Comic Books

 Posted on 5/2/1997 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Eric Baker <76600.2605@compuserve.com> asks:
> So, is there a link?
> Are comics readers predisposed towards TV writing, or is it just
> another one of those causal fallacies?

I think that comics fans grow into SF fans, and from SF fans
come SF writers and (now) SF producers. Genre domino theory.

jms



Comic Books

 Posted on 5/3/1997 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


{original post had no questions}

"When do I start writing <G>"

As soon as the restraining order expires.

jms



Comic Books

 Posted on 5/3/1997 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


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Don't you hate what they've done with Legion lately...?

jms



Comic Books

 Posted on 5/4/1997 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


(blocked) asks:
> What do you mean exactly?
> Do you mean the new incarnation(post gritty Griffen version 4),
> or something more recent?

I think that the thing has gone downhill ever since they redid
them a few years ago. They've kind of gone back to the roots of the
book, but now it seems to be getting a bit silly, and the names of the
characters have gotten changed, and it's gotten dopey.

Ah, well...for me, Superman died with the Alan Moore two-parter
(now on sale as a graphic novel, "Whatever Happened to the Man of
Tomorrow?") That, for my money, was the best thing DC did with the
character in decades. I don't know who the new guy is....

jms



Comic Books

 Posted on 5/4/1997 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


{original post unavailable}

I haven't done that much comics reading lately; I've been a fan
since the early 60s/late 50s, as soon as I learned how to read. Mainly
DC stuff. The market's gone to hell over the last year or two, so I've
kinda lost interest.

jms