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I absolutely love Zero but I don't like Secret Avengers or Bucky as much as I thought I would. Don't get me wrong, these are very good books but they feel somehow 'lazy', in that I feel they could be much better. The college freshman name dropping of philosophers and bands annoys me for example. It was cute at first but grew old pretty quickly.
Don't get me wrong, I think he's a very strong writer.
Ales can be a total name dropping prick at times but we talk every once and awhile and he's actually as nice as can be. The name dropping and over explaining at times can be grating but with a good editor in place it won't be an issue.
I haven't read Bucky past the first issue but not really my type of book but I thought Secret Avengers was fun & quirky outside of the fucking ego boosting name drops.
He's also really young so who knows.
I personally think he's the next big writer.
I keep forgetting about DC folk but Lemire is also at that point and could see him eventually taking that Waid spot of doing solo books with a really well crafted support characters. I dream of a Lemire Spider-Man book.
I also think Ales is probably the best person to write Dr. Strange when they finally do a solo book. His name dropping and attitude are a perfect fit for that character.
Also keep an eye out on Pat Shand@Zenescope dude in a couple of years is going to rise up.