#Ann Nocenti

[murdockmeta]

Daredevil #266, Writer Ann Nocenti

I love this scene. Matt's really been through the wringer at this point (he nearly died, Karen left him, Mephisto fucked shit up) and, once again, the citizens of Hell's Kitchen come in to help pick him up when he's down.

I loved Nocenti's consistency in showing that Hell's Kitchen cared about Matt just as much as Matt cared about them. I've always found it so unnecessary when writers want to go out of their way to make it seem like Hell's Kitchen doesn't like Daredevil or what he does, especially when he's been around as long as he has.

#merry christmas #daredevil comics #daredevil v1 #ann nocenti #matt murdock #there are plenty of other ways to put matt down without having HK citizens spit on him and be mean to him #it just doesnt feel right. like not only within canon but also it feels like it goes against the principle of what matt does and why #like seriously just be more creative than that. don't use tropes that make zero sense for the story just cause its easier #anyway ignore me. thats just my opinion #image id in alt text #id in alt text #image described #alt text

[balu8]

Marvel Graphic Novel #39: The Inhumans

by Ann Nocenti; Bret Blevins; Al Williamson; Michael Higgins and Jim Novak

#marvel comics #marvel graphic novel #the inhumans #bret blevins #ann nocenti #crystal #comic book

[vertigoartgore]

1988's Daredevil Vol.1 #255-256 covers by John Romita Jr. & Al Williamson.

#daredevil #typhoid mary #love #hate #enemies to lovers #ann nocenti #john romita jr. #al williamson #DD #hell's kitchen #marvel #the man without fear #pyromaniac #she's crazy #matt murdock #1988 #80's #80s #late 80s #1980s #new york #duel #marvel comics #fight to the death #drowning #violence #New York in the 80s #schizophrenia #let them fight #multiple personality disorder

[comfortfoodcontent]

Daredevil Vol. 1 #254

Writer(s) Ann Nocenti Penciler(s) John Romita Jr. Inker(s) Al Williamson Colorist(s) Max Scheele Letterer(s) Joe Rosen

#typhoid mary #mary walker #daredevil #marvel #marvel comics #touch her she's the best #ann nocenti #john romita jr #al williamson #comic #comic art

[ungoliantschilde]

a gorgeous Daredevil DPS by John Romita, Jr., with Inks by Al Williamson, Letters by Joe Rosen, Colors by Christie “Max” Scheele, and a Script by Ann Nocenti.

#Daredevil #Typhoid Mary #John Romita Jr. #Al Williamson #Joe Rosen #Christie Scheele #Ann Nocenti #Splash Page Process #Splash Page #Process #Master Class #Marvel Comics #Marvel #Comics #Art #Illustration

[racefortheironthrone]

I’ve begun the deep dive into Claremont’s X-men for the first time, and I was wondering since it’s harder to discern for older titles or if they even operated on a coordinated synergy like tie ins now - are there any relevant, or good for their own sake , x titles of the Claremont era that help round out the story ala X-men now and say, Immortal X-men?

Good for you! Everyone should read the Claremont run.

To answer your question, absolutely and 100% yes.

I would describe the Claremont run as a pioneer of the kind of cross-book coordination that would become absolutely hegemonic within comics thanks to its success here. So not only was there the flagship Uncanny X-Men book, but there was also New Mutants, X-Factor, Excalibur, and Wolverine, which frequently crossed-over and referenced one another - creating a cohesive "X-line" of books for the first time.

Chris Claremont depended heavily on his editors Ann Nocenti and Louise "Weezy" Simonson née Jones to make sure the X-line coherent and internally consistent. (This was back in the day when Marvel was stricter about things happening in real-time rather than the looser sliding timescale, so you'd have issues where Wolverine wouldn't be in an issue of X-Men because he was in Japan or Madripoor at the time and hadn't gotten back yet - and it was the job of the editor to keep track of all these movements.)

Chris and Ann then recommended Louise Simonson to replace Bob Layton on X-Factor, and then eventually take over for Claremont on New Mutants as well when he found he had bitten off more than he could chew writing-wise. Meanwhile Ann Nocenti would write several X-Men mini-series and some absolutely crucial backup stories in Classic X-Men. Last but by no means least, Louise's husband Walt would be added to the group as both writer and artist for projects like X-Men and the New Teen Titans, X-Factor, and cross-over issues.

Moreover, because Chris Claremont was a rather social and collaborative type who liked working with his friends, he liked to include their characters in his books and cross-over with their books. Thus, Ann Nocenti's Longshot became a member of the X-Men when the Longshot ongoing fell through, Louise's Power Pack would become frequent guest-stars in X-books and X-events, as would Walt's Thor cast.

Indeed, the Claremont Run's very structure owes an enormous amount to Louise Simonson, who came up for the idea of turning the Mutant Massacre into an X-line crossover, a feat she would repeat with Fall of the Mutants, Inferno, and X-Tinction Agenda. These events formed the spine of the Claremont run and arguably the height of its creative and then commercial success.

The X-line would not be this cohesive again until HOXPOX and the creation of the X-writer's room/Slack.

#marvel #marvel meta #chris claremont #louise simonson #ann nocenti #walt simonson #claremont run

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NYCC 2023: The Women of Marvel take the stage

NYCC 2023: The Women of Marvel take the stage #comics #comicbooks #nycc #nycc2023 #nycc23

An inspiring panel took the stage and assembled for the Women of Marvel event at New York Comic Con 2023! The line-up of speakers featured Marvel publishing talent including Executive Director for Digital Content Ellie Pyle, Editor Sarah Brunstad, Senior Editor Lauren Bisom, Director of Production & Special Projects Jennifer Grunwald, as well as celebrated comic writers Ann Nocenti and Erica…

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#ann nocenti #carmen carnero #comic books #Comics #ellie pyle #erica schultz #fer sifuentes-sujo #gail simone #gurihiru #its jeff #jennifer grunwald #karla pacheco #kelly thompson #lauren bisom #marvel #marvels voices: loki presents #new york comic con #nycc #sarah brunstad #women of marvel

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Storm #1 by Ann Nocenti and Sid Kotian. Variant covers by (1) Stanley 'Artgerm' Lau, (2) Taurin Clarke and (3) Stefano Caselli. Main cover (4) by Alan Davis. Out in May.

"STORM FACES THE BLOWBACK OF HER POWERS! ORORO MUNROE, A.K.A. STORM, has been a thief, a goddess and a leader of the X-MEN – and she's just getting started! With her mutant ability to control the weather bolstered by her top-notch fighting skills, she's a formidable opponent like no other (as CALLISTO of the MORLOCKS can attest)! But when an elemental power emerges near the XAVIER MANSION, it'll take Storm to the limit of her powers and beyond! Get ready for an electrifying all-new series showcasing Storm's days of rocking her mohawk and leading the X-Men, as she faces an ALL-NEW VILLAIN that will threaten to tear her apart from her team… and what she thought she knew about herself!"

#storm #ororo munroe #marvel #ann nocenti #sid kotian #stanley artgerm lau #artgerm #taurin clarke #stefano caselli #alan davis #variant cover #comics

[nerds-yearbook]

The Longshot mini series premiered with a cover date of September, 1985. The issue introduced Longshot, Eliot, Hester and her baby, Pup (MaGog), Gog, Quark, and Spiral created by Ann Nocenti and Arthur Adams. ("A Man Without a Past", Longshot, Marvel Comic Event)

#nerds yearbook #real life event #first appearance #comic book #marvel comics #marvel #september #1985 #mojo #mojoverse #ann nocenti #art adams #arthur adams #longshot #eliot #hester #pup #magog #gog #quark #spiral #mutant

[smashpages]

Preview page from Daredevil #8 (Marvel, April 2024) by Ann Nocenti and Stefano Raffaele

#stefano raffaele #ann nocenti #daredevil #comic books #comics #marvel #matt murdock

[murdockmeta]

yeah im normal, im fuckin' normal.

#daredevil volume one issue 259 #daredevil battlin jack murdock #daredevil comics #ann nocenti #image id in alt text #alt text #id in alt text #daredevil v1 #ignore how those last two panels are cropped tumblr was being dumblr so i had to do it weird

[comfortfoodcomics]

Daredevil Vol. 1 #275-276:

A tie in to Acts of Vengeance, my favorite Marvel Event, during my favorite run on Daredevil. That’s right, this is my favorite DD story. Batshit insanity as Ol Hornhead, some of the Inhumans, and an animal rights revolutionary battle an old Ultron robot that grapples with his own existence as he kidnaps a genetically altered, indestructible bimbo who is wrestling with the same issues. Ann Nocenti man, nobody did it better.

#ultron #daredevil #matthew murdock #matt murdock #inhumans #john romita jr #ann nocenti #acts of vengeance #marvel #marvel comics #cfc #me #my writing #writing #comics #comics writing #comfort food comics #comfort food comics canon

[vertigoartgore]

1989's Daredevil #266 (splash) page 22 by John Romita Jr., Al Williamson and Gregory Wright.

#daredevil #mephisto #bar #ann nocenti #john romita jr. #al williamson #gregory wright #hell's kitchen #christmas #showdown #DD #the man without fear #matt murdock #splash page #cool comic art #underrated #attorney at law #vigilante #hell on earth #getting hot in here #marvel #marvel comics #late 80s #80's #80s #1980s #run #hell #silver surfer foe #usually

[comfortfoodcontent]

Daredevil Vol. 1 #252

Writer(s) Ann Nocenti Penciler(s) John Romita Jr Inker(s) Al Williamson Colorist(s) Max Scheele Letterer(s) Joe Rosen

#daredevil #matt murdock #matthew murdock #ann nocenti #john romita jr. #al williamson #christie scheele #marvel #marvel comics #jr jr.

[racefortheironthrone]

I have come to realize, I don't quite understand what a back-up story is? Like, do some comic issues just sometimes have too much space for the main story so they include another, smaller comic at the back?

No, it's usually the reverse: the creators have a story they like, but that's too short to make up a full comic, so they attach it as a bonus feature after the A-story.

To me, the acme of how to do backup stories are Chris Claremont's Classic X-Men. In an era before trade paperback and omnibus collections were common, in an era before there were digital comics libraries where you could access the entire back catalogue of entire companies on demand, Classic X-Men reprinted everything from the Roy Thomas/Neal Adams Silver Age through to the big hits of the first hundred or so issues of the Claremont run with edited captions and dialogue and interstitial panels and pages of new art.

However, Chris Claremont wasn't satisfied with tinkering around the edges, so the first 44 issues of Classic X-Men included backup stories by him and Ann Nocenti. These short (usually ~8 page) stories included a lot of "deleted scenes" - so you get to see how things that are alluded to but not shown in the main narrative, like the beginning of Logan and Jean's attraction in the immediate wake of Giant-Size #1, or Emma Frost's Hellfire Club scheming against Jason Wyngarde or Selene during the Dark Phoenix Saga, or Jean Grey wrestling with what it means to be the Phoenix with the help of Storm and Misty Knight, or why Nightcrawler stopped using his image inducer and came out of the closet as a mutant, etc. These scenes "danced between the raindrops" of canon, where they added richness and flavor to the main story without being essential reading.

But more and more, Claremont and Nocenti used these backup stories to fill out backstories through "period pieces." It is in these stories that we see Max Eisenhardt escape Auschwitz and tragically lose his daughter Anya, or go from being a Nazi hunter in South America to a mutant separatist terrorist when he learns the truth about Operation Paperclip. It is in these stories that we see Jean Grey's psychic powers awaken when she experiences the tragic death of her childhood friend Annie Richardson from inside Annie's mind, and how that shaped her understanding of life and death and what it means to be a mutant.

I would argue that these stories are essential reading, because they're often where Claremont (and Nocenti) found the emotional core of his characters, the motivational drives that make them who they are.

Alternatively, backup stories are where creators could take advantage of free "real estate" in anthology books, team-up books, and annuals to tell more fantastical and imaginative B-stories that wouldn't have fit within an overarching narrative. So we get weird stuff like Margali Szardos casting her adopted son Kurt Wagner into the literal Inferno of Dante Alighieri, or straight-edge Harlan County miner's son Sam Guthrie romantically abducted by an intergalactic cat burglar who also happens to be a cockney Joan Jett, and so on.

And that's what I like about backup stories - they're like miniature paintings, where the artists get to stretch their creative muscles free of the burden and pressure of the magnum opus.

#comics #comics meta #xmen #xmen meta #claremont run #chris claremont #ann nocenti

[apocalypse-polakiewicz]

johnromitajr

#john romita jr. #ann nocenti #daredevil #apocalypse