How do you feel about actors or other celebrities trying to write comics?
>>154492895Somehow better than CalArts grads retelling the same "woe is my wagie life" story.
>>154492895Is that the lass that plays Ms Marvel?
>>154492895Terrible but it gave us this fucking SoP gem
>>154493002Yes. She co-wrote some Ms. Marvel comics a few years ago, and now she is releasing a comic at Image.
>>154492895Celebrities are all about a cult of personality, so you only like their independent work if you like the celebrity. People may wonder how could someone possibly give a fuck about >>154493034, but if Ryan Gosling or Henry Cavill wrote a comic, at least some of you would be slobbering all over it.
>>154492895Kind of mixed on itLike it's always cool to see someone famous praise comics and show interest in them, but the moment they get into writing comics you get suspicious of what they're aiming forLike Keanu Reeves' BRZKR comics are just his blatant adaptationbait
>>154492895who the fuck is that? Also, I don't give a fuck. If the comic is good, then it's good. And if it's bad, it's bad. I judge the work on it's own merit, not who made it.
>>154493315They only used his likeness
>>154493315>his blatant adaptationbaitis it really bait if he's the one also adapting it?
>>154492895On the fence. I wouldn't begrudge anyone who wants to experiment with a different medium but too often these feel like a cheap and soulless cash grab banking solely on the celebrity's name. I assume most of these are ghost written or hard carried by a co-writer.
>>154492895Depends on the motive, cynical stuff is usually easy to smell. Also Iman Vellani is cute
>>154492895I avoid those.
>>154493034I forgot this existed.
>>154493002>>154493036Honestly, that's pretty cool. Most actors that play comic characters don't give a shit about the source material (not like they have to anyways, they're literally just acting). So it's neat that she's actually interested in making comics
>>154495459Lucky you
>>154492895I don't.
>>154492895They're still people. People who write comics or are artists are people.
>>154492895If it's good, it's good
>>154492895If it's bad, it's bad
>>154492895Anyone can make comics
>>154492895It's fine. Let them do whatever they want. Most of them suck at it but I'm not going to fault them for trying anyway. The funniest is Danny Devito doing a story where Penguin and Catwoman get together and go around the world curing covid. Even funnier knowing that Devito had a crush on Michelle Pfeiffer while filming Batman Returns.
>>154499028Who wouldn't have a crush on Michelle Pfeiffer in a leather catsuit.
I wonder if Gerard has mode more from his comic or his music
>>154492895I'm indifferent honestly.
>>154492895I want to nut in her guts
>>154497291This. People have a really broad concept of "celebrity" where they imagine anyone who ever starred in a TV show is a billionaire or just manifested in California.
>>154492895Okayish. Like if they write a good comic they write a good comic. They write a shit comic they write a shit comic. Regularless they have a little bit of a leg up to get publishers interested in them like that mid spider-man book made by jj Abrams' son.>>154495597Yeah, good for her.
>>154492895Based, because unlike trying to make their own shows/movies, etc, only a passionate person can try to make a comic, especially if they are already rich
>>154499848I know record labels can be leeches but he has to have made more from MCR. Umbrella Academy is very good though
>>154503120Comic's just ok. Show's shit for not understanding what made the comic work. And Ellen Page.
>>154492895There have been some good ones. Umbrella Academy was good and probably serves as the gold standard for 'celebrity written comics'.At the same time, I think that comics written by big name celebrities are held to lower standards by publishers because it is obvious they will sell. This means that it is very easy for these to be glorified scams in which the product is extremely low quality and done either as an ego trip or way to get some quick money out of retards who buy solely on name recognition.The majority of comics with a celebrity name attached to them that I can think of are not very good and of lower quality than other capeshit from the time. Granted, capeshit is so awful now that I don't know if celeb comics could even be that much worse.I did enjoy when authors used to write introductions or short pieces in anniversary issues. Ray Bradbury did something cool for Superman... 400 I think? It was just a one page blurb but it was well written. Wish he got to do a short script that then made it into the issue though.
>>154503177I should add that I would not be surprised at all if, like celebrity endorsements, there are numerous cases of a celebrity "writing" a comic when in reality it is ghostwritten for them and the name is just tacked on for publicity. That is obviously scummy business practice.
>>154503177Gerard Way is a special case because writing comics was his original career goal until 9/11 happened inspiring him to do My Chemical Romance
Judd Winick has been able to launch his comic career out of some minor celebrity shit to the point most comic fans probably don't even remember that minor celebrity shit.
by emilia clarke
>>154503287I heard about his involvement in that MTV show and his autobio about itDidn't know he created Juniper Lee
>>154503386>blood moon risingIs that a euphemism for y'know? The female cycle.
>>154503287>>154503420I'd storytime Barry Ween if I could It was on my to-do list
>>154503203I get why, but I kinda resented Way for abandoning comics because he felt they didn't really matter compared to doing music.I mean I get why, but I also hate him going back to doing comics after specifically feeling like they don't matter.
>>154492895'buy my rap album' but for white people
>>154495597between arguing with feige about him calling the mcu 616 and shitting on captain marvel, iman will forever be /ourgirl/
>>154492895Nobody reads that shit
>>154503531I think he didn't mean that I think he loves comics but he understands music reaches a wider audience
A Dr Who actor-Colin Baker- did a comic once, in the 90s, Age of Chao, it was alright.
>>154503386has emilia clarke been relevant since game of thrones ended? it feels like her career just fizzled out.
>>154492895If they're passionate about it then go for it, & Iman is great at it
>>154492895>How do you feel about actors or other celebrities trying to write comics?I'm glad he got to make it, but he was probably the only person on the planet who understood what it was.
>>154492895I think they're ghostwritten. If they did do comics, then you would see their work prior to their career
>>154503531>>154504214IIRC he wasn't even getting anywhere in comics back then, he had a foot in the door at DC but it hadn't led to working on any of their books.Whatever you think of his music, I think you have to appreciate the story of how a guy who didn't make it in comics became a rock star and then used his name value to go back and write comics.
>>154507592Not everyone would have had time to do both at the same time. Acting is competitive, but a lot of people use success in their first career as a springboard toward another passion.
keanu has a comic and apparently its gonna be made into a movie
the karate kid used to edit for marvel pretty based of him honestly
>>154492895I don't mind it
>>154503189A lot of times the celebrity isn't doing more than giving some ideas to a person who's actually writing and scripting. Like this >>154493034 was 100% not written in any meaningful way, Bennett was the actual writer. Emilia was at best an Idea Guy type of person and she and Bennett workshopped stuff. Vellani's stuff at Marvel had a co-writer too but it seems like that was more of a training wheels thing because she actually did want to learn how to write and not just contribute ideas and get credit while someone else did 99% of the work since her Image stuff doesn't have a co-writer.Hell this happens not even with celebrities. Any time you see a big name writer on a book with some smaller name writer listed as co-writer, the co-writer is the one doing the actual writing. Brubaker and Fraction were pretty open about Immortal Iron Fist basically being all Fraction and Brubaker's name was on the book mostly to draw readers in because Fraction at the time wasn't as much of a name.>>154503287Winick is still probably more famous for the Real World because the season he was on was basically the season that made the show into the juggernaut it became and if people reference shit from the show it's going to be from that. And Real World is going to have more cultural cache among normies than a guy who wrote some comics in the 2000s and even with comics Pedro & Me is probably more well known than any of his DC work.
>>154509359Damn, fr? Thats awesome if true
>>154492895I actually enjoyed the Ms. Marvel series
>>154506785Didn't she have multiple brain aneurysms?If so, that would probably put someone out of work for a while
>>154493091I'm certain Cavill could do better. Gosling is a toss up.
>>154512449It was kind of boring.
Only Gerard Way should be allowed to do that :)
>>154509359>>154512069Not the same guy.
>>154503386>>154510591Yeah, I doubt Emilia wrote this. Marguerite Bennett is awful on her own.
>>154507549I remember trying to read this as a kid because I thought he was awesome, but giving up thinking I was bad at reading. Turns out this book is Ulysses-level unreadable.
Iman is so pretty. I want to spank her.
>>154492895>1979. Leila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian girl, stands on the cusp of adulthood, eager to experience the “real world” for the first time. With a head full of Hollywood dreams and a penchant for pulp novels, she ventures to California to connect with her estranged uncle — her "Chachu" — a middle-aged, semi-retired private eye who gained brief fame after marrying the starlet he was initially hired to find. But when Chachu’s wife goes missing once again, the two are forced on an impromptu road trip to track her down — with Leila navigating young adulthood and Chachu confronting his own mortality and regrets.>Inspired by her own coming-of-age experiences in the entertainment industry, CHACHU is the solo writing debut of superstar IMAN VELLANI (Ms. Marvel), a reinterpretation of the classic neo-noir private investigator story brilliantly illustrated by MARIANNA IGNAZZI (EXQUISITE CORPSES) and colored by JORDIE BELLAIRE (Absolute Wonder Woman).
>>154519128>to connect with her estranged uncle — her "Chachu" — a middle-aged, semi-retired private eye who gained brief fame after marrying the starlet he was initially hired to find.I swear I keep running into stories where the more interesting plot is just set dressing
>>154519128>CanadianDropped
Most of the time they suck but sometimes a celeb will produce a gem every now and again. I particularly enjoy the comic by the dude who plays Polka Dot Man.
>>154493002You can tell she's an actual geek because with studio access to the MM costume, for Halloween she went as Jubilee and she fucking rocked it She's going to be like the My Chemical Romance dude writing Deadpool
Everyone thinks they can write a comic book because it'll be carried by the art and the audience isn't very discerning, and they're right.
>>154503616>arguing with feige about him calling the mcu 616I will have her babies
>>154510591William Shatner suddenly stopped writing novels right after Ron Goulart died, funniest fucking thing
>>154507549Didn't this feature him raping Santa
>>154523327That was so trash.>>154523400It's really difficult to write comics properly. Most comic writers aren't anywhere near good at it.
>>154523445Shatner didn't really pretend he wrote his own novels. He kept it vague because the publisher obviously didn't want him saying he didn't write it, but he was always saying the novels wouldn't exist and that Goulart did a ton of work on them in the Acknowledgements.
>>154523528Ron inserting references to characters from his own novels was the giveaway
>>154492895Only if they actually care about writing comics like Gerard Way and aren't doing it as some kind of ghost written vanity project like almost everyone else. E.g. Emilia Clarke
>>154523400Selection bias. Celebrities who start cartoon studios get assassinated to prevent the second coming of walt disney so comics are seen as a safe option
>>154492895I was more pissed by Scarlett Johansson interpreting Tom Waits songs, I guess.Lady isn't even a good actor, never mind a singer.
>>154523327Bourbon sucks
>>154513644It was a charming coming-of-age supe story
>>154523500What do you not like about it?
>>154514479Why only Gerard Way?
>>154493348Yeah? He still needs a platform to option it and he specifically published at BOOM because they had a deal with Netflix
>>154528132Because he always gets his way
>>154527571It's generic. Generic is as bad as it gets for me.
>>154525432she's always been mid desu
>>154510272you don't?
>>154492895I see no reason to care one way or another. It's not like comics are difficult to write. Any retard with basic literacy can write a comic. It's drawing them and getting them published that are the hard parts.
