On the Byrne Board....More Alpha Flight discussion...

[cmdrkoenig67]

I' don't know about that...He said himself, that he doesn't know their history very well...But at least he can see how badly they've been treated (Marvel lacks his vision).

Dana

[mreeez]

Erik Larsen is a smart man...

"When I wrote Wolverine (for all of a minute and a half) one of the things I made an effort to do was restore the original Alpha Flight team (which I
blew, actually--I hadn't read all of the issues of the later series and I did
research online and got a few details wrong--not that my editor knew
any better--sigh). My hope was that whoever did them NEXT would take
the hint--but no.

The thing is--the original team was the only time the book ever really
sold well (except that blip where Northstar came out of the closet in one
of the most ham-fisted, embarrassingly bad sequences to ever appear in
print-- for the love of god--why can't my brain purge these images from
my head?). Why do they keep relaunching this book with new characters?
What evidence is there that anybody will care if it's NOT the REAL team?

I just don't get it."

Erik Larsen
Publisher Image Comics

Where is this quote from?

[cmdrkoenig67]

Where is this quote from?

From the Bynre Board...Alpha Flight 25th anniversary thread, page 5 (the link was posted on page one of this thread by Del).

Dana

[HappyCanuck]

I' don't know about that...He said himself, that he doesn't know their history very well...But at least he can see how badly they've been treated (Marvel lacks his vision).

Dana

Ah, but Dana, the thing is, he's ADMITTED his mistake the first time, and knows that he'd have to bone up on his history -- Heck, I THINK I can think of a website or two that could help him out with that!

So, he'd have no reason to get any Alpha history wrong! He knows he was a bad boy back then.

[DelBubs]

The only problem I had with Erik Larsen and AF was the way he bought Snowbird back. That said, considering what he was attempting to do with those 'Wolverine' issues I'm not gonna hold that against him.

[cmdrkoenig67]

I' don't know about that...He said himself, that he doesn't know their history very well...But at least he can see how badly they've been treated (Marvel lacks his vision).

Dana

Ah, but Dana, the thing is, he's ADMITTED his mistake the first time, and knows that he'd have to bone up on his history -- Heck, I THINK I can think of a website or two that could help him out with that!

So, he'd have no reason to get any Alpha history wrong! He knows he was a bad boy back then.

I guess so...I'm just glad to see somebody in the biz recognize the abuse being done to good characters.

Dana

[cmdrkoenig67]

The only problem I had with Erik Larsen and AF was the way he bought Snowbird back. That said, considering what he was attempting to do with those 'Wolverine' issues I'm not gonna hold that against him.

As he said, he didn't know much about their recent history (probably the root of his mistake with Snowbird's revival)...At least he got rid of the Teenage Mac Clone?

Dana

[varo]

i would like to elect erik larsen for some kind of prize.

[Flightpath07]

i would like to elect erik larsen for some kind of prize.

And, I will second that one!

(I think the prize should be he gets chained to a chair until he can deliver to us 10 wonderful years of great new Alpha Flight stories...)

[HappyCanuck]

i would like to elect erik larsen for some kind of prize.

And, I will second that one!

(I think the prize should be he gets chained to a chair until he can deliver to us 10 wonderful years of great new Alpha Flight stories...)

Wow, remind me never to enter any contests run by you, Flightpath!!