By James Robert Shaw (The Wind up Geek)
In a rare treat the Twitterverse was witness to a group of comic book industry professionals who let slip their decorum and allowed their nerdier sides to show. Through this relaxed (almost silly banter) people were able to learn what titles they would willingly fight each other over just for a crack at them. The names of those involved should be familiar to many comic lovers. The few we mention here are writer/artist Shawn Aldridge (215 Ink’s Vic Boone and Vertigo’s The Dark and Bloody), writer/artist Ryan Cody (Red 5 Comic’s Atomic Robo Presents Real Science Adventures and Image’s Five Ghosts), and artist Graham Johnson (Serious Turtle Studios’ Of Stars and Swords). The consensus among them was 1980’s Saturday morning cartoons would make for some of the coolest comics.
(Editor’s note: Due to this site being family friendly, I have edited certain curse words out of the Twitter posts below.)
M.A.S.K makes sense as the next in line at IDW
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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.@shawnaldridge I’ve long made it known I want to be involved in a Bionic Six reboot. M.A.S.K. is awesome, but so many vehicles to draw…
— Ryan Cody (@ryancody) March 15, 2016
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Now, if IDW gets those GLO Worm rights, I’ll be first in line to write it.
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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Would also go Visionaries.
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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Oh, ****, @IDWPublishing get them Dino-Riders rights and I’ll write it.
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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@shawnaldridge @IDWPublishing Yes please
— Boy Akkerman (@NoMoreDucks) March 15, 2016
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Silas would think I was the greatest dad ever. pic.twitter.com/JSD3oy9sJB
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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@shawnaldridge aah, what was this called again? Mind blank, but remember the toys vividly!
— Magnus Aspli (@MagnusAspli) March 15, 2016
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@MagnusAspli dino riders
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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@shawnaldridge Yes! Wonder where those toys went…..
— Magnus Aspli (@MagnusAspli) March 15, 2016
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@shawnaldridge I will fight you for that gig. I had so many of those toys and they were the ****ing best.
— Graham Johnson (@jyrenb) March 15, 2016
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Er, looks like Dino-Riders is Mattel not Hasbro
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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Just tossing it out there. pic.twitter.com/BCoaDSbjXo
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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@shawnaldridge M.A.S.K. or bust
— Randall P Fitzgerald (@digiwombat) March 15, 2016
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@digiwombat yeah, they’re already doing MASK
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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@shawnaldridge Your lack of proper punctuation of the show title has been noted. IT’S BEEN NOTED, ALDRIDGE.
— Randall P Fitzgerald (@digiwombat) March 15, 2016
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@shawnaldridge FIGHTING CRIME IN THE FUTURE TIME
— Ken Lowery (@kenlowery) March 15, 2016
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@kenlowery @shawnaldridge As opposed to Cello COPS – Fighting crime in 3/4 time.
— Adam P. Knave (@adampknave) March 15, 2016
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You can print comics or you can print MONEY pic.twitter.com/NvUnMeqrjS
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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@shawnaldridge Okay, now you’ve gone too far
— Graham Johnson (@jyrenb) March 15, 2016
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@jyrenb A comic based on this at this time…would kill
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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@shawnaldridge Possibly. But who would it kill and how can we stop it?
— Graham Johnson (@jyrenb) March 15, 2016
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@jyrenb The Treasury cuz on them dollas I’d be making
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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@shawnaldridge Alright, you just got me back with this.
— Graham Johnson (@jyrenb) March 15, 2016
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@findsecretbase I would make this book so good.
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 16, 2016
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@shawnaldridge Who owns Turbo Teen. I wanna write that.
— Adam P. Knave (@adampknave) March 15, 2016
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@adampknave Ruby-Spears which means Warner
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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@shawnaldridge Vertigo series here I come.
— Adam P. Knave (@adampknave) March 15, 2016
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I think it’s pretty clear I have my finger on the pulse of what readers are looking for
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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Yeah, I really don’t think you can go wrong with armored up dinosaurs and guns
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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Probably should stop being silly and concentrate on a follow-up to The Dark & Bloody or something
— Shawn Aldridge (@shawnaldridge) March 15, 2016
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