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Post by jesse on Jul 21, 2005 19:45:13 GMT
Is with Grant Morrisson. A revival of WildC.A.T.S. I just hope it references the brilliance that was the Joe Casey run. Also, I wonder how this effects the upcoming WildC.A.T.S. mini by Morrisson (Robbie) and the Fathom fill-in guy. Here's the link: www.wizarduniverse.com/_gfx_/conventions/chicago/ch_goh.jpg |
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Post by philster on Jul 21, 2005 19:49:46 GMT
Ah, shucks. I was hoping Jim Lee would continue to draw DC heroes for a while.
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Post by peterh on Jul 21, 2005 20:46:09 GMT
Sounds very cool  Though I wonder if DC isn't a bit pissed at this revelation. Looks like it was supposed to be a big announcement at Wizworld since I haven't heard of it elsewhere. Anyway, Phil, I think Lee's only on for a limited basis. He's openly expressed interest in doing Legion at some point but said he needed to take care of some WS things first. |
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Post by philster on Jul 21, 2005 20:58:14 GMT
I'd love to see him do Legion.
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Post by dvdavenport on Jul 22, 2005 2:26:21 GMT
I'll do my best to kill this one by reading Uncanny X-Men.  |
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Post by brett on Jul 22, 2005 9:38:25 GMT
Ok, that's a pretty good way to relaunch WildCATs. I doubt there'd be much interest if it was JIM LEE! and say Scott Lobdell (which they virtually did when relaunching with Charest and Lobdell), but JIM LEE! and GRANT MORRISON!, that generates interest.
Doesn't look like the 3.0 version by Casey which I loved, more like the old school Covert Action Team stuff, which I've only read Moore's run of and wasn't that enthused even by that. JLA/WildCATs by Morrison was great, but more in spite of the WildCATs than anything else.
Can Grant's psychadelic pop-art writing overcome Lee's T & A cheescake ass/panty angle-level shot's art? I'm betting it will, and hope Lee will be inspired and rise to the occasion.
And just when I was thinking Wildstorm was getting to be a bit stale. They've pretty much wrung every ounce of blood they could get out of Ellis' ideas now, it's about time they made the conscious choice to inject new ones.
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Post by Dr. Doom on Jul 22, 2005 14:50:50 GMT
I'm still waiting for the day when they put Lee back on something I read, or at least something I know about. I guess he is doing that All Star Batman and Robin book, but I wish he'd go back to Marvel.
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Post by Gray Lensman on Jul 22, 2005 14:56:28 GMT
I'm not sure I'll get this or not. The last time I actually cared about Wildcats, Alan Moore was writing them. Still, Morrison and Lee is an interesting team.
As for Lee... sadly, I don't think it's possible to get any more DC exclusive than him. Not with Wildstorm as an imprint of DC now. Still, I suppose anything's possible.
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Post by philster on Jul 22, 2005 15:15:51 GMT
The only Marvel project I'd like to see Jim Lee take a crack at is Spider-Man. Would really be interested in how he portrayed all the Spider-Man villains. Of course it goes without saying I'd hope there would be a good writer with him when he did that.
And for me Jim Lee with Grant Morrison just guarantees this will be the first Jim Lee project in awhile I won't take a look at.
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Post by thebarkingshark on Jul 22, 2005 18:22:40 GMT
Phil, how much Grant Morrison stuff have you read? Just curious. -SHARK DIGGLER
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Post by philster on Jul 22, 2005 21:48:46 GMT
From DC, I have some of his Animal Man, Doom Patrol, much of the early JLA issues. Read JLA Earth 2.
I didn't really care one way or other for his work before that, but when it really started to irk me was New X-Men. I liked the first storyarc very much, but hated some later issues. And no, it wasn't just because of the art.
His work just had a tendency to make me angry rather than happy.
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Post by Duncan on Jul 23, 2005 17:03:21 GMT
Why, specifically? I mean you were saying those 7 Soldiers previews looked good the other day.
I guess the whole cult of personality thing can overcome people, specially if they're not in the (ho ho, pun coming) Zealot brigade as I am.
This is ace news. Jim can run the cheesecake, as long as he's got the chops for the high-concept too. In fact, I can think of little better. Shot in the arm for Wildstorm.
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Post by philster on Jul 23, 2005 23:56:56 GMT
Happened to take the characters into a direction I didn't like. Too much bizareness, too much messing around with characters (Cyclops, Phoenix/Jean, Beast). They did, but so did New X-Men at first... But Seven Soldiers are characters I don't know too much about, so I might be willing to try that kinda stuff. Probably wouldn't make me angry, at least, unless I get to like the characters and Grant Morrison started writing them differently. |
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Post by hector on Jul 24, 2005 0:12:57 GMT
I didn't liked NXM that much (especially the thouroghly disposable Planet X) and liked the rest of Morrison I've read, but you have read enough from Morrison to know his writing is probably not for you. While SS is very different to either his past works and from the series themselves, the style is pure Morrison.
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Post by philster on Jul 24, 2005 0:24:51 GMT
Yeah, I never said I'd be buying Seven Soldiers anytime soon. I just said that the previews did look good.
Nice art, too...
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 24, 2005 0:31:46 GMT
I always prefer Morrison with original characters, honestly. I think if he's allowed free rein, he's superb, but the more restrictions he's under the less I like him. Including things like having to adhere to previous characterisation... Edit: With the exception of Zatanna, who was really very undefined despite her age, all the characters in 7S so far are Morrison originals. So he can tell any kind of story he wants |
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Post by dominiccarr on Jul 24, 2005 0:35:32 GMT
This should be an interesting book.
I'll pick it up for the art alone.
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Post by jesse on Jul 24, 2005 5:18:03 GMT
I have absolutely no qualms with ass and panty shots. I read Battle Royale for crap's sake. Jim Lee is aces, in my opinion.
This is pretty much on point, but I also feel like DC didn't do the line any favors. They raped Casey's Wildcats despite the fact that it was the best superhero book they were releasing at the time.
I also highly doubt that Grant is going to ignore Casey's WildCats run. That book felt like a low-wattage version of a Morrisson book anyway, it would be relatively simple to incorporate the themes from that stuff into the new run, which I'm guessing will have more KICKSPLODE.
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Post by TheScreamMan on Jul 25, 2005 6:02:53 GMT
Jim Lee draws. I follow.
Thats all there is to it.
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Post by Duncan on Dec 19, 2005 2:18:21 GMT
Book of '06, mark my words. Time for the WSU to shine ('and the whole world is goin' blind') again.
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