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Lars Sandmark
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| Posted: 18 August 2018 at 5:55am | IP Logged | 1
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IF this gets published on paper, the disclaimer would have to take up half the cover,
"THIS STORY DOES NOT FIT INTO YOUR 40-YEAR-OLD COMIC COLLECTION! IT'S JUST FOR FUN!"
Probably still need an explanation on the splash page as well.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 18 August 2018 at 5:56am | IP Logged | 2
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Probably still need an explanation on the splash page as well.•• An explanation of what "fun" is?
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Stéphane Garrelie
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| Posted: 18 August 2018 at 7:09am | IP Logged | 3
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I have absolutly no problem with my childhood's x-men time being now in 2018 or 2019 (if this series happens), and their past being what i read at the time. The Tv will maybe be more flat, Kitty may have a smartphone (or not). Why should it matter? Each issue can reflect the time when it was written. As a reader i simply need to take it as it is. The yesterday of the characters was my (hem) "a few" years ago, but we share the same present.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 18 August 2018 at 8:00am | IP Logged | 4
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A simple application of "Marvel Time" puts stories published in 1980 only a couple of years ago. But more importantly, fans need to understand that time in comicbooks is not real. I've pointed out many a time that the three issues it took to tell the First Galactus Trilogy occupied about half a day for the FF. If we add up all the on-camera time from FF1 to the present, we won't find more than fifty years.Sadly, people who want to document and pigeonhole everything started to get work in the Biz, and eventually reached a point when they were running the Biz. And that's how "real time" starts to sneak in.
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John Byrne
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I'm increasingly convinced that if this became a real series a reprinting of the "Untold Tale" of Phoenix as Issue 0 might be a good idea. New cover, of course.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 18 August 2018 at 8:17am | IP Logged | 6
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Maybe.....THIS With permission from the customer, of course! (Have to move Angel.)
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 18 August 2018 at 8:40am | IP Logged | 7
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Saw a comment elsewhere about Marvel getting me to do this by "backing up a Brinks truck."Some people don't get me at all!!
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William Ferguson
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| Posted: 18 August 2018 at 9:36am | IP Logged | 8
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Maybe.....THIS With permission from the customer, of course! --------------------- That is some outstanding art. Simply incredible.
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Tim O Neill
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| Posted: 18 August 2018 at 10:39am | IP Logged | 9
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I totally agree - that “Fate of the Phoenix” piece is perfection!
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Matt Hawes
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| Posted: 18 August 2018 at 10:50am | IP Logged | 10
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John Byrne wrote:
| ...Saw a comment elsewhere about Marvel getting me to do this by "backing up a Brinks truck." Some people don't get me at all!! ... |
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Too many people who lack principles have trouble believing others that do. If the amount of money were the only issue, I am sure we would have seen a NEXT MEN movie, by now. I believe it was you, JB, that made note one time about how some people have trouble writing superheroes because they can't imagine anyone with better morals than themself. Well, that seems to apply in this matter, where some people think your grievances with Marvel in the past can be resolved if they simply offered you so much money. I have turned down sales on principles in my business. There are always those people who can't fathom being principled, though.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 18 August 2018 at 10:57am | IP Logged | 11
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Back in the day, when I was working at Marvel, some project came along that they wanted me to do. In an interview, Jemas and Quesada said they would get me on board by "backing a Brinks truck up to [my] door".Reading that was the exact moment I decided I wanted nothing to do with the project.
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Eric Sofer
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Peter M.: "Don't cross the streams!! It would be bad."
Um, define "bad."
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Mr. Byrne, they talk about backing up a Brinks Truck to your door... maybe if it were filled with nonjudgmental Byrne fans? Shucks, I think I'm DRIVING that truck!
Your posts here are a delight. It is such pleasure to see your X-Men again. I am ready for you to start drawing comics again; my wallet is twitching. In the meantime, I enjoy your speculations and observations, and even an occasional direct reply or two. I believe I'm far from the only one. Whatever your upcoming projects, I can barely wait. I hope that's the sort of treasure you're looking for in that Brinks Truck.
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