Before one-man event machines like Geoff Johns and Brian Bendis ever put pen to paper, writer Chris Claremont wrote the book on how to do big, epic stories within the comic book format. In this particular example, a nightmarish dystopian world where mutants are being hunted to extinction and/or held in internment camps must be averted. The X-Men seek to prevent an assassination and, in doing so, stop this dreadful state of future events from ever coming into being. Dystopian futures are visited A LOT in comic books, but, in a modern sense, at least, it all started here. Even today, events such as DCs recent Futures End storyline can all trace their lineage back to this one, incredible story. Or, as Ed Wood might say, future events such as these will affect you in the future!
I am a professional author and lifelong comic books/pro wrestling fan. I also work as a journalist as well as writing comic books (I also draw), screenplays, stage plays, songs and prose fiction.
I don't generally read or reply to comments here on What Culture (too many trolls!), but if you follow my Twitter (@heyquicksilver), I'll talk to you all day long!
If you are interested in reading more of my stuff, you can find it on http://quicksilverstories.weebly.com/ (my personal site, which has other wrestling/comics/pop culture stuff on it).
I also write for FLiCK http://www.flickonline.co.uk/flicktion, which is the best place to read my fiction work.
Oh yeah - I'm about to become a Dad for the first time, so if my stuff seems more sentimental than usual - blame it on that!
Finally, I sincerely appreciate every single read I get. So if you're reading this, thank you, you've made me feel like Shakespeare for a day! (see what I mean?)
Latcho Drom,
- CQ
Before one-man event machines like Geoff Johns and Brian Bendis ever put pen to paper, writer Chris Claremont wrote the book on how to do big, epic stories within the comic book format. In this particular example, a nightmarish dystopian world where mutants are being hunted to extinction and/or held in internment camps must be averted. The X-Men seek to prevent an assassination and, in doing so, stop this dreadful state of future events from ever coming into being. Dystopian futures are visited A LOT in comic books, but, in a modern sense, at least, it all started here. Even today, events such as DCs recent Futures End storyline can all trace their lineage back to this one, incredible story. Or, as Ed Wood might say, future events such as these will affect you in the future!