I know, I just acronynm-ed SAGA because this really less about the comicbook Saga and more about my...ok, Im gonna state it here
for the record, my
most favorite comicbook writer of all time...maybe even just writer of anything and all things is: Brian K Vaughan. I adore the guy. He's the closest thing to a "man-crush" that I could have (and I have difficulty even admitting that,but I did). Put it this way, the only other guy I look up to in terms of talent and skills is Michael Jordan. Brian K Vaughan
is the Michael Jordan of writing stuff in my book. And I have read and re-read comicbooks and anything vaguely Vaughan (even tracked down stuff that he mentions in his letters column and I only watched Lost so I can get to Seasons 3 to 5 so I can sample some of his TV work)watched & read...at least 2-3 times, and ...and I intentionally try to "read them slowly and to forget it somewhat " (so as not to memorize the storyline). Why you ask? So I would always "want to read them again and again" I know, this is kinda weird and hard to explain...but aside from the "trifles and trivia" that most of his writing is peppered with (which I often look up btw), I just want the "humor" to "hang in the air" (again, drawing comparison to Michael Jordan taking flight) so I can like be in awe for awhile longer. If I'm a bit sad or down, I only need to watch old Michael Jordan games to pick me up from the dumps...its the same way when I read a BKV book. Now that I think of it...both BKV and MJ are bald...hmmmm.....
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| ...there must be something to this "baldness" business |
Anyways, back to BKV (he's the one on the right, just in case you dont know), one other "great" thing about him is (and again, I may draw some similarities with MJ) that he's on of those few artists who are quite "old-school" (very low-key& simple in his approach but consistent) which means he does what he does purposely; bringing his personality (personal life) into his body of work(s) but without compromising his principles and/or privacy. Furthermore, the guy's not a sellout to uhmm...."mass media", he doesn't write comics so as to just sell it for a tv series or movie later on (I'm looking at you Mark Millar...and Brian Michael Bendis).
Although, I'd probably be the first one in line to watch Y: The Last Man, or Ex-Machina, Runaways, Pride of Baghdad if it ever came to the big screen (but I would really much like to see them all as a tv series). The guy simply writes because he loves doing so (and he's not tied down to just one publisher). Like MJ, he seems to have that "love of the game clause" mentality that allows him to do what he does in any way and any time he chooses to do so. Which brings us to his latest adventure/collobaration with the very talented artist Fiona Staples...
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| I "shit" you not this book is the "shits" (that's in a good way!) right from the opening scene! (literally!) |
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