Jim's Octobriana 1976 Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jimrugg/fluorescent-blacklight-outlaw-comic-book Ed's Patreon: www.patreon.com/edpiskor

@Fly_You_Fools_

4 жыл бұрын

I backed it yesterday, the set with Octobriana/Afrodisiac/Street Angel/Supermag. Can’t wait to read them!

We lost Stan Lee, Ditko, Kirby, Wein and most of the silver age guys, which makes me appreciate Claremont so much more. This guy is just on a different planet from today's creators. Great creator and a great human being.

My favorite part is when Ed says Chris can cuss if he wants and Chris says he’s English and has tact, then proceeds to cuss almost immediately after and for 2 hrs. 😂

@TheSurefireProject

2 жыл бұрын

noticed this

@markmanhetherington1

2 жыл бұрын

Being English, I can say he must be restraining himself. We generally swear a lot more than that!

The pitch Chris Claremont gave for golden age Superman taking his younger counterparts place in a reboot freaking blew my mind!

@kalangoalpha5920

Жыл бұрын

I know. If they do this kind of story nowadays I would probably give It a chance

this interview indirectly explains many things

Paul Smith's run was way too short, those issues are so good.

@russellsmith1605

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning art, my personal favorite

@bigvis497

4 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful stuff. It sucks his XMen run was so short, but it also sucked that Smith's style was so different from his XMen work when he showed up on other books

@a_pencil_and_a_piece_of_paper

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Smith is a league of his own!!! When i was a kid i was fascinated by the many lines and crosshatching in book. Later i found out what great storytelling and experimental layout means in comics! And Paul is a master in this!

@johnnyskinwalker4095

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Smith's run looked good but it did not feel "X-Men" enough. Ideally, he should have gone to draw New Mutants. For X-Men you need an agressive action-adventure super-hero style.

@minaverry

3 жыл бұрын

He was glorious at defining how each character looked and acted and dressed, and for me, the definitive Rogue, Kitty, Colossus, Cyclops and Maddy Pryor are the ones drawn by him. With Nightcrawler I can't decide between him and Alan Davis'.

I’m a Gooner and and started reading X-Men in Sept of 1979. Does my heart good to see the maestro wearing our shirt!

Love hearing the stories of the professionalism of the creators back then. Artists and writers back then appear almost blue-collar compared the industry today.

@SlaserX

4 жыл бұрын

Seriously, modern professionals could take note. Maybe their sales would be better too.

Related to the "every issue could be someone's first issue" approach to comics that was discussed: My introduction to Uncanny X-Men was issue #256 (and anyone familiar with it will know what I'm talking about). By all accounts, that issue should have turned me off to the X-Men: the near entirety of the story was an abstract dream sequence, with the protagonist murdering what I assumed were members of the team (a team which didn't technically exist anymore, unbeknownst to me). An utterly confusing "first issue" experience, where there was no way a new reader - especially one who was 10 yrs old at the time - could make sense of the narrative. And yet, it hooked me. Yes, the Jim Lee art was eye candy for a kid my age, but I attribute most of the allure I felt to Claremont's writing. He provided enough clues for me to tell there was a rich history behind everything that was happening; there were breadcrumbs seemingly everywhere that implied a very old and intricate universe. Confusing as hell? Sure. But the confusion became a mystery that I felt needed to be solved. That issue obviously strayed from the "every comic..." approach that Claremont usually employed, but I think that's what made it so appealing. The way it was presented compelled further investigation. It didn't treat me like a newbie, but instead presented readers with a complex invitation. And if we were willing to put in some of the work ourselves, we'd be able find something pretty special the deeper we dug. I've had an enduring appreciation for Claremont's X-Men ever since, and that issue of the X-Men (and the others that followed) is a big reason why I developed a joy for reading - which was something I always struggled with when I was younger. Great conversation with a living legend. This is why I subscribed.

@minaverry

3 жыл бұрын

@@wtk6069 I'm 43 years old and until recently I had never read much of X-Men. I began reading the 1980s issues (and New Mutants, Excalibur, X-terminators, F4 vs. X-Men...) and the "someone's 1st issue" rule was very helpful. That and having a hardcore fan friend to bother with my questions! I now know that Cannonball is invulnerable while blasting.

@paulbabcock2428

3 жыл бұрын

My first South Park episode was a Terrence and Phillip .

This is so densely packed with meaning & knowledge of the comics trade, editing & writing. Chris not being at a grandfathered in position, sitting in on Kevin Feige’s MCU roundtable (for Xmen & F4) or Marvel Comics itself- as a Living Tribunal for direction, speaks volumes about how little true wisdom is valued.

@matthewjenkins7488

4 жыл бұрын

I think the films would be so much better if the man who fleshed out the characters and made a living writing their stories non-stop from 1975-1991 was involved.

@peterwoodhouse4314

3 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear. As Byrne has said, Hollywood's first reaction on adapting an outside property (comix, novel, play) seems to be: "What can we change?" These film-makers are getting work BECAUSE of Claremont, Jack, Stan, Ditko etc.

I wish you'd given him another 2 hours. I love the fact that he cares so much about the characters and the material, and that he wants the readers to care just as much as he does. Today's creative talent (if you can even call them that) could learn a lot from Chris Claremont.

"They take what they can get, and watch it drift away" is an apt observation on the industry. I love Claremont, and I love listening to him talk.

This is so amazing! Big fan of Claremont's X-Men but then again who isn't???

I now know why Claremont can write monologues so well. Great interview.

Claremont has got ideas for days! Very interesting listening material.

Chris is great. Met him at wondercon in the bay area years and years ago. Very personable. Great writer. One of the best of all times. The X-men would be nothing without that dude and Jonny Byrne.

Glad Ed pointed out that in New Gods you get something special every page or even panel! I would love to see you fellas crack open New Gods #1 for a shoot.

1:19:34 Ed is giddy like a kid! : ) "Huntsman" : )

I didn’t know I would be attending school on a Sunday morning; I guess it is indifferent of time an day. Thank you Mr Rugg and Mr Piskor for sharing this.

My first Chris Claremont encounter came in an elevator and Chris was working on Fantastic Four He told me he was introducing a new character into the FF and inquired about my surname and asked if it was okay to use it. I think I told him it was a fairly common Chinese name so go ahead (like I have any control over what names people can use). And there you have Alyssa Moy, an old flame of Reed Richards showing up in the book. I don't know if Chris actually had names kicking around in his head or not, but I was giddy just talking to the man. On drives to conventions I would look at the interstate signs for towns and think if they made a cool sounding character name and what kinda character that would be. So that's where I get some of my inspiration.

This was fantastic. Letting Chris just talk organically about whatever was on his mind worked so well. He's been interviewed many times but this felt fresh.

I could listen to Chris tell stories and talk about comics all day. He is such a humble, facinating guy. (He apologizes for boring us at the end... No one was bored. lol) Great interview guys. You did great. You asked questions and sat back and let the man talk. That is the way to go.

Incredible interview (monologue?) by the greatest living comic writer (certainly my favorite!) Claremont is 70 years old and yet his mind has the creativity of a (genius) child. Please Marvel, let him take over the X-Men narrative again! 🙏🏻

Love how he says,"Sorry, I talk too much" then proceeds to continue! This guy has the energy me and my friends had when doing fanfiction. Maybe why I liked his X-Men stories so much.

I love how he talks about the characters. He speaks about them like they're real people. Love it.

As an X men fan, one who fell into it much later after Claremont's run ended, there is so much enjoyment and context in his run and ideas in this that are so enjoyable to listen to even as he rambles on. I wish more interviewers gave him this "shoot". This man is X-Men, the X-Man, the Founding Fathers of Marvel. He will be synonymous with X-Men and the multiple characters he developed and never, ever be forgotten or replaced. 17 years of some of the best work some us will ever see or be familiar with. Thank you, Mr. Claremont I also want to pin point around 1:21:30 where Claremont gets some deserved flowers thrown at him with this question that should be given on a monthly basis when we get the multiple titles of X-Men thrown at us every month

as readers, we really are blessed to having seventeen years of straight gold from this man. his imagination clearly knows no bounds, and he has that rare skill of giving his characters heart and getting you invested in them. he’s right on point with the emotional hooks to reel the readers in.

I guess he really didn't to mop the floor^^ I love how you guys have the capacity to step back and listen when your host has so much to say! This was a rich talk

Ed asked Claremont his ending of X-Men. At Motor City Comic Con some years back he was asked the same thing at a panel, and his answer then was describing a scene in which Phoenix and Wolverine (both immortal) watch Earth's sun burn out. Kinda beautiful.

I was just schooled by the best of the best, thank you chris

It’s very interesting hearing Chris speak on his X-Men days and his F4 run w/Larocca, which i ate up month after month. He speaks on the characters as if he cherishes them, a steward of them, Jack & Stan’s creations. A genuine caretaker of something important.

I want to congratulate you on the channel and thank you for its existence. I am an enthusiastic creator of independent comics from the south of the continent, (Argentina) and I don't think that in my life I had the opportunity to see and hear the incredible living legends that you interview in your channel. THANK YOU VERY MUCH for sharing this with the rest of the world! Especially with those of us who admire (and some like me: idolize) and could not in our wildest dreams come to know. I wish you much success with the channel!

Chris is a Arsenal fan? Another reason to love the guy

@RealBourne1994

3 жыл бұрын

Funny I find it's he's still beloved inspite of his taste in sub par teams

Man I can’t even imagine how things would have been if Claremont wrote for 20 - 25 years straight. I never cared for multiverse storylines, but I want to see the universe where that happened!

I love Chris Claremont. His writing still makes me happy to read and re-read year after year. Marvel should give him a monthly X-Men book set in his own universe. The 616.X, if you will.

If we can get Claremont to write every single book coming from Marvel and DC for the next five years maybe the industry will get back on its feet.

@elketerbentzadik

3 жыл бұрын

He posted a great reimagination of Batman on Facebook a while back that made me wish something like this.

@Jakemufcfan

3 жыл бұрын

He’d be good to have a reign of x solo book

Claremont's appreciation for Spider-Man: Far From Home and reservations about Batman v. Superman really prove that he still has great taste to this day.

The legend himself on a Sunday morning? I'll take it.

My gosh.What a legend.Listening to him talk was a treat.That amazing mind just bursting with ideas and concepts,stories waiting to be told.All these years and he's still a master of storytelling.He knows how to take a concept and analyze it and then evolve it into a fleshed out story with weight and gravity.Something that a reader will WANT to read and is enjoyable.This is what a master storyteller sounds like.

Love to read THE MAN... Love to hear THE MAN...

what a trip, what an honor listening Todd. Thankyou guys !!

This is great! Always love hearing Chris tell stories from early X-Men and talk about the craft of writing. Please bring him back on in the future.

Nice to see Chris is a Gooner 🔥

You can tell Claremont enjoyed talking to you guys

Wow. Amazing interview. Claremont talked about a lot of fundamental points in his writing. I just loved it.

Loved this! It's amazing how Chris Claremont lives and breathes comics and these characters, and how creative he is. Anything you start to discuss he just goes off on character and story tangents. Also, well done guys with just letting him talk!

Chris Claremont is by far the greatest writer that has ever walked the halls of marvel.

This was amazing. This is the first time seeing a long interview with Claremont. Great stuff guys

Wow. Those two hours blew by fast

Hell yes! Stoked for this one. Love you guys and thank you for the comics and the channel!

And he's an Arsenal fan! Kept some of his London roots :) Awesome video!

wow! someday a part 2 i hope!!

This is awesome! I grew up reading his work on X-Men.

Thanks for doing this you guys. This has been the best Claremont interview in a hot minute.

This was awesome! So happy Ed that you and Jim exist!!!

This is such a great interview. Thank you for getting Chris on! I loved this.

So much passion in one interview. Great job guys!

when you interview a storyteller let them tell stories :) thanks for this had a smile on my face through the whole thing

This was epic!!!!! We need a part 2!!! So many good questions to ask!!!!! Great fuckin' job guys!!!!

You guys have been knocking it out of the park!!! Can't wait to see who is next.

Guys: I love the way you let your guests speak: Really impressed!

Pure Gold this conversation. As an artist/writer is magnificent. Thanks, guys.

"This is where you wish SNL was still on." Ouch, byrne.

That Superman idea is pure solid gold.

Ed: "Jim, do you have a big one? " Jim: "No. " Chris: "Rotten luck! " Dude's quick! 😆

45 minutes in, need to stop. Stuff I gotta do. But so far, this is the best of Chris and you guys.

This is AWESOME! I love Chris Claremont! His take on Superman is genius!

Love this interview. Listen to all of his great ideas STILL after all these years. The fact he isn't writing full time comics for SOMEONE in comics is insane.

this was delightful. thanks for sharing

Good job Dudes, this is a good interview. Grew up on the XMen. Claremont is the man. I feel like he gots a lot to say. I want to listen. I say, let the cameras roll, no time limit, no particular subject. I feel like the truth is in the details. Listening to him he remembers the specifics of those days where as we know some of the broad strokes if that, but he knows the fine details on when people where in the room and what they were saying. I say just let him talk, it's like being in the creative room in marvel and having an observer seat at the table. Thanks guys for this interview, you guys have great interviews, i think it's the comfort level of the interviewees, they're in their element, in their homes. Brillant, pullin out all these interviews while people have time to give them and want to, they have a lot to say and have time to think about it. Brillant, turn negatives into positives. I feel like these creators really want to get their message out there. There's way more to it than the comics, there's the heart and the humanity.

Not too many writers more in love with their characters. They are his children

This is incredible, thank you

I just love Claremont work.

I found this pretty inspirational. Thanks for the good content

I loved watching this, guys. Chris geeking out over the characters, even in to modern ages for them like watching the black panther movie, makes me appreciate the time these guys came from, the blue collar-like approach, the imagination & intense creativity & the wisdom of giving people like Frank Miller control. This man is a pro & I grew up on his books. Even love his team up with George Lucas for the sequel book trilogy to Willow. Awesome video.

Ah my Lord and Savior Chris Claremont, should be good.

This was a great interview

Didn’t know Chris is a fellow Gunners fan!!

CC is a gooner! Who knew?!

Fantastic Masterclass in storytelling.

2.5 hours of goofy grinning; thanks, Gentlemen, for another in-depth conversation! Thanks, Chris, for all the fun & wonder🖖!

I am glad they mentioned Classic X-Men w John Bolton. I came into X-Men around issue 107. So the only way for me to catch the early part of the story was via those reprints. And those extra bits from John Bolton were incredible.

You guys are doing the Lord’s work

That interview was funding great

Claremont! Can’t go back to sleep now

@makoseda

4 жыл бұрын

Idk if it’s a good writer or just someone who’s been paying attention, but man did Claremont have some great pitches.

Good Stuff Fellas !!

You read my MIND!!!! I was thinking what if you got him?

My mind is blown away by his idea of Original Superman!!!! That's why his run on X-Men was the Sh** for me when I was young... Love Claremont X-men!

18:11 I kinda wanna read Chris's fanfiction now

Noooo, I missed it! I wish someone would ask him about a character called Huntsman that he introduced while working with Image. Huntsman appeared in Wild C.A.T.S. and Cyberforce before disappearing. I know that he was owned by Claremont and I assumed he'd pick up the story elsewhen, but...

@FirstNameLastName-kt3zn

2 жыл бұрын

They discuss Huntsman at about 1:19:00

Oh my God. Huntsman was rumored to be Claremont and Dwayne Turner if it'd gone to series. Same team as Sovereign 7. Chris owns both. Claremont. Turner. Huntsman. Sov 7. Indiegogo. Would be the first thing I'd ever back...

@lordcommander3224

3 жыл бұрын

Turner was my favorite artist for his short run on Wolverine. He’s doing story boards and video game concept work now.

Showing my ignorance. Did not know til now Claremont was English!!!

@leonardohenriquez7814

4 жыл бұрын

You’re not alone lol

@Walkbi

4 жыл бұрын

.....or a Gooner!

@alucardprinceofgayvampires8526

4 жыл бұрын

he played a big part in the formation of marvel UK

@faherty87

3 жыл бұрын

Did he live in America for ages? I can't hear a hint of English in his accent. Heard it before I think, still very surreal to see him in an arsenal jersey

I never clicked on a video so fast till I saw this.

He writes 3 or 4 comics live and they are awesome!

I want that shirt Jim! Where did you get it?! I remember that add from a Punisher comic book. Ah, the good ol' days.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Jim's mutant shirt. excellent

Back late 80's early 90's Dave Cockrum would do signing at local comic book stores here in New Jersey. By then he had nothing new to promote but he would sign anything he did. He would also bring a stack of comic pages (about 1- 2 feet tall no joke) with his pencils and inks - $5 with no main character, $10 with one main character, $20 with two or more main characters. I went because I loved his art and comic art in general. At that time I wanted to see what original comic book pages looked like and talk to a real comic artist. Dave would sit there and tell you stories about working at Marvel. At the end of his signing I bought a bunch of his $10 pages - he then turned to me and said choose any $20 page for free. Of course I grabbed anything with main X-Men characters. Looking back I think this was nuts Dave selling his artwork so little money. But I guess by then no one really wanted them or cared about Dave's work. 20 years later, I posted some of his artwork on ebay just to gauge the interest. Ebay bidding went crazy and I sold all the pages at the time for 150x's more than I bought the pages for. But I regret selling them and wish I kept them....

There was also no Cellphones, Instagram, Facebook, Email, Microsoft Teams....

Kayfabers! Question: Claremont mentions both X-Men: The End and X-Men Forever in the interview. I know that The End is his vision of the final X-Men story and X-Men Forever is a direct continuation from the end of his 17 year run. In your opinion: which is better? Which provides a better end to his run? Does X-Men: The End continue from X-Men Forever?