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Starwatcher
11/19/09

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Alright, well when "reality TV" hosts or whatnot start penning "reality comics" I'm giving up on the genre for good, on principle.
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bookling
11/19/09

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No shit. All these years working in bookstores and I never realized that that Gerard Way wrote Umbrella Academy.
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gods-n-clods
11/19/09

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Oh Hell Yes, writing comics is the toss-away famewhore moneygrab we imagine it as.
Example. J. Love Hewitt's book is about to drop too, and all she had to do was bat those... eyes... at her comic-guy. The thing gets automatic approval no question.
If you see LA/Hollywood Craigslist Creative postings, you can see that comics are the new script pitch.
Definitely not for the love of the medium. True comic fans like Kevin Grevioux, Nic Cage, and the late David Carradine aside, publishers get stars and dollars in their eyes just as quick as any studio. And anybody, actor or shmoe, would love the words "published author" behind their name... picture-books like comics or children's books provide that easier than 1,000-page novels.
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schrodingers-katana
11/19/09

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Well, these are all almost certainly vanity projects (except for Brea Grant's perhaps, as she lacks the fame to pull this off, so it's likely to be more genuine). That being said, if there's a good story to be found in any of them, I won't be averse to checking it out. Sure, most celebrities should stick to their forte in the long run, but not every actor/actress is a one-trick pony.
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Grey_Area
11/19/09

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Just like to point out that Gerard Way went to the School of Visual Arts to study comic books and cartooning before the band thing. SVA has a great program, Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner taught there and I believe Art Speigleman and Gary Panter are still do.
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Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
11/20/09

@Grey_Area: Having said that, I don't think it matters if he did or didn't, just so long as the work stands up on its own merits.

And yes, it definitely does.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
11/19/09

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Cause they see it as an easy way to make a potentially marketable new license me thinks...
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♠ Final ♠
11/19/09

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I'd much rather see celebrities writing comic books then comic book writers trying to be celebrities (see: Frank Miller, Satn Lee, Mark Millar.)

Umbrella Academy is a brillant book. If you haven't read it pick up either trade. I also liked the only issue of OTC I found at my comic book store.
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Dash_Stryker
11/19/09

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Tyrese Gibson, Brea Grant, and Rashida Jones? the term celebrity must be getting used very loosly cuz' I have no idea who these people are.
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Alexis
11/19/09

@Dash_Stryker: Try watching Parks & Recreation. It's the best show no one talks about.
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spiderweb1986
11/19/09

@Dash_Stryker: So you've never seen The Office or Heroes, then?
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Dash_Stryker
11/19/09

@spiderweb1986: there is only one person I would consider a star on either of those shows
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syafiqjabar of Mars
11/19/09

@Dash_Stryker: It's like this: I never heard of Adrian Pasdar before Heroes, but when I go to online forums, people go: "OMG, it's Pasdar from that [dramas I never saw]. Awesome."

I also never knew of John Lithgow before 3rd Rock, and is surprised to learn his forte is playing dangerous mentally-unstable characters.

And Tyrese was in both Transformers movies, so he's already pretty famous.
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Dash_Stryker
11/20/09

@syafiqjabar of Mars: never saw the first or second transformers

#calendar
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syafiqjabar of Mars
11/20/09

@Dash_Stryker: Really, my point is, if you go to sites with as many TV, book and movie buffs as io9, you can expect to see people get excited over names you don't recognize.

#speakup
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