[Chuck]

That's an interesting point, Alex. A lot of us when we think FMG (at least those who don't write or read stories) don't think about the mental and emotional side effects of the process. And yet it is something that one should think about.

I like the apprehensive uncontrollable ones, usually because those are the ones that provide the best clothes ripping/muscle/breast/height growth. Plus, you can't go wrong with classic lines like "What's happening???" and "I'm growing right out of my clothes!"

Although I admit, I'm more a fan of sweet natured mouses become sweet natured amazons; all the crush, kill and destroy femuscle stuff has never been appealing to me.

[Chuck]

Although the first time she hulks out might find her asking what you were putting in all of those milk shakes…

[Chuck]

You know, cpbell's post was making me hungry until Lingster posted his definition of the word yokel. Now I'm not hungry anymore…

*reread's cpbell's post*

Okay, I'm hungry again.  🙂

[Chuck]

Here's another few ideas for the new She-Hulk writer:

Probable (?): Greg Pak
              Peter David

Improbable: Neil Gaiman
            ………the return of Stan Lee?

The improbable ones are just goofy ideas for us to silently contemplate while we wait for whoever's going to take the reins to be revealed.

By the by, I shouldn't make it seem like I loathe Mark Millar; if he is indeed the new She-Hulk writer, I will give him a chance, albeit it will still take a lot for me to warm up to the idea of him writing She-Hulk.

[Chuck]

For that matter, Millar is at his best when he is given a book with which he can let his didactic tendencies run wild. Books like Wanted are where his skills are best put to use. Otherwise, his characters tend to dissolve into mouthpieces for whatever idea he wants to voice to the audience.

More than once in Civil War I was under the impression that She-Hulk's every appearance and speech was executed literally by Millar shoving his hand up She-Hulk's butt and making her talk out of turn. I felt like that more than once for a lot of characters in the main Civil War book.

Authority was the same way; I think the characters lost something when Millar took over after Ellis, although at the same time the Authority itself as a concept lends itself to didactism and is okay.

Mainstream superhero comics should not dissolve into a mess where the characters are played out of character in order to make way for a didactic point. And while I have to admit that when Millar makes a good joke or an action scene, he makes it happen in spades–Ultimates proves that time and again–but it's in the nuisanced character work that his stuff can fall flat.

I don't want to see Millar turn She-Hulk into one flat polarized Lawyer book with the occasional snide joke thrown in here and there while Millar debates moral and legal quagmires in this day and age.

Plus…

Let's face it; if Millar was on She-Hulk, we'd be lucky to have more than a handful of issues out by Christmas, if that.

[Chuck]

Well, when you tease people with the last issue of a series for a good four or five months, of course they'll be left wanting the climax.

[Chuck]

Okay, let's stop and start our OWN rumor mill!

Who would you like to see write She-Hulk when Slott leaves it?

For my money, even though I have no clue how many books they're producing right now, my picks are:

Kurt Busiek
Fabian Niecza (Spelling?)
Ty Templeton
Fred Van Lente
…
…
Um…

Down here are the highly improbable but nevertheless amusing ideas for She-Hulk's next writer:

Garth Ennis
Grant Morrison
Brian K. Vaughn
Joss Whedon

(For those who don't know, Ty Templeton was Slott's partner in crime for his Batman Adventures comic run, and Fred Van Lente is the highly amusing writer of Action-Philosophers and a few of the Marvel Adventures titles for younger audiences as well as darker titles like Watchdogs. Hmm… when you put it that way, maybe it might be Van Lente, who has done a decent job at juggling humor and dark elements just like Slott.)

[Chuck]

Okay.

Let's get one thing out on the table right now: if Mark "I can't write a good character driven story to save my life" Millar gets to write She-Hulk, I think I will officially lose all hope for Marvel Comics and drop She-Hulk once and for all… until Dan Slott finishes writing Amazing Spider-Man and goes back to Shulkie.

If you're wondering why I think he'll tackle Spidey next… come on. What other light-hearted hero would he try to tackle, especially when Spidey will need a quirky rebound after all the horror and angst that's been going through his life lately?

That's my two cents. Just don't let Millar on that book PLEASE!

[Chuck]

Yay for Pixxxie!

[Chuck]

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA…

Oh man…

Talk about unintentional puns. That's awesome, Ritz :).

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