They had a picture of Joe Straczynski up on CBR this morning and I did a double take because I thought it was me. Some years ago a British fan came up to me at a convention that Joe was also attending and started asking me where I got the ideas for creating “Babylon 5” and apparently the resemblance has only become more pronounced. At this point Joe looks like a taller version of me and Chris Claremont is a thinner version of me. Perhaps the three of us should pose together in a police line-up setting.
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“That’s him officer! That’s the man who killed Spider-Man!”
Out of curiousity, in the original incident, did you think the fan misspoke and was talking about your novels?
I thought he was the guy who killed Jean DeWolff.
Nah! He killed Crazy 8, my favorite character!;)
No! He killed Kenny!
If only there was one more of you, I have this odd image of an SF barbershop quartet in my head now and it WON’T LEAVE!!
So, are we going to get a link to this photo? Or, better yet, the photos of PAD, JMS, and, er, CC next to each other so we can see how alike they look? I’d love to see some visual evidence of this latest clone saga…
Guys we’re overlooking the obvious. Clearly they’re all the same guy. One is from Age of Apocolyps. The second is from House of M and the one who blogs here I am guessing is from Earth 665 ( you get a ‘no prize’ if you know who else is from that world).
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Forbush Man. Changed his name to Forobama Man a while back. Now goes by Fornoneoftheabove Man.
Remind me to smack you silly.
Someone beat me to it.
I’ve seen pictures of Claremont, but for the life of me I can’t remember what he looks like. But I know you, Peter, look like an older Charlie Brown with glasses, right?
As for Straczynski, I have no idea what he looks like, although maybe I should find out so I can kick his butt if I ever see him, for screwing up Spider-Man so badly it took Mephisto to fix things. (I assume that’s what Roger meant about ‘the man who killed Spider-Man’. He was saying that people might mistake you for him and get you arrested.)
(Of course, you will have to burn in Hëll for all eternity for killing Jean DeWolf, but it was such a great story that I won’t condemn you for it.)
Just for the record, I wasn’t thinking of that or anything in particular–I was just trying to be funny with the idea of the police lineup.
Okay– so JMS, Peter David and Chris Claremont are all clones? Clones of whom. You’re also missing something obvious. First you take into account that PAD and I posted the same Neil Gaiman/Terrence Stamp joke within a day and a half of each other when I know Peter doesn’t read my friends locked block. Then there is the fact that when I met Chris Claremont a few months ago I was thinking that if he shaved his beard he’d look just Charles Xavier. That’s right– you’re all clones of Patrick Stewart.
In the police lineup, which one of you is Kaiser Soucey?
Sounds like the makings of a convention stage show to me. 😀
You are all Zathras…
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Or, alternately, this could really put a nail in the “nature vs. nurture” argument. “Of course environment is the key element in development — look at these three comic book writers! Eventually, all comic book writers look like this!”
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Which does not bode well for Gail Simone, Louise Simonson, or any other women in the business…
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J.
And people wonder why you can write the Multiple Man so well. But the real question is, are the the original or are you a dupe?
In his Wikipedia picture (taken by Luigi Novi?!) Chris Claremont looks like Malcolm McDowell.
Which only proves the theory that somewhere in the world eveerybody has an identical twin
Just be thankfull you don’t look like John Byrne. You’d be in constant danger of being punched out by the people he’s insulted.
And who has Byrne insulted the most– hrmm.. Wait– an idea forming and me without my thought leash….
He trounced Todd McFarlane.
He throttled the entire Image start up players.
Now Peter David takes on his most vicious opponent in the no hold bard intellectual grudge match of the century.
See Peter (The Incredible Hulk) David in a debate to the death with Peter (Fallen Angel) David. With special guest referee Peter (X-Factor) David. See this event live at San Diego Comicon– Be there– Sunday, Sunday Sunday!*
*Barring a lawsuit by Stephen Colbert, Stephen Colbert and Esteban Colberto.
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See, and I was hoping for something a little more Monty Pythonesque. Peter David whips Peter David in a two out of three falls wrestling match. Winner moves on to face Peter David for the title.
Pete, I’ve been calling you my Evil Twin how many years now?
“That’s him…the guy who didn’t finish The Twelve!” 🙂
You know, in another thread I had discussed (and declined to dismiss the possibility) that PAD had the same power as Jamie Madrox…
Link please. Or even better a side by side comparison.
I think this is the photo in question…
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25307
Well, it WOULD explain how PAD got the gig writing Babylon 5 novels and episodes…
But PAD would NEVER be as unprofessional as JMS was over The 12 and Spider-Man/Black Cat.
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Spider-Man/Black Cat? Wasn’t that Kevin Smith?
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PAD
You’re right, PAD; it was Smith. Sorry; all those big-name writers “slumming” into comics and being utterly unprofessional start to look alike to me after a while.
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That’s why I stick with those I know who will keep their commitments — I don’t wanna get stuck high and dry because something shiny comes along and they scamper off. They ain’t no Joss Whedon, I gotta say.
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One of the reasons I respect you is your professionalism. I know that you keep your commitments, and when it’s time to end a project, you do all you can to END it in a way that’s fair to the readers. I’ve ridden a few of your titles right into the ground, and not once have I felt let down in how you wrap things up.
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Even when you’re not happy about having to do so.
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I think it’s really unfair to dismiss Joe that way. He turned out extended runs on both Thor and Spider-Man for Marvel. In the case of “The Twelve,” opportunities presented themselves both to the writer and the artist that they didn’t want to pass up. I totally get that you’re frustrated because you invested in the first eight issues and were left hanging, but I would actually count on Joe’s professionalism that the story will be finished.
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PAD
A Cylon model that we didn’t often see.
At this point Joe looks like a taller version of me and Chris Claremont is a thinner version of me.
Or that makes you Little Joe– and presumably, Claremont would be Hoss.
Reminds me of a time when some friends of mine went to see Jay Black and the Americans at Westbury Music Fair. (I refuse to call it anything else, sponsors/buyers be dámņëd) After the show, they said the bass player bore an uncanny resemblance to myself, only about 20 years older. The only thing I could think to ask was ” Well… Will I look good at that age?!?!?”
As someone who does portraiture and caricature, studies the face a lot, collects photographs, and has photographed both Peter and Chris Claremont for Wikipedia (several times in the case of Peter), I see no resemblance between them, or between Peter and Straczynski. I’ve long-observed that I tend to perceive faces differently from other people. I tend to perceive the various fundamental shapes and structures of the physiognomy, whereas most other people tend to see resemblances based on superficial things like hair (which is interesting to me, given that hair is the feature of the head that’s easies to change, and the least immutable).
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But hey, that’s just me, I guess. 🙂