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Kieron Gillen, writer of Phonogram and Games/Music/Other journalist, interviews Matt Fraction about how XBox Live influences his process.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_154/4971-The-Comics-Panel
I would kill for a chance to play with the Marvel boys. And hopefully get at least a decent shot in on Fraction.
Trying to catch up with what's been said on here, now that term's over and I'm allowing myself a momentary break from organising a 3-day art and music festival...
First off, congrats, Geoff, on the new job.
Second, a few comments on the gimmick sitcom post of a few days ago. I think, especially talking recently, you have to incorporate discussions of UK sitcoms. Geoff's mention of The Office is a start, though I don't quite agree with the 'lack of gimmick' idea.
At the root of it, every sitcom has a gimmick, even if it's to portray the utter drudgery of a working-class Mancunian family that does little more than sit and watch TV (The Royle Family). Some obviously rely on it more than others, with programmes such as Blackadder or Red Dwarf using genre-bending as the gimmick (for more about sitcom genre-bending and hybridity, read my dissertation-in-progress).
As to why there has been a drop off of the cheesier end of the gimmicks, there are lots of reasons: audience sophistication, audience fragmentation, FCC rulings and Watershed rules, commercial pressures, and not enough talking horses being born.
Ok, so I picked up the first issue of Trinity last week and was disapointed by two things:
First, I wasn't really grabbed by the story (and The Flash's appearance just seemed random... plus he was with the 'Flash Kids' which I happen to think is just about one of the dumbest ideas ever) Second, was Bagley's art. I wouldn't necessarily say I was FAN of Bagley but I've always liked his art. I used to big a big New Warriors and Amazing Spider-Man fan when he was drawing those and, from what I've seen, I like his stuff on Ultimate Spidey too but his art here... just seems... sloppy. Bagley has always been known for his speed... he's one of the few artist who consistently meets deadlines these days and I seem to remember Amazing Spider-man being bi-weekly at one point in his run. However, in Trinity he seems guilty of some almost Liefeldian gaffs. Also, his superman seems a bit Scrawny. So, has Bagley always been this bad and I just didn't notice or is this sloppiness brought on by the bi-weekly schedule?
Bagley on a weekly title seems like such a wrong-headed, self-fulfilling, fan-messageboard prophecy. Sure, he's only doing half a comic which is two comics a month which he's done before blah blah blah, but there has to be a big difference between "oh man this guy is done fast we can release two Ultimate Spider-Mans this month" and "turn around 12 pages a week every week for a year". If only psychologically.*
So, to answer your question there Scott, bearing in mind I haven't read Trinity: "I think it's the second one".
*I'm sure I've probably got the specifics of what Trinity actually entails wrong, but you get the idea.
Oh, and thanks for the link Christian, great read.
Just because I have to say it:
The Ang Lee Hulk movie is awesome.
The new one is fine.
Spinal Tap fans,
I'm trying to find a clip for a future post I'm working on. It's the clip where Nigel and David are sitting at the table and recall the first song they ever wrote together, "All The Way Home." The two of them then sing an a capella version of the song. I tried Youtube but all I could find was a clip (from the outakes I think) of the two goofing around in the studio playing it on acoustic guitars.
Anyone else no what I'm talking about?
The Ang Lee Hulk may have been good -- I have to go back and re-watch it. I have been turned around on a lot of the content -- it is an interesting thing to do a serious meditation on the nature of anger in a summer superhero movie -- but no argument will turn around how silly the character looked or the "comic book" scene changes. The new Hulk was absolutely unwatchable -- no chemistry or personality in the actors means no one cares when the CGI monsters just start punching each other.
Geoff: Thank you for your help with the Fraction questions. I'm going to have to make a new segment just to feature them all. It will be fun.
Christian: Thanks for the link. Therein lies the secret of the Fraction writing process. Video games. I prefer old school boxing myself. The best is the Knockout Kings/Fight Night series. The new version comes out next year. It will feature for the first time ever in the same game - Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. For boxing fans - that's like having Superman and Wolverine in the same game. A few hours of Ali jabbing Tyson's face in and I should be able to write the best damn comic of my life.
Streebo,
the Superman/Wolverine comparison is a surprisingly apt one if you really think about it.
For shame! The Hulk in Ang Lee's Hulk looks great.
I liked the way Lee's hulk movie was made, but didn't find the story compelling. I have almost no interest in the new one because you get the whole movie in the trailer. I am hyped for wanted and handcock though.
I got my starman omnibus #1 and complete omec in the mail today, great packaging on both, nice to see these compendium hardcovers in a format which one can manage and actually read.
Oh and phonogram sucked and grant is a dick head who is far too full of himself and couldn't stop hitting on my wife at Bristol 07
The only way for me to care about the new Hulk was to pretend that they were actually the same characters from Ang Lee's, just played by different people.
But I agree, the actors were dull. William Hurt and Liv Tyler especially seemed perversely to be striving for utter vanilla-ness.
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