CBR: Stuart Moore Adapts Marvel's "Civil War" for Prose

[CBR News]

Marvel Comics heads to the world of prose fiction in 2012 with a new line of novels retelling its most popular storylines, launching with Mark Millar's "Civil War" as adapted by "Wolverine" writer Stuart Moore.


Full article here.

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"Wolverine writer Stuart Moore"...

Heh. He wrote one issue of Wolverine...

[tesh_karde]

I'm pumped! I'll definitely be buying this! I've always wanted Marvel to have an in continuity line of novels.

[lilyinblue]

Kind of awesome. I'll definitely check it out.

I always did sort of enjoy all of those old X-Men novels, afterall.

[timeismoney]

CW was marvel at it best if AVX can bring what CW did Marvel will have another comic changing event on their hands and we may be able to say the house of ideas has return.

[UKFan]

Could be interesting, depending on what's included and what's
not in the story, how it's organised etc.

[lilyinblue]

Could be interesting, depending on what's included and what's
not in the story, how it's organised etc.

I do wonder if it'll pull in any tidbits here and there from all of the various tie-ins, or if it will really just focus on what happened in the core series. It almost seems like it would have to pull at least SOME from the tie-ins to make it all a cohesive, single story.

[Rheged]

Cool! What a great gig for Stuart Moore! Can't wait to read it!

"Wolverine writer Stuart Moore"...

Heh. He wrote one issue of Wolverine...

He wrote more than one issue of Wolverine -- he also wrote the Wolverine Noir series and I think some short stories. But I agree, the article author didn't chose the best known attribute for Stuart Moore.

Vertigo editor of Transmetropolitan, Hellblazer, SwampThing, Preacher, The Invisibles, and Marvel Knights / MAX editor of Alias, Daredevil, FF1234, Elektra, Howard the Duck amongst other things.

Of course, I prefer writer of Namor the First Mutant, but I'm biased.

[Songbird/Diamondback]

CW was marvel at it best

...seriously?

Why do people love Civil War so much? I mean, it's just a contrived way to get heroes to fight heroes, and people treat it like it's a philosophical debate...even when one side has supervillains on their side and was pretty much made when Bush hate was highest.

[Congo Jack]

I thought Steve McNiven's art was one of the few redeeming factors in CIVIL WAR. I'm sure Moore can add a bit more subtlety to the story in prose though. I hope they can continue this trend.

"Wolverine writer Stuart Moore"...

Heh. He wrote one issue of Wolverine...

One great issue of WOLVERINE. He also wrote WOLVERINE: UNDER THE BOARDWALK, a Wolverine solo story in X-MEN UNLIMITED and four issues of WOLVERINE NOIR. So yeah, Wolverine writer Stuart Moore.

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He wrote more than one issue of Wolverine -- he also wrote the Wolverine Noir series and I think some short stories. But I agree, the article author didn't chose the best known attribute for Stuart Moore.

It's a press release, and they probably wanted to highlight something he's written for Marvel rather than edited or written for someone else.

[Iron Maiden]

CW was marvel at it best

Really? How long have you been a fan because I'd question how much Marvel you've read.

In other words, you need to append an IMO to that statement

[Rheged]

I thought Steve McNiven's art was one of the few redeeming factors in CIVIL WAR. I'm sure Moore can add a bit more subtlety to the story in prose though. I hope they can continue this trend.

I'm looking forward to exactly that, myself. Moore's great at giving characters and stories some depth and subtlety -- which is very much needed for Civil War, IMO.

It's a press release, and they probably wanted to highlight something he's written for Marvel rather than edited or written for someone else.

Half of what I posted was for Marvel. But yes, I see your point. Undeniably, Wolverine is well known, even if that's not what I think of when I think of Stuart Moore.

[Scavenger]

CW was marvel at it best

CW was Marvel as the "House of Ideas" at it's best. It was a fantastic idea.
As an actual executed comic it was awful.

{Specific complaints deleted because I'm tired of reading my own blather}

[Bricolo]

it's going to take an awful lot of padding. It took two minutes tops to read the entire mini and that was with a screaming child in the room distracting me.