Is Exiles officially dead, or do you still have hope for this book?

[PhotoJones]

You're confused, too. The editor's job is to stand beside the hot shot writer and pat him on the back while whispering sweet nothings into his ear as he writes.

 

[Anubis]

Some also go for the reach around.

 

[PhotoJones]

Some, but not all. Mostly, that's Brevoort's bag.

 

[Anubis]

That's why he's the best. Kung Fu Grip ftw

 

[PhotoJones]

I hear Wacker's gunning for the top position. Wow, puns.

 

[CBG]

As long as Clairemont is writing it, I don't want anything to do with it.

This.

 

[Harlekin]

The editor's job, as it's supposed to be, is fix the mistakes a writer makes and usually to push him in a certain direction. Marvel should just take a structure like DC did during Crisis, where Waid, Johns and Morrison were basically the head honcho's, determining some type of grander story. Claremont would be perfect in that role for the X-line.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

All right, after thinking about it, I do agree that Claremont still has some good ideas. Not a lot, granted (his New Excalibur run was so mediocre that Tieri's--Frank mother****ing Tieri's--issues were the highlight of the series), but some. The Genoshan Excalibur before New Excalibur seemed pretty good (although I'd need the title changed, as Excalibur needs to be a European Avengers stat), and I do recall X-Treme having some fairly interesting solicitations. I would sleep much more soundly at night if he were, like, a plotter with a scripter who came in to write for him and slap him whenever he tried to type a script, though.

 

[PhotoJones]

I honestly wouldn't touch a Claremont book, no matter what the cast or premise might be.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I wouldn't if he's writing it. If it were some other writer's book with concepts and story ideas from Claremont, however, I would at least give it a look. Hence, plotter.

 

[Harlekin]

Which was exactly my point. Just have someone else write Claremont's stories.

 

[PhotoJones]

Yeah, I'm sure Claremont would go for that.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Well, no. That's where the slapping comes in.

 

[PhotoJones]

If Claremont's getting slapped, then I'm all for it.

 

[Harlekin]

Yeah, I'm sure Claremont would go for that.

There's quite a few writers around that don't prefer co-writing, letting someone else handle the dialogue and such. I don't think Claremont is going to have much of a choice soon, considering his health.

 

[The Question]

What's wrong with his health?

 

[PhotoJones]

He's been having some heart problems.

 

[RAMORE]

I've still got hope they need to get back to what worked for them.

 

[The Terror]

Did anybody get the Exiles one shot this week?

It acted as a much better book end to the series than issue #100, and in my opinion the team formed in the one shot was more intersting than the team assembled for 'New Exiles'.

 

[WOLVERINE25TH]

I knew Claremont lost his stuff, but it was confirmed when he did not one, not two, but THREE Fantastic Four stories. With so many possibilities, he did the same things over and over. I'm not gonna look forward to the book. Exiles is dead.

 

[Zenien]

I felt that Exiles died after Winnicks stories ran out.

 

[El Bastardo]

I love Winick's Exiles. I was onboard for and enjoyed Austen's little bit of stuff. And I went along for the ride with Bedard's stuff, though I later started rethinking that plan and indeed cheered when I heard a new writer was coming, even if it was Claremont.

Yes, well, he shat all over me, didn't he?

**** you, Claremont. And **** you Bedard for starting the screw session for a book I enjoyed.

That is blatant hostility, I'm afraid.

Exiles is so dead I'm not buying #100 and will probably off the Claremont and most of the Bedard issues I own.

 

[Aristotle]

I have the Days of Then and Now or whatever it's called. Did anyone read it? Should I? I picked it up because I do so love Exiles. But I'm afraid. I want it to be good. I don't think I could take reading another sucky Exiles comic.

Perhaps I should have asked all this before picking it up. Ah, but I was young and foolish yesterday.

 

[Dedpool]

I felt that Exiles died after Winnicks stories ran out.

Same.

 

[El Bastardo]

I flipped through it and didn't buy it, but mostly because in case it was good I didn't want to be taunted by it.

If it's good, it's like it's saying, "Ahahaha, I am but a one-shot, and you are nonetheless forever doomed to rereading my pages of goodness or experiencing an ongoing of shat!"

If it's bad, it's just a disappointing read.