Wisdom...

[fajrdrako]

Oooh happy news! I just read this - thanks and a big kiss for taraljc for posting the link! There's going to be a Wisdomsix-issue miniseries.

Pete Wisdom, for those who don't know, is one of the best creations ever of Warren Ellis. A Marvel Mutant with brains, a bad-boy attitude, and covert connections. A little bit dark ops, a little bit renegade, a little bit charlatan... my kind of guy. A sort of Marvel version of what I thought DC's John Constantine ought to have been, though Constantine went other directions and never did have the slick superspy angle. Wisdom had the good sense to have an affair with Kitty Pryde before Warren Ellis stopped writing him - their banter was a joy forever. Then the character disintegrated, in fits and starts, into comic book oblivion. No one could write him well except Warren Ellis. Maybe it takes a chain-smoking, ahrd-drinking Englishman to do it.

Now Wisdom is back in New Excalibur, a series that might be good once it settles to a writer and a theme. And even better, he's back in his own miniseries with a writer I don't know, but he's British and he has Doctor Who credits, both good signs.

Happy, happy day.

Now I'm going for lunch, with thoughts of Pete Wisdom.

Comments

[digitalwave]

That is great news! I love Pete and was really happy to see him added to the New Excalibur lineup a while back. I'd really missed his snark and sexiness. :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I agree absolutely. Pete Wisdom is a little diluted by writers who don't know what to do with him - not a rare situation for comics, really - but he still has a lot of charm and clout and I have hopes for both him and the comic - New Excalibur, I mean - if it finds its way and doesn't meander through dead-end plots. So far none of the other characters have interested me much, but they all have potential, and that art is rather good.

"Snark and sexiness" - that sums up our Wisdom! I hope they nail his style in Wisdom.

It looks promising.

[digitalwave]

It does. Have you been reading X-Factor? It's got some really good, quirky characters and an interesting storyline. I realy like Layla Miller and was happy to see her carry over from the House of M storyline.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've been greatly enjoying X-Factor, which seems to have interesting twists and just keeps getting better and better. I love it that Jamie has taken the political stance he has in the Civil War - and defied the X-Men.

And Layla Miller is loads of unpredictable fun!

[digitalwave]

Well, that's because 'she knows things' ;)

Jamie has always been one of my favorite characters, it's nice to see him being written so well.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, that's because 'she knows things' ;)>/i>

I love it whenever she says that.

Jamie has always been one of my favorite characters

For me, it very much depends who's writing him. He can be very bland. But in the hands of a good writer, he's stupendous.