Comics Question

[snurri]

Lately I've been thinking about comics. I've always wanted to write a superhero comic, and I hope that someday it will happen. Maybe something with Green Arrow, maybe something team-related. Marvel or DC, it doesn't matter. And I'm curious; how many of you think about the same thing? If you're a writer--assuming you're a comics fan--what characters would you like to play with? Alternatively, if you're not a writer, what writer(s) would you like to see take a crack at which character(s)?

Comments

[rudi.livejournal.com]

Like Greg, I'd love to do something to reinvent a less-well-known / less-big-selling character (in the footsteps Moore's Swamp Thing, Gaiman's Sandman, the James Robinson Starman...) Maybe Kid Eternity?

(Speaking of which, you know Alex Irvine is doing Satan's Son for Marvel? See http://alexirvine.blogspot.com/ And he's got a (non-comic) Batman novel coming out in a few weeks.)

Given a choice, though, I'd probably rather do something non-superhero, since there's lots of interesting territory in fantasy and sf that hasn't really been done that much in comics. I actually worked on some sample scripts and started sending them around a few years back, but it seemed like getting established in prose writing and then moving over to doing a bit of comics work looked like a better path. (Who knows if I was right.)

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I did hear about Irvine's Hellstorm. I'm not sure how I feel about that, since in the '90s Damon got tangled up with Hellcat, one of my fave characters. (I have a weakness for the Defenders. That would probably be my team choice.)