin 
stoires have made me anxtious for the next issues.

Dascoser