CBR: Swierczynski on the "Times & Life" of Bishop

[CBR News]

With “X-Men: The Times and Life of Lucas Bishop� #1 in stores now, CBR speaks
with writer Duane Swierczynski about the miniseries that charts the life of the
former X-Man, and hints why he wants to kill a mutant messiah.


Full article here.

[darknessatnoon]

I wonder of DS will settle this Aborigine matter.

[Xero]

So he wants to redeem a character, that wouldn't need redeeming if he had not ruined him? How does that work exactly? BTW the Koori are black, you don't have to be from Africa to be black. Many Koori and Maori consider themselves to be black.

Bishop was the only black male X-Man and now he's ruined, either replace him or kill him.

Sunspot and M bothy used to be black but Peter David decided M wasn't black anymore, and someone else decided there weren't any black Brazilians (I'm being sarcastic here).

[darknessatnoon]

So he wants to redeem a character, that wouldn't need redeeming if he had not ruined him? How does that work exactly?

Bishop was the only black male X-Man and now he's ruined, either replace him or kill him.

Sunspot and M bothy used to be black but Peter David decided M wasn't black anymore, and someone else decided there weren't any black Brazilians (I'm being sarcastic here).

M was never "black." She was always Algerian. They are only white people with tans.

[Zombiefol]

I was pretty interested in the mini-series when I first heard about it. The part about Stroman on art manged to slip by me. After the incoherent stint he had on X-Factor I'm going to skip this.

[Xero]

M was never "black." She was always Algerian. They are only white people with tans.

No actually you're wrong, there is a significant Tuareg (black) population in Southern Algeria. Next time do your research.

[timbox]

Sunspot and M are both black. You don’t have to be from Africa to be black.

[darknessatnoon]

No actually you're wrong, there is a significant Tuareg (black) population in Southern Algeria. Next time do your research.

"Monet" is not a name that primitive nomadic tribal savages give their kids. It's what half French, half Arab mutts get named. Next time get a clue.

[Xero]

...primitive nomadic tribal savages......

Really now, so the Tuaregs are savages? Why don't you stop now before you make it worse.

[jarrod]

Bishop was the only black male X-Man and now he's ruined, either replace him or kill him.

There's also Prodigy, Gentile and Storm.

[darknessatnoon]

Really now, so the Tuaregs are savages? Why don't you stop now before you make it worse.

Why don't you stop making a fool of yourself complaining about comics that haven't come out yet and the race of fictional people?

[Xero]

Why don't you stop making a fool of yourself complaining about comics that haven't come out yet and the race of fictional people?

Lets see, I disproved your initial statement about black Algerians, so your comeback was that Monet couldn't possible have any Tuareg origins because they were, and i'm paraphrasing here "ignorant savages".

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't you also arguing about the racial orgins of a fictional character and making a fool of yourself?

[darknessatnoon]

Lets see, I disproved your initial statement about black Algerians, so your comeback was that Monet couldn't possible have any Tuareg origins because they were ignorant savages.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't you also arguing about the racial orgins of a fictional character and making a fool of yourself?

No. My comeback was that Monet isn't Tuareg because she's got a FRENCH NAME! Are you really that dense?

Now stop bitching. There are plenty of black characters. They're just mostly Cyborgs, not mutants.

[Home made ectoplasm]

Xero, you'd think for someone from "teh intarweb" you might know how this sort of thing works by now

[timbox]

Cyborgs are similar to Bishop. Neither have souls.