John Byrne Reacts To Dark Phoenix | SYFY WIRE

[@helzapoppin9810]

Byrne, Austin & Claremont - the all-time comics superteam

[@lukeskywalker6809]

Absolutely true.

[@bra5081]

@@lukeskywalker6809 I agree!

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

Buscema and Chan were great too.

[@dougg1075]

It’s the truth plain and simple. He and Austin were like a super art organism .

[@Evan.Arapis]

@@bigmacdaddy1234 Yeah, Big John Buscema was GREAT ! He's the reason I fell in love with the FF when I was a kid in Greece..

[@brentalanadamlandgrave7635]

"Alpha Flight" - greatest comic book. Thanks, John.

[@JoeDonFan]

ALPHA FLIGHT at 0:56 ALPHA FLIGHT was the book that got me back into comics in my late 20's. Next thing you know, I've got a $70-$120 a week habit at the local comic store.

[@kforcer]

Him and Terry Austin were one of the best teams of all-time. I mean, maybe my personal favorite.

[@PeterPalmiotti]

So so so many great books, I loved almost every single book he drew. That's rare of an artists overall career!

[@mathewsimoes5830]

Edit: Byrne makes a good point. The set-up for Dark Phoenix, especially the personal relationships, are gonna be shoved into a 2 hour film. I’m hopeful, but at the same time I still think Dark Phoenix should have been a trilogy finale that they build towards.

[@TheEnigmaticBM39]

They can't now that the mouse owns the x men.

[@christianschmidt8476]

@@TheEnigmaticBM39 Dark Phoenix and New mutants are still coming.

[@palsunstar]

Owww! The typo! Make it go away!

[@mathewsimoes5830]

Paul Sondersted Done! That’s why I hate quickly typing these comments on my phone.

[@rickbrown24]

Oh! Great interview! Wow! John Byrne!!!

[@DJJunkfoodJay]

Byrne and Simonson. My first comic heros.

[@andrewreeves1250]

He’s one of the all time greats, I treasure the comics of his that I own 🔥💀

[@corkygobshite9941]

always liked byrne's immaculate art and his realist style of writing... and the way he gets on the wrong side of really uptight people just by voicing his personal opinions semi-privately. The vast majority of us really need to have literally nothing to lose to even consider being as honest as byrne these days...

[@hulksmash1357]

Byrne the one man comic book army

[@MagnusMG1]

Loved his run on West Coast Avengers as well. 'Dark' Scarlet Witch...I was gutted when he left the book before completing that story line.

[@darksharxz]

One of my all time favorite artist.

[@mindandbody7971]

Byrne is my love and hate for comics personified into one being. That said mad respect for the guy. It's absolutely crazy to hear he didn't like the X-Men. Cause despite his perception, to me, he and Claremont really defined the characters. I can remember being a kid and trying to ape his Marvel style and not getting it at all.

[@philbrown4574]

That was awesome. Thank you.

[@413722bm]

I like Alpha Flight but the initial purpose of the team was to draw more attention to Wolverine's character which already had plenty.

[@SIKE01]

instead of "Great Scott!" my geek catchphrase for amazement is "John Byrne!"

[@Brian_Boru]

Marvel - publish X-Men: Elsewhen. 7+ issues worth of pages drawn, with a chunk of scripting completed as well. Talk about lead time. It's inspired stuff and deserves to hit the marketplace. Make it happen, please.

[@cuacomekiki]

I love that you can pronounce "Avila" the right way! Also I realized I have been misprouncing "Byrne" for 30 years. XD

[@michaelavila6533]

if I can't pronounce my own name right, then I've got serious problems! haha

[@thelittlepasty8360]

Whenever I try to come up with my own superheroes in my own universe, i feel the same way he did about alpha flight. They don’t feel real.

[@garyballard4657]

My favorite creator along with Todd McFarlane

[@ig2hi1]

As much as I would love to see Byrne's planned new X-MEN series, the one licensed character I would havei died to see Byrne adapt into comics is (classic) MAGNUM P.I..

[@danebarrett237]

That... Could be... Awesome...

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

Um no.

[@flintsvariety811]

I'd seen him draw the juggernaut in issue 312 or 314 of the Incredible Hulk and that was the best version of the juggernaut ( even if it was all In The Hulks mind)

[@artmin100]

He didn't create or co create Union Jack, Yellow Jacket or Super Girl

[@duedecimal6622]

i loveee comic books!!!! before new 52 tho, not today's. god. awful.

[@thealexprime]

what he think about Doom Patrol live action ?

[@derekselsvold4352]

A little disappointing there was nothing on the FF run, but a solid segment.

[@patrickmoreau7900]

I met John Byrne last year one of my highlights. But I don’t think he created Union Jack 🇬🇧

[@michaelavila6533]

he co-created with Roger Stern the modern day version in Captain America

[@patrickmoreau7900]

Michael Avila definitely but not Union Jack I think it was Roy Thomas

[@michaelavila6533]

Roy created the one who appeared in The Invaders, which was set during WWII. Byrne/Stern created the Union Jack in present day in Cap during their run.@@patrickmoreau7900

[@toddfrench600]

The reboot of Superman is his best. Between him or George Perez I don't know who is better smh.

[@bornmexicanraisedinamerica4912]

The Dark Pheonix was created from the corruption of Jean Grey by Mastermind.

[@johnf.rivera8046]

Dark Phoenix just looks bad...Shame

[@agentofchaos7456]

You really think the production value looks bad?

[@coolbeans9201]

It's not that it looks bad it's just like JB said to do the whole story justice it needs to be told over 3 movies which 10 years down the road we may just get now there back under Disney.

[@johnf.rivera8046]

@@coolbeans9201 That's what I mean when I said it looks bad. You can't cram 4 years of story in a 2 hour film. So its gonna feel rushed. They should do it like Lord Of The Rings and make it epic!

[@johnf.rivera8046]

@@agentofchaos7456 No they paid top dollar to make it look good but you can't cram 4 yrs of story into 2 hours.

[@agentofchaos7456]

The story was not 4 years worth of story. That’s not what he meant.

[@kencoleman5007]

"One day I realized that however much I didn't like them, that was what was seen print. So, in the minds of the fans, that was the X-Men." That's "the Marvel Way" John. Comics that depict writers' ideas being sold with another person's art, and an EIC's chutzpah.

[@ArtofLunatik]

Ugh oh

[@Vejur9000]

Although there are many great moments in the x men films, John Byrne is right. Dark Phoenix and Storm were miscast, underwritten and terribly told in the films. No passion in either characters in the films and the actresses were terrible.

[@wolfprime]

Bishop? Omega Red? Wth?

[@michaelavila6533]

He was writing the x-men when he co-created Bishop with Whilce Portacio, and Omega Red with Jim Lee

[@robi6317]

great vid, but not accurate - one sentence is not a "reaction" on you tube - it pretty well known he hates most of the comic movies

[@tnowak]

Hahaha... Marvel Shill media presents... and not a word about how Byrne relaunched Superman...

[@michaelavila6533]

I did a 20-min deep dive intv with Byrne about his Superman run last year. But sorry to mess with you 'Marvel Shill Media' theory!

[@robertreichle1]

I've been saying the same thing about all the X-men movies that Byrne put out there in this interview: they need to think long term and build up stories. Dark Pheonix should happen over at least three movies and have a tiny bit more to do with the source material besides a red head named Jean becomes all powerful and dangerous. Beyond that, there is almost nothing recognizable about what they are doing. MCU has shown they can think about long term stories, and look how well that has worked for them. X-men is just throwing characters and stories against the wall to see what sticks.

[@KTF0]

100% agree. Plus before Dark Phoenix there was Phoenix, the green and yellow one. You can't just gloss over that. Also, I'm tired of TV and films not calling the Hellfire Club, the mfing Hellfire Club! That's their name and it sounds bad ass.

[@coolbeans9201]

Too true if Kevin Feige knows what's good for him he'll get John Byrne on board in one way or another if they develop Xmen and Fantastic 4 into the MCU.

[@bra5081]

Yes no need to be awesome John Byrne to figure out what's wrong about the X-men movies ;)

[@jimodonnelly7762]

Yeah, for me, most of the X-films have been unwatchable. It's the old story of Hollywood arrogance; you know, "well, they write comic books, but WE write MOTION PICTURES. WE know how to tell a story better than THEY do." And thus, they create a pile of dogcrap.

[@adamsmith8637]

I agree partially with you. But i think what happened with Fox is that back when the first X- Men movie was being produced the company nor the industry knew what was going to happen in terms of the CBM craze. No one up until that point knew how to make a serious grounded CBM. I mean you had Blade but that was a graphic novel type of comic. Nobody was even thinking of the possibility of an interconnected cinematic universe. Nobody expected X-Men to be as big of a hit as it turned out to be. So the studio never thought about connecting the films until X-3. But by that time it was like "lets keep popping out these movies and make as much as we possibly can

[@dawolf4274]

I still think his run on Fantastic Four is one of the best runs EVER ! And I agree 100% on his assessment of the "Dark Phoenix" movie

[@querayne6788]

John Byrne is the goat

[@summertime_blooz]

He was a phenomenal artist and writer. He's the only creator that could surpass what Lee and Kirby did on the Fantastic Four.

[@frantzkenol6720]

I wouldn’t say surpass but rather live up to. Which is a huge compliment.

[@RX552VBK]

Summertime Blooz agreed. I’m also a Star Trek purist and with his IDW run with the property it reminded me why I loved Trek (TOS especially).

[@stellarhyme3]

John Bryne's art is priceless. He was the best artist of my generation and he's still my top favorite artist to date.

[@andrewforte3852]

Don't forget George Perez and Marv Wolfman with New Teen Titans.

[@shonallen5458]

@@andrewforte3852 I've met George Perez, back in the day at comic book convention. He's really a cool guy! I had him checking out my drawings; nervous as hell cause George is pne of the best artist, I've grown to love(no homo).

[@shonallen5458]

Damn, typo; no autocorrect!

[@palsunstar]

Argh! Fix the typo! Fix the typo! Please!

[@thegreywanderer8427]

Look at this glorious art. Not just the characters, but the backgrounds and architecture as well. You don't see it anymore, you don't see anything this detailed and awesome. Same goes for the stories too.

[@skinc4rver]

Please let this new X-Men story come out! I would love to see Byrne do his own take on the characters!

[@jalderink]

Yes, yes, 1000 times, YES! Marvel, shut up and take my money!

[@bra5081]

@@jalderink I remember his run on X-men the lost years or something, it was excellent. Plus, he hasn't done anything for Marvel in ages, they would be quite an event. It's not like they can't afford to edit one more series?

[@bra5081]

We should start an online petition :)

[@PeterPalmiotti]

I'd buy it, and make my friends (Who didn't grow up on Byrne check it out too!)

[@andys8483]

Defo to that. His X-Men run was phenomenal & i would ❤ to see more please.

[@seangreen4227]

Yes Marvel comics please publish Byrnes new xmen story soon. Before Marvel comics goes out of business, thanks.

[@bkwalkabout]

Byrne, along with George Pérez, are my favorite storytellers! Thanks, Mike, for the interviews!

[@joejam070]

Joel Gerald Kydd I hope you have Action comics 600 that's in my world is a super classic issue because you get both George and John working together as artist.

[@bkwalkabout]

@@joejam070 AC 600 is in one of my long boxes somewhere... 😉

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

Perez was a Byrne copycat wannabe. He does not belong in the same room with JB.

[@RX552VBK]

Agreed. Byrne, Perez, Kirby, Grell and Adams all are the founders of my earliest love of comics/story.

[@RX552VBK]

mac daddy no even close to truth. In no regard was Perez a copy cat. And artists are influenced by other artists they admire including Maestro Byrne.

[@taylorchance4386]

I think about his phenomenal She Hulk run, Superman and Fantastic Four. Every casual reader or moviegoer I know that enjoys Deadpool I always try and get them to check out his She Hulk, but they never do. Their loss really

[@Craudio171]

Exactly and they still think Deadpool is the most original thing ever made in comic books!

[@gabrielp9646]

@Taylor Chance 100%

[@gabrielp9646]

@@Craudio171 Nothing is original in comicbooks, everything comes from the pulp fiction novels of the 20s, and even before that.

[@VZAAGE]

Been waiting on this one for a while!! Love it!!

[@madwolfdrawing]

Thabk you for all the awesome artists videos you post :D nice to see you here

[@VZAAGE]

@@madwolfdrawing Thanks for the love, man. Much appreciated.

[@wildsmiley]

John Byrne helped create my favorite X-Man, Kitty Pryde. Just for that alone I want to shake his hand and thank him.

[@ptcarbonproductions2013]

Plus he drew her better than anyone else.

[@uphilliceskater]

Alan Davis drew her best.

[@bra5081]

@@ptcarbonproductions2013 He drew everyone better than anyone else.

[@EarthsGeomancer]

@@ptcarbonproductions2013 Nah, Jim Lee's art is way better. Sorry, not sorry.

[@ptcarbonproductions2013]

@@EarthsGeomancer Let's agree to disagree.

[@ggaanneesshhaa]

Those ten minutes of interview flew really very fast. Hope you forgot yor keys or something else in Byrne’s house so you can get back there soon.

[@JSustain]

The Dark Phoenix saga was way to epic to put on screen in one movie. It needed the same build up that Infinity War had. I mean come on, no Lilandra, no Imperial Guard.... Just too epic!

[@agentofchaos7456]

No, it didn’t. The build-up to Infinity War is basically a six year tease at a big bad.

[@agentofchaos7456]

Also, Infinity War left out Lady Death and Adam Warlock. Definitely not something you want Dark Phoenix to be in regards as an adaptation.

[@89five3five]

Well Marvel owns all mutants now. Lest see how they handle the X-men in the MCU

[@SIKE01]

Angie Everhart as Jean Grey in the first X-MEN movie, paired with the original Cyclops Jim Caviezel.

[@unrulysimian3897]

Iron Fist. That's the first character I remember where his art caught my eye.

[@Chuckqnit]

Me too.

[@NimbleArt]

Yep

[@White_Tiger2169]

Years ago when Byrne was doing Next Men he was doing a signing at Forbidden Planet. I got issue #2 signed by him which had come out that week. I think I told him that his Superman's version was my favorite. He was the first of many comic book creators that I have met towards the years. He wasnt a disappointment like some others. He was kind to me.

[@KTF0]

I've met him at a convention and he was pretty cool. It's weird to see his reputation to be quite the opposite.

[@gabrielp9646]

@Tigre Blanco At this day and age, I would be surprised if a public figure didn´t had a group of haters. If you´re a conservative, the SJWs are going to attack you. If you are left winged, a bunch of anti-feminist are going to hate you. If you like old school stuff some people are going to say you´re a nostalgic manchild, and if you like modern stuff some people are going to say you´re dumb, because "things today are way worst than when I was a kid..." The internet has literally turned the world into a giant highschool, full of innsecure teenagers :S:S

[@2timothy23]

Byrne, Austin, and Claremount were the masters! I remember me and a friend buying everything they did. I'm sad I don't have any of those comics today. Bryne's art style was the best to me; and his X-Men were awesome. The Dark Phoenix saga is epic and very tragic. He's right, the movies could never capture what he did.

[@roguetrooper5288]

Claremount is overrated, the way he wasted pages recapping the previous issue was just dumbfounding!

[@MichaelDG2023]

Claremont is harder for me to enjoy today but he was magic when I was a kid

[@JSustain]

That Count Nefaria vs. The Avengers saga was also epic!

[@MegaNiteCat]

Uhh, like, YEAH!!!!!

[@beastdude507]

John Byrne drew one of my top favorite versions of Wolverine. EDIT: Shame on me for forgetting this. Years before I got sucked up into the world of Claremont & Byrne's X-Men, at age 11 I was unknowingly bitten by the Byrne bug with Superman/Batman: Generations. Seeing a world where the characters actually got older through the decades and passed their down mantles blew. My. Mind. And still friggin' does today. I think it's high time I go back and finally finish reading that story. Criminally underrated and deserves getting as much mention as Dark Knight Returns in terms of epic scale! I also wonder what voices & personalities John preferred for the X-Men. Hard to imagine Logan not saying things like 'bub', 'flamin'', 'blasted', etc. But I'd like to believe he still would, there's just some other elements to how he'd perceive his speech and so on.

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

'One of my top favorite version of Wolverine.." ? Dude he drew the best version of Wolverine. Period.

[@RegieCollects]

Great video bro. Well done.

[@theevilidiot4729]

I love John Byrne! He understands that super men should be super masculine and super women should be... not super masculine... super feminine. They are archetypes that capture our imagination. Women don't have to be men to be heroes.

[@captbruce]

Mike Avila, you have the best job on planet Earth. Thanks for this. Great stuff.

[@roguetrooper5288]

Byrne is an English Midlander, we speak our minds well, and really don't care what people think afterwards 😂😂😂

[@adzmega]

Basically....don't talk about comic if you've never heard of John Byrne. He was the master before most of the masters now.

[@swartstudio]

Great interview. A friend and I were actually invited to his house and studio years ago. We'll never forget it. He's a stand-up guy, really knows his craft, and so funny!

[@Donger3k]

Keep this content coming; this is amazing stuff. I’m hoping you can do something with the Simonsons also!

[@michaelavila6533]

have a big interview with Walt & Weezie in the pipeline!

[@ProfessorKenneth]

Took 3 years to do dark Phoenix. Byrne has to understand if they did a movie about it it would have to be 4 films to complete. Like what the mcu did with infinity war. If only they would have thought about this back in 2000 with first X-Men.

[@yragcom1]

The last John Byrne Fantastic Four was the last comic I read consistently for almost 20 years. Nothing else anyone did could top that run for me. And please don't mention Hickman. It's trash compared to the Byrne run. Yeah, I said it.

[@runboyprod3880]

That just broke me..I was a big fan of Alpha Flight

[@En_theo]

I always thought it was an Ok serie, but never felt the thrill of his FF or Superman run. I'm not surprised he was not that involved into it.

[@Spthomas47]

Back to penciling a series? Yes please thank you please now yes thank you.

[@CraigSmithII]

I have an old Wizard #200 issue & Bryne was on the list as a Top 5 Controversial Comic Artist/Writers & he was like #5 behind Todd McFarlane

[@palsunstar]

Gah! My eyes! Please fix the typo!

[@robertreichle1]

He has a very inconsistent view on characters. He seemed so proud to show off his figurines that were based on his own characters, self or co-created, but then he says he had no interest in his own Alpha Flight creation because it didn't come from Stan and Jack, who cares about these new people? They were worthy characters. My biggest gripe about reading comics for the last 39 years is when he dropped Alpha Flight. That was as crushing as killing off Guardian in issue 12. The book might as well have ended when he left. Why couldn't he have shown a fraction of the interest in writing the characters as he did in showing off his figures?

[@cdubbart]

Because someone else sculpted the figurines, maybe? I think artists are inherently fickle, man. If the interest wanes, the creation suffers. As an artist myself, I'd personally rather move on from a project I no longer care about than try to force it for the sake of the project's popularity/success. But his Alpha Flight run was iconic.

[@palsunstar]

You have to remember that Alpha Flight was originally created as a team that could go up against the X-Men. Practically throw-away characters. This probably contributed greatly to JB’s less than enthusiastic approach to more Alpha Flight stories.

[@a.ocasion5303]

John Byrne is why Jim Lee exists in drawing. I loved John Byrne and liked Jim Lee when he drew Xmen

[@chuckgibson3973]

You were pretty lucky to get that interview. My understanding is that Byrne shuns interviews and personal appearances.

[@jackelproductions7035]

I love John Byrne, he is my favorite Marvel comic book artist and I adore his stories, and this video taught me that he created a union jack I did not know this, I love Union Jack and the rest of your creations John Byrne.

[@TheSpinnerRack]

For Michael, a quote I grabbed years ago from Byrne on his board about Alpha Flight. “Y'know, I dump on ALPHA FLIGHT quite a lot, but that's mostly because of the art. If I can be forgiven a towering immodesty, when it comes to the writing I DO think I was firing on all cylinders. Probably because it was the first time, professionally, that the characters were truly and wholly MINE. Nobody could tell me I was getting them wrong!”

[@rpmcnee]

there were only 2 amazing artists back in the day, john byrne and george perez. you couldnt wait to see the art on the next page!

[@jacksonwma]

Whatever project He has in the works ,I hope Terry Austin inks him. One of the best art teams in comic book history.

[@palsunstar]

The magic they once shared together is gone. I’d much prefer Doug Hazlewood, Mark Farmer or if health wasn’t a factor, Bud LaRosa.

[@MikeNRoll808]

Mike Avila is the best interviewer in comics right now.

[@lukeskywalker6809]

He thought Byrne was kidding when saying get out. He wasn’t.

[@MegaToren]

John Byrne is right

[@onewingedanime]

Louise and Walter are couples goals.

[@Nishnigtoo]

"I don't know how you can take a story that took us 4 years to tell, and try to do it in 2 hours." THANK YOU!!!

[@RX552VBK]

Byrne is my gen’s Jack King Kirby. To this day, when I write (I no longer draw) I “see” my SF world (aliens; spacecraft etc) in a ‘Byrnian’ design.

[@matthewhayes5891]

I've got a couple of things in common with John Byrne, I love to do artwork,I love strong female characters and we were born in the same town as each other in the UK.One uncommon thing-I love Alpha Flight!But also FF,X-men and She-Hulk is some of his best pencilling, thanks John.

[@TheChinatownkid]

His run on Fantastic Four was great - I also remember he drew Indiana Jones for a couple of issues.

[@3dartistguy]

Darren Cross was never Yellowjacket in the comics, maybe in the Movie.

[@geneawisea2708]

I was sad when Byrne left but Cockrum coming back was a Earth Shattering Good and Paul Smith was amazing!!! And Smith NEVER got the Respect he deserved!!

[@crisomelido]

muchas gracias por esta preciosa entrevista al gran maestro John Byrne... un saludo enorme desde Chile... dedo arriba y suscrito!)

[@henith7850]

I do agree that one of the reasons the dark phoenix movie was bad was because they rushed it. If I ddI a dark phoenix movie, I would split it into two movies. The first film would be about Jean getting the phoenix force, being manipulated by the hellfire club and unleashing her powers becoming evil, and the second film would be about the X-men and Lilandra teaming up in space to bring jean back to the light. Also, I never minded the changes in days of future past because both the comic and film are really good but different so it wasn’t a problem that that was different but if the film is bad, they should be more faithful.

[@kyledamron]

Where would the x-men be without John Byrne... nowhere near as iconic thats for sure. He definitely has a great point on the Fox x-men Dark Phoenix movie. I think given the length of the story Dark Phoenix would be better represented with a tv show. I think the x-men animated series was one of best interpretations of Dark Phoenix of any show or movie

[@odaircorrea7996]

O homem desenha muito

[@EGA83]

I've said the same thing in other forums. first, they mistake the story for one of 'power corrupts' and it's not. It's a tragic love story. It's not a 'power corrupts' story because she was manipulated and basically emotionally raped which lead to her emotional health being damaged thus allowing her power to go out of control. Even Marvel comics has gotten it wrong in every iteration after her initial death. What they need to do is start with a disney+ show where Jean and Scott are just kids growing up in the X-men. Do some movies, then maybe another Disney+ show with them older and only then do a Dark Phoneix trilogy. Spend 7 years or so doing X-men stories alongside the regular marvel universe. The X-men were always sort of off seperately anyways.

[@vfraissat]

I don't know why but this channel cannot be subscribed here in Brazil. Please make this possible. Your videos are very good!

[@rmglover3191]

Byrne and Claremont are the two absolute gods of my childhood. Actually, Byrne a bit more. He just touched so much. Shout out to Simonson's Thor.

[@hamidious]

I remember His superman revival, and how awesome he made Lex Luther. The art was just amazing especially for the era. This guy gave me great childhood memories.

[@CFCMahomet]

Hurts to hear he doesn’t care about Alpha Flight. John is such a huge talent, but his undoing is always his ego. I think it was the tension in the bullpen of all those personalities and talents at Marvel in the 80’s that gave us the Bronze Age of comics. As much as John dismisses Jim Shooter he helped create that creative tension.

[@DoggieNYC]

Johns run on FF in the 80's was top notch.

[@RX552VBK]

DoggieNYC yep pitch perfect imo.

[@HELLEKSONART]

Exactly,those comics are amazing,those movies were trash.Hope that book deal goes down.Pay Byrne what he wants and give him all creative rights decisions.

[@timfurnier7061]

John, CAN WE BE BEST FRIENDS? I could talk with you ALL DAY!

[@glenngatlin8475]

I totally would've bought his Doctor Strange!!!

[@jamiebanner3000]

I think the one character that comes to mind is She-Hulk. Kind of developed a Pop Culture. And without a doubt marvels leading female solo characters on the pages. No other female character in Marvel has frequently sold solo comics like She-Hulk and a large part of that is down to John Byrne.

[@michaelbrittain7445]

Also she was breaking the "fourth wall" with a sense of humour loooong before the barrel scraping adolescent antics of Deadpool. Byrne would have been interesting to hear more of on this.....

[@Langkowski]

John Byrne doesn't do what John Byrne does for John Byrne. John Byrne does what John Byrne does because John Byrne is... John Byrne.

[@milhouse777]

Living legend