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David Blot
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Nowadays Essential contains something close to 600 pages, around 28
issues. So they could do it.
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David Blot
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Now, when I think of it, Marvel is presently repriting early Wolverine &
New Mutants issues in chronological order in TPBS. So if the relauch is
big, they probably will do a Alpha Flight TPB series including the X-Men
issues and the Paul Smith mini etc... A bit like what they are doing with
the FF run.
Gosh, I hate these tpbs. I love Omnibus format or essentials one, but
having like 10 tpbs for one run that you can still buy in perfect NM for a
dollar an issue that is ridiculous.
I mean does the early NEw Mutants stories, really deserves a tpb
collection besides the Sienkiewicz run ?
BTW : a Omnibus Uncanny X-Men (30 issues on from Giant Size) comes
out in the spring. Waiting and hoping very much for a Omnibus DD Miller
one (here again : I hate the DD tpbs).
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David Blot
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On the Millar's subject : I discovered him really late with the Spider-Man
MK, didnt like it very much. Decompression and "revisionism". I stopped it
in the middle.
Jump aboard Wolverine only for Romita Jr (and Janson !) first, found the
story stupid, then, started to get hooks. At one point the fantasy big bam
stuff gets so huuuge that you feel being in a old school comics (obviously
more mature).
Then, I finally read Ultimates. HEre again with a lot of bad expectation.
Didnt think I need to re read the Avengers story, and was not in the
Ultimates universe. But this was just brillant stuff.
Now, I follow Millar on Ultimate FF, and the first two arc were full of twists
and funs and surprises. Besides they are 3 parts arc, and not abnormally
elongated 6 part story. And that, and nobody will complain around here,
is for the better.
True : a Mark Millar scripted and JB drawns Alpha Flight relauch would be
an astounding hit. I'm sure Millar will be up to it, dont know about
Quesada's reaction, but pretty sure JB will be against :) Or am I wrong ?
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Andrew Kneath
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JB a Q if I may...
You've made no secret of the fact that Alpha Flight was on the whole not a series you were particularly fond of. I get the feeling though that it remains one of your most popular works among the fans. Why do you think we got so much more out of the book and the characters than you did?
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Greg Reeves
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Andrew, that's a great question, and I'd love to know as well. I sorta liken it to Lucas' view of the original Star Wars trilogy: not the way he intended, but loved by everybody.
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Thomas Mets
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True : a Mark Millar scripted and JB drawns Alpha Flight relauch would be
an astounding hit. I'm sure Millar will be up to it, dont know about
Quesada's reaction, but pretty sure JB will be against :) Or am I wrong ?
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I see the first issue being a top ten hit, and the book settling to
Ultimate X-Men/ Young Avengers numbers. I don't think Queseda would be
opposed to it, since it would make Marvel money with a minor license,
and that's pretty much all he's worried about.
I don't see JB doing it for three reasons.
1. He's vowed never to work with Queseda's Marvel.
2. He doesn't like returning to old licenses (ie- the Fantastic Four),
and he doesn't hold his Alpha Flight run in the high esteem others on
this board consider it.
3. In the last few years, Mark Millar has intentionally never worked on
any book for more than 13 issues, and I don't see Byrne sharing this
theory, especially after the brief run of Action Comics.
I'd still love to see it.
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Darragh Greene
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While pondering imponderables, I've broached it before, so I'll broach it
again:
Grant Morrison + JB = Ding Dong Dollar$
It's also a sign of Ragnarok, but that's the kind of Gotterdammerung
I'd like to see!
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Flavio Sapha
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Sign me up! Morrison and Byrne would rock!
An uncommon attachment to the Avengers (I mean Emma and Steed) is just
one of the common traits of the two gentlemen.
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Roger A Ott II
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Anybody with an intense love for JB's ALPHA FLIGHT should check this out. You can own the original art for the entire 38 page story from ALPHA FLIGHT #1.
ALPHA FLIGHT #1 Original Art
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Grant Morrison + JB = Ding Dong Dollar$
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Morrisson and Byrne=no thank you.
Byrne and Morrisson=Potential.
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John Byrne
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Why do you think we got so much more out of the book and the characters than you did?***** Because you're all CRAZY!!!!! Or, alternately, because ALPHA was something new and different, at least at the time. What confuses me about ALPHA is that it is, in my opinion, some of my worst work -- this is where the "no backgrounds" complaint is really justified, for instance -- yet it is always held up as belonging to the "old stuff" that was "better". Me, I can't look at those issues without cringing.
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John Byrne
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Grant Morrison + JB = Ding Dong Dollar$
****
Grant Morrison + JB = Eighth sign of the Apocalypse.
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