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CHUCK ASKED FOR IT!

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 15 April 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

Let's not talk about his LXG script.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 15 April 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

Starman was very important to me, as over the course of the book I changed from a big fan of his unashamed golden-age polishing to openly derisive of it. Also the Tarantinism got really annoying, particularly one issue which was almost entirely Jack and a goon discussing cinematic versions of Raymond Chandler books.

The Golden Age is allright, largely despite the polishing.

I still generally consider his name on a book to be a good thing, but rarely enough to actually read it.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 15 April 2005 14:34 (twenty years ago)

I enjoyed a lot of the Starman I've read, and The Golden Age is okay. I don't think I've read anything terrible from him.

― Huk-L, Friday, 15 April 2005 14:40 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, Andrew, that's probably my take on Starman - I snagged a good chunk of the series from eBay, & the WOW factor of the book (from when I was buying issues as they came out) was mitigated by the book's schtick. It could've been as great as many of its supporters say it is if JR just cut back on the "pulp for pulp's sake" stuff a smidge. But, then, that tone went a long way towards establishing Starman's city (Opal City?) as this place out of time, full of Art Deco buildings and goons in caps and tommy guns and cops on the take and attenuated honor (& speech patterns) and other such stuff, so it wouldn't be the same book w/out that. Having Tony Harris & Peter Snejeberg as the artists went a LONG way towards smoothing out the bumps, but it's still pretty bumpy.

JR was the one that spearheaded the JSA revival, too, wasn't he? I think he co-wrote the first 6-12 issues (w/ David Goyer) before Geoff Johns took over as co-writer (or maybe Goyer took over for JR). & JR also co-wrote the first few issues of the newest Hawkman series, w/ Johns.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 15 April 2005 14:45 (twenty years ago)

Re Starman, I have a sort of knee-jerk distrust of anything where the lead character wears a black leather jacket. (Except the new Dr Who, for some reason).

― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Friday, 15 April 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

But in Dr Who, it's more kind of a blazer.

― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Friday, 15 April 2005 15:44 (twenty years ago)

You're an anti-fonzite, and I can't go for that.

― Huk-L, Friday, 15 April 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

Fonz is more of a supporting player, though, right? I'll say the rule only applies post-1981.

― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

So what about post-Doomsday Superboy?

― Huk-L, Friday, 15 April 2005 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Yep, faux-indie-corporate-rocker Superboy goes for sure.

― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:18 (twenty years ago)

http://www.carleton.edu/curricular/MEDA/classes/media110/Mookerjee/superboy.gif

― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

Starman always felt like it could have been so much better - I was constantly frustrated by it. Golden Age was ok. Leave It to Chance - absolutely lovely Paul Smith art aside - was ok. His run on WildCATS was pretty decent, considering the quality of the book and characters when he came on.

But he wrote the script for LXG. For this he shall never be forgiven.

― David N (David N.), Friday, 15 April 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)

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