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    It seems that you have spent longer runs on Wildstorm WFH books than books for other publishers. Twenty plus issues for Stormwatch and Authority combined, and twenty seven issues for Planetary (or is Planetary creator owned?) I'm just wondering why? Do the characters appeal to you more?

    Geezer, I wasn't counting.

    PLANETARY is done on a "creator-participation" basis that gives us creative control of the book and a large financial stake in it.
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    Will it exsist in a sort of pseudo-continuity(as in it gets effected by outside forces, but it tends to take a while to affect other titles) like the current Whedon/Cassady run or will it be more directly tied with the other current X-Men titles?

    I'm locating "pockets" inside the ongoing continuity where I can tell stories without having to refer to anything or be affected by anything. There'll be a little timeshift between arcs to keep that effect going.

    Also, a quick question about the preview art: Cyclops' giant nipples, was that a team decision or were either you or Simone really pushing for more giant man nipples in western comics(or comics in general, I should say)?

    Um, what?
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    Would you ever consider writing a slice of life comic about 20-something slacker geeks who are just out of college and struggling to figure out work and relationships in the adult world?

    That sounds just a little too American for me.
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    Drugs: have you dabbled?

    Oh god, yes.
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    Thanks for taking questions. Mine is: given enough time, resources, and attention, do you think that science will ever be able to account for, explain, and predict everything?

    Sort of an "infinite monkeys with typewriters" situation?

    I have a feeling not. I suspect that notion died out with the end of the rule of empirical physics -- there have in fact been times where scientists have announced that 'we are on the edge of knowing everything!' And then quantum physics happened, and it turned out we didn't know shit. I think that living in a quantum-physical world means that we'll never account for, explain or predict everything.
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    What are your favorite comic book series at the moment? ALso, do you follow your friends work, like Ennis' Punisher, or Morrison's All-Star Superman?

    I've stolen a couple of copies of ASS off the net to read, just to see what they're doing. Honestly, I gave up on following my friends' work in any timely manner years ago. I catch up with Grant's work, Garth's, Fraction's, Bri's etc every year or so, but not in any completist way. Just can't manage it anymore.
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    We've seen a character based on Hunter S Thompson, and we're half way through a Desolation Jones arc based elements from the life of Philip K Dick. Any other authors whose life you could see as inspiration for a comics story?

    I've got a project involving Mary Shelley in development.
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      CommentAuthorwarrenellis
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2008 edited
     (1587.8)
    Is there any other form of expressive art besides writing you enjoy doing that you just do for yourself, like playing a musical instrument, painting, etc?

    Nah. Voice like a crow (I once lived with a singer who doubled over with pain whenever I sang in the shower), no musical skills, etc. I plant things instead.

    The closest thing I have to a hobby is probably either that or doing The 4am.
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      CommentAuthorZ
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2008
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    Any 'crop' or plant that's flourished in particular?

    - Z
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    Side-note on that quantum thing... the formulaic expression of the uncertainty principle is uncertain forward in time, but certain backward (essentially an experimentally verified statement that the past is predictable but the future is subject to statistical uncertainty)... which is the closest we've currently got to an answer about a predetermined future. Unless the uncertainty principle (which in its current form is a refection of fundamental reality not experimental limitation) is superseded in the future, that won't change.
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    I've always wondered...
    One you hit a certain financial plateau are you going to slow down a bit? It seems you work much too hard. Red Bulls can't keep the ichor flowing forever.
    I figure it's pretty much everyone's goal to make a ton of money then relax.
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    <blockquote>One you hit a certain financial plateau are you going to slow down a bit? It seems you work much too hard. Red Bulls can't keep the ichor flowing forever.
    I figure it's pretty much everyone's goal to make a ton of money then relax.</blockquote>

    But... then the mad, mad ideas will have no safety vent and heads will explode.
    • CommentAuthorWinther
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2008
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    Apropos venting ideas: This horribly bad joke pops into my head whenever someone mentions the uncertainty principle, and I won't have peace until I've released it:

    Heisenberg is cruising down the road in his car, when he's pulled over by the police. The cop walks up to Heisenberg's window, completely livid, and yells "Do you have any idea how fast you were going?!"
    And Heisenberg says "No. But I know exactly where I am."

    I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry.

    On topic: The discussions about how writing UFF and other mainstream titles brought new people to your creator-owned stories made me wonder: Did Crooked Little Vein have any impact on your comic sales? It does go out to a wider audience, but it might be harder to 'convert' people who don't normally read comics.
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    Um, what?
    I'd assume you'd seen the gorgeous preview art: (I won't post it here, due to the fact that it's pretty huge)

    Astonishing X-Men 25 preview art

    I love the art, but the size of cyclops' nipples is slightly eye catching. Either they're a repository for his powers or Emma loves to mess with them.
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    Or you spend too much time looking at nipples.
    • CommentAuthorfro
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2008
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    They do seem very large.
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    I'd be more concerned with the hourly-rates-motel bed... Is there a little machine to slip dollars into out of panel?

    Seriously though, beautiful artwork. Had my doubts about Simone off the back of Wolverine, but this looks so much more... complete, I guess... despite not yet being coloured...
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      CommentAuthorEgon
    • CommentTimeApr 9th 2008
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    Pepperoni-sized nipples are Scott's secondary mutation. :P
  19.  (1587.19)
    Back on track! Warren, can I ask your opinion on Star Wars?
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    Back on track! Warren, can I ask your opinion on Star Wars?

    The first two were good kid's films. The third one, not so much -- but, of course, I was older then. The new three? Haven't seen them.

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