Re: Casey Talks Uncanny X-Men, Announces New Wildcats Artist

"Marc-Oliver Frisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Rich Johnston's "Waiting for Tommy" column features an interview with Joe
Casey
> this week.
>
> On his UNCANNY X-MEN run, he says:
>
> "When I wrote UNCANNY X-MEN I had no problem vowing to myself and anyone
that
> would listen that I was going to do "new" things with the series (like I
said
> before, I'd never been a huge reader of the X). Things you'd never seen in
an
> X-Men comicbook. In other words, not just the same old crap you'd read a
million
> times before. No, I was gonna' give you all-new crap. Mutant whorehouses,
> Supreme Pontiffs, teen pop pregnancy scandals and mutant drug lords. I
thought I
> was being revolutionary but -- while I'm not ashamed of the work I did -- 
I was
> completely off the mark in a lot of my thinking."
>
> "Meanwhile, over in NEW X-MEN, besides the fact that he's a top-notch
comicbook
> writer, Grant trotted out the Sentinels, the Shi'ar Empire, he dealt
extensively
> with Xavier's school, the Hellfire Club, he's currently in the middle of a
> Magneto storyline and all signs point to his collaboration with Silvestri
as yet
> another take on the "Days Of Future Past" concept. Basically, he did all
the
> "classic" elements that X-Men readers want to see. but they want to see
them
> done well. And, of course, when Grant brings in a new element like
Fantomex, the
> majority of longtime X-readers scream bloody murder because it's not
familiar
> (no matter how well-done it is). So, what I've learned is that the
mythology of
> any given superhero concept is an all-inclusive thing that's not limited
to the
> core concept. it includes their greatest enemies, their greatest
adventures and
> certain specific chords that are struck with the readership. The Fantastic
Four
> without Doctor Doom, Galactus and the Negative Zone is an incomplete
mythology.
> To write those classic, long-running series with any degree of success,
you have
> to learn how to play those chords and play them well. Some wheels simply
don't
> need reinvention. they simply need to be greased once in awhile with the
best
> quality oil you can find. And for a writer, this can be great fun. on the
right
> property."
>
>

I wish it was Austen who wrote this. :-)

Patrick