Comments on: Maybe Somewhere on Earth-W… http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:36:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Matthew Halteman http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-787510 Matthew Halteman Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:22:02 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-787510 Still not seeing any proof. But if you're too lazy to provide any (if such exists), then I won't bother listening to you anymore. Still not seeing any proof. But if you’re too lazy to provide any (if such exists), then I won’t bother listening to you anymore.

]]> By: ThePlainTruth http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-787304 ThePlainTruth Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:10:13 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-787304 ha ha ha you only need to ask anyone that worked at Fantagraphics... or Dc or Boom or Cross Gen.. graeme cracker even had articles in his worthless columns.... yet the whole point is that there are not very many creators speaking his praises to become an editor --- in fact the silence is deafening... the whole point is that no one WANTS to discuss working under Waid ... or perhaps they dont want to have ideas stolen from them... as well...[oh there is that ] The point is most of the creatorsinstead of trash talking like a child with turrets..[like waid does every other week] they respectfully stay silent ha ha ha you only need to ask anyone that worked at Fantagraphics… or Dc or Boom or Cross Gen.. graeme cracker even had articles in his worthless columns….

yet the whole point is that there are not very many creators speaking his praises to become an editor — in fact the silence is deafening… the whole point is that no one WANTS to discuss working under Waid … or perhaps they dont want to have ideas stolen from them… as well…[oh there is that ]

The point is most of the creatorsinstead of trash talking like a child with turrets..[like waid does every other week] they respectfully stay silent

]]> By: Matthew Halteman http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-787138 Matthew Halteman Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:35:32 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-787138 How convenient, ThePlainTruth (an ironic identity if ever there was one, given that you are not providing your real name). If you cannot provide evidence of what you say, then your comments are less than pointless. Cite references for your accusations or no one will believe anything you say. Or shouldn't, anyway. How convenient, ThePlainTruth (an ironic identity if ever there was one, given that you are not providing your real name). If you cannot provide evidence of what you say, then your comments are less than pointless. Cite references for your accusations or no one will believe anything you say. Or shouldn’t, anyway.

]]> By: ThePlainTruth http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-787074 ThePlainTruth Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:10:44 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-787074 No i remember old interviews and articles and some from Graeme cracker himself which details such experiences... from Fantagrphics, DC and Cross Gen.... and am friends with some of those creators...who are pretty decent enough not to trash a fellow creator yet don't want to ever work for him. No i remember old interviews and articles and some from Graeme cracker himself which details such experiences… from Fantagrphics, DC and Cross Gen…. and am friends with some of those creators…who are pretty decent enough not to trash a fellow creator yet don’t want to ever work for him.

]]> By: GSO89 http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-786940 GSO89 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:55:06 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-786940 ^^^You're not a TW plant are you? ^^^You’re not a TW plant are you?

]]> By: ThePlainTruth http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-786903 ThePlainTruth Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:54:21 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-786903 let's hear from some of the creative personnel that worked under Waif when he was an editor.... [crickets chirping] hmmmmmm that says alot... as a writer Waid may be well respected as a boss he was pretty much hated by those he lorded over.... pretty much explains why he isn't there. let’s hear from some of the creative personnel that worked under Waif when he was an editor…. [crickets chirping]

hmmmmmm that says alot…

as a writer Waid may be well respected as a boss he was pretty much hated by those he lorded over….
pretty much explains why he isn’t there.

]]> By: GSO89 http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-786849 GSO89 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:14:55 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-786849 A Waid run DCU would've been a helluva lot better creative and sales wise than the dogs dinner that is the DiDio regime. I hate you Time Warner. A Waid run DCU would’ve been a helluva lot better creative and sales wise than the dogs dinner that is the DiDio regime.

I hate you Time Warner.

]]> By: ThePlainTruth http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-786793 ThePlainTruth Sun, 13 Jan 2013 16:36:28 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-786793 it is very telling that many creators that worked under Waid when he was an editor at DC ---don't wish to talk about the experience.... being a creative writer is one thing... being a person that can work well with others without taking ideas for his own is something else.... and listening to your talent and trusting them to do what you say and then dont change things after they have written/drawn things is another... Waid wasn't well liked as an editor. it is very telling that many creators that worked under Waid when he was an editor at DC —don’t wish to talk about the experience….

being a creative writer is one thing…
being a person that can work well with others without taking ideas for his own is something else….
and listening to your talent and trusting them to do what you say and then dont change things after they have written/drawn things is another…
Waid wasn’t well liked as an editor.

]]> By: ThePlainTruth http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-786688 ThePlainTruth Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:59:36 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-786688 you might want to interview some creators that felt Waid was very hard to work with as an editor during his time at.....Fatagraphics,Dc Marvel,Cross Gen, Boom,.... as a writer he is amazing asan editopr he has been let go due to personality conflicts many times. you might want to interview some creators that felt Waid was very hard to work with as an editor during his time at…..Fatagraphics,Dc Marvel,Cross Gen, Boom,…. as a writer he is amazing asan editopr he has been let go due to personality conflicts many times.

]]> By: GSO89 http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-786672 GSO89 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:55:32 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-786672 @ Comic-Reader Lad To be fair, it was the success of Road To Perdition that led to the WB viewing DC as a IP comodity(and the Editorial buggery involved whilst kissing up to the higher ups) they've been grooming it to be. Only The Dark Knight added on to the current state of DC. @ Comic-Reader Lad

To be fair, it was the success of Road To Perdition that led to the WB viewing DC as a IP comodity(and the Editorial buggery involved whilst kissing up to the higher ups) they’ve been grooming it to be. Only The Dark Knight added on to the current state of DC.

]]> By: Dan Coyle http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-786578 Dan Coyle Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:17:12 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-786578 Waid= Londo Johns= G'Kar Think about it. Waid= Londo

Johns= G’Kar

Think about it.

]]> By: Comic-Reader Lad http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-786549 Comic-Reader Lad Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:03:59 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-786549 "Two or three years ago" sounds like around the time the whole DC Entertainment thing started. I'm liking DC more since the New 52, but I do hear the occasional inside tidbit that there is turmoil in management at DC regarding the comics guys, the movie guys, and Diane Nelson caught in the middle. Under Paul Levitz and Jeanette Kahn, DC always tried to stay as invisible as possible to the higher ups at Warner Bros. to avoid their interference, but once Chris Nolan's "The Dark Night" came out and broke all kinds of records (not the least of which is that it's Warner Bros. 2nd highest ticket selling movie of all time after "The Exorcist), the writing was on the wall that DC could remain invisible no longer -- especially with the simultaneous winding down of the "Harry Potter" franchise. It would be interesting to know more of what happened to Waid, but the reality is that DC is more important to Warner as a library of characters than as a publishing company. Perhaps Waid simply didn't fit into that new mindset. “Two or three years ago” sounds like around the time the whole DC Entertainment thing started.

I’m liking DC more since the New 52, but I do hear the occasional inside tidbit that there is turmoil in management at DC regarding the comics guys, the movie guys, and Diane Nelson caught in the middle.

Under Paul Levitz and Jeanette Kahn, DC always tried to stay as invisible as possible to the higher ups at Warner Bros. to avoid their interference, but once Chris Nolan’s “The Dark Night” came out and broke all kinds of records (not the least of which is that it’s Warner Bros. 2nd highest ticket selling movie of all time after “The Exorcist), the writing was on the wall that DC could remain invisible no longer — especially with the simultaneous winding down of the “Harry Potter” franchise.

It would be interesting to know more of what happened to Waid, but the reality is that DC is more important to Warner as a library of characters than as a publishing company. Perhaps Waid simply didn’t fit into that new mindset.

]]> By: Aaron Poehler http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-786515 Aaron Poehler Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:53:42 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-786515 His career at DC has been over before. It may have to wait out regime change, but it's still possible he'll write there again one day. His career at DC has been over before. It may have to wait out regime change, but it’s still possible he’ll write there again one day.

]]> By: Simon DelMonte http://blog.newsarama.com/2013/01/11/maybe-somewhere-on-earth-w/comment-page-1/#comment-786514 Simon DelMonte Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:41:29 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34879#comment-786514 So why on Earth did DC drive Waid out? He does belong there. (Try as I might to like it, I find his non-DC work just not as interesting.) He loved it there. What could have happened there? And do we really want to know? So why on Earth did DC drive Waid out? He does belong there. (Try as I might to like it, I find his non-DC work just not as interesting.) He loved it there. What could have happened there?

And do we really want to know?

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