Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 21 April, 2024, 09:36:31 AMQuote from: PsychoGoatee on 20 April, 2024, 11:56:37 PMI don't like it when these upstarts say stuff like that, I get you want to run wild, but Wagner rules. And he seems like such a cool guy too. Play nice!
Nobody has a beef with John, but writers get understandably pissed off with the section of fandom that declares it's not 'canon' if Wagner didn't write it. To be fair, now that John writes so little Dredd they've largely fallen silent, but it was a definite thing back when he wrote Dredd stories on a more regular basis.
At say DC, so many writers enjoy writing stories that are "non-canon", say Elseworlds or self contained series etc with Batman. So it seems a bit silly either way that professional writers at 2000AD would be "pissed off" by some fans saying this. Plus like you say it's pretty rare to hear today anyway.
It's cool that we have different opinions, they don't like fans saying some stuff apparently. And I don't like writers saying some stuff, particularly them complaining about the situation with John Wagner. I think it's lame.
I know John is hands off like you're saying, my suggestion wasn't that he needs to rule, my suggestion is the writers complaining about how much respect the fans give John with Dredd is silly and wrongheaded. But I do also think Wagner is the best writer ever, so I don't like people finding some excuse to complain about him or his fans. Just a pet peeve, they have theirs I have mine. The circle of comic net opinions.