General Grievous General Questions For Tony Thread

[General Grievous]

Hey Tony,

Hope you don't mind this me starting this Thread.

The Purpose. simple.

Post all General Comic book and Fiction questions for Tony bedard.

The reason. so Tony's other threads are not mangled and ruined and convoluted.
i want his other threads to stay on topic.

so Thread will serve as a General Topics and questions and fun thread.

First one.

Tony. how do feel about the character of Nightwing? dick grayson?

Have you scribed any wing tales?
would you like to?

[General Grievous]

Tony.

who are your top villains in comics ever?

Dc, marvel, image, it does not matter.

[General Grievous]

how can i boost tonys forums popularity and post count for him if nobody will even post!!!!!!!!

Post comic book related questions here for tony and being the nice approachable guy he is, he will anwser the your questions accordingly.

Regards
Jedi scum!

[Tony Bedard]

We don't need anyone else to post, general. Me and you are taking down Ron Marzzzzzzzz just like Obi-Wan and Anakin took down, uh...you?


Anyhow, I like Nightwing just fine. In fact, he's appearing in my upcoming BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL story arc, wearing his original blue and gold outfit that Perez stuck him in way back in NEW TEEN TITANS. My fave NIGHTWING run is by Dixon and McDaniel. It was a thrill to work with Scott on JSA CLASSIFIED.

My favorite comic villains? Hm...Magneto, Doom, MODOK, Solomon Grundy, Luthor, Amazo...this is actually harder than I thought. I'll get back with more...

[Joe Acro]

Okay, just for kicks, what do you think about Starro?

[General Grievous]

We don't need anyone else to post, general. Me and you are taking down Ron Marzzzzzzzz just like Obi-Wan and Anakin took down, uh...you?

Obi-wan got lucky!!!!!!!, Grievous was trained in the jedi arts by count dooku himself!, ok moving on.

Anyhow, I like Nightwing just fine. In fact, he's appearing in my upcoming BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL story arc, wearing his original blue and gold outfit that Perez stuck him in way back in NEW TEEN TITANS. My fave NIGHTWING run is by Dixon and McDaniel. It was a thrill to work with Scott on JSA CLASSIFIED.

nightwing=brill, Gold and blue outfit=nooooooo!!!!!
joking, i guess it's a flashback scene? actually don't tell me i'll pick it up anyways.

My favorite comic villains? Hm...Magneto, Doom, MODOK, Solomon Grundy, Luthor, Amazo...this is actually harder than I thought. I'll get back with more...

Agreed, we all heros as much as we love the villains, the list is endless.

for me,
deathstroke is number one

[Tony Bedard]

Agreed: Deathstroke rules.

I'm not a big Starro fan, though.

I liked the Lord High Papal from Starlin's DREADSTAR series. I like Black Manta, too! Joker's a classic, but I tend to prefer less obvious ones. Frankly, I like Bane a lot, though there's quite a few Bane haters out there.

Ra's al Ghul might be my fave Batman villain.

[General Grievous]

here's a question,

After Dc had jeph loeb and jim lee create a great villain in HUSH.
the eponymous villain himself was just forgotting about!!!

why would dc not tap into the tom elliot character again?
i always felt jim lee's characters get neglected in comics.

ie. gambit?(created with chis claremont) Hush(tom elliot) equus?(from for tommorow) omega red(from xmen)

i guess there is no easy anwser, if they character no longer fills the niche, they become obsolete.

[Tony Bedard]

Sometimes when someone comes up with a character, it's so identified with that creator that other writers don't want to "mess with their property" so to speak. People might not want to touch Hush becuse they figure that's Jeph's character. Or maybe they're just not inspired by Hush.

But don't be so quick to think it's a Jim Lee thing. You might see Equus again before long. And Gambit is a huge character -- had his own series not so long ago.

[General Grievous]

next question.

how tough are comic book editors?

i was just thinking how hard those guys jobs are, when it comes down to it, they say what go's and what does not go? right?

have you ever been told NO! you can't use that character!

name a character you killed off for dc or marvel?if ya don't mind

[Tony Bedard]

Comic book editors are not so tough. I could take most of them in a fight. C'mon, Denny O'Neil! I dare ya!

Editors who would stomp me flat: Pete Tomasi, Axel Alonso (if his back wasn't hurting), Warren Simons (if he wasn't a vegetarian)...that pretty much does it. The rest of them I'd take on any day!

Editors who think they could beat me: Mike Marts (would only beat me in a beauty contest), Will Dennis (would only beat me in a hip-hop trivia contest).

Um...I just remembered: Jenny Lee could probably kick my ass. Is she still editing somewhere?

Yes, I have been told I couldn't use a character. I wanted Rogue to steal powers from M, but was steered toward Sunfire instead. Which was fine by me, since I love Sunfire.

Characters I have killed? A bunch in EXILES, but mostly alternate reality versions of the characters. You could say I killed off Mimic and Morph, though.

How ya like me now, Will Dennis?

[Joe Acro]

Characters I have killed? A bunch in EXILES, but mostly alternate reality versions of the characters. You could say I killed off Mimic and Morph, though.

You didn't kill off Morph. You made him more interesting.;)

You need to get crackin' on getting your DC kill count to match your Marvel one.

What are some of your favorite comic book stories/arcs?

[General Grievous]

whats's up tony, yes it's me im here again!

i'd say dan didio could kick ass in a scrap!!!

he's from the mighty bronx! same place as fat joe the gangsta rapper!

[General Grievous]

You didn't kill off Morph. You made him more interesting.;)

You need to get crackin' on getting your DC kill count to match your Marvel one.

What are some of your favorite comic book stories/arcs?

im not tony, but a fav tony bedard story arc of mine is "spiderman breakout" which tied in with the new avengers.

there are lots of villains in this story.

and a great moment when spiderman has a gun pointed to his head , and he is sooo powerless against his will

[Joe Acro]

im not tony, but a fav tony bedard story arc of mine is "spiderman breakout" which tied in with the new avengers.

there are lots of villains in this story.

and a great moment when spiderman has a gun pointed to his head , and he is sooo powerless against his will
I didn't mean just his stories, though that's fine if he likes his stuff that much.

I guess I need to read Spider-Man Breakout. At the time, I didn't know Tony was writing it and was really unhappy with the first New Avengers arc.

[General Grievous]

maybe bendis will reveal who was the mystery guy who ordered the breakout in the first place!!!???

can't wait.

yes check out spiderman breakout, it's really fun.

[General Grievous]

146 posts you have now tony!

[Tony Bedard]

Who did order that breakout? I thought they covered that...

[General Grievous]

Who did order that breakout? I thought they covered that...

we know electro broke the villains out, but their was a mysterious benefactor involved too, they havnt been revealed yet

[Dr. Killbydeath]

I thought it was the Savage Land Mutates because they wanted Sauron...

[MatthewDiCarlo]

What the heck, let's get the post count up more.

As sentient universes (And you're closer to Grant Morrison than I am right now, so you can ask him what the heck that means), what are the major difference between the Marvel and DC universes in your mind: strengths, weaknesses? Have they grown closer? Is that a good thing? Would you like to take them further apart?

[General Grievous]

I thought it was the Savage Land Mutates because they wanted Sauron...

no, it might be new villain the hood tho,

[Tony Bedard]

I don't think much about the differences between Marvel U and DCU, to be honest. I approach the stories and characters the same way -- the genre and the dramatic requirements of a given book have more influence on the story than whether it's a DC or Marvel book. The office politics at DC and Marvel also have an effect. As for the "living" universes, it's been a while since I smoked that stuff...

[General Grievous]

so tony, your first issue of countdown is week 49.

which character will you focus on?

i'll understand if ya can't divulge this info. just curious to see which characters you will be handling?

i have the countdown poster clipped onto my desk in work, it's like a ticksheet, so i can keep track of all teh characters.

Regards

[Tony Bedard]

All of them, General. I'm handling all of them.

It'll be like 52, where each week we check in on several different plots, so I'm not just focused on one character.

[General Grievous]

All of them, General. I'm handling all of them.

It'll be like 52, where each week we check in on several different plots, so I'm not just focused on one character.

cool, i can't wait(well i have too!), issue 51 will be my most anticipated comic book issue of may.