Comic Creator Dream Projects

Here are some comic writers and projects I wish they were working on

Grant Morrison-Aquaman
Morrison loves his mythology. His JLA resembling the classic Greek pantheon. The trippy deconstruction of Batman's origins. The high-concept Seven Soldiers, which you should have read already. If Morrison got his hands on Aquaman pre-52 mutation and alternate A.C. bullshit, he would have invigorated it. Just to see what he could do with the Aruthurian legend homages, the magical possibilities of the water bearer hand, and the sword and sandal but underwater tone would be worth him taking it on.

Geoff Johns- Justice League of America
The teams of DC have been struggling for a long time now. Crisis shake-ups stop the teams from staying consistent. McKeever, who's run I have enjoyed, is getting Teen Titans on a good path, and already 2 issues in and this new Outsiders is much better than the Outsiders have ever been. JLA still needs tons of work. Johns handles the Green Lantern mythos with grace and added upon it making it much grander. Although Johns also has far too much love for the characters he grew up with rather than where they evolved up to this point. In other words: buh-bye Wally, Welcome back, Barry! (Sorry Barry fans, Wally will always be the best)

Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost- Deadpool
As shown in their X-Force and New X-Men runs, Yost and Kyle like killing and action. They are like the Michael Bay of comic writing. They keep it interesting enough to sell, but fluffy enough to not make an impact on any other level but pure popcorn entertainment value. Their knack for violence and their sick sense of humor would actually be welcomed in Deadpool, as long as the hard work put into making him an impressive character during his time in Cable and Deadpool is not undone by their style.

Dan Slott- Teen Titans
I got a lot of love for McKeever's Titans run, but there needs some more direction. Slott's ability to write cool young characters in a learning environment (a la Avengers: Initiative) is obviously the strongest case for him to write Titans, but he also has a great balance of humor and adventure seen through his work on Spiderman and Mighty Avengers (2 issues in and already better than everything Bendis has done with Avengers)

Ed Brubaker- The Question II
Montoya as the Question is an interesting concept. I miss Vic especially after a reimergence thanks to Bruce Timm and Co., but Montoya has a lot of potential. She has yet to reach that, appearing in mediocre titles, at best. Brubaker's pension for crime action and drama, and high concept storylines with endings that do not dissapoint could put this new faceless detective ahead of the cruve.

Mark Millar- X-Force
I like the concept of X-Force. X-Men wetworks team. It's one of the greatest portrayals of Wolverine, strong, confident, aggressive, but pensive on his own actions and his teammates keeping them in check. Add some more Weapon X-ers a la Deadpool and Fantomex and the team could really excel. Millar's Ultimates had a great sense of maturity but wasn't afraid to pull punches when necessary. That's the kind of thing X-Force needs; a little more relevancy, rather than being a random action title.


Thats it for now. More to come later..............................maybe.

Don't Bring Barry Allen Back

For those who do not know, Geoff Johns has a new comic coming out called "Flash: Rebirth" in which Barry Allen, the "original" Flash, returns. I use originally lightly since most Barry-fans will describe him as such even though Jay Garrick predates Barry by almost 20 years.

Now I ask why? Why the hell bring back the character? First of all the medium has become so inundated with resurrections that death in comic stories has lost all meaning and emotion thus perpetuating the immature reputation of comics. The stories carry no relevance anymore if writers and editors are just going to turn over the progress made by the preceding creators. Morrison got ready to possibly kill Batman and a majority of the reaction from fans was, "he'll be back." Same with Captain America. Is that what people should be feeling when they see beloved characters die.

Secondly, Barry went out like a champ. Barry died saving the multiverse, our universe and all the alternate universes combined. How do you top that? You can't. From now on if Barry's story is to ever end again it will be the least dramatic way possible. Barry meant more dead than he ever did alive. Its an unfortunate fact that most of his fans ignore just to see him punch Captain Cold in the face once more.

Also, Johns tried to sell some bullshit about Barry being the simpler version and easier to understand. I find that hard to believe considering he has to come up with some stupid, confusing, and completely unnecessary reason for his return.

Not only are they resurrecting a long dead character who died honorably and heroically, but they are reducing Wally West, his sucessor, and Jay Garrick, his predecessor, to Barry-groupies. The sneak peak on newsarama.com has the two stroking Barry's ego so much that I wouldn't be surprised if they got on their knees and opened wide. Johns even goes as far to have Red Arrow, Donna Troy, and Nightwing, the former sidekicks of Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, and Batman to say that Wally was lucky to have such a better mentor than them.

Wally is supposedly getting a new costume and identity and will no longer be referred to as The Flash (even though Johns bullshits his way through Wally fans by saying he'll always be Flash, whatever than means). The downside of that was Wally was originally Kid Flash. He was Barry's sidekick and was basically being trained to take on the role of The Flash when he got older. Conceptually, that is what all the sidekicks are for, but you'll never see it happen since stuffy fanboys refuse to part with characters. Wally successfully made the jump but they want to strip him of the legacy while saying Wally's character will be respected. Doubtful!

Bottom line: Barry Allen being brought back is progression through regression. Johns nor any of the Barry-bias fanboys can come up with a legitmate reason for his return outside of their own selfish motives. Barry died a hero and was succeeded by a character who took on the legacy with grace and honor allowing for great dramatic dynamic of trying to live up to a predecessor, and all of that is being torn down for some Silver Age editorial mandate from DC.

Frankly, I think the horrible Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis would have been far more successful and interesting if his old sidekick, Tempest, had taken the role instead of some random alternate reality version who appeared out of no where. DC, you have the legacy characters for a reason. Use them!