Who should be the next writer on JLA? (Aside from Johns and Morrison) [Archive]

[]D[]/\/\[]D @ Nite/So-tite

05-30-2009, 11:59 PM

Who do you think DC should pick to take over the book after McDuffie's unceremonious departure, who should take over? (Aside from the fan favorite choice of Johns and Morrison)

It'd probably have to be Morrison or Johns, otherwise the same is liable to keep happening.

Or Mark Waid, but I doubt he'd do it.

Oh... he won't.

Raker616

05-31-2009, 12:11 AM

Waid or Busiek for me we need someone who gets what makes the JLA work and hopefully bring back the founders of the league and start telling great stories again.

Zeraze

05-31-2009, 12:45 AM

Of those listed, I'd prefer Busiek, but I think there are others who could also do a fine job.

Winghead

05-31-2009, 01:32 AM

Busiek or Johns

dupersuper

05-31-2009, 02:50 AM

I voted Busiek, but Simone or Rucka could be good. Tomasi could to. None are my 1st choices though. I'd pick either Arcudi (based on the Superpower 1 shot he did years ago), or, based on the massive amount of editorial interference that sunk Mcduffies run, Peter David. David's by far the best I've seen at weaving crossovers into his long running story arcs.

the4thpip

05-31-2009, 03:10 AM

Stick with Len Wein. Nice to have somebody so old school around.

Aziz Abbasi

05-31-2009, 03:26 AM

"Kurt Busiek" is the best writer to work on Avengers after "StanLee", I vote for him to work on JLA

Other nominations:
*"Chuck Dixon": For his great great work on DareDevil & the Marvel Knights, & his work on "Booster Gold"
*"Warren Ellis": He is the current "Steve Gerber"

[]D[]/\/\[]D @ Nite/So-tite

05-31-2009, 08:12 AM

Waid or Busiek for me we need someone who gets what makes the JLA work and hopefully bring back the founders of the league and start telling great stories again.

Waid's not coming back. :frown:

...so maybe Busiek.

Will.S

05-31-2009, 09:07 AM

Out of that list, definitely Kurt Busiek.

But looking at that list again, it's kind of sad how whittled down DC's writing staff has become. Especially when you've got Judd Winick as a poll option.

Ghost Shark

05-31-2009, 09:18 AM

Busiek or Len Wein. I love Rucka and Simone's work, I'm just not sure it's suited for JLA. I'd have no problem if they want to prove me wrong though!

Darrell D.

05-31-2009, 10:28 AM

"Kurt Busiek" is the best writer to work on Avengers after "StanLee", I vote for him to work on JLA
Except for Roger Stern, Steve Englehart, Roy Thomas, Jim Shooter, David Micheline.. you know, the creative runs that Busiek drew a lot of inspiration from for his run?

Other nominations:
*"Chuck Dixon": For his great great work on DareDevil & the Marvel Knights, & his work on "Booster Gold"
I've always felt Dixon works best on solo books.

*"Warren Ellis": He is the current "Steve Gerber"
Actually, no, he's the current "Warren Ellis".

Shellhead

05-31-2009, 01:46 PM

DanCMH

05-31-2009, 02:12 PM

I'd like to see Gail Simone take a crack at it but I dont want her to leave WW or Secret Six to do it.

galactica

05-31-2009, 05:11 PM

From what he is doing on GLC I say Tomasi. He can do big action without sacrificing emotion and emotion without sacrificing big action.

I think Final Crisis: Requiem was the single best issue out of that event and I liked FC.

NickFury90

05-31-2009, 05:20 PM

Out of that list, definitely Kurt Busiek.

But looking at that list again, it's kind of sad how whittled down DC's writing staff has become. Especially when you've got Judd Winick as a poll option.

Yeah, that was kinda odd looking at this list and seeing Winick, who written anything decent in several years. You got the greatest writer in the biz in Morrison, one of the best superhero writers in Johns, and then it kinda just drops off, compared to Marvel with Brubaker, Fraction, Bendis, David, Pak, Aaron, etc.

Anyway, of the list I'd go with Busiek.

Will.S

05-31-2009, 08:14 PM

Dan Didio should write JLA. He's always meddling with the title, he might as well write it. I wouldn't bother buying it, I just think that he should write it for a while, until he understands how hard he has made it for anybody to write the book.
So true.

Yeah, that was kinda odd looking at this list and seeing Winick, who written anything decent in several years. You got the greatest writer in the biz in Morrison, one of the best superhero writers in Johns, and then it kinda just drops off, compared to Marvel with Brubaker, Fraction, Bendis, David, Pak, Aaron, etc.

Anyway, of the list I'd go with Busiek.
Yeah that's exactly what I mean.

I mean Gail is very good and I usually love Greg Rucka's stuff but Peter Tomasi is still establishing his writing cred and James Robinson is hit or miss. There isn't exactly a "muderer's row" of writers but you can't keep going back to Morrison, Johns, or Waid because they do way too much stuff already and you can't expect them to work miracles every time.

Busiek seems very natural for the part, especially considering his JLA/Avengers. But he would also have to have a really hot artistic team, if you don't have an exciting artist/colorist and put in some generic dude that's going to potentially hurt the book.

titanfan

05-31-2009, 08:30 PM

If Superman, WW and the rest of the big guns are coming back, I'd like to see Keith Giffen get a shot a book and do the JLA he wanted to tell originally. We all saw what he could do without the "big guns" and heavy editorial interference in JLA, I was always curious to see where he would have gone with the league if he had Superman/Batman/WW/etc. Frankly take, Giffen and Porter off of Magog and put them on JLA!

Joe Franklin

05-31-2009, 08:33 PM

Giffen/DeMatteis writing, with Kevin Maguire on art.:cool:

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bongoes

06-01-2009, 03:50 PM

Bob Violence

06-01-2009, 04:37 PM

Dan Didio should write JLA. He's always meddling with the title, he might as well write it. I wouldn't bother buying it, I just think that he should write it for a while, until he understands how hard he has made it for anybody to write the book.
Yeah, until DC editorial decides that a good JLA book is worth having around, they are going to keep messing with it.

dancj

06-02-2009, 07:23 AM

Mark Millar
Yeah - I know a lot of people hate his work, but he never fails to entertain me.

Out of the list given though I went for Gail Simone. Buseik and Robinson are too unreliable, Rucka's better at crime/espionage type stuff, Winick's not quite as good as Simone and I don't know Peter Tomasi.

dumbstruck

06-02-2009, 07:54 AM

Busiek. While many feel his pre-IC JLA story was so-so, remember it was for all intents and purposes a fill-in arc. Busiek's run on Superman, IMO, was more fun than Johns' Action, and he's basically been writing JLA every week for the last year in what has been a fantastically fun weekly; Trinity. Give him the reigns of JLofA, lose the editorial interference, and let's see where he can take it. To great places, I have no doubt.

Will.S

06-02-2009, 08:16 AM

Busiek's run on Superman, IMO, was more fun than Johns' Action.....While I enjoyed Busiek's Superman, I'm gonna have to disagree.

I think Geoff pushed the boundaries a little more with the character, used a better rogues gallery (along with the Legion) and gave him the more "important" stories post IC that showed where he stood continuity wise. Busiek's stuff was good but a little on the boring side and never quite stood out to me as much.

That being said, I did like Busiek's use of Chris Kent and his work with Carlos Pacheco(Camelot Falls, Young New Gods) were the highlights of his run.

DeTroyes

06-02-2009, 08:39 AM

Bendis.

It'll never happen, though.

Giffen/DeMatteis writing, with Kevin Maguire on art.:cool:

I second this nomination.

Infinitely Prolonged

06-02-2009, 08:40 AM

Peter Tomasi followed by James Robinson

dumbstruck

06-02-2009, 08:50 AM

While I enjoyed Busiek's Superman, I'm gonna have to disagree.

I think Geoff pushed the boundaries a little more with the character, used a better rogues gallery (along with the Legion) and gave him the more "important" stories post IC that showed where he stood continuity wise. Busiek's stuff was good but a little on the boring side and never quite stood out to me as much.

That being said, I did like Busiek's use of Chris Kent and his work with Carlos Pacheco(Camelot Falls, Young New Gods) were the highlights of his run.

You're missing the key word in my post. "Fun." Busiek gave us a Superman comic that was fun to read. Yes, Johns' Action had the "important" stories, but I'm not always looking for important. Sometimes I just want a comic I have fun reading.

LordEd1976

06-02-2009, 09:03 AM

Bendis.

It'll never happen, though.

Thank God.

Otherwise, he'll make Zatana go nuts and kill off Vixen, John Stewart, and Red Tornado. Then he'll make the roster fight Intergang all the time.

JamesJesse

06-02-2009, 09:40 AM

I'd pick, in this order...

Geoff Johns (hands down my top choice)

James Robinson

Mark Waid

Jeph Loeb

Marv Wolfman (I don't know why but his name popped into my head)

Darrell D.

06-02-2009, 09:49 AM

Marv Wolfman (I don't know why but his name popped into my head)

Nah, if you're gonna go with a classic writer, go for Wein, Conway or Englehart. They had some truly classic runs on the book.

Will.S

06-02-2009, 11:22 AM

You're missing the key word in my post. "Fun." Busiek gave us a Superman comic that was fun to read. Yes, Johns' Action had the "important" stories, but I'm not always looking for important. Sometimes I just want a comic I have fun reading.
I actually still think the Johns stuff was more fun, but that's entirely subjective.

Pól Rua

06-02-2009, 06:24 PM

Dan DiDio. Cut out the middleman.

FunkyGreenJerusalem

06-02-2009, 06:40 PM

I went with Busiek.

It probably wouldn't turn out how I'd want it to - I really prefer his Astro City stories to some of his big two stuff - he's the only one I would definitely check out.
(A lie: I would check out Robinson's but I'd have no faith he'd be there after the first arc).

Dan DiDio. Cut out the middleman.

Well with out that pesky Mcduffie to muddle up his ideas* this should work a treat!

What's the point of having events affect a character if none of us want to read the book that character is in?

*and explain why stuff makes no sense without 'a magician did it' as his stock answer.

bdk91939

06-02-2009, 11:00 PM

Brian Michael Bendis.

Just kidding guys. Well I think Bendis's strength is on single superhero character comic books like USM. Kurt Busiek is hands down the best superhero teams writer on the selection on the polls on this thread.

But...How about giving Peter Tomasi a try on JLoA. Or even Dave Gibbons. Lets see how they fare. They did great on GLC on the current Sinestro Corps War.

jackdaw53

06-02-2009, 11:36 PM

John O, by the proverbial country mile. And I've got so much faith in him, I'd suggest he do it without the wonderful Dan D helping him.

dancj

06-03-2009, 05:58 AM

Kurt Busiek is hands down the best superhero teams writer on the selection on the polls on this thread.
On the strength of Avengers Forever and JLA: Syndicate Rules I'd have to disagree.

Gail Simone's Birds of Prey and Villains United/Secret Six are far far better.

Blind pugh

06-03-2009, 11:31 AM

Kurt Busiek for me, but then I've never read any of Gail Simone's work.

Edit: Bloody computer hiccup put my vote in the wrong place :-(

Superheroic

06-03-2009, 12:02 PM

None of the above. Give it to Tony Bedard.

dumbstruck

06-03-2009, 01:49 PM

On the strength of Avengers Forever and JLA: Syndicate Rules I'd have to disagree.

Gail Simone's Birds of Prey and Villains United/Secret Six are far far better.

Bear in mind Syndicate Rules was basically a fill-in arc, which normally are ho-hum anyways.

Blind pugh

06-03-2009, 06:23 PM

On the strength of Avengers Forever and JLA: Syndicate Rules I'd have to disagree.

Do you mind if I ask what you didn't like about Avengers Forever?

Jaded Devil

06-03-2009, 07:06 PM

I picked Robinson. He's got a good sense of history without being slavish to it (look at Golden Age and Starman). Plus, hopefully he'd incorporate some of the characters and concepts from his mini-series into the team. I can handle yet ANOTHER retread of the whole Bat/Super/Wonder dynamic, as long as we get someone like Congorilla along for the ride.

Tomasi would be my second choice...I've enjoyed his work on Outsiders and Green Lantern Corps well enough.

All I hope is that DC does NOT give the book to Johns. Ugh. A good writer should give the readers what they need, not what they want. And Johns has done nothing but service the "wants" of readers for years now.

FunkyGreenJerusalem

06-03-2009, 08:32 PM

On the strength of Avengers Forever and JLA: Syndicate Rules I'd have to disagree.

Gail Simone's Birds of Prey and Villains United/Secret Six are far far better.

That's two out of many books he's written.

On the basis of The Atom and her Superman arc, I'd disagree with Simone - but we both no that they aren't her strongest books.

ScottyQuick

06-03-2009, 08:55 PM

That's two out of many books he's written.

On the basis of The Atom and her Superman arc, I'd disagree with Simone - but we both no that they aren't her strongest books.

But neither of them are team books, which is what BoP and SS are.

FunkyGreenJerusalem

06-03-2009, 09:10 PM

But neither of them are team books, which is what BoP and SS are.

True, but she hasn't written any other team books I know of - Gen13?
Put Gen13 in instead of Superman then.

Busiek has done a lot of team books though.

A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.

06-04-2009, 02:43 AM

None of those choices seem all that great to me. Busiek does great work on Astro City, but other than that, his work is largely run-of-the-mill superheroics for me. Greg Rucka is a writer whose work I follow to some extent, but his niche is really not big bright superhero comics.

I'd like to see Morrison do it (of course), and I'd also read it if Johns wrote it. Matt Fraction would be good, but that probably won't happen for a couple of years. Among the people who could actually end up being given the job, I'd say Joe Casey would be my pick.

By the way, whatever happened to Tom Peyer?

dancj

06-04-2009, 06:08 AM

Do you mind if I ask what you didn't like about Avengers Forever?
As someone who's not intimate with Avengers history I found it completely impenetrable.
That's two out of many books he's written.
True, but they're the only two team books I've read by him (barring a couple of issues of Astro City - but they're a different beast altogether). Oh I just remembered - I read the preview of The Power Company which was weak too (though I gather the series improved later).
On the basis of The Atom and her Superman arc, I'd disagree with Simone - but we both no that they aren't her strongest books.
I was talking about team books - and I haven't read her Atom, but her Superman was at least fun.

Blind pugh

06-04-2009, 02:07 PM

As someone who's not intimate with Avengers history I found it completely impenetrable.
Ah that's understandable.

It was very much a house cleaning.

Though I'm curious at why everyone else is conceding it as a bad example of his work?:confused:

Not perfect certainly but I thought it had definite merit!

Karl O'Neill

06-04-2009, 02:13 PM

Kurt or gail.

Shellhead

06-04-2009, 02:24 PM

Busiek did an excellent job writing the JLA in JLA/Avengers.

Shazam

06-05-2009, 06:41 PM

From that list, I'd go with Tomasi.
Personally, I'd like to see Johns take over; failing that, Dan Slott or even DNA.

Robinson hasn't done anything that I've liked since Starman and Golden Age. I've yet to read WONK, so that might change.

Gitaroo_Dude

06-05-2009, 06:59 PM

Off that list, I'd go with Rucka. Robinson already has an upcoming JLA mini, right? And while Rucka's strength seems to be street level books, I expect he could adapt pretty well to the book. People say good things about his WW.

But, and I'm sure this is anathema here, I would totally love to see Frank Miller do a JLA book with his ASBAR cast. It would be absolutely hilarious.

SUPERECWFAN1

06-05-2009, 07:35 PM

Dan Didio should write JLA. He's always meddling with the title, he might as well write it. I wouldn't bother buying it, I just think that he should write it for a while, until he understands how hard he has made it for anybody to write the book.

True,.... and Didio did write Superboy near its cancellation a few years back.

My vote is for Kurt Busiek. No one understands the characters more than Busiek. He can likely get some things since he's closer to Didio than McDuffie.

But whoever gets the book next....give us Hawkman damn it. Geeze...he's been gone for months in JSA and JLA.

stealthwise

06-05-2009, 07:40 PM

I love most of Gail's work, including her JLA and Superman stuff (in hindsight, I didn't enjoy them all that much when I first read them, to be honest) and I LOVE Secret Six, but I'd actually prefer to see what Tomasi is capable of with these characters. He's been quite impressive on GLC, writing circles around Johns.

CBikle

06-05-2009, 08:03 PM

Ah that's understandable.

It was very much a house cleaning.

Though I'm curious at why everyone else is conceding it as a bad example of his work?:confused:

Not perfect certainly but I thought it had definite merit!

I dunno, I'm a big fan of Avengers trivia and I found the series to be boring and pointless.

Busiek, like Waid, is clearly a big silver-age/bronze age comics fan, but both writers always seem to fail in even remotely capturing the spirit or energy of those comics.

Also, Busiek has written JLA before and it was a trainwreck.