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Tom Brevoort hat in seinem Blog ein wenig zu den Stärken verschiedener Autoren geschrieben:

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For no particular reason, I was thinking the other day about the different strengths possessed by assorted writers in the business. Now, none of what follows is meant to be definitive, but it is the perspective of one editor who gets to work with these guys and watch them think and perform from behind the curtain. So here are some observations:

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

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The most immaculate plotter is BRIAN K. VAUGHAN. Brian's the sort of guy who, once you've talked about the story in broad strokes will almost always turn in a string of scripts that are right on the money, with perfect pacing and build and reveals. And for that reason, he's the perfect sort of guy to be working on a show like LOST that plots in sweeping season-long movements (not that they're doing any plotting at all at the moment, what with the writer's strike.)

BRIAN M. BENDIS

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The fellow who most naturally thinks outside the box is BRIAN BENDIS. This can sometimes seem like a detiment, as there are times when you'd just like Brian to round the bases on a story. But this drive towards experimentation and innovation helps keep him on the forefront of the field. Even when one of his attempts at being off-beat doesn't quite come off, it's at least an interesting failure--and he's pioneered almost single-handedly a whole style of comic book pacing. Brian's also about the hardest-working guy in the industry, and is inevitably a couple of scripts ahead of the guys he works with. He just puts in the hours, day after day, week after week, honing his craft.

JMS

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The guy with the best command of language is J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI. JMS can truly put words together in interesting ways--his scripts have a lyricism to them that's almost like reading music. He also tends to be a thoughtful and intelligent writer, and his stories inevitably reflect the moral imperatives he feels the strongest about. He's also one of the most generous of writers, the first guy to raise his hand when there's a worthy cause to be supported or pro bono work to be done.

GEOFF JOHNS

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GEOFF JOHNS is a genius at coming up with what, in retrospect, seem like obvious quntessential moments for the characters he's writing, scenes and sequences that cut to the heart of a character, who he is and what he does, taking into account everything about them. He's great at boiling it all down to a tight, easy-to-grasp high concept, and is the master of the one-page character introduction. I think Geoff's largely underrated, but he's the writer most often to elicit that slap-to-the-forehead moment of, "Why didn't I think of that?"

DAN SLOTT

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The guy with the most ideas per second is DAN SLOTT, and while not all of them are shining gems, his hit-to-miss ratio is pretty high. Dan's a natural when it comes to writing comics, and yet, like Bruce Wayne, he's trained himself for years since birth to gain a mastery of the form. He's especially good at being witty on the page, but those people who dismiss him as just a funny writer aren't seeing the whole picture--he can do it all (if he'd just stop second-guessing himself so much and get on with it.)

ED BRUBAKER

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The most consistent author at the moment is ED BRUBAKER. Ed's completely in the zone these days, able to think through the storylines and character beats of all of the many titles he's writing and both keep them straight and make sure they all get the love they need. He's one of the few guys whose work is regularly immediately ready to go to the artist when it comes in, without revisions of any kind. His one flaw is that, in needing to keep so many artistic mouths fed, he's gotten into the habit of writing many of his scripts in halves--and while he's good enough to pull this off moer often than not, there have been a couple of times where a story beat might have fired just a hair better if we'd been able to look at the entire script at once, rather than seeing the payoff after the set-up in the front half of the issue has already been drawn.

MARK MILLAR

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And finally, the most fearless writer in comics right now is MARK MILLAR. He'll structure his stories like a madman, making segues and scene changes that nobody else would dare to attempt. He's absolutely fearless when it comes to hitting the page. And he's an expert at nailing the quick bit of business that gets a character or a situation across to a reader in zero time, and his absolute love of super heroes comes across in everything he writes (combined with his li'l devil persona which makes him take the piss out of everyone and everything.)

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There are tons of others, of course, and I could go on here for hours. But this isn't meant to be a complete Who's Who of writers, just a brief snapshot of what was running through my mind--so if you're one of the people who wasn't mentioned, try not to hold it against me too much.

More later.

Tom B

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