Quite a few people, surprisingly, have been e-mailing me asking if I know why Jim Starlin–as reported on his website–is departing “Thanos” in general and Marvel in particular.
The answer is, yeah, I know.
Will I say anything beyond that? No. Why? Nobody’s business but Jim’s and Marvel’s.
It’s as if lack of detail is a vacuum, and since nature abhors a vacuum, everyone rushes in with their own speculation. Then others react to the speculation as if it were fact. And the whole thing just spirals.
Not that I’m necessarily any better. In “But I Digress,” I’ll openly speculate on why certain decisions are made at various publishers. But generally that speculation is derived from trying to think like a business person, rather than an angry fan.
I think because of “But I Digress,” though, there’s this perception that I’m this huge blabbermouth who’s always going on about inside information. But if you actually read the column, you’ll realize that–with very rare exceptions–I comment purely on stuff that’s already public knowledge.
PAD
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Though who has not been indicated, it has been indicated that a writer has been picked.
Yup, and alas, it’s not PAD….
It’s Keith Giffen.
Anyone familiar with him?
Oh, well. Tomorrow is another day. (TM of Scarlett O’Hara Enterprises)
In the meantime, let’s wait and see what Keith has up his sleeve for The Big T.
He did GREEN LANTERN EMERALD DAWN, and has written Legion of Super Heroes as well as run on JLA.
Here are some others.
Amazing Adventures vol.2 38
Beast 1 – 2
Excalibur 105
Gladiator/Supreme 1
Justice 9 – 11
Marvel Comics Presents 172 – 175
Marvel Preview 7
The Return of the Amalgam Age of Comics: The Marvel Comics Collection 1
Shadows and Light vol.2 3
Thorion of the New Asgods 1
Video Jack 1 – 6
X-Men Millennial Visions 1
Those aren’t very long runs… 😉
I read he’s also doing Reign of the Zodiac over at DC.
And it was Tom Brevoort himself who picked him….. (and not PAD??)
According to Newsarama the new team (of writer Keith Giffen and artist Ron Lim) will start with issue # 7.
Well, I’m curious, to say the least 🙂
Keith, huh? Worst JLA ever, yet one of the best Legion.
He knows what he’s doing, but what he does doesn’t always jibe.