First of all, I want to say that you have a lot of class with the respect you show the fans Scott. Seeing the interaction had made all the hours I've put in around here well worth it!
Please, Dude - the honor is all mine!
Now, I suppose I get to ask a question too, eh? After all, I'm am still a fan
I'll kill 2 questions with one stone:
Scott, who is your favorite member of Alpha Flight, past, and present. I have an idea of the answer, but I'm just a litte curious.
Wow, that is a tough one. There have been so many cool characters over the years! And in some ways, each of the characters have had a lot of different versions of them -- some I've liked more than others.
The Original Pre-Blowed Up Mac?! Hands down one of the greatest characters EVER! Not only was he NOT CAPTAIN AMERICA...he didn't even want to BE NOT CAPTAIN AMERICA! Here was an intellectual guy who created a suit of armor that he fully intented someone else to wear. And his plan had always been for Logan to run the team! And now here he is, a super hero -- with his own team! And a wife?! LOL! Who has a wife in comics?!
POST BLOWED UP MAC? Nah.
PUCK as dwarf? Woo hoo! PUCK as REALLY TALL GUY who SHRINKS REALLY TINY because his tummy hurts because of the DEMON he's keeping inside? Not as woo hoo!
NORTHSTAR as arrogant and defensive? Woo hoo! Guy curently called NORTHSTAR? Wha -- ?!
BYRNE's orginal JEAN MARIE/AURORA?! Was the guy on drugs -- ?! It was one of the coolest characters ever created for comic books!! But even by the time she slipped into her hot yellow mini and was suddenly JEANAURORIE or whatever she was...?! For me, personally, the character had already jumped the shark. But again, that is just me.
So to answer your question...hmm. I don't know that I'm prepared to answer that question, not with the newbies just getting their leaves wet.
I can tell you this though -- NEMESIS is going to surprise a LOT of people! She surprises ME every time she shows up on panel!
ACTUALLY -- THAT REMINDS ME!
HERE IS A VERY FUNNY CONFESSION...and I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M WRITING IT IN PRINT, but I LOVE YOUSE PEOPLE SO MUCh, I'M WILLING TO SHARE...
I have been asked to write ALPHA FLIGHT full script which is something I don't have a LOT of experience in. The deal I have with Ubereditor Mike Marts is that he allows me to touch up the scripts after the art is in to make sure it all accurately reflects what I originally intended during the plotting stage. SOMETIMES...this means that if I get to a point in the script where I know I want to reveal SOMETHING but I'm not sure what, I will just type in a NONSENSE LINE as sort of a BOOKMARK. A way of saying THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT WHAT I MEAN TO SAY, IT IS HERE SO THAT I QUESTION IT WHEN THE TIME COMES.
"All the other girls have bunnies" from ISSUE TWO was such a line. I laughed when I wrote it, fully expecting Mike to say "Oh, and change Nemesis' line on this page." But he never did!
So when the script was about to go out, I looked at the page and looked at the dialogue and felt genuine affection for this young woman who is the living embodiment of retribution...and yet, she dreams of bunnies. How can you not LOVE a girl like that?!
So I left it in!
Ben
(#1 Sasquatch fan)