Hired to create an incendiary new spin on Miss Marvel by incoming ed-in-chief Bob Harras, I was run out of town on a rail when I submitted my first pages. Harras, a strong man when riled, picked me up by my coat collar and cast me into the New York foot traffic, where I was trampled for some minutes. I was so badly damaged by the shoes of the disinterested locals that when I returned, with "Bobbins", in 1998, it appeared that I could barely draw at all.
Little of this formative work remains intact, due to the rending it received in editorial hands, but here's a panel that shows you how my "no fighting, no crossovers" technique might have revolutionised the industry. Enjoy!
15 comments:
Man, I'd forgotten all about Vision. Didn't he die in that crossover where Scarlet Witch's hair engulfed the whole of Earth?
Oh man, so good.
CMRS I believe Vision is currently a teenage robot, & a member of the Young Avengers. Which totally makes sense in AWESOMEVERSE.
I would buy this comic in a heartbeat.
There's no point telling me, Dewey. I don't work for Marvel Comics.
... Lotus Notes (hahahaha!)...
Shows what Bob Harras knows about the comic reading demographic.
Donal: No no, in fairness, I think he was right. As I have stated on many occasions through the years, if I was editor in chief of Marvel, each title would be modeled on a 1970s film I enjoyed. As the sharp eyed reader will notice, my Miss Marvel is closely modelled on "9 To 5", with the Dabney Coleman role no doubt filled by a character drawn to closely resemble Dabney Coleman.
Dabney Coleman woud've made a great Iron Man. Lily Tomlin could be Captain America.
I mean, the other way around. Captain America should be Lily Tomlin.
Dude, nobody can make Notes work.
I nominate Drax the Destroyer for Dabney Coleman, as I'm pretty sure he was a semibalding white guy with a mustache before he was killed in a car accident (?) on a desert road somewhere near Las Vegas (?) and then reincarnated/reanimated (?) by Thanos (?) [memory abruptly ends]
And I'd totally forgotten about the pink leotard the Scarlet Witch wears under her ostensibly revealing bodice-thing, presumably for modesty and warmth. Always very sensible, the Scarlet Witch (see also: marrying synthezoids).
I'd read it.
We should petition Marvel for the Allisonverse. With 700 X titles they should have room for at least 10 of these.
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