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Villain books require the lead character to lose.
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Eric White
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As the first artist to draw "Old Man Logan" I think that book would be a good fit for you and you wouldn't displace a regular team since teams change with each new story arc.
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Larry Gil
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Again..it should be a fairly self contained series and I think JB shines on teams ...maybe Imperial Guard , Inhumans , Squardon Supreme .

If not ..a limited series showing past characters...a 12 issue Days of Future Past would be outstanding.
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Realistically? I know they are rebooting
the Fantastic Four in August. If you could
do the Fantastic Four-Ever title that got
pitched a few years ago, you'd probably
make a grown man cry. Besides, unless they
want to just hand you the broken pieces
and say, "Fix it!" You really don't want
to be a part of the current Marvel
continuity.

If the FF wasn't an option, a really fun
Nick Fury: AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
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I don't know how much demand there would be for this, but years back Marvel let Claremont go back and do an X-Men Forever book where it basically just let him write the book at the point where he left as if he'd never left. Despite the excellent art by Tom Grummett, I felt the writing was pretty poor on it and it was seen as pretty inessential by even die-hard X-Men and Claremont fans. I would like seeing that done by JB with Uncanny X-Men. With X-Men it would be a sort of "What If?" Claremont quit writing X-Men and John Byrne took over the writing duties while remaining on the art with Terry Austin.

Also second finishing the Last Galactus Story can it be released as a complete story. I absolutely love the planned ending for this which I thought was perfect and I really want to see you drawing Galactus again while not tied to current Marvel continuity which is kind of terrible.


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Since idle speculation and brainstorming is always fun, figured I'd weigh in, too:

Avoiding current continuity and event-driven mandates would, I'm sure, be most to your tastes. But at the same time, I'd also love to see you do something that was in-continuity in some way so you're not relegated to the sidelines in anyone's mind. So some thoughts on both approaches. You could:

- Finish The Last Galactus Story

- Partner Wyatt Wingfoot together with other FF-related characters you liked to play with (She-Hulk? Aunt Petunia? Namor? Super Skrull? Gorgon? Silver Surfer?) and make a Challengers of the Unknown-style book that plays on Monster Isle, the Negative Zone, or the far fringes of the universe.

- Do new Thing solo series, since--don't take this wrong--I really love your Thing.

There is still some merit to having fun in the past, with Cap & Bucky/The Invaders (but as you say, maybe a hard sell today) or more Hidden Years-style stuff with either mutants or the FF, but another odd thought just occurred to me:

You could do a series that tells out-of-continuity standalone stories, each based on a Marvel-character commission you've done (the commission would double as the covers). 

I know you’ve done cover recreations or reimagined scenes as commissions, so not those, but the ones you’ve done that are just a random request. Like, say, Hulk vs MODOK, Abomination and Grim Reaper or whatever -- you tell the story behind the image. And then IDW publishes an Artist's Edition of all those images.
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Okay, Chris, when I go back to Marvel you can be my editor.
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Now where did I put my bullwhip...?
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Mark McKay
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Star Jammers! I’ve always thought that could make a great space series.
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Oh man--the bullwhip reference just made me think that you should get Terry and launch a new Indiana Jones series, too (for more than 2 issues)... I have plans for you at Marvel, mister, big plans

 I mean, sure, it'd mean more likeness work but that's okay, right? 
 Right? 
 Helloooo?
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Now where did I put my bullwhip...?

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Tease!

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Hank Pym preferably with Janet Van Dyne.
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