Black Panther #45: Saddles Ablaze, Part 1 of 2

[superboyprime]

"I did not, however, want to disavow anything that had gone before. I know what that feels like, to have somebody come along and suddenly nothing you did ever happened. I think part of the fun of being a comics fan is seeing how writers solve problems within the rules and within the history of the universe. These days, the fad seems to be every writer gets to shake up the Etch-O-Sketch and pretend no other stories had ever been written about the character, and both majors seem overly eager these days to blow up their continuity every time sales dip. I went too far in the other direction, hoping to salvage every previous appearance of Panther, including Jack Kirby’s campy version, which we refer to as 'Happy Pants Panther.'"

- Christopher Priest

Comments

[beyondthefringe]

Well played, Priest.... well played.

[captainbellman]

Re: that opening quotation...maybe Christopher Priest and Grant Morrison ought to compare notes on how successful that approach generally is.

[locuatico]

Eh. Priest does agree that he went to the other extreme.
I think his point is more that... it IS a pretty shitty thing to do to writers who enjoyed and worked hard on something for...... say... Marvel to say that Peter and Mj are better off divorced, or DC deciding to completely ignore Cyborg's time as a Titan and erase his friendship with the other members so you can highlight him as a member of JL.