New York Comic Con: Deadlines

Danny Fingeroth moderated a panel consisting of Stuart Moore, Christos Gage and Peter David – ostensibly to talk about deadlines, but it quickly became about writing in general.

Each writer had different takes on the process, whether it be because of the books that they’ve worked on, their experiences outside the field or the editors they’ve worked with. PAD admitted that he routinely ends books with cliffhangers that he doesn’t have a clue how to resolve, and prefers not to do 6 month outlines as he rarely sticks to them.

Chris spoke about the need to be adaptable and quick when making edits, and Moore commented that really, that was true – for example, he knew Firestorm was in trouble when he took over so he generally wrote every 5-6 issues as though they would end the book, even if it wasn’t an arc as such.

Obviously, a lot more was said and I’m sure that there will be articles out there which cover it in a lot more detail.

I think that the person who impressed me most here – and actually, he was on a couple of other panels – was Chris Gage. He came across as a very intelligent, approachable and passionate creator. It doesn’t hurt that he’s been writing great stuff for the past couple of years, or that his Civil War: Casualties of War was probably the best CW tie in out there, either.

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