City Paper Editor Takes Steps Even Further Away From Ever Being Able To Meet Girls
Frequent readers of this site may already know that City Paper ed-in-chief Duane Swierczynski moonlights as a crime novelist. (The protagonist in his last novel, The Blonde, was even named Kelly White, which we found unsettling on many levels.) But did you know that Swierczynski has also been contributing to what is perhaps CP’s least-interesting-ever epoch by moonlighting in addition as… a comic book writer? It’s true: In March ’08, Swierczynski debuts at the helm of Marvel Comics title Cable, which is not about TV, but rather, according to Wikipedia…
A mysterious mutant, Cable [pictured] became the leader of the New Mutants, a junior X-Men team. He later developed the team into the harder-edged X-Force, and eventually graduated to his own series in 1993. The character is regarded by some as one of the most popular superheroes to emerge from Marvel’s revamp in the 1990s, primarily due to his staying power and frequency of appearance in various X-Men titles. In 2006, IGN.com ranked Cable at #15 on their list of Top 25 X-Men from the past forty years.
So in the comics world, this is something of a big deal. Publisher’s Weekly tapped Duane for an interview and, ever the nerd, couldn’t resist squeezing out an utterly cringe-worthy quote for us:
I started out as an intern at Philadelphia Magazine, then landed a job as their fact-checker. It was just like Bright Lights, Big City, only minus the models and cocaine. Okay, it wasn’t like Bright Lights, Big City at all.
Jesus dude. If you’re working at PhillyMag and not on the yay, YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG. Oh well, onward and upward. Like we said, the new Cable doesn’t roll out ’til ’08, but if you are hankering for a taste, check out Marvel’s Moon Knight Annual, on stands now.
PublishersWeekly: Best. Alt-Weekly Editor. Ever.
Wikipedia: Cable, Translated For Non-Virgins
December 5th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Liefeld detractors be damned, the first year of X-Force blew my teenage mind. Cable’s sway over readers was diluted as more of his past was revealed and plot lines grew ever more soapy, but brother, he can still be an unparalleled badass when the writing’s good.
December 5th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Not knowing Duane’s weird fem-fetishing novel output, I hope for dougwallen’s sake he writes better comics than he gives interview, or writes editorials. Maybe Publishers Weekly is where the cokes at.
December 6th, 2007 at 8:25 am
Cable has evolved over the years from this sort of ur-Rambo into a sort of messianic figure. He’s about as schizophrenic as a comic character gets, but if Duane’s got the chops to write complex conspiracies where just-the-write-move changes everything, Cable’s his perfect guy. He’s a schemer and a dreamer.
The Moon Knight Annual was good, by the way. It’s about a serial rapist, a therapy group and revenge.
P.S. There are LOTS of girls in comics. Why do you think we’d need to talk to any of the real ones? I mean, duh?