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It’s been a while since we did an “ask me anything/make requests” post, so here is one.

(Requests for “more original comics” will be noted in the “are you an artist if not then learn to draw” file.)

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Matt W said on July 18th, 2013 at 10:25 am

Any thoughts on the current use / overuse of Deadpool?

Dio said on July 18th, 2013 at 10:31 am

How’s the job going?

Ben said on July 18th, 2013 at 10:34 am

What are Flapjacks thoughts on the current use/overuse of Deadpool?

How is Flapjacks job going?

Flapjacks Flapjacks Flapjacks

Thok said on July 18th, 2013 at 10:43 am

NBA owners D&D alignment chart

tenken347 said on July 18th, 2013 at 10:48 am

Speaking of Deadpool, any thoughts on the current Posehn/Duggan series? I dropped it after like 5 issues, and I had a nearly complete run of Deadpool comics up to that point.

MIB said on July 18th, 2013 at 11:33 am

What comics do you think are worth picking up? (I ask this in part because I loved the TV version of Batman Beyond and I’m curious about the new Batgirl Beyond but I haven’t been reading BB Unlimited.)

Mitchell Hundred said on July 18th, 2013 at 11:45 am

Do you think there will be a fourth ‘Before’ movie (and on a related note, should there be)?

JL said on July 18th, 2013 at 12:22 pm

I always enjoy hearing about board games. More board-game talk!

Sisyphus said on July 18th, 2013 at 12:39 pm

I like Canadian politics posts. It’s nice to see that our neighbors to the north have at least some crazy in their national character.

Also, anything in the vein of the Conversations posts (http://mightygodking.com/category/bad-comedy/conversations/). Any chance of more stuido execs (maybe a television edition)?

Desumaytah said on July 18th, 2013 at 12:57 pm

Undertaker through the ages WWF/WWE alignment chart.

highlyverbal said on July 18th, 2013 at 1:12 pm

There is a Deadpool game released on Steam. The trailer makes it seem pretty slapstick.

RAC said on July 18th, 2013 at 1:44 pm

Saw your Tweets about Pacific Rim and, much as I would love to see it succeed, completely agreed with your Tumblr post before it was released. Any other thoughts on it?

Dan said on July 18th, 2013 at 2:27 pm

Legal commentaries, or thoughts on big cases that people may not be aware of being decided in US and Canada.

Movie reviews (with or without flapjacks)

Gareth Wilson said on July 18th, 2013 at 3:01 pm

What old properties shouldn’t have any modern adaptations?

Mike From Nowhere said on July 18th, 2013 at 3:14 pm

2 Man 2 Steel is going to feature Lex Luthor and they’ve talked about businessman-genius Luthor. (It’s not official, but come ON.) How best to translate Luthor to the big screen?

Have you been reading the Adventures of Superman digital-first series, or are you still on vacation from DC due to their mistreatment of creators?

Travesty said on July 18th, 2013 at 3:34 pm

First, joining in the clamor for more posts about board games: I love hearing your takes on them.

Second, have you read Locke and Key and if so, what are your thoughts on it?

HoorayforGooba! said on July 18th, 2013 at 4:08 pm

What are your thoughts on the current season of SYTYCD? Is it just me or are the hip-hop routines actually, y’know, hip-hop? Even the ones choreographed by NappyTabs?

Tales to Enrage said on July 18th, 2013 at 4:47 pm

What are your thoughts on Moon Knight?

Dan said on July 18th, 2013 at 4:48 pm

Seconding a WWF/WWE alignment chart. Also, on the subject of wrestling, any thoughts on Chikara’s recent…I’m not sure, closing? Crisis? Massive, potentially brilliant storyline?

SightlyBodKing said on July 18th, 2013 at 4:59 pm

Thoughts, as both a comic book fan and Torontonian, about Captain Canuck?

http://captaincanuck.com/

BSD said on July 18th, 2013 at 5:31 pm

Common Law Alignment Chart
(Lawful Evil
FEE TAIL
“Into the street with you, ladies.”)
(No pictures, I know, but still.)

Eurogame Alignment Chart

John said on July 18th, 2013 at 6:22 pm

Holy crap I was actually hoping for one of these recently!

Your Dr. Strange series has been amazing. Any chance you’ll do (or even a few one-shots) of “I Should Write Superman”? Or what you would do if you had a year’s run of Action/Superman/some other similar book?

And full agreement on the overuse of Deadpool, I want your take on that one.

Kyle W. said on July 18th, 2013 at 7:36 pm

I think MGK has already written what he’d do with Superman, but there are so many references to the character on this site that google’s been useless. If I recall correctly, it was “solves his universe’s problems, goes off to save all of them, meets a new Lois who had a year of comics before that.”

Unless that was Chris Sims or someone.

Aussiesmurf said on July 18th, 2013 at 7:38 pm

What’s your favourite in-continuity story for each of the following characters that DOESN’T significantly affect the status quo :

1. Batman
2. Superman
3. Spider-Man

Burke said on July 18th, 2013 at 7:40 pm

I’d like to hear your take on the recent SCOTUS ruling that kinda-maybe overturns the Fifth Amendment, please.

Kristopher A. said on July 18th, 2013 at 8:01 pm

Who do you feel is the best Canadian hero from either company? Similarly, which is the best non-American/Canadian hero from either company?

RobotKeaton said on July 18th, 2013 at 8:29 pm

WB/DC has recently stated that Sandman is at the top of their lists for movie adaptations. How would you do it?

I second Undertaker allignment chart.

Stand up comedian allignment chart

Late night host allignment chart

What tabletop games could be made into a movie?

What would they be like in the New 52: reboot happy/goofy DC characters like Woozy Winks or Fatman the human flying saucer for the new Grymm and Grytttty DC

Snuggs said on July 18th, 2013 at 8:35 pm

Have you ever danced with the devil by the pale moonlight? And if so, which version of the devil in popular culture was it?

Pantsless Pete said on July 18th, 2013 at 8:52 pm

The current best Super Hero Comic is One-Punch Man.

Discuss.

J Bailey said on July 18th, 2013 at 9:59 pm

Dual inquiry-Will you do another “I should write…” series on another one of your favorite comic characters/groups?

If the answer is no, if you did do one, what comic character/group would it be?

Brad said on July 18th, 2013 at 10:59 pm

I’d love you’re thoughts on whether “Modern” superhero stories such as Ultimates or current Cape Movies are sellable or even compatible with the style of Kirby, Ditko, and the old guard.

PaulW said on July 18th, 2013 at 11:29 pm

Several questions:
1) Should Star Trek come back with a TV series, and if so what should be the setup? Place it within the Abramsverse or the original universe?
2) Is a Wonder Woman movie ever doable? Hollywood just can’t seem to figure it out…
3) Peanut butter: Crunchy or Creamy?

PaulW said on July 18th, 2013 at 11:34 pm

RobotKeaton: if there’s a late night host alignment chart, Leno has to be Chaotic Evil. HAS TO.
LG: Johnny Carson
NG: Arsenio
CG: Conan
LN: Letterman
TN: Ted Koppel (I know, but Nightline should count for something)
CN: Chelsea
LE: Kimmel
NE: Fergeson
CE: Leno

Murc said on July 18th, 2013 at 11:56 pm

A late night host alignment chart that doesn’t have Jon Stewart on it has automatically failed.

Canukistani John said on July 19th, 2013 at 12:06 am

I’d be interested in catching up with the Bigwig and his merry crew of miscreants.

switchnode said on July 19th, 2013 at 12:20 am

Did you read the twin ‘Life with Archie: The Married Life’ series? (I have started but not yet finished them/it myself; they/it have/has been, occasionally, off the hook.) Any thoughts on a) the death of status quo and b) the wholehearted embrace of freaky multiversal shenanigans?

Gallyrat said on July 19th, 2013 at 12:35 am

D&D alignment chart – any fictional character, in any universe, that represents each alignment the best.

Also, any thoughts on Superior Spider-Man?

RAC said on July 19th, 2013 at 1:10 am

…actually, let me combine a few of these I’m seeing: alignment chart of comic artists, any or all eras.

Skemono said on July 19th, 2013 at 1:37 am

@RAC: Might I submit Pat Lee for Chaotic Evil?

Carmen said on July 19th, 2013 at 2:12 am

What’s your favorite type of donut?

If you were hired to write Wonder Woman, either a movie or a comic (year one, elseword, all star, whatever) what would write?

RobotKeaton said on July 19th, 2013 at 2:28 am

PaulW: I’d put Leno more as Lawful Evil. In taking his show back, he was just following the rules. It was a shit move, but it was done by the books.

Al said on July 19th, 2013 at 3:20 am

SCOTUS alignment chart? There are 9 of them…

Sumguy said on July 19th, 2013 at 3:55 am

Moving away from Alignment Charts, a more lengthy Who’s Who than the last one. How about the Question, since Trinity War seems determined to repeat the Grundy incident to a factor of 90?

Second the “Are you reading/interested in Adventures of Superman at all?” question. Bar the OSC incident, it’s head and shoulders above any New 52 Superman book.

Flapjacks. I would literally read Flapjacks reading the phonebook.

Carlos Futino Barreto said on July 19th, 2013 at 7:17 am

@RAC, why don’t we make that a little broader: Comic book creators (both writers and artists) alignement chart.

chris said on July 19th, 2013 at 9:12 am

More El Tyrano Magnifico

chindi said on July 19th, 2013 at 9:43 am

I was a big fan of Strikeforce Morituri back in the day which wasn’t technically part of Marvel’s ‘New Universe’, but which was part of Marvel branching out in new directions.

I thought the premise was pretty cool, and I missed it when it was gone. Especially since my series was ‘borrowed’ by a friend in college and never returned.

I’ve always wished the series came back (there was no Electric Undertow), and there have always been workings in the background to bring it the either small or large screen that have come to nothing.

My question: Did you ever read S:M? If so what were your thoughts on it?

Additionally, do you think that 10 years from now DC / Marvel will still be basically chewing over variants of the same current characters, occasionally shuffling the cards together and dealing out new teams?

googum said on July 19th, 2013 at 10:14 am

Why is DC “reinventing” the Question and the Creeper as virtually unrecognizable from their previous versions? What do they have to gain? Are fans of those characters happy to see them as an immortal seeker of whatever or a demon who lives in a sword, respectively?

Follow-up question: DC goes through periods of Kirby worship, but never seems to appreciate Ditko’s characters as much. Why?

lance lunchmeat said on July 19th, 2013 at 10:54 am

Give the Mega Man comic a read. It’s hard not to like a comic where most of the characters are robots.

PaulW said on July 19th, 2013 at 1:54 pm

US Constitutional Amendment Alignment Chart!

LG: 8th Amendment
LN: 1st Amendment
CG: 21st Amendment
LN: 4th Amendment
TN: 14th Amendment
CN: 9th Amendment
LE: 10th Amendment
NE: 16th Amendment
CE: 2nd Amendment

PaulW said on July 19th, 2013 at 1:56 pm

Al: technically speaking they’d all line up lawful. I mean, other than Kennedy, none of the Justices are chaotic.

Duvall said on July 19th, 2013 at 2:55 pm

TN: 14th Amendment

Wait, what?

Prodigal said on July 19th, 2013 at 4:36 pm

Legion of Super Heroes alignment chart

Energy-Puking Boy said on July 19th, 2013 at 9:35 pm

Alignment Chart of previous MGK Alignment Charts

MAKE IT HAPPEN

Energy-Puking Boy said on July 19th, 2013 at 9:36 pm

(not the subjects of the charts mind you. THE CHARTS THEMSELVES)

Kaos Machina said on July 19th, 2013 at 9:49 pm

What are your thoughts on the current state of Marvel?

Rbx5 said on July 19th, 2013 at 10:32 pm

-Nicolas Cage, William Fichtner, and Sean Bean Alignment charts
-A Spidey essay expanding on your idea of him as Marvel’s most important character a la your Superman and Luthor essays
-more Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen But Should (may I suggest Streets of Fire and Mark Dacascos’s Drive?)

@PaulW: You put Ted Koppel on that list and neglected to include Fallon? For shame, sir (also Fallon gets Chaotic Good).

Energy-Puking Boy said on July 19th, 2013 at 10:50 pm

okay but for real…

–Board games!
–Who’s Who!
–Childhood nerd culture with Photoshopped titles!!
–are you following xkcd’s “Time”?
–In how many ways is xkcd’s “Time” superior to JJ Abrams’s “LOST”?
–Have you heard about the project to scour the globe for the missing Doctor Who episodes and how apparently that’s going quite well?
–Did we all hate Scrappy Doo back in the day? Or was it just me and my few friends?

Michael Healy said on July 19th, 2013 at 11:14 pm

So Yahoo is shutting down tumblr smut. A reasonable business move or the beginning of the end of tumblr as we know it?

Beacon said on July 19th, 2013 at 11:17 pm

You blog a fair amount about board games but what about other games? Pen and paper RPGs? Video games?

Genres you love? Ones you hate?

Do you follow any non-American comics?

Steranko on twitter; crazy awesome or just crazy?

I mentioned it as a joke but it seems to be gaining traction: Spin City Alignment Chart

Actually Alignment charts in general are fun. How about Discworld or Dresden Files?

Sumguy said on July 20th, 2013 at 12:09 am

Okay, trying out the “alignment chart alignment chart” thing.

The Muppet Show – Christmas Specials – Christopher Walken

Shakespeare – General TV – The Love Boat

Game of Thrones 1-3 – Golden Age of Comedy – Search Engines

PaulW said on July 20th, 2013 at 8:15 pm

14th Amendment is about as close to True Neutral of the amendments as I could think. While the citizenship passage is lawful good, the primary element of the 14th is the Due Process clause, which can be a great leveler of things.

@JayDzed said on July 21st, 2013 at 2:07 am

Did we all hate Scrappy Doo back in the day? Or was it just me and my few friends?

No, everyone hated him, even in the 70s. It’s part of what made the reveal in the Scooby Movie so awesome.

Also: DAMMIT, MGK! I actually had a “I wish MGK would do another open house so he could answer this random question that just occurred to me” moment a couple weeks ago, and now of course I can only remember it happened, not what the damn question was.

*sigh*

Oh, here’s one:

Which is the most overplayed, really-limited-joke character in mainstream comics, Deadpool or Lobo?

supergp said on July 21st, 2013 at 3:35 pm

Why I should write a giant cross crossover comic event.

SIlverHammerMan said on July 21st, 2013 at 4:25 pm

I’d like to second a few things:

Your essays on Superman and Lex Luthor are great and I’d love to see one about Spider-Man since i find myself thinking about the character a lot lately. Do you think the character still feels vital or has he stagnated?

Your thoughts on Superior Spider-Man would be nice. Personally I find the whole premise too creepy and violation-y to get into, but maybe you could sell me on it, or back up my prejudices.

Steranko on Twitter, what do you think?

And for something of my own, what are your thoughts n Agents of SHIELD? Does it sound interesting/good to you? Do you think the whole shadowy but benevolent government organization thing looks a lot worse in light of recent events re: the NSA aand Prism? I’ve recently been reevaluating the Marvel movie universe and your insight would be helpful in figuring this whole thing out.

SIlverHammerMan said on July 21st, 2013 at 4:28 pm

Oh, do you have any thoughts on Ultimate Cataclysm and mainstream Galactus’ arrival in the Ultimate universe? Do you think this is the end of the imprint and if so what are your thoughts looking back on it?

Aardy R. DeVarque said on July 21st, 2013 at 5:31 pm

Since he seems to have sold his soul to be able to handle a dozen B-level quasi-history shows at once (and just. keeps. drawing. me. in.), what TV show will Don Wildman host next?

Dougal said on July 22nd, 2013 at 5:21 am

What are your thoughts and/or predictions on the new TV series Almost Human due out in the fall?

How would you pitch a Legion Of Superheroes movie? What would the plot and cast be?

The Unstoppable Gravy Express said on July 22nd, 2013 at 8:25 am

What would be your Dream Line-Up for Hollywood Game Night?

Mine might be Team Firefly (Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres & Adam Baldwin) versus Team BSG (Tricia Helfer, James Callis & Mary McDonnell). Team captains: me & MGK

🙂

SIlverHammerMan said on July 22nd, 2013 at 12:25 pm

What do you think of Ultron being in Avengers 2 without Hank Pym? Is it an interesting move or does it strip Pym of one of his greatest stories?

Mightygodking dot com » Post Topic » Ansaz, again said on July 25th, 2013 at 9:00 am

[…] From last week’s open house: […]

Jonny said on July 25th, 2013 at 9:59 am

Not sure if this is too late, but what do you think of the current Young Avengers?

Chris Lowrance said on July 28th, 2013 at 6:53 pm

Hi, I have come from the future to ask you NOT to talk about Superior Spider Man.

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