Talk over on the "Brits who weren't droids" thread has got me thinking more generally about ones who got away, creative teams that were so obviously perfect for a series or book but who, for whatever reason, never actually got the gig.
The big one for me would have been Hellblazer: John Smith/ Peter Doherty
(With an honourable mention for Alan Davis on Dredd, since his sole attempt suggested he would have been excellent; and for Kev Walker to have done a book of Slaine back when he still painted comics.)
Cheers
Jim
Well, we almost had Jamie Delano and Neil Gaiman switching arc duties on SWAMP THING, but for DC kicking Rick Veitch in the dick...
Arthur Ranson: Hellblazer (artist)
Jerry Paris: ABC Warriors (artist)
Quote from: Adrian Bamforth on 07 May, 2013, 05:43:47 PM
Jerry Paris: ABC Warriors (artist)
This (http://jerryparis.blogspot.co.uk/) Jerry Paris? Not sure how I've never heard of him until now!
Cheers
Jim
Mignola on Cabalistics.
Although that's more of a beautiful dream than a genuine missed chance.
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 07 May, 2013, 07:02:21 PM
Quote from: Adrian Bamforth on 07 May, 2013, 05:43:47 PM
Jerry Paris: ABC Warriors (artist)
This (http://jerryparis.blogspot.co.uk/) Jerry Paris? Not sure how I've never heard of him until now!
Cheers
Jim
Jerry Paris is great, and kept my love of comics going through a long drought through the Bug Hunters and Lieutenant Laww strips in C&VG.
http://chrisg.org/jerry-paris-bug-hunters/ (LOOK AT IT! LOOK AT IT!)
-pj
Quote from: pauljholden on 07 May, 2013, 09:25:03 PM
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 07 May, 2013, 07:02:21 PM
Quote from: Adrian Bamforth on 07 May, 2013, 05:43:47 PM
Jerry Paris: ABC Warriors (artist)
This (http://jerryparis.blogspot.co.uk/) Jerry Paris? Not sure how I've never heard of him until now!
Cheers
Jim
Jerry Paris is great, and kept my love of comics going through a long drought through the Bug Hunters and Lieutenant Laww strips in C&VG.
http://chrisg.org/jerry-paris-bug-hunters/ (http://chrisg.org/jerry-paris-bug-hunters/) (LOOK AT IT! LOOK AT IT!)
-pj
Yeh, he used to do some awesome covers,too!
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 07 May, 2013, 07:02:21 PM
Quote from: Adrian Bamforth on 07 May, 2013, 05:43:47 PM
Jerry Paris: ABC Warriors (artist)
This (http://jerryparis.blogspot.co.uk/) Jerry Paris? Not sure how I've never heard of him until now!
Wow, there's a revelation! Outstanding stuff.
Simon Coleby: Hellblazer (Artist)
Okay, you get the idea: most great 2000AD artists = great on Hellblazer.
We did get John Smith and Sean Phillips on Hellblazer, for a sublimely flesh-crawly one-off in the middle of the Ennis run. I believe he'd pitched the same time Garth did, and got a fill-in as consolation for not getting the gig. Shame really. John's one of the few comics writers who really knows how to write scary.
Steve Parkhouse should have been the heir to the Cam Kennedy 'Citizens' Dredd stories. His lugubrious schlubby 'Ordinary Joe' characters is always a joy and is very much in the Kennedy-mould.
Plus, ya know, he just has a beautiful line that so few comic artists are equipped with.
Quote from: BPP on 12 May, 2013, 03:14:41 PM
Steve Parkhouse should have been the heir to the Cam Kennedy 'Citizens' Dredd stories. His lugubrious schlubby 'Ordinary Joe' characters is always a joy and is very much in the Kennedy-mould.
I always wanted the
Blockers from the '88 Mega-Special to continue; Parkhouse would've been ideal (as was Casanovas).
I always thought that with his skill at drawing nature and for horror John Ridgway would have drawn a good Slaine.
I'd love to have seen Ian Kennedy doing a Fantastic Four/Silver Surfer/Galactus epic.
Quote from: starscape on 14 May, 2013, 09:58:22 PM
I'd love to have seen Ian Kennedy doing a Fantastic Four/Silver Surfer/Galactus epic.
Oooh yes.