Give me your ideas...NOW
Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 10:47AM I'm about halfway done writing my graphic novel and things are going great. It's my love letter to a time in comics that I consider MY time...the 90's. Not so much in the look of it, but the tone. I loved the 90's era of comics because they knew what they were and didn't pretend to be anything else. They were excess, they were flash, and most of all, they were balls to wall fun as hell. From Lobo to Spawn, and Creed to Gen 13. From Generation X to the Maxx and Trencher to Youngblood. There seemed to be a little something for everyone. I loved it! So, for my first graphic novel, I've tried to put in all the things that made me love that period in comics.
Here's where I want your help. I've been adding cameo and homages to creators that have played a part in my comic history and want to know who you'd like to see in there and what they would be doing.
example. I have a character named Rob L. Feld who owns a Comic & Guns store and below is a giant lab for him to make giant, sick ass weapons. Like insanely big weapons! Oh yea!
So, take that and reply your ideas. If any of them pop off the page at me, i'll try to work them in and you'll get a special thanks in the book!
Let's have some fun!
Reader Comments (65)
With Gen 13 I always think of the pages J. Scott Campbell would do with the Gen 13ers all collapsed on top of each other... maybe that's a clothing ad?
Symbiiotes were hot too... maybe a story that sells living costumes?
-B
"Bob Cane's Gadgets and Gizmos" toy store or something fun like that.
I'll thinka something better in time.
Hmmm. Well, since you mention Liefeld, I'm thinking Image...which makes me think....
Eric Larson and Savage Dragon... Which makes me then think of Eric Larson selling...fins...sporting wear? Scuba gear? Hmmm...
I'll try to think of more through the day.
"The Maxx" always sounded like a radio station to me, WMAX... the MAXX, turn it up!...lol
Sam Kieth. One of my favorite creators to come out of then.
Although not an industry changing series, the Infinity Gauntlet was a huge one for me. It's massive cross title storyline sucked every dollar out of my pocket, and I started drawing comics and comic cards everyday.
That series will always be special to me.
James Robinson/Tony Harris and Starman. Maybe two punk kids wearing a t shirt named "light-n-shade"
Perhaps a mad scientist that splices animals together to create new hybrids of animals (like a bat and a wolverine mixed together) with the name "Dr. Emil Gamm" (amalgam).
Cole Cash aka Grifter!!!
I would love to see him. For 90s comic characters he has to be my all time favorite for sure.
you have to add a homage to Mike Wieringo! it's a must. i don't know how, where or when, but you have to.
that's the real spirit of the 90's
You need Jim Lee in there with his abs showing through his winter coat.
You need to have Sam Kieth in their as a homeless guy wandering around in a Mexican wrestler mask.
Gotta have something about McFarlane buying that baseball.
Giffen's Trench Coats clothing shop.
WildCATS Preservation Park.
how about guy named Jim Li surrounded by beautiful women. I dunno maybe he owns a gym and nothing but pretty ladies go there. and he himself is quite fit.
well, the Pitt obviously sounds like a run down bar. Perhaps Dale K. could be running the joint.
Simon Bisley drunk somewhere? or maybe wrestling someone in the street? 0.o
"David Mcfarlane's Chicken" in homage to the debate they had when Mcfarlane came in a chicken suit and got trounced by Peter David. Or how about "Xtreme Cable Copies" A Kinko's style place run by a bunch of Cable look alikes, or a movie poster for "SPLATT" with just bullets, arrows, hatchets, daggers and throwing stars wizzing everywhere....I'll think of more...
Jim lee should be a garfiti artist/ninja... that would be the shit.
Jamie hewlett as the owner of the tank musuem?
Jim Lee should be a gym owner where every member is insanely ripped and huge because he is secretly selling performance enhancing drugs in the back.
Pitts gym, then u could have run threw or a window shot of any one u like working out in the gym.
Well the homage to being made should be reflected by the bad and good. Rob was well known for his page swipes... I would really do a well known page layout swipe and a deadpool reference piece.
That way you get the good and the bad. LOL
Rob should totally sell pocket belts at his store.
you can have a guy named Mad Joe who's only 3 feet tall with huge muscles and what not working as a bouncer to a club. Kinda like Puck from alpha flight, but ya know, crazy