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ZenOfThunder posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

I'm not particularly jazzed by this creative line-up they have running at Marvel, but at the same time, I don't think there is any freelance talent that would fit in with Marvel out there at the moment.

I don't think Gerard Way fits in with DC but they found a way to make it work.

Now they have this entire Young Animal/Mainstream DC crossover going on right now that people are pretty into. If Marvel isn't attracting hot young talent then they need to change whatever they can to make it more worthwhile to sign a contract with them.

Oh, I disagree with that. Gerard Way is exactly what Neil Gaiman was 30 years ago. Or Grant Morrison. Gerard Way is pretty much a pitch-perfect choice to launch a new acid trip of an imprint and try to cater to the more trippy side of the company. It's Doom Patrol, after all.

I'm thinking more along the lines of this - there are no franchises in Marvel that aren't completely commercialized and written by committee anymore, and that's why Gerard Way fit in at DC - he was given the chance to do his thing. Tom King gets to do his thing in Batman, Snyder is becoming an ad hoc editor himself at this point... that's the kind of writer-first mentality that keeps creative minds interested in showing up.
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