Doctor Strange Appreciation

[Stephen Sanders]

Dr. Strange news at BCC Mondo Marvel.

Sankovitch, the only non-writer on the panel, stressed that readers should look into two of the books she's currently editing: the "Nomad: Girl Without a World" miniseries written by Sean McKeever, and the upcoming "Strange" by Mark Waid and Emma Rios. "These are some of the most beautiful pages I've seen in a long time," she said of Stephen Strange's upcoming miniseries. "If you love Dr. Strange and need some Dr. Strange loving, this is the book for you."

Back on the topic of magic in the Marvel universe, a fan asked what Stephen Strange's role would be in the future. Sankovitch reminded the audience of "Strange," the upcoming miniseries that focuses on the former Sorcerer Supreme. He'll also be seen in "New Avengers" #59 alongside Doctor Voodoo.

[Dr-Strange]

I need some Doctor!

[Stephen Sanders]

http://marvel.com/news/comicstories....gher_Education

Writer Mark Waid's no stranger to the odd, the weird and the wonderful in the Marvel Universe. Challenged with the task of shepherding Stephen Strange, former Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, down a new and even stranger path, he levitated at the opportunity.

STRANGE #1, hitting comic shops this November 4, opens the grimoire on a four-issue limited series that aims to catch up with the hero formerly known as Doctor Strange.

"He's been on walkabout," explains Waid of Strange's recent whereabouts. "We're keeping it a bit of a mystery from the other characters in the book, most of whom are meeting [or] discovering Stephen Strange for the first time, but he's taken advantage of what very little magic he has left to walk around some 'otherspaces' to get his head together and has been gone quite a while by his own clock, but only a few months by ours.

"And in his absence, he's adopted a whole new attitude. He's a lot more relaxed than we've ever seen him be. Remember, here's a man who's had to be responsible and studious and has carried massive weight on his shoulders since he was a medical student, and it's never let up. Now it has. Now, for the first time in his adult life, he's free to really savor the world around him."

Strange lost the title and duties of Sorcerer Supreme due to recent cataclysmic events in the pages of NEW AVENGERS; Waid's eager to reveal the magic man's new uses of sorcery-and life itself-in STRANGE.

"He's no longer automatically 'connected' to the magical forces of the universe," he notes. "Stephen still has a few tricks up his sleeve, but its 101 stuff. His hands are once more too damaged and trembly to reliably
STRANGE #1 cover by Tomm Coker
work spells, and Doctor Voodoo now has custody of all his familiar trademark totems. But, again, he's sort of enjoying the new limitations because it's forcing him to re-learn the basics.

"And his approach to life seems to be a relaxed, happy one, but as we'll see, there are many, many demons that haunt Stephen Strange, and he's not as free of them as he might appear to be at first. He doesn't have a new quest, really. In fact, he's really enjoying that he has no quest for the first time in ages. He's on sabbatical. But then he stumbles across a new student with tremendous potential: Casey Kinmont, a young girl who very much has a quest of her own."

It's this new student that forms the backbone of STRANGE and who the writer feels infuses the series with a refreshing change of pace and outlook from past stories of Doctor Strange.

"Just as I've heard of the Yankees but can't name a single player because I'm not a sports fan, Casey knows of the Avengers and the Defenders pretty remotely but has never heard of Stephen Strange," Waid says. "She's a pretty sheltered little rich girl who's not really following Earth's super hero scene, but she blunders into a situation in STRANGE #1 where she's able to help Stephen and, in doing so, sees a way for him to help her find some peace when it comes to her own personal losses."

Still, in looking back over the long history of Stephen Strange, Waid sees what he believes stands out most in terms of a theme and promises that will continue to impact the character into this new series.

"The rising and advancing of the spirit; the learning that Strange has always done," he points out as this prominent feature. "One of the things I've always loved about the [character] is how Stephen is forever a student, forever leveling up, always striving to learn more. It's a fundamental part of his personality, and it's a fundamental part of this series!"

[Stephen Sanders]

"formerly known as Doctor Strange" Hes probably going to be still called Doctor Strange.

[Stephen Sanders]

Dr. Strange in January

STRANGE #3 (of 4)
Written by MARK WAID
Penciled by EMMA RIOS
Cover by TOMM COKER
Stephen Strange and his new apprentice travel not to the Ruins of Raggador or the Dread Dimension of Dormammu...but to a small Southern town conducting a bizarre ritual of its own, one that threatens the life of every young girl in the state! Plus: more on the secrets that Stephen himself is hiding from his student!
32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #22
Written by MATT FRACTION
Art & 50/50 Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
50/50 Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
The heart and soul of the Marvel Universe gathered to bring Tony back online...but when they flipped the switch, nothing happened. What do you do when the smartest man in the world is trapped inside his own subconscious? Doctor Donald Blake reaches out for a specialist...Doctor Strange! And meanwhile...the Ghost closes in, ready to assassinate Tony Stark once and for all.
32 PGS./Rated A ...$2.99

[FanboyStranger]

Looks like Brendan McCarthy's Dr. Strange/Spider-Man mini is going to be released in April 2010. There's a rejected promo piece over at Heidi McDonald's Beat, and all I can say is if that's the rejected art, I can't even imagine how good the actual art will be!

[docholliday504]

Strange will always be the SOrcerer Supreme in my book.

[jlmoor]

Happened by your thread. I don't know a lot about Dr. Strange outside of his Illuminati apperances and here and there, but I do think this is pretty awesome:

The rumor is this is the only time Lee has drawn Dr. Strange, but that is according to the guy that owns the comic shop where this is displayed.

[Stephen Sanders]

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=...773&disp=table


Strange preview for the first issue out Nov. 11th.

[Prodigy55]

I love Dr. Strange! It would be cool if he got a series where he was teaching more of the young magicians, like Wiccan, Sister Grimm and Pixie. He already promised to teach Pixie when she turns 18.

[Dark Traveller]

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=...773&disp=table


Strange preview for the first issue out Nov. 11th.

Very cool. It has a nice free breathing feel about it that the Doctor Voodoo first issue somehow lacks.

[Dark Traveller]

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Doctor Strange's appearance, and by this I mean his face, (which naturally of course varies a little with each artist.) has often had a slight asiatic look to it.
At first a pondered that perhaps Strange could have a little Chinese or Tibetan in him.
But on pointing out to friends Ditko's first Dr Strange stories they althought his appearance more in the nature of the west Finno Ugric peoples, ie Hungarian (one thought Transilvanian) Sammi, Slavic etc.
Still predominantely caucasian but with an ancient add mix from the races of the north asian steppes.
And I think they're right, their judgement bullseyes his appearance much more closely.

However in later stories his family (and of course his English name) have been pretty firmly locked down as white Anglo saxon protestant from the mid-northwest.
He could still have say a Hungarian, Polish or Estonian grandmother but is it stretching things a bit far? When even as a full blooded hungarian (by some illustrations) he would look notably asiatic amongst Hungarians.
So I wondered where is a wasp family living for some time in the mid-northwest most likely to gain a semi-asiatic look.
And then it came to me, Native American.
I looked up as to which of the native tribes would most accord with Strange's appearance and the Sioux Indians with their slightly greater height, longer faces combined with strong jaw, nose and high flat cheek bones seemed the best choice.
By some fluke, chance would have it that the Sioux are actually present in Dr Stranges home state.
Dr strange's father had blue eyes, and his mother must have carried the gene for blue eyes. So he couldn't be more than a quarter Sioux but when you factor his mother's pale skin, she's unlikely to be half Sioux.
So I propose That Strange could be anywhere from 1/8th to 1/32nd Sioux from either his father or mothers side.
I think 1/16 would be best as it allows and explains the artists freedom to show a semi-asiatic look or none at all.
1/8th might demand a little more constistency and 1/32nd might be never noticable at all.

I wonder if the artist Emma Rios had seen this old post of mine or was she already drawing the new mini by this point.
Does her Strange seem to look part Sioux?

[Dark Traveller]

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=...773&disp=table


Strange preview for the first issue out Nov. 11th.

Slightly mangaish feel to the art work.
Not passing judgement on this, it just noting it.

[BBeeryan]

Did you guys get away with this thread because he's no longer an Avenger? Not being a troll.

[Stephen Sanders]

Slightly mangaish feel to the art work.
Not passing judgement on this, it just noting it.

Yeah thats what I thought in the first time I saw it. I'm not really a manga art fan but I'm putting all of that aside at least for this series anyway.

Did you guys get away with this thread because he's no longer an Avenger? Not being a troll.

I don't know. I just started it in this thread. Guess it could go in either one.