... how would you be alone in liking Claremont in Nocenti, they're fairly beloved
― Nhex, Friday, 9 February 2024 16:53 (two months ago) link
I mean, it's a cliche that they're both a bit prolix. But I don't really see that - I think they're some of comics better sentence writers, i.e. wordy but easy to read. So often, reading comics feels like wading through sludge, and I don't get that with them.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 10:34 (two months ago) link
I think it's relative. Compared to Alan Moore or some later writers, maybe they read as corny. But compared to the writing in most of the mainstream comics at the time they were on another level. Definitely soapy and wordy, but they helped bring more nuanced emotions into superhero books.
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 11:32 (two months ago) link
Well Nocenti is really a post-Claremont writer - she’s at the very tail end of the ‘overwriting’ era, a Shooter writer (whereas Claremont is very much a Roy Thomas writer).
Steve Gerber a million times better than either of them, of course.
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 11:49 (two months ago) link