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<blockquote data-quote="Cthulhudrew" data-source="post: 3130961" data-attributes="member: 4090">Well, it's certainly not as financially lucrative, but there is definitely more creative leeway (even the heavily editorially-driven X-Books aren't likely as stentorian as tv and film, I'd argue).The three mediums (because honestly, tv and film are quite different beasts, though they share similarities) are so widely different. Different pacing, formatting, etc. It's tough to compare them, and to say that it is a downward/demoting path is really pretty erroneous, IMO.Again, financially, sure it's taking a hit, and if that is your sole criterion, then I suppose it would seem that way. Prestige wise, well, it's true that you can be potentially more famous as a film writer than a comic writer, but unless you are really, really well known, most people don't pay attention to writer credits in movies or tv anyway (especially given that there are so many writers, that credited writers aren't even the sole input). Aside from which, to say that he might be writing comic books isn't to say he's not doing other things- writers on Joss' level really don't lock themselves into one thing. He's the head of his own production company, and that isn't likely to change. He can write books, comics, screenplays, whatever, if he wants.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cthulhudrew, post: 3130961, member: 4090"] Well, it's certainly not as financially lucrative, but there is definitely more creative leeway (even the heavily editorially-driven X-Books aren't likely as stentorian as tv and film, I'd argue). The three mediums (because honestly, tv and film are quite different beasts, though they share similarities) are so widely different. Different pacing, formatting, etc. It's tough to compare them, and to say that it is a downward/demoting path is really pretty erroneous, IMO. Again, financially, sure it's taking a hit, and if that is your sole criterion, then I suppose it would seem that way. Prestige wise, well, it's true that you can be potentially more famous as a film writer than a comic writer, but unless you are really, really well known, most people don't pay attention to writer credits in movies or tv anyway (especially given that there are so many writers, that credited writers aren't even the sole input). Aside from which, to say that he might be writing comic books isn't to say he's not doing other things- writers on Joss' level really don't lock themselves into one thing. He's the head of his own production company, and that isn't likely to change. He can write books, comics, screenplays, whatever, if he wants. [/QUOTE]

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