Guggenheim and Yu on a Punisher One-Shot

[GNR]

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The premise sounds great.Yu is awesome,but I haven't read a thing of Gugg's.

 

[SpideyInATree]

This does sound like it'll be extemely interesting. Plus the wondeful eye candy of Yu, looks like I'll bite on this one.

 

[i'm Spider-Man]

oooooh! Special!

 

[i'm Spider-Man]

poo, double post

 

[citizenpain]

i thought this was gonna be a cover for the punisher war journal, but i'm glad to have been wrong. this one-shot sounds like it's gonna be absolutely awesome.

 

[MyPokerShirt]

With one-shots I tend to look at the page count compared to money asked and calculate value, but I could see myself picking this up. I havn't tried much Punisher. I have a reprint of ASM annual 15 where he shoots SM's web-shooters out and I've read his first appearances and Punisher: Born but would like to see more.

 

[Caliber]

That sounds like a great story idea. I can't wait to get it.

 

[Ben Urich]

I didn't even read a full paragraph of that article and I'm already sold.

 

[SpideyInATree]

With one-shots I tend to look at the page count compared to money asked and calculate value, but I could see myself picking this up. I havn't tried much Punisher. I have a reprint of ASM annual 15 where he shoots SM's web-shooters out and I've read his first appearances and Punisher: Born but would like to see more.

You should be reading Ennis' Punisher MAX run. It's a damn fine run.

 

[KingOfDreams]

Yu is fast becoming one of my favorite comic artists.

 

[Joker]

It's an interesting concept, but there's one giant hole in it. The reason we've never seen Frank Castle on trial, is because there's never any need for one. He always pleads guilty, why wouldnt he? When he goes to prison, it's usually because he wants to be there for some reason, and knows he can get out whenever he pleases. So while it'll probably be a good read, it doesnt really make any sense at all.

 

[Nasty-B]

Well, the preview pages show him turning himself in, so maybe there is a specific reason why he wants to go to trial. Perhaps he hopes to clear his name.

 

[wolvie2020]

It's an interesting concept, but there's one giant hole in it. The reason we've never seen Frank Castle on trial, is because there's never any need for one. He always pleads guilty, why wouldnt he? When he goes to prison, it's usually because he wants to be there for some reason, and knows he can get out whenever he pleases. So while it'll probably be a good read, it doesnt really make any sense at all.

No need to be that cynical, what we have here is a lawyer-by-training comic writer. Frank'll do what he does, but that's not the point of it. The point is to look at how the justice system treats someone like Frank, and what all the varying people's opinion are. Do people actullay LIKE the fact someone like him exists? It's an interesting thought.

It's entirely plausible that Frank would go to jail, he's a human with a mad temper. He doesn't have super powers, and he won't kill innocent people, so yea, very much CAN get caught, (and I'm not a fool for the prep time debate, thaey're a waste of time.)

And like you said, he actually likes going to jail as he can usually do some damage. Maybe this'll be one of the times he wants to go jail... Either way, it's gong to be cool to see a successful violent vigilante to go on trial, even if it's fictional

 

[SpideyInATree]

I think Joker is just PO'ed that the premise of this isn't Punisher mauling and killing mobsters, gang members, or low-life criminals.

 

[Joker]

No need to be that cynical, what we have here is a lawyer-by-training comic writer. Frank'll do what he does, but that's not the point of it. The point is to look at how the justice system treats someone like Frank, and what all the varying people's opinion are. Do people actullay LIKE the fact someone like him exists? It's an interesting thought.

It's entirely plausible that Frank would go to jail, he's a human with a mad temper. He doesn't have super powers, and he won't kill innocent people, so yea, very much CAN get caught, (and I'm not a fool for the prep time debate, thaey're a waste of time.)

And like you said, he actually likes going to jail as he can usually do some damage. Maybe this'll be one of the times he wants to go jail... Either way, it's gong to be cool to see a successful violent vigilante to go on trial, even if it's fictional

You missed my point. I know he could get caught. But if he did, why wouldn't he plead guilty? He has no reason to want to clear his name, because he did it and he knows he did it and he has no remorse at all about it. So why would there even be a trial, seeing as he would plead guilty, and always has? He would walk in, the judge would ask what he pleads, he would say guilty, and they would move on to sentancing.

 

[The Punisher]

This looks awesome. It's goinng to be called The People vs. The Punisher and it comes out in 07. I found some skectch art.

 

[Mr. Marvel]

Yu's artwork is wonderful, and I think that he should do great on Punisher. Nice and gritty, Yu is a good artist and is finally getting recognized, he does take a while to do some of it but it's worth the wait in my opinion.

 

[The Punisher]

Even though it's a one shot, i think i'd like to see Yu on the new Punisher ongoing.