Comments on: The Red Queen’s Race http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Luis C. http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137761 Luis C. Sat, 23 Jun 2007 14:49:52 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137761 I'll sign that petition, too! Anything for Mike! :D I’ll sign that petition, too! Anything for Mike! :D

]]> By: Mike Carey http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137385 Mike Carey Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:42:16 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137385 Hi-Fi - everybody should, but you know how it is. It's like getting people to take medicine. :) Thanks for helping to spread the word - I've noticed the banner in your CBR posts, and it's much appreciated... Sam - I take that very kindly. Neil was one of the three writers who most influenced me when I was starting out. Equinox - oh man, I hope so too. I love writing UFF. It's like going back to my childhood, because the Lee/Kirby FF was one of the first US comic books I ever got seriously addicted to. Tracy - glad you enjoyed the book. I have a teenaged daughter, Louise, which is maybe part of the secret. A lot of my teenaged characters borrow from Lou in various ways. :) Antony - it was my pleasure. If you get the petition going, I'll sign it using a whole bunch of fake names... Hi-Fi – everybody should, but you know how it is. It’s like getting people to take medicine. :) Thanks for helping to spread the word – I’ve noticed the banner in your CBR posts, and it’s much appreciated…

Sam – I take that very kindly. Neil was one of the three writers who most influenced me when I was starting out.

Equinox – oh man, I hope so too. I love writing UFF. It’s like going back to my childhood, because the Lee/Kirby FF was one of the first US comic books I ever got seriously addicted to.

Tracy – glad you enjoyed the book. I have a teenaged daughter, Louise, which is maybe part of the secret. A lot of my teenaged characters borrow from Lou in various ways. :)

Antony – it was my pleasure. If you get the petition going, I’ll sign it using a whole bunch of fake names…

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Great talking to you last week for the interview. Endangered Species was excellent.

How do we start the petition to get you on Astonishing when Wheadon’s done?

Thanks,

Antony Ellis

]]> By: ComicMom http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137239 ComicMom Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:19:29 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137239 Just finished Re-Gifters and I absolutely loved it. How on earth did a male British writer so wonderfully capture a teenage girl in South Los Angeles? Tracy Just finished Re-Gifters and I absolutely loved it. How on earth did a male British writer so wonderfully capture a teenage girl in South Los Angeles?

Tracy

]]> By: Equinox http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137229 Equinox Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:43:57 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137229 Mike--- I became a huge fan of yours as soon as I cracked open UFF #33. I was enormously impressed with your take on the Ultimate Fantastic Four, and the reach and scope of the series itself that you brought with it. Enjoyed God War, enjoyed Devils, and I tracked down the Ultimate X/4 mini that you wrote as well. Great stuff. I'm hoping that your tenure on UFF lasts for a long time. Muchos kudos! Amazing work, sir. Mike—

I became a huge fan of yours as soon as I cracked open UFF #33. I was enormously impressed with your take on the Ultimate Fantastic Four, and the reach and scope of the series itself that you brought with it. Enjoyed God War, enjoyed Devils, and I tracked down the Ultimate X/4 mini that you wrote as well. Great stuff. I’m hoping that your tenure on UFF lasts for a long time.

Muchos kudos! Amazing work, sir.

]]> By: sam http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137184 sam Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:58:16 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137184 mike carey reminds me so much of neil gaiman in the best possible way... that whimsical attitude and writing style that makes me feel warm inside... just great, great stuff mike carey reminds me so much of neil gaiman in the best possible way…

that whimsical attitude and writing style that makes me feel warm inside… just great, great stuff

]]> By: Hi-Fi http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137180 Hi-Fi Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:54:08 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137180 Everybody should be reading Crossing Midnight. It's dark and crazy and it keeps you guessing as you turn the pages. Kudos, Mike. :) Everybody should be reading Crossing Midnight. It’s dark and crazy and it keeps you guessing as you turn the pages.

Kudos, Mike. :)

]]> By: Mike Carey http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137174 Mike Carey Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:40:49 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137174 Thanks, guys. Luis, that's the nicest thing anyone's said to me in ages that wasn't an offer to buy me a drink. :) Cheers, man. I really hope you enjoy the book. Kevin, looking forward to meeting you. I've already been to Cambridge once, for Vericon a couple of years ago. It's a lovely place, and I'm looking forward to seeing it again. Diana, if ginchy is a good thing, then thank you. Evading mediocrity is my aspiration and my joy... :) Thanks, guys.

Luis, that’s the nicest thing anyone’s said to me in ages that wasn’t an offer to buy me a drink. :) Cheers, man. I really hope you enjoy the book.

Kevin, looking forward to meeting you. I’ve already been to Cambridge once, for Vericon a couple of years ago. It’s a lovely place, and I’m looking forward to seeing it again.

Diana, if ginchy is a good thing, then thank you. Evading mediocrity is my aspiration and my joy… :)

]]> By: Diana http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137168 Diana Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:28:47 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137168 Oh, Mike. Even though you borrowed Dr. Phil's catchphrase ("Buy mah books!"), I still think you're ginchy. :D As an aside, I thought "Endangered Species" was quite a pleasant read: it was introspective without shoving The Significance Of This Comic Book Event down my throat, it had some interesting character beats, and it managed to raise certain ideas that made me go "Hmm" instead of "Huh?". If "Messiah Complex" retains those qualities, it's practically guaranteed to evade the mediocrity of its predecessors. Oh, Mike. Even though you borrowed Dr. Phil’s catchphrase (“Buy mah books!”), I still think you’re ginchy. :D

As an aside, I thought “Endangered Species” was quite a pleasant read: it was introspective without shoving The Significance Of This Comic Book Event down my throat, it had some interesting character beats, and it managed to raise certain ideas that made me go “Hmm” instead of “Huh?”. If “Messiah Complex” retains those qualities, it’s practically guaranteed to evade the mediocrity of its predecessors.

]]> By: Kevin J. Conley http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137162 Kevin J. Conley Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:20:20 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137162 without any unseen occurrences preventing it from happening, I'll meet Mike at a signing at Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA on 7/10/07, the U.S. debut date of The Devil You Know! can't wait! -Kevin without any unseen occurrences preventing it from happening, I’ll meet Mike at a signing at Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA on 7/10/07, the U.S. debut date of The Devil You Know! can’t wait!
-Kevin

]]> By: Luis C. http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137161 Luis C. Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:18:40 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137161 Hey Mike. Good to see you again, so to speak. Anyways, X-Men: Endangered Species was a great, great hit. I loved it. I can't wait to get X-Men #200 and find the first Crossing Midnight TPB. Your work keeps getting better and better. And once I buy your novel, it will be the first ever I have bought, and the first novel I have read in ages. I wish nothing but greatness upon you, Mike. If that's possible. I mean, you have so much already. Take care! -Luis. Hey Mike. Good to see you again, so to speak.

Anyways, X-Men: Endangered Species was a great, great hit. I loved it. I can’t wait to get X-Men #200 and find the first Crossing Midnight TPB. Your work keeps getting better and better.

And once I buy your novel, it will be the first ever I have bought, and the first novel I have read in ages.

I wish nothing but greatness upon you, Mike. If that’s possible. I mean, you have so much already.

Take care!

-Luis.

]]> By: Michael Murphy http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137110 Michael Murphy Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:21:22 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137110 Pre-ordered my Crossing Midnight TPB a month ago. Can't wait for it to show up on my front stoop. Thanks, Mike! Pre-ordered my Crossing Midnight TPB a month ago. Can’t wait for it to show up on my front stoop. Thanks, Mike!

]]> By: Rob Schamberger http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/comment-page-1/#comment-137099 Rob Schamberger Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:40:14 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/06/22/the-red-queen%e2%80%99s-race/#comment-137099 I'm really excited for the first Crossing Midnight collection. I've been looking forward to it. I read the first issue and was VERY intrigued by the concept. I’m really excited for the first Crossing Midnight collection. I’ve been looking forward to it. I read the first issue and was VERY intrigued by the concept.

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