I’ve been informed by editor Andy Schmidt that CAPTAIN MARVEL got the go-ahead for another six issues beyond where we’re scripted, taking us to issue #24. Think of it as being informed by the network that your show’s doing well enough to be picked up for the rest of the season. So that’s pretty positive.
Since Ivan was snapped up to draw “Superman,” I don’t know yet who’s going to be penciling it. Hëll, any volunteers?
PAD
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Scott Shaw!
Cmon… everyone wants to see a Captain Carrot/Marv crossover!
Hmmm.
Really, I always liked Victor Bridges work (Freak Force). I haven’t seen his work in ages.
And possibly, just possibly… Paul Smith (Golden Age, Leave It To Chance)… but those are my wishes.
Congrats Peter.
Travis
HEY!
I can do it!
PAD, if you want, I can even draw “Captain Marvel” in the style of that “Wolverine vs. Storm” piece you got from me on that eBay auction! 😉
Seriously, I really can draw… No, really! But, I assume Bill Jemas is not about to hire me after having his boss come down on him. 🙂
But!… If there’s a chance that you are serious (Stranger things have happened!), and Jemas doesn’t hold any grudges (Strang… Er…), then I can send you some “real” art that I did!
If you recall, I sent you a Hulk pic along with the silly art X-Men piece. That’s more my regular style.
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Yeah! Get one of these folks who’ve never done a book before!
I wasn’t a big fan of Reiss so I’m not too sad he’s leaving. I loved Chriscross though! Miss him.
CM is great. Congrats Peter! Any word on another tpb?
Shawn
My art is atypical. But I think stick figure Captain Marvel would sell.
Mr. David,
Congrats on the extension! I sincerely hope this book continues. I have been in Supergirl and Young Justice withdrawal for months!
I know that your read every response on your website, so it would be ignorant of me to pass up this opportunity. I would like to volunteer my skills!
I am just getting into this industry and I can honestly say that one of my dreams is to eventually work from one of your scripts. I respect and admire your creativity and understanding of the characters you write. I enjoy drawing anything and your style lends itself to that.
My Creds: I was published for the first time earlier this year by Moonstone Books. I drew 10 pages in Moonstone Monsters Vampire Vixens (I know you’re thinking that title is ridiculous. It is. But the point is, I drew a story set in the ’20s featuring period fashion, buildings, and art deco accents. All of this I researched and had a blast drawing!), then they hired me to draw a 46 page Robin Hood script by Paul Storrie. Again, it allowed me to research the time period and I found the experience very rewarding. That should be published later this year. Most recently, I was hired by Mirage to draw an issue of a TMNT series for next year. This is ironic since you write TMNT for Dreamwave! I look forward to this job and will receive my script in September. I’m currently working on sample pages to submit to Marvel Epic. Spookily, they feature Captain Marvel.
Anyway, I am ready and willing to give the Captain a chance if you’re willing to give an up-and-coming artist a chance! If you’re serious about volunteers, please feel free to contact me and I would be more than happy to send samples in any manner your desire.
Nate Melton
WonderNate@comcast.net
“what about another Chris: Chris Batista, who’s currently on Legion?” Well, that should answer your question. He currently has a book. Very, very few pencillers can manage two monthly books. (For that matter, very few inkers can as well; Robin’s one of the exceptions.)
Great news PAD! CM is a great title, and I am glad to see it’s going to be around for a while more.
I’d like to throw my name in the hat as CM artist. But, I should warn everyone that I can’t even draw decent stick figures 😉
What’s Martin Egeland up to these days? Haven’t seen his work around much lately but would love to see the two of you reunited even if only for a few issues. Or even Todd Nauck.
Is there any chance of getting back to your traditional pacing?
Not to sound too “Sunset Boulevard,” but I am writing in my traditional pacing. It’s the attention span of the readership that’s withered.
Look at “Incredible Hulk,” arguably my longest-running success. The Search for the Gamma Bomb storyline: A year. The Mr. Fixit storyline: A year. The Merged Hulk/Pantheon era: Four years.
Four. Years.
If I were trying to write that storyline today, I’d be besieged within six months by readers saying, “Okay, he’s merged, he’s the toughest mofo around, we get it, so what’s next?” Two years into it, we’d be hemorrhaging readers. Three years, there’d be no one left.
The shrinking attention span of the Sesame Street/MTV generation coupled with the tendency to get fidgety when a story or status quo goes beyond six issues is crippling the ability to tell a story longterm.
PAD
But are attention spans getting shorter, or are fans just getting whinier? Back when you had to write a letter on paper to share your opinion, fewer people felt the need to share every passing thought with the world. Now it doesn’t take much effort at all to put your opinion on forums like this one, and since it’s easier to complain than be constructive, everything comes off as being beseiged with complaints. I don’t say you’re necessarily wrong, but I think the immediacy of the ‘net contributes to this perception.
PAD, I think what you are missing is from issue 1, most people didn’t enjoy the crazy Marv story line and we wish it to end. I have a very long attention span, but not for stuff I don’t like. The previous series was great. Wonderful. The current volume is just annoying. I keep holding on, hopeful that the next story line will return the book to its glory.
A few more…
someone mentioned VICTOR BRIDGES!…he did great Byrne style work on Freak Force! He definitely would be cool.
ADAM HUGHES! (we could dream)
ALE GARZA!
Whoever Marvel gets to draw Captain Marvel (Norm Breyfogle gets my vote), I hope they get an inker, too.
–your pal, Hoy
In my book, fans are both whinier and more impatient. It’s an urge for instant gratification.
As well, there’s a kind of fetish for the past. You can see it on Peter’s run on Supergirl (where visions of the past obscured the current Linda Danvers, who evolved into a formidable character and hero) and here on Captain Marvel.
God what they would have done with the original Celestial Madonna or Thanos sagas…..
Hmmm…well, I honestly thought it was differently paced…if you are doing the story you want, that’s a different matter. It does seem devoid of subplots and I think the art hasn’t told your story very dramaticly, but that complaint is out the door. And the fact the title hasn’t a real long term future doesn’t allow a lot of playing threads out. I guess I mean if you aren’t being asked to stretch anything out, then I am good with it. It is getting hard to tell the difference anymore. But at least Captain Marvel is still in his book.
PAD,
I understand your frustration with shorter attention spans. You have a point. But in my case, I know that is not the problem. I loved the 5 year arc on B5. I loved Supergirl which went through many changes. I loved “The Pretender” which only lasted a few seasons but was good at answering some questions while only raising more.
My problem is not a short attention span. When something is like nails on the chalk board, any amount of time is too long. The Capt. Marv. insanity thing is like nails on the chalk board to me. This is the first time that has happened in all of the Star Trek, New Frontier, Hulk, Supergirl, X-Factor, Aquaman, Spider-man 2099, etc., that I have read by you. It may be just a matter of “taste,” but it is definitely not attention span, at least in my case.
Perhaps I am missing something. Feel free to enlighten me (if it does not give too much away). Feel free to tell me if a major shift is going to remove this barrier. But for the moment, I need a little of “mental” peace.
By the way, I did love Fallen Angel. It was incredibly well written. I am not sure where you are going, but I can’t wait to find out.
James
PAD, I think what you are missing is from issue 1, most people didn’t enjoy the crazy Marv story line and we wish it to end.
Guess I’m not most people. I’ve been enjoying this arc quite a bit, though I’ll admit I’m ready for the current situation to change now. (Fortunately, it seems as though that’s about to happen.) Peter’s certainly done things that aren’t quite to my taste (SpyBoy being one of them — gave it a few issues but just couldn’t get into it), but I enjoyed the first six “relaunched” issues more than I did the first six issues of the previous series.
As for pacing … the problem can’t be the Sesame Street/MTV generation, because that’s ME. 🙂 I love long-term pacing — one of my consistent Trek complaints over the years was how much more long-term thinking it could be doing than it was. I think some of it can be due to readers’ needs for instant gratification, but I also think a lot of it is the whole “we need a smash instantly” mentality of those marketing everything. With movies now, first-weekend gross is everything if you’re trying to be a big hit. It’s harder and harder to be a mid-list author in bookstores (I remember Spider Robinson writing about that a couple of years back). TV shows can get pulled in three episodes or less sometimes. (You can even insert a comment here about how our current gov’t doesn’t seem to plan long-term for anything except electoral dominance if you wish.)
The idea of letting something find an audience and having that audience grow organically seems to be dying off. I don’t know whether it’s primarily due to the consumers or the marketers, but it’s a dámņ shame.
TWL
I personally love the crazy CM story line and if I had it my way he would stay this way for a while.
What I can’t wait for, and I’m sure its on it’s way, is for CM to have his áršë handed to him by someone (*cough-AVENGERS-cough*).
Will Eisner! Will Eisner! Will Eisner!
Really, it’d be great.
“The idea of letting something find an audience and having that audience grow organically seems to be dying off.”
Well, as we’ve seen in the comics retail world, the structure and economics are set up to prevent growth.
Hëll, any volunteers?
Hehe, sure! I volunteer! That’d be very very cool to get to work on a comic with you.
http://www.studioDcomics.com
later
don
Sadly, I’ve dropped Captain Marvel. A recent layoff (thank you, SFB Bush) has me forced to cut back and, well, Cap lost. Heck, I’m not sure I’m getting any regular monthly comics any more.
When Bush fixes the economy though, I’ll be back.
I’m enjoying the insane Captain Marvel arc as well. Here’s hopeing for Captain Marvel #50 and #100 written by PAD.
I’m happy for Ivan if he’s doing a Superman book, but sorry to see him leaing CM. Scott Eaton would be a great choice, if you could pry him away from Thor. Ron Lim, too. Hm, what’s M.D. Bright doing these days?
The shrinking attention span of the Sesame Street/MTV generation coupled with the tendency to get fidgety when a story or status quo goes beyond six issues is crippling the ability to tell a story longterm.
For myself, I don’t mind a long story arc, as long as I feel that the writer hasn’t lost his sense of direction, like the relatively recent (and immensely tedious) Kang story arc in Avengers. The current Avengers arc is paced much better, but I certainly hope the author didn’t count on my being surprised that Dell Rusk is in fact the Red Skull. Yeesh, wotta shock. Riiiight.
dAN
Hello, Peter–It was great fun working with you on WEB of SPIDER-MAN ( #40-43 ) way back when. If you are still looking for someone to pencil Captain Marvel, please keep me in mind (if everyone else you,ve thought of is busy.) I can show you my current stuff–just let me know.–Thanks–Alex
Loved your work way back Alex! You’d have my vote!
Slidude.
Alex, I loved your Web of Spider-Man run. Crystal clear storytelling. I kept buying it because of the art, even though there were certain writers (not Peter) that I really didn’t care for. I also liked your “animated” style on Spider-Man Adventures. Please keep us updated on any projects that you do, as I will be sure to buy them, and also talk ’em up on various boards 😉
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