As is my wont, occasionally I ask people what they would like me to write up on here in this joint. So what would you all like? “I should write” requests, as always, will be ignored, and no guarantees are extended.
(I’d also ask for comment on the idea set forth in comments here, as that was not the first time people have expressed interest in a higher pagerate.)
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A side by side comparison of the Teabagger Party and the John Birch Society.
I’m curious – did you ever read the Phantom comics? I haven’t seen anything written about them on here (though I’m a new reader) so if you have, it would be great to read a review of them (or whatever you wanted to write about them).
If you haven’t read them, obviously you can’t write anything about them, but I’d suggest you check them out. Don’t know how available they are here though.
Since you’re a big fan of Lex Luthor, I’d like to know your take on how he was used in Blackest Night and Paul Cornell’s Lex-centric run on Action Comics so far.
More Canadian politics is always enjoyable material.
shorten movie reviews to half a sentence plz
Compare and Contrast of the classic, 90s, and modern Guardians of the Galaxy and the classic, 90s, and modern LSH.
… what?
Three Movie Executives are ALWAYS awesome.
Also your photoshopped parodies, of which you have never made a bad one yet.
Also too, more ‘General Nerdery’ threads, because there’s nothing I like better than a thread about Star Wars that runs to a hundred replies.
I second the request for more Canadian politics. People look at me funny when I refer to our current government as barely competent and occasionally malfeasant, and it’s starting to feel kinda lonely.
More photoshoppy goodness.
Something like a reader mailbag in which you respond to and/or ridicule people that email you.
More Law posts. You haven’t had one in a couple months. Like your old links to The Court articles and comments about the material. While not the core of your topic material, I find those posts very interesting and entertaining.
Grading every country’s national anthem, part three, please. I don’t know why I love that series, but I do.
Why I Should Run {DC|Marvel} Editorial.
Well, I’ve finally gotten some of my old law-school on-board, but they don’t really get the comics-centric stuff. So I’d like to chip in some more “mainstream geek culture” articles (Star Wars, etc.), and your legal/political articles are pretty entertaining.
Goofus and Gallant parodies.
American politics, please?
More Archie stuff, but not just the sort you’ve been doing lately, where everyone re-writes the dialogue.
How about a retrospective of Garth Ennis’s Hitman (and why people should read it)?
…or an attempt to reconcile the vast list of Goblins it seems Marvel has churned out over the years?
…or just keep on truckin’ on what you do best, swinging wildly between political observation, pop culture commentary, and comic fandom musings, because it’s damned pretty.
I’d like to see more redialogued comics,more ‘shopped book covers — the fighting fantasy ones still crack me up — and maybe something to do with various fantasy series.
Maybe opinions on series of books worth picking up — I’ve been reading Cornwell’s Arthur/Warlord trilogy and enjoying it a lot.
Or maybe thoughts on tie in/franchise books — yeah yeah I read a lot of Warhammer novels, sue me ! :()
I’d like to read your opinion of how the Penguin would fit in the Nolan Batman films, and whether you believe Nolan’s determination not to use the Penguin is wise or closing himself off from a potentially interesting story.
It was the rewritten comics that brought me here and the “I should write…” features that kept me around. I can never look at Dr Strange the same way again.
An analysis of how one should create and introduce new villains into a continuous story, and at what frequency.
The Simpsons: where should one start watching it, what are the best episodes, the worst, and where did it actually start going downhill?
Counting all the CGI failures in The Expendables movie. What, they couldn’t afford real-time squibs for their bullet wounds?!
Whether or not Gadget from “Chip’n’Dale Rescue Rangers” is autistic.
Alpha Flight’s coming back, for at least one issue. Thoughts on this development and the AF concept in general?
@stavner: Who cares? She’s by far the hottest Disney cartoon character.
There’s an election in Australia this weekend.
Alpha Flight.
The Commonwealth Games.
Have you read any John Birmingham?
Can Ted Kord come back without ruining Jaime Reyes as a character?
When and how did Teen Titans go off the rails?
Why did Runaways lose its audience? Can it get that audience back, or find a new one?
What place do you think editorial should have in the creation process of a shared universe?
(If it’s not abundantly clear, I’d like to see more comics stuff.)
Your thoughts on the “Annihilation” event that Marvel ran in its cosmic lines at the same time as “Civil War.”
Three Movie Execs! Did you do one for Yogi Bear? I can’t remember and I don’t see a tag for Execs. =/
And, I’ve been meaning to request: more of el Tyrano Magnifico!
Back in your post about the Harvey Awards, you mentioned that you thought Steve Dillon should’ve gotten a nomination for Best Artist. Which is kind of a controversial choice, judging from the comments (by which I mean that I wasn’t the only one baffled by it).
So I wouldn’t mind hearing your opinion about why Steve Dillon is a good artist, and why you think he particularly deserved a nomination this year. Personally, I’d put Amanda Conner on the list before him, but your mileage apparently varies.
Oilsands!
While I still like my request, I support Burke’s for your thoughts about Annihilation.
More “I should write Doctor Strange”. Always more. Until I become so intellectuall bloated from all the stories that I transform into a being of pure text.
How about you apply your brilliant cognitive powers to explaining exactly why it was that so many of my peers worshipped the movie “The Mighty Ducks” when they were young.
Failing that, if you’ve ever read the “Thieves and Kings” comic strip my Nova Scotian writer Mark Oakley, I’d be interested to hear your thoughts.
You had mentioned Akane Tendo was one of you’re favorite characters so how about something about her or Ranma 1/2 in general? Rumiko Takahashi is an incredible talent who’s work I never see discussed.
Why Brian Michael Bendis’ horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE Avengers run continues to sell and get critical acclaim. It’ can’t JUST be the artists. I can buy that with Loeb, but I often run into people who profess love for what he’s doing.
And no, I’m not Steven R. Stahl. I don’t love Englehart as much as he does.
Dunno if you already wrote about this, but I’d like to see your thoughts on the absolute abomination that is Deadpool in Wolverine: Origins.
I’d like an “MGK Classic” link, where I only see posts from MGK and Flapjacks.
I’ve given the other contributors a shot, but they only make me less interested in reading this blog regularly.
More Rex.
There’s no comic for purchase (under $50) and seeing a “Why I Should Write Wonderdog” would provide the world with the Rex fix that it deserves.
Some analysis of Discworld books: be it the stories, Pratchett’s writing, the characters or some characters in particular…
I’d just like to read your thoughts about Discworld, being a recent fan.
A new feature called “Your Conservative Government’s Stupid Census Argument of the Day”.
More “Who’s Who”.
Various ranting on sucky Marvel/DC comics storylines.
Mocking of Rob Ford.
Review modern recommended books for nerds (i.e Jim Butcher *wink*) and thrash those that suck
Lawyer luchadore shenanigans
Detailed impassioned posts highlighting obscure political/literature or internet based/cultural phenomena and explaining why these things matter in a witty yet practical sense (i.e. enlightenment)
Historical figures causing/plotting eventual catastrophic disasters (similar to the bigwig and his three flunkies)
Hellboy. BPRD. Mike Mignola. Your thoughts? Do you read them?
While my foray into comics is rather limited, Hellboy is a consistent favorite of mine thanks to the surprisingly satisfying blend of international mythologies, pulpy action and Nazi fighting, and (of course) endless Lovecraftian influences and references, all united by the common thread of a guy who flips destiny the bird and punches it in the face with his giant rock hand.
I was wondering if you felt the same way.
I know it doesn’t have the original scans, but would it be possible to expand the Who’s Who into Marvel characters?
(To the tune of that song they always play at Baseball games): Mosque Mosque Mosque Mosque, Mosque Mosque Mosque Mosque, Mosque-ity Mosquey Mosque!
If Arkham Asylum is considered the best Batman game made, what elements are needed to make a good superman game? I ask because I recently saw an article pointing out that there has never been a Superman game that can be called anything above mediocre.
Uh…I know the first two installments are like, 4 pages back now, but more of the national anthem grading series would be pretty sweet. More Superman stuff would be nice, too . And I know you said you’d ignore “I should write” requests, but your Doctor Strange posts are what got me into that series, and I love the shit out of it now. So anything featuring the good Doctor would be really, really awesome.
If you get any hate mail(I don’t see why you would), a sampling of your personnel favorites. Please leave the spelling and grammar in its original form.
Your dream runs. What writers and artists for what books.
More thoughts on the Harry Potter series
And because alot of people beat me here and brought up Movie Execs/Why I Should Write/Book Covers/Analyzations Of Politics/Analyzations of bad comics…you know what? Anything you want. It’s all brilliant
a return of Friday Clips Of Things!
A discussion of Willingham’s Fables comics, perhaps?
Board Games! It’s been ages since you’ve written anything on the subject, but I recall that you used to…
For example, you could do a multi-stage dissertation of Uwe Rosenberg’s “Harvest Trilogy” (Agricola, Le Havre, At the Gates of Loyang)… which is the best? Which is your favourite? How would Geoff Johns ruin them?
Oh, and re: Stig’s comment:
MOOOOSSSSSSSQUUUUUUEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More writing content. That piece you did a while back on how you write dialogue was really interesting and fun to read.
Oh yeah, I agree with the person above.
Do something about Thieves and Kings. It’s the most overlooked comic.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on assorted nerd musicians, who you think works, who doesn’t, and perhaps why.
I’m sure we’ve all heard of Jonothan Coulton, and most will have heard of MC Frontalot, but what other performers/bands are out there that might be good?
This is big in my mind at the moment because I stumbled over Kirby Krackle earlier this week completely by accident, and they are consuming my headspace in way that hasn’t happened since I found They Might Be Giants in the early 90’s.
I would like to see a post about current comics being released that you think are worth reading and which ones should be avoided.