Alan Moore, say hello to Transformers

[BWprowl]

I just wanna say it before Scourge gets here: Fred Van Lente. Aw man, how awesome an Animated story could THAT guy write?

[Dominic]

How long has Van Lente been writing for? He write the "Marvel Adventure" books? I suppose that if IDW could not get DeFalco, Van Lente would be a good head to hunt.....


Dom
-really thinking of sending a link to this thread along to IDW.

[138 Scourge]

How 'bout Fred V--oh, hey Prowl.

Obviously, I second the FVL mention. Especially after re-reading Skrulls vs. Power Pack #2 last night.

Also.

Walter Simonson-his runs on Thor and FF are some of the best runs in comics. He can do grand cosmic adventure, he can do smaller-scale cool adventures, and his artwork is some of the best anywhere. How rad would his TFs look? Way rad.

Warren Ellis- Under the category of "not happening". Then again, he's apparently written a Castlevania movie. Just the descriptions of how the TFs work that he'd likely put in would be spectacular.

Jose Ladronn- He's not a writer, far as I can tell, but I want his artwork on a TF book. Hell, I want his artwork anywhere. A lot of his stuff I've seen...it's like, imagine if Geoff Darrow and Jack Kirby had a kid...

For that matter, go back in time, give Kirby an ass-ton of cash, and have him do the TF book. It's almost a perfect fit for his style...

[Sparky Prime]

Hallit and co linking Vector Sigma and Primus is hardly a brilliant idea. It smacks of the kind of retcon Marvel would just append in one of their sourcebooks, not being worth an entry of its own.

I never said I thought it was brilliant... I said I thought it was interesting that they'd use that idea.

[onslaught86]

Warren Ellis- Under the category of "not happening". Then again, he's apparently written a Castlevania movie. Just the descriptions of how the TFs work that he'd likely put in would be spectacular.

Ellis is doing the new Joe TV series, so it..it 'could' happen..

Neil Gaiman! That'd be surreal, that would.

[138 Scourge]

Warren Ellis- Under the category of "not happening". Then again, he's apparently written a Castlevania movie. Just the descriptions of how the TFs work that he'd likely put in would be spectacular.

Ellis is doing the new Joe TV series, so it..it 'could' happen..

Neil Gaiman! That'd be surreal, that would.

...Yeah, he is doing that 'Joe' thing. I forgot about that...

Oh, god, I'm excited like a little girl at the possibility.

[Dominic]

I would be very wary of Gaiman working on any established franchise. I have reread some of his stuff as an adult...and I was sorry. He is like Morrison, but less grounded.

Glen Herdling might also work. Yes, I know "Nomad" was a huge polemic. But, the "man in the street with no good choices" feel would work for some characters in TF. Think Groove, Thundercracker, Demolishor or Dinobot.

Dom
-how about Jim Starlin? As it is, Furman reads like a bastardized Starlin.....

[138 Scourge]

Starlin? Not a bad idea, actually. I like it.

How's 'bout Paul Cornell? I first ran into this guy as a "Doctor Who" fan, where he wrote "Human Nature", one of the best of the "New Adventures" books...good enough, and well-liked enough, that it was adapted into a two-parter for the new show.

For Marvel, he currently writes "Fantastic Four: True Story", which is at least kinda crazy, with the FF discovering the "Fictoverse" to keep some maligniant force from ruining stories for all humanity (it's okay), and "Captain Britain and MI:13, which is just awesome, and one of Marvel's best books right now, up there with Incredible Herc and Power Pack. Yeah, I went there...

[Mako Crab]

That was my point, yes. I do, however, maintain that 'Balancing Act' was a delight to read, if for all the wrong reasons.

Yeah, I just had to reiterate. I think the first couple issues of "The Gathering" were decent enough, but it fell apart pretty quick after that. And, of course, "The Ascending" took everything that they had sloppily set up in the first mini-series and blew it all straight to hell. You could tell that the people at IDW never had any faith in the project lasting more than those two minis and that it was just an exercise in ramming as many characters into one story as possible. And it's just really sad when the BW2 and BW Neo cartoons are better than the comics IDW produces. It just is. I know IDW is capable of better than that.

[Dominic]

I am thinking IDW was experimenting, seeing how far they could take the fan-boy appeal aspect. So, they turn Furman loose, and let him write whatever he wanted. The result was "Gathering" and "Ascending".

Soooo, who wants to send this to IDW?

Dom
-completely serious.