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Joss and his Comics!
Well-known authors are getting the break they've dreamed of: Writing superhero tales for comic books. |
 By almost any measure - exposure, esteem, money - writing for comic books is a big step down for authors who are enjoying success in TV, films or fiction.
But try telling that to the big-name scribes - including horror-meister Steven King, Joss Whedon (creator of TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and writer/director Reggie (House Party) Hudlin, now head of entertainment at BET - who are taking the plunge into the pulpy world of muscle-bound superheroes. They all think they've died and gone to heaven.
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For many authors, comic books possess an evergreen coolness that far surpasses their lowbrow standing in the culture. It's a happy association that often extends back to childhood.
"When you have stories from well-known creative types like Joss Whedon or [sci-fi author] Orson Scott Card, or Reggie Hudlin," he continues, "there's more of a mainstream audience going to Barnes & Noble or Amazon or even discovering their local comic book shop."
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"Usually, everyone comes around in the end. The transition to comics seems to be pretty good. Guys like that are reponsible for three of our hottest titles. The Ultimate Hulk vs. Wolverine is huge right now. [Hudlin's] Black Panther is flying off the shelves, and anything Joss Whedon does" - his latest is Astonishing X-Men - "sells."
None of these name writers are motivated to work in comic books for the payday. "You basically get $90 to $150 a page," says Douglas Rushkoff, prolific media critic and novelist (Exit Strategy) who is writing the biblically themed comic Testament. That's next to nothing compared with the wages of Hollywood.
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