CBR: BCC: Spotlight On Chris Claremont

[CBR News]

Superstar writer, Chris Claremont, shared his career experiences with a room full of fans in Baltimore, including his latest gig on Marvel's "X-Men Forever," movie adaptations, modern storytelling techniques, and more.


Full article here (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=23302).

[Talisman]

Good article. It's too bad I don't enjoy his work anymore. I still might give it a try, even though Kittyrine is in it.

[RolandJP]

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Next, Claremont responded to a question about his literary influences, which he said include Shakespeare, Dickens, Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe and other classic authors.

"The nice thing about genetics is, I can see my kids doing what I used to do, which is inhaling books like breathing," said Claremont, "One of the realities of life is getting calls from teachers who feel bad calling you to complain that your kids are reading too much in class."

Claremont explained that he'd been working a lot of what he'd been learning about India into his upcoming "GenNext" work. He also pointed out that China's history and culture would hopefully be integrated into his work as well.


Given the ability of a relatively small group of creators to produce comics quickly and with less expense than other media, the writer reasoned that trying new books is what makes comics enjoyable.

[chrissstopher]

apparently, the only way to really understand and know the x-men is when he writes them

[americocaine]

apparently, the only way to really understand and know the x-men is when he writes them

Youre kidding right?

[Smakk9]

I don't enjoy the regular line of X-Men anymore but I thoroughly enjoy X-Men Forever. I'll admit that his last two runs on the X-Men weren't great but the X-Men are an editorially run franchise now, not a comic book. To me, it was at its best when the comic was totally in the hands of Claremont, his artist (Byrne preferably for me) and Louise Simonson or Roger Stern (editors that would reign in some of his ideas).

[Pixie_Solanas]

I bet it was SRO and sweaty in that room.

[darknessatnoon]

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Next, Claremont responded to a question about his literary influences, which he said include Shakespeare, Dickens, Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe and other classic authors.


Claremont explained that he'd been working a lot of what he'd been learning about India into his upcoming "GenNext" work. He also pointed out that China's history and culture would hopefully be integrated into his work as well.



Yes, I found these two parts hilarious. Not as funny as the part where he explains that he can't read fiction anymore because he always thinks he can write it better.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Were light refreshments served?

[Talisman]

Were light refreshments served?

Some Pinot and Merlot. In homage to Sage.

[Pixie_Solanas]

I bet it was a civilised discussion, a forum for a frank interchange of artistic process and ideas.

Unlike the fanboi sausage fest that usually centers around Matt Fraction.

[grphxkindaguy]

It's too bad I don't enjoy his work anymore.

Ditto! The last thing I read from Claremont that I could tolerate was his first few arcs on New Excalibur, but even that became unreadable after a time...