@tnielsenhayden Hey, I just remembered that somebody told me you might be able to explain Keith Giffen to me.
@tnielsenhayden Specifically, why he keeps doing the "start out super strong, then start phoning it in around issue 6" thing over and over.
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@tnielsenhayden Any insight into this conundrum would be most edifying. -
@chaosprime That's a mildly terrifying question. I can comment on my experiences with him. Is that enough? -
@tnielsenhayden Absolutely! -
@chaosprime We once tore down and rebuilt a background universe 2.5 times in one editorial phone call, and most of that was him. -
@tnielsenhayden So the main dangers are he moves on to next idea and loses interest, & someone tries to slow him down and he loses interest. -
@chaosprime I don't think it's boredom that gets him as much as the loss of faith and hope. -
@tnielsenhayden *nodnod* I can certainly relate to that. Thanks bunches for these tweets! It's really good to be able to get context. -
@chaosprime I'll say one more thing: I would work with him again in a hot minute.
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@chaosprime@tnielsenhayden He used to stay engaged for much longer — his late ‘80s LSH reboot and his JLA both spanned years. -
@Tsalmoth@chaosprime How can anyone maintain their emotional investment in a universe that's constantly under threat of being rebooted? -
@tnielsenhayden@chaosprime But to your point, the constant reboots're the reasons that I don’t read DC books even though I grew up on them. -
@Tsalmoth@chaosprime If you maintain continuity (even imperfectly), a lackluster run is still connected to stories you care about. -
@tnielsenhayden@chaosprime Yep. Marvel, for all its problems, has done this correctly. -
@Tsalmoth@chaosprime It's working. I'm still watching Agents of Shield. -
@tnielsenhayden@chaosprime (In fairness, the best thing out of DC in ages was the Young Justice Cartoon, so they still can do TV.) -
@Tsalmoth@chaosprime (By which I only partly mean that that's what they write fanfic about.) - 8 more replies
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