Monday, November 28, 2005

Giffen, the Chatty Cathy

Giffen talks to Newsarama about BB here. I'd do such interviews, but I'm too busy desperately replotting the drunken half-pages he sends me where the new BB fights Lobo in a Japanese schoolgirl costume. He's mad, I tell you. MAD!

14 comments:

Unknown said...

I'm with you on Ted's viability as a character. However, we can't unring that bell, and to a great degree I think many people would've gone on underestimating him if he hadn't died in that circumstance. All we can try to do is a good book.

Dweeze said...

So is Lobo in the Japanese school girl costume or is BB? Cause if it's the former, I don't know why you would change it...

Anonymous said...

Yeah, that's right. HE'S the crazy one.

Doc Nebula said...

I could not have said it better than JD did. I hated the BWA HA HA nonsense with a vile passion, and, well, the fact that Geoff Johns made me actually LIKE the DC version of Beetle... right before he killed him... is one of the big reasons I think Johns is an absolutely brilliant writer. (Sorting out the Hawkman mess is another biggie on that list.)

On the other hand, hate to say it, but I loathe Giffen way too much after LEGION and AMBUSH BUG and, yeah, all those horrible sit-comics, to give him another shot on anything. Maybe if you were writing it yourself, J.R., I'd give it a shot.

Unless, of course, it really IS Underdog using the scarab as a suppository. In that case, I'm in.

Hell, if it's anyone using the scarab as a suppository, I'm in. Especially if it's Lobo. Or Guy Gardner.

Ross Richie said...

Cully,

Good Lord, man, you're doing brilliant work. Raising a glass your direction. Excellent stuff! Congrats!

best,
-R

Anonymous said...

I wish you luck--I think you'll need it. Without knowing anything about the new Beetle at this point, I don't know whether I'll be picking this up, but good luck to you in any case.

Unknown said...

cully, less typing, more with the inky inky. BACK TO WORK ART DOG!

Anonymous said...

Just make sure the book is self-contained and it doesn't crossover with every other fucking DC book in the universe.

Anonymous said...

See, I came to Blue Beetle after WATCHMEN, when the essence of the character (taking off from the Owl manque) was:

- Engineer as insecure hero
- Tendency toward fat bastard-dom

So I always liked the way those aspects cropped up in Giffen and DeMatteis' work.

And hell, I thought the "Five Years Later..." Legion was one of the best run of comics I have ever read -- even if reading them sometimes reminded me of projects when the CEO comes in at the last minutes and adds impossible requirements.

In fact, the reboot of Legion after that run is one of the reasons I stopped reading comics, even though I thought that next creative team did a good job.

Anyway, a Blue Beetle comic is enough to get me to a comic store, post haste.

Ross Richie said...

5 YEARS LATER! 5 YEARS LATER!

One of my favorite runs of all time.

Best,
-R

Geoff Thorne said...
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Geoff Thorne said...

Giffen's Adult Legion set the bar as far as I'm concerned. Only Mr Waid's current run even comes near it.

Anonymous said...

"I'm with you on Ted's viability as a character. However, we can't unring that bell"

Why not? They do it all the time in comic books. What makes this so special?

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