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03-17-2018, 07:47 AM | #11 |
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Larry clearly has contempt for the large portion of his fan base who steadfastly believe Zandar and Zarana are twins.
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03-17-2018, 08:40 AM | #12 |
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I don't believe Zandar is real. He's a figment of Zarana's imagination, that's why nobody ever notices him.
Yes, I would happily buy a biweekly ARAH. Larry's work is just getting stronger with age and now he is unchained. Let's take advantage of that. I'd prefer to see it manifest as the current ARAH series dealing with his evolving world and themes, and a separate Special Missions title focusing on non-Cobra special forces missions. Alternatively I have another suggestion: pay Larry to do his full-script ARAH series as it is, but also pay him to do story breakdowns for two other titles per month. Then you can have him working with a tough editor who can keep at the cats in a row while they march, two other writers who will work regular titles in the same ARAH world, and revolving artists.
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03-17-2018, 10:17 AM | #13 |
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Yes. I don't like knowing Zarana has been following Zartan around for 100 issues and Hama still refuses to write Zandar, or acknowledge Zandar & Zarana as twins. He really needs to move on from favoritism, hatred and distaste affecting and determining his professional decisions.
Unfortunately, I get the impression Hama is contemptuous of at least some of his fanbase and really doesn't care about us. All that being said, if Hama developed a more open minded approach, I'd love to see Special Missions style stories. Larry Hama REFUSED to write Zandar? That’s news to me. Zandar was included in Marvel’s G.I. Joe comics as early as September of 1986, as written by Larry Hama in issue 51, “Thunder Machine”. When Buzzer accidentally tries to sit in an armchair, he finds it already occupied. Zandar: “Hey! Get off! This seat’s taken!” Buzzer: “Oh! Sorry! Didn’t see you!” Zandar: “Nobody ever sees me!” Zarana: “Meet my brother, Zandar. He has a bad habit of blending into the furniture!” He continues through the issue with Zartan and Zarana, and appears again in issues # 52, 53, 55, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79 and G.I. JOE Special Missions issue 21. That’s a whole lot of refusing to write on Larry Hama’s part, isn’t it? Maybe it’s just that Larry Hama refuses to write what YOU tell him to write. If he won’t sit up and bark like a dog when you tell him to, does that make him a bad writer? I have never come to any conclusion that Larry Hama has any contempt at all for any portion of his fan base from the few conversations I’ve had with him. Every time that my children discussed his G.I. Joe stories with him at any of the G.I. Joe conventions they attended, his face lit up with happiness or amusement, as if he enjoys making these stories for kids, more than for adults. Maybe it’s strange that adults are trying to tell him what to write about a children’s story book. It’s no secret that Zandar and Zarana are siblings. Larry Hama has made that perfectly clear in the numerous comic issues that he supposedly refused to write, but that doesn’t mean they are dizygotic twins (fraternal), monozygotic twins (identical), conjoined twins, etc. Allow the siblings to be siblings… it’s not that difficult. Tomax and Xamot can be our twins in the story, and they even share an empathic connection. Isn’t that enough?
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03-17-2018, 10:22 AM | #14 |
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You do understand that Hasbro made him put charcters in the book.
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03-17-2018, 10:41 AM | #15 |
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I agree with Special Missions. That would be the perfect plan.
And although I also agree the Joes should face some non-Cobra threats in that title, maybe some issues could feature Cobra so they would actually be doing something..... Be a good oppurtunity to bring back the Oktober Guard and can we please give Destro his own army again? Destro was at his best when he had the gold mask, red cape and the destructive force of the Iron Grenadiers at his disposal. Now he just follows CC around and wonders when the next time CC will try to “off” him. (It will be next month. Don’t worry, James). Anyway, I see I went into complaint mode lol. |
03-17-2018, 10:54 AM | #16 |
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Larry Hama REFUSED to write Zandar? That’s news to me.
Zandar was included in Marvel’s G.I. Joe comics as early as September of 1986, as written by Larry Hama in issue 51, “Thunder Machine”. When Buzzer accidentally tries to sit in an armchair, he finds it already occupied. Zandar: “Hey! Get off! This seat’s taken!” Buzzer: “Oh! Sorry! Didn’t see you!” Zandar: “Nobody ever sees me!” Zarana: “Meet my brother, Zandar. He has a bad habit of blending into the furniture!” He continues through the issue with Zartan and Zarana, and appears again in issues # 52, 53, 55, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79 and G.I. JOE Special Missions issue 21. That’s a whole lot of refusing to write on Larry Hama’s part, isn’t it? Maybe it’s just that Larry Hama refuses to write what YOU tell him to write. If he won’t sit up and bark like a dog when you tell him to, does that make him a bad writer? I have never come to any conclusion that Larry Hama has any contempt at all for any portion of his fan base from the few conversations I’ve had with him. Every time that my children discussed his G.I. Joe stories with him at any of the G.I. Joe conventions they attended, his face lit up with happiness or amusement, as if he enjoys making these stories for kids, more than for adults. Maybe it’s strange that adults are trying to tell him what to write about a children’s story book. It’s no secret that Zandar and Zarana are siblings. Larry Hama has made that perfectly clear in the numerous comic issues that he supposedly refused to write, but that doesn’t mean they are dizygotic twins (fraternal), monozygotic twins (identical), conjoined twins, etc. Allow the siblings to be siblings… it’s not that difficult. Tomax and Xamot can be our twins in the story, and they even share an empathic connection. Isn’t that enough? And Larry certainly does not dislike the Joe fan base at all. He answers every email he gets. If he doesn’t answer yours it’s because you are beating a dead horse. |
03-17-2018, 11:02 AM | #17 |
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I will say Mr Hama seems to me to be a humble and friendly guy. Talked with him at the Canadian convention in 2010. I definitely see his writing style (show not tell), to be on a different level from other comics I’ve had experiences with.
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03-17-2018, 12:01 PM | #18 |
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Who doesn't?
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03-17-2018, 03:12 PM | #19 |
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An exaggeration. Larry has stated in interviews Hasbro was actually pretty hands off. The use of new characters was more a case of Larry understanding the nature of the comic he was writing. He could veto the use of supremely lame characters like Cobra-La, and some others he just never used, with no reaction from Hasbro. The only exception of actual Hasbro mandates are the commercial issues, and even there we have examples of Hama just ignoring some of the characters and events shown in the commercials. Certainly they didn't 'make' him use Zandar a dozen times.
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03-17-2018, 07:42 PM | #20 |
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Larry is the best. I would buy his stuff every week if he pumped them out that often.
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