Brand New Day Writers

[Matt Linton]

Who would you like to see jump in?

Peter David
Matt Fraction
Joss Whedon
Brian K. Vaughan
Ed Brubaker

[ZT4]

JMS;)

Mark Miller, this really feels like it could be an "Ultimates" version of ASM (ironic as that sounds, I DID say "Ultimates")

[Fatguy]

I'd like to see more Peter David Spidey.

[JohnnyC]

Nobody. The reason I say that is this: all those writers you listed are good (some, like Brubaker, are fantastic) but, with the way the book is being run, it's best operated with the "Braintrust" handling the writing, and shuffling artists in and out. Just my opinion.

And by the way, Joss Whedon appears to have trouble putting out three issues a year, let alone a month.

[TheAmazingSpidey]

It'd be GREAT to see Peter David on the title. That'd be a hell of a month!

[Mister Mets]

Ed Brubaker
Gail Simone
JM Dematteis
Roger Stern
Grant Morrison
Mark Millar
Matt Fraction
Priest
BKV
Warren Ellis

[Sion]

I wouldn't mind it if Dan Slott wrote every issue.

But my fave writers also include Brubaker, Joss Whedon, Peter David, and JMS in no particular order.

[RunningMonk]

Ed Brubaker tops my list. he's my favorite writer out there.
Peter David would be good too.
Mark Millar.

[Sonicjuce]

Mark Miller, this really feels like it could be an "Ultimates" version of ASM (ironic as that sounds, I DID say "Ultimates")

I would not want to see Mark Miller on the title in the slightest. I think this would be a huge mistake and the complete wrong direction.

Although I am intrigued to see what he does with FF. I might change my vote then...

[Billy Parker]

No one. I love the BND braintrust.

But if I had to, (someone leaves) Mark Millar and Peter David.

[rZi]

Joss Whedon
Mark Millar
JMS (yep)

[Leocomix]

Peter David
Robert Kirkham

[kello]

I know it's impossible, but Sean McKeever might actually do well with the new status quo.

I just want writers who are commited to the character. It seems like the core group of writers they have now are doing a good job.:)

[Matt Linton]

If it were up to me, Sean McKeever would have an open invitation to write any Spider-Man comic he wants.

[a-spidey]

i really would like to see "J M DeMatteis" on Amzing Spider-man with a story arc.
Also interesting for me would be:Joss Whedon

[Leocomix]

If it were up to me, Sean McKeever would have an open invitation to write any Spider-Man comic he wants.

Agreed. I didn't put him because he's exclusive with DC.

[Rahul]

Matt Fraction, people. I'd like him to replace Dan Slott someday...

[twitchinmonkey]

Gerry Conway
Len Wein
Marv Wolfman

If they're going to go back to telling the same kind of stories they did in the 70's, they may as well use the same writers

[Mister Mets]

Matt Fraction, people. I'd like him to replace Dan Slott someday...He could work alongside Slott. I'd have no problem with that.

[Leocomix]

Gerry Conway
Len Wein
Marv Wolfman

If they're going to go back to telling the same kind of stories they did in the 70's, they may as well use the same writers

Stan Lee then since they obviously want to emulate the Lee/Romita rather than the Ross Andru/Keith Pollard.

[Spiffy]

I'd like to see more Peter David Spidey.
Ditto.

His last crack at Spidey was the best going, there's little doubt his next one would be.

[Gemini no Saga]

Ed Brubaker
Gail Simone
JM Dematteis
Roger Stern
Grant Morrison
Mark Millar
Matt Fraction
Priest
BKV
Warren Ellis

Man I´ll Kill to have Priest writing Spiderman ... Quantum and Woody was one of the funniest books ever.

[StoneGold]

Anyone mention Christos Gage yet?

And he can't for a bit because I believe he is still exclusive, but how about Andy Diggle? Although I'd much rather have him on Iron Man.

How about Jason Aaron? See if he can go beyond just the nitty gritty stuff.

[Venom]

Matt Fraction
Ed Brubaker
Brain Michael Bendis
Peter David

[Mister Mets]

In his Spider-Man manifesto (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=6289390&postcount=6), Senior Editor Tom Brevoort noted that with the new Amazing Spider-Man schedule, there would be a need for three or four "ever-green style single issue stories" which could be used whenever the schedule starts to slip (given the complications if a book is even a week late). So who would guys want Marvel to hire for these single fill-in stories? This assumes Marvel doesn't just commission the regular writers to come up with these ideas (though I think Dan Slott, Joe Kelly and Zed Wells could do a great job.)

Some names that come to mind for me...
Paul Jenkins- His single issue stories were almost universally good, and many of the best ("Heroes Don't Cry," the Spider-Man VS Morbius tale, Uncle Ben flashbacks) could probably be folded into Amazing Spider-Man at any point.

Tom Beland- Wrote an excellent eleven page Spider-Man story and "Web of Romance." He's a big Flash Thompson fan, so I'm sure he could do something awesome with that character. And he could probably change fans minds about a possible romantic interest for Spider-Man with a spotlight issue on her. Or make fans cry with a spotlight issue on Mary Jane.

Roger Stern- One way to convince readers that a one-off story isn't a fill-in arc is to have a fan-favorite writer as the scripter. He's done a few excellent Evergreen type stories during his Amazing Spider-Man and Spectacular Spider-Man runs.

JM Dematteis- If he were to write a one-off story, there'd be legitimate excitement, as opposed to the negative buzz that comes with pretty much any fill-in story. And he has done a few shorter stories before that were really good (especially during his Marvel Team Up run.)

Lee Weeks- Excellent and under-rated artist, who has done some great work with Spider-Man.

Jim Cheung: Drew an excellent Spider-Man in Spider-Man Unlimited #6. On par with the other excellent artists who have done work on ASM.

Now, if you think there should never be fill-in stories almost guaranteed not to advance a plot (though there are ways around this), feel free to mention that.

[gorthon616]

While a lot of the writers mentioned here are good, I don't necessarily think that they all would do well on Spider-Man. But I'd really be interested in Peter David and Gail Simone. I read the early issues of Welcome to Tranquility and I thought it was captivating. Like a mix between Joe Kelly and Alan Moore, though I dropped the book for personal reasons, I'd definitely be interested in seeing her take on Peter and maybe even making MJ a more worthwhile character in her own right.

[Mister Mets]

Can't believe I forgot to mention Tom Beland earlier.

Bumping so Mets can merge this.I think there's a bit of a difference between the two threads.

The thread I just started about single-issue fill-in stories.

This thread seems to be about who you'd want to join the Brand New Day braintrust, not all of whom would work well for single issue "evergreen" stories, though I'm trying to think of someone mentioned here who wouldn't qualify for that.

What one or two writers should take over when the Brain Trust takes a vacation would be another different thread. :biggrin:

[Red Lotus]

Warren Ellis
Mark Millar
Grant Morrison
Mike Carey

[Matt Linton]

Can't believe I forgot to mention Tom Beland earlier.

I think there's a bit of a difference between the two threads.

The thread I just started about single-issue fill-in stories.

This thread seems to be about who you'd want to join the Brand New Day braintrust, not all of whom would work well for single issue "evergreen" stories, though I'm trying to think of someone mentioned here who wouldn't qualify for that.

What one or two writers should take over when the Brain Trust takes a vacation would be another different thread. :biggrin:

It was meant more as, "Who would you like to see writing the BND Spidey" in a general sense.

[Mister Mets]

It was meant more as, "Who would you like to see writing the BND Spidey" in a general sense.Cool, I guess I'll mention the guys I'd want on the book if the brain-trust has to take a vacation. :biggrin:

I'm sure there'll come a point when the new schedule is considered too much work for five writers and an editor, and they'll be given a break of six to twelve months to do other projects, and get a nice head-start before returning to the series.

In that case, it would make sense to give the book to a new smaller, writing team (because managing one or two writers has to be easier for all involved than doing the same with 4-5 guys.) So I'd nominate...

Matt Fraction/ Ed Brubaker- Fantastic writers who are doing great work together. Both can surely do an excellent 18-36 issue mega-arc. Brubaker's work on Daredevil is ample proof that he'd excel on Spider-Man, and Fraction's done solid work with the character.

Mark Millar- He would need significant lead time, but it is possible. He's one of the best superhero writers out there, Marvel Knights Spider-Man was fantastic and there was a point when he was expected to write 36 issues an year of the X-Men.

[Baron Banter]

Roger Stern
Tom Defalco
Peter David
JM Dematteis
Try to get Gerry Conway to come out of his cacoon

[ronnieramone]

Paul Jenkins - His single-issue Spider-man stories were always great. I remember enjoying his Spider-man over that of the far more popular JMS when they were writing Spidey at the same time. It always seemed like Jenkins was discouraged from writing anything really significant, because he was only doing the side title. If he had been given top-notch artists like JMS had, and had more freedom, a shot at Amazing, he could have been considered one of the greats. As far as the single-issue Spider-man story is concerned, he IS one of the greats.

Matt Fraction - They've got this guy doing a bunch of lower-selling titles, but his Sensational Spider-man Annual is possibly one of the greatest single-issue Spider-man stories ever told. And that was all we got from him. I feel like I am being cheated out of great Spider-man stories every month that passes without another Fraction Spidey tale. Give the man a shot!

Stan Lee - After reading his "Last Fantastic Four Story" I was reminded all at once how great The Man was. Stan is easily the king of the short, single-issue comic story. Hopefully Stan will be with us for a very, very, very long time, but he had better write at least one more Spider-man comic before he goes up to see the Spirit in the Sky.

Bendis! - With single Spidey being more like Ultimate Spidey than ever, this just makes sense. We know that Bendis can write fill-in issues (sometimes it seems like New Avengers is nothing BUT that) and he is one of the hottest current superstars in comics. Bendis will sell copies. He already writes 616 Spidey constantly in New Avengers, often better than the character appears in his own titles, so this isn't a big stretch. Heck, he could probably churn out a fill-in story in a single night.

Peter David - I am still waiting for the return of the Commuter. It's coming soon, right?

[Billy Parker]

Peter David and no one else but him really.

[The Shadow]

If the arc were done far enough in advance I'd LOVE to see Joss Whedon.

PAD or Stern would be great too!

Zeb Wells should certainly come back for more too!!!!

[cpahl2000]

I´d like to see Roberto Aguirre-sacas back on Spider-man.I love his Sensational Spider-Man run ang in my opinion he did an excellent job and put Spidey where he belongs, but OMD and BND is better, according to Marvel.

[cpahl2000]

Peter David and no one else but him really.

I loved his recent run and I agree with you.

[TomBelandofTSSTG]

I'd vote for me.

[Matt Linton]

Based on Fantastic Four: Isla De Muerta, I would too.

[Mister Mets]

I'd vote for me. I was a bit worried you'd say no due to the events of One More Day, but your two previous Spider-man stories were excellent (as was Isla de la Muerte, to say nothing of TSSTG.)

[ReggieWhiteJr]

With the his work on Spectacular Spider-Man & Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Peter David gets my vote. He knows how to do a good mix of serious and funny stories.

I second Lee Weeks. Man has proven himself as a writer AND an artists for Spider-Man.

Paul Jenkins is AWESOME! I'd love for him to write Spider-Man again.

Darwyn Cooke did some good Spidey work on Spidey's Tangled Web so I'd have no beefs with him getting involved with the Spider books once more.

[Mister Mets]

If the arc were done far enough in advance I'd LOVE to see Joss Whedon.

PAD or Stern would be great too!

Zeb Wells should certainly come back for more too!!!!I assume that the list excludes the current Braintrust guys, as they're already in. But Dan Slott and Zeb Wells seem to be the strongest BND writers.

[BeastieRunner]

I'd vote for me.

Based on Fantastic Four: Isla De Muerta, I would too.

I'd buy those issues of Spider-Man, even with all the BND crap and my dropping the title. You are a fantastic writer!

[Lemurion]

Judd Winnick

[cpahl2000]

Judd Winnick

He could be a choice.He can write young heroes.

[TomBelandofTSSTG]

Flash Thompson is a character I really like, but nobody seems to do anything with. I'd love to make him a scout for a sports team. That way you can bring him in whenever he's in town. There could be a great steroids story there with him trying to deal with a player who's on them. Nothing too preachy. Plus there's that military background that never gets looked at. It seems as though the only thing he's good for was as a punching bag.

I think Peter should view Thompson as an older brother... that's how I've always seen him. Even when he was tormenting Pete in high school. Me and my friends all had evil older brothers who we're now great friends with.

[JamesOliva]

Flash Thompson is a character I really like, but nobody seems to do anything with. I'd love to make him a scout for a sports team. That way you can bring him in whenever he's in town. There could be a great steroids story there with him trying to deal with a player who's on them. Nothing too preachy. Plus there's that military background that never gets looked at. It seems as though the only thing he's good for was as a punching bag.

I think Peter should view Thompson as an older brother... that's how I've always seen him. Even when he was tormenting Pete in high school. Me and my friends all had evil older brothers who we're now great friends with.

Someone get this man into the "braintrust," stat!

[PastePotPete]

I'm not anti-BND, but I'm kinda anti-Braintrust.

Can we just give Slott plenty of lead-time and let him write the book by himself please?

Busiek is writing the new weekly over at the competition. Every issue. Spider-man doesn't even come out every week. If you let Slott get four months in the can before he started, he could handle the writing chores no problem. They could keep switching out the artists the same way they do now.

I'd like for them to do this because I feel like rotating writers have the effect of killing story momentum. The changes may be subtle, but I feel like I'm reading a different Spider-man every month.

I love Slott's Spider-man and I'd like to see him do a nice long run. Fifty issues of Dan Slott!

[Matt Linton]

I agree that it feels like a different book each month, to some extent, but I feel like it's the best of both worlds that way. Amazing, Spectacular, and Web of, say, gave you three different takes on Spider-Man. The problem was that it felt like you were reading about three DIFFERENT Spider-Men, at times, because the storylines rarely had anything to do with each other. The current method gives you those slightly different takes, but allows the ongoing subplots to carry over from writer to writer. It just flows better, to me.

[carabas]

I agree that it feels like a different book each month, to some extent, but I feel like it's the best of both worlds that way. Amazing, Spectacular, and Web of, say, gave you three different takes on Spider-Man. The problem was that it felt like you were reading about three DIFFERENT Spider-Men, at times, because the storylines rarely had anything to do with each other. The current method gives you those slightly different takes, but allows the ongoing subplots to carry over from writer to writer. It just flows better, to me.At least the old way, you could get Amazing, the issues of Friendly Neighbour that looked good, and stear clear of Sensational.

Now if you really don't like Gugenheim, you might as well drop the entire title. Also, telling your retailer to pull the next three issues, not the three after that, then the two following thhose, but not the three after that, is quite impossble. At least in my shop it is.

[Matt Linton]

I don't do a pull-list, so it doesn't really affect me. I thought most shops would let you have creator-based pulls (anything by Slott, for example).

[DeadXMan]

Stan Lee
Aaron
Gage
Pad
Ellis

[TomBelandofTSSTG]

Judd Winnick

First issue: Everyone naked in the Daily Bugle.

Second issue: Aunt May nude.

Yeah.... I'm in! ;)

[carabas]

I don't do a pull-list, so it doesn't really affect me. I thought most shops would let you have creator-based pulls (anything by Slott, for example).They do, but none of the BND writers is remotely good enoug for me to want all of their work.

[Mr. Earl Brooks]

Lately my position on who I like writing Spider-Man has been:

Anyone that isn't Bob Gale.

[Mister Mets]

Judd WinnickJudd Winick's problem for me is that he's a very uneven writer.

Barry Ween and Pedro & Me are two of the finest comics I've ever read.

His Exiles and Green Arrow runs were very inconsistent, with some exceptional stories (the Exiles VS Galactus three parter, his first Green Arrow arc, his AIDS issues of Green Arrow) but not enough of them to prevent me from dropping both titles.

[Matt Linton]

I don't usually go all negative, but if it's the TITANS Judd Winick, no thanks. I'd be okay with the GREEN ARROW Judd Winick.