JMS SPEAKS 3

[AsIs]

Just a note, the last issue of Rising Stars delt with the Mid-East situation. I reread it at the comic store this week, post tragedy. My current signature is from that issue.

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Selah

[Lyta Alexander]

There's been nothing at all from JMS since my last post.

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[Nommy]

I gues there is nothing new ion JMS land?

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Nommy

[Lyta Alexander]

Subject: Re: ATTN JMS: Something important
From: [email protected] (Jms at B5)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

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Times right now are about as senseless as have ever been seen in our lifetimes or our parents' lifetimes. People are scared - scared of war, scared of the economy collapsing, of losing their way of life.
More than any other time than we've seen, people in this country need hope, and I believe that this is the time for artists - composers, painters, poets, novelists, singers and actors, and yes, film & television creators as well, etc. - to step up to the plate and give that to them. This is an opportunity to make a difference and shine light where it is needed. I'm not talking jingoistic, blind patriotism; I'm simply talking about lifting people's spirits in a time of need. Does this make any sense?
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Here's where we discover that I have a black transmutational aura that turns whatever weird shit is around me into something substantial.

Ever since the events surrounding the WTC, I have said little because, as noted in response to another note, I simply didn't have the words and didn't know where to look for them. And consequently declined invitations to make a statement, on the further grounds that I'm not qualified.

Here's where life just nails you.

I got an email from Marvel, who felt that in at least one of their books they needed to really address the issue of what happened at the WTC. Their feeling was that the one character best suited to this was Spider-Man because after all, he's a native New Yorker.

So they asked me to write it. Unsure if I had the wherewithal necessary to pull it off without embarrassing myself or trivializing the situation through any inadequacies on my part, I asked for 24 hours to think it over. Figured I'd probably pass, since I just didn't know how I could handle it in a comic
book format.

Somewhere along the way that night, I found the words...and 24 hours after my email, I sent in the script.

I think it says what needs to be said.

jms


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[Nommy]

Wow, ya know....I really need to pick up all of JMS' Spiderman issues.

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Nommy

[AsIs]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Wizz:
Wizzard listens to the echo fade away...

Yeah, Nommy, you're right. Looks like at least one of them has to be got. Wonder what kind of timeline we're lookin' at...</p></font>


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No clue what you did Wiz!


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Selah

[This message has been edited by AsIs (edited September 26, 2001).]

[Wizz]

<font face="georgia">Wizzard listens to the echo fade away...

Yeah, Nommy, you're right. Looks like at least one of them has to be got. Wonder what kind of timeline we're lookin' at...</p></font>


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Do not tempt the patience of Wizzards, for they are subtle, and quick to anger.

[Wizz]

<font face="georgia">Re: ATTN JMS: Something Important
<font color="red">Any idea what issue it will be in? I'd like to pre-order it, from somewhere (I have no idea where, right now, because I haven't collected comics for a long time.).</font>

It will be issue 36. The whole thing is one lengthy meditation on the tragedy.

35 has been ready for some time, I think it just got caught up in the whole WTC situation.

As for the comics in general I'm doing, there was a hiccup of some time on the Joe's Comics line due to the massive amount of work involved in launching Jeremiah. Some days I'm literally on the set and in the office for 24 hours in a row. Once the series is up and running, and we're into a natural flow of things, this will change. I was only about 4 days late in delivering the script for ASM 35 even with all that, so I think keeping it going on schedule won't be that much of a problem.

jms
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<font color="red">Would it be safe to say that you feel that your writing is better when "spoken by others" rather than by yourself?</font>

In this case, yeah, because in truth I didn't find the words, the words found me. I don't quite know where they came from. It's something that used to happen on B5 from time to time...it's like this door inside my head, and the wider it opens, the truer the words. And the door opened all the way on this one. It literally just tumbled out and onto the page. No revisions, no second thoughts, just...there. When this sort of thing happens it's as if it has nothing to do with me, I'm just sorta there when the door opens.

I donated the writing fee from this issue to the NY Fireman's emergency fund, and suggested that all profits from this issue also be donated (this in addition to the huge amount that Marvel is already donating to the various funds trying to help those in need.) So if you pick up this issue, know that the money is going to the right places.

jms</font>




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Do not tempt the patience of Wizzards, for they are subtle, and quick to anger.

[Wizz]

<font face="georgia"><font color="red">The IMDB has you directing the Jeremiah pilot. Is this true (as I assume it is not)?
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Not correct. But the IMDB is rife with such errors.

jms</font>


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Do not tempt the patience of Wizzards, for they are subtle, and quick to anger.

[Nommy]

I just read Spiderman #35. I havent bought a comic book in many many years.

Man, The last page blew my mind....but I think I know where this is going.

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Nommy