CBR Captain Britain/MI:13 article

[wh park]

Nick Lowe and Paul Cornell talk about the new Captain Britain series here (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13031)

I loved Cornell's Wisdom series and have really enjoyed Leonard Kirk's work, particularly on Agents of Atlas. This along with Guardians of the Galaxy are two of the Marvel books I'm most looking forward to (as opposed to more hyped books by Millar and Loeb).

[NickT]

Fantastic :)

[John M. Coker (Johnny C.)]

This looks great. It's exactly what I've wanted Excalibur to be.

[Raphael J]

This sounds really great. Acknowledging Checkmate and telling us how it was different from it really helped cement the tone of the book for me and I can't wait to check it out.

[Magnum V.I.]

Sweet. I'm on board. And I need to go track down that Wisdom Mini and the Agents of Atlas issues.

[artimoff]

I'm really looking forward to this.

[NewChad]

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

More excited about this series than ANYTHING Marvel has launched in the last year.

[Nick MB]

I want this. Will be buying the Wisdom TPB and shortly break my trade-waiting policy to pick up the singles.

[Ashwin Pande]

Sweet! Wisdom was awesome. Looking forward to this.

[wh park]

One of the things I like about this is that Cornell lives in England and while a non-UK writer can write good Captain Britain stories I tend to find if the person actually lives where the stories are set then it enhances the series/characters IMO. I found Captain Britain the most enjoyable when in the hands of Delano, Moore, Ellis, etc. not so much when written by Claremont (ironically enough I believe he co-created him).

[NickT]

One of the things I like about this is that Cornell lives in England and while a non-UK writer can write good Captain Britain stories I tend to find if the person actually lives where the stories are set then it enhances the series/characters IMO. I found Captain Britain the most enjoyable when in the hands of Delano, Moore, Ellis, etc. not so much when written by Claremont (ironically enough I believe he co-created him).
Not always, but works as a general rule. The problem more is that non-British writers can write the area and the characters in a quite a borderline-sterotypical way, plus throwing Brit-isms into the dialogue randomly to try and make it look more accurate when in actual fact it makes it look like they're just guessing how they talk.


Not all writers do that though. I thought Brubaker and Gage did fine, for example.

[tom daylight]

argh Gordon Brown's in it! That ruins everything. :( Unless he's really a Skrull of course. (That'd make sense; no human being could possibly be that awful a British PM.)

[wh park]

Not always, but works as a general rule. The problem more is that non-British writers can write the area and the characters in a quite a borderline-sterotypical way, plus throwing Brit-isms into the dialogue randomly to try and make it look more accurate when in actual fact it makes it look like they're just guessing how they talk.


Not all writers do that though. I thought Brubaker and Gage did fine, for example.

I really liked the Cap arc with him in London with Spitfire and Union Jack. And Gage's Union Jack mini was great as well.

[wh park]

CBR is doing a series of profiles on the various members of MI-13 with writer Paul Cornell.

So far they've done Cap, John The Skrull and Spitfire. Loving what I'm reading so far about the series.

Tomorrow is Pete Wisdom, Black Knight (yes!) and a new character, Faisa Hussein. I'm surprised there's no Union Jack on this team.

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

I'm really looking forward to this book.

[John M. Coker (Johnny C.)]

Yeah, the more I read about this series, the more I think I'm gonna love it. And man, did you see those sketches? Kirk's going to rock this book.

[wh park]

Yeah, the more I read about this series, the more I think I'm gonna love it. And man, did you see those sketches? Kirk's going to rock this book.

Kirk is nailing the characters as far as I'm concerned. He's one of the unsung pros working today IMO. Did you read Agents of Atlas that he did with Jeff Parker? Fantastic stuff that gives me a lot of hope for this new series.

Marvel's getting me all giddy with this, Guardians, Fraction's Iron Man, etc.

[Bryan H]

Kirk is nailing the characters as far as I'm concerned. He's one of the unsung pros working today IMO. Did you read Agents of Atlas that he did with Jeff Parker? Fantastic stuff that gives me a lot of hope for this new series.

Marvel's getting me all giddy with this, Guardians, Fraction's Iron Man, etc.

Agents of Atlas really was a fantastic mini, and I recommend the trade to anyone.

I'll have to pick up the Wisdom trade at some point as well, as this looks really good.

[Thudpucker]

I'd love to read a well done Captain Britain book, keeping my fingers crossed.

[John M. Coker (Johnny C.)]

His art on AoA was really nice, and so far, this looks even better.

[Uther]

argh Gordon Brown's in it! That ruins everything. :( Unless he's really a Skrull of course. (That'd make sense; no human being could possibly be that awful a British PM.)

I dunno.
People seem to forget just how evil Thatcher was.

[Uther]

Anyone have a clue as to when to expect this?

[Bryan H]

Anyone have a clue as to when to expect this?

It was in that Secret Invasion Saga book, one sec....

May. It starts in May.

And it ties in to the Invasion at least through issue 3, according to this.

[Uther]

It was in that Secret Invasion Saga book, one sec....

May. It starts in May.

And it ties in to the Invasion at least through issue 3, according to this.

Cool cool cool.
Thanks for that.
It can't come soon enough.

[Kefky]

I don't like the idea of turning Captain Britain into Captain America. What always made him unique is that he was kind of a lout and not the best leader in the world. Even Claremont stuck with that characterization. I'm not bitching, I'm just afraid that this might make the character too generic. But hey, I'll be glad to change my mind if Cornell makes it work.

Aside from that, though, I'm still really excited about this book. Spitfire is such an amazing and underrated character, I'm actually giddy to see her in a mainstream team book like this that marvel's really pushing. John the Skrull's a great character too, glad to see he survived the move.

[I AM GROOT!]

Nick Lowe and Paul Cornell talk about the new Captain Britain series here (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13031)

I loved Cornell's Wisdom series and have really enjoyed Leonard Kirk's work, particularly on Agents of Atlas. This along with Guardians of the Galaxy are two of the Marvel books I'm most looking forward to (as opposed to more hyped books by Millar and Loeb).

No kidding. I also think Eternals will be an underrated series when it comes out in June. But there's no way CB/MI:13 will fail. Anything with Wisdom is a work of brilliance.

[tom daylight]

I dunno.
People seem to forget just how evil Thatcher was.

Thatcher was a fantastic PM. In a world with leaders such as Hitler, Stalin, Mao Tse-Tung, Saddam Hussein, Che Guevara, all of whom murdered countless innocent people, it beggars belief that various lefties would have you believe that Britain's greatest peacetime Prime Minister is "evil" and "nasty" simply because she's a bit right-wing - while Castro is "a hero of the left" (Harriet Harman) and Mao "did more good than bad" (Diane Abbott) despite murdering over 30 million people.

[Uther]

Thatcher was a fantastic PM.
(...)
...it beggars belief that various lefties would have you believe that Britain's greatest peacetime Prime Minister is "evil" and "nasty" simply because she's a bit right-wing.

I really disagree with both these points (Peacetime? Talk to the Falklands much?).
But, no matter.
I foresee that this discussion is going be overblown and token on both sides and we may as well just agree to disagree here and now because no one is going to change their mind. Kay?

[tom daylight]

She restored Britain's liberty and rescued its economy. She stamped out the overreaching power of the unions and destroyed socialism in this country. Britain is better off because of her.

[Uther]

She restored Britain's liberty and rescued its economy. She stamped out the overreaching power of the unions and destroyed socialism in this country. Britain is better off because of her.

I edited my post man. Give it a reread.