Ron Marz
Ron Marz (born April 3, 1959 ) is an American comic book writer . Marz is best known for his longstanding work as a writer for the science fiction series Green Lantern .
Life
Marz began working as a full-time comic book writer in the 1980s. In the course of his career he has worked for publishers DC-Comics , Marvel Comics , CrossGen, Dark Horse and Top Cow.
For DC he wrote two years of the comic series Superboy (1996 to 1998) and seven years of the series Green Lantern , which he revitalized after an artistic and commercial low in 1993/1994. Marz also wrote several editions of the various Superman series for DC , as well as the crossover projects Batman / Aliens (in cooperation with Dark Horse) and DC vs. Marvel (in cooperation with Marvel Comics).
For Marvel Comics he wrote several editions of the popular series The Mighty Thor . For CrossGen he wrote the series Scion , Mystic , Sojourn and The Path . For Dark Horse Comics Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars stories.
He is currently working on a number of series for Top Cow, including Witchblade and Cyberforce . For Virgin Comics, he is the editor of the Devi , Ramayan 3392 AD and The Sadhu series.
Marz's work on Green Lantern
Marz's best-known work to date was the seven-year authorship of the Green Lantern series . In the course of his general overhaul of the traditional science fiction and fantasy material about the space hero with the magic ring, he did not shy away from supposedly drastic changes to the series concept: Marz left numerous long-standing minor characters and villains in the series, such as the guardians of the universe , the space heroes Killowog and Toma Re, as well as the ancestral nemesis of the title hero, the space villain Sinestro, modeled on David Niven , die within the first three issues of his authorship of the series (# 48-50) and destroyed with the headquarters of the Green Lanterns on the planet Oa den traditional main location of the series. Marz's decision to swap the title character of the series caused even greater sensation: Test pilot Hal Jordan, who had been Green Lantern for more than 30 years, was transformed into an insane villain called Parallax within Marz's season and replaced in favor of a new protagonist. This was the artist Kyle Rayner , specially conceived for this purpose by Marz and the illustrator of the series, Darryl Banks .
Despite the numerous violent attacks and even death threats from long-time fans of the character Hal Jordan, who accused Marz of having molested their idol, Marz's modernization of the Green Lantern concept was, on the whole, extremely successful: The sales of the series improved below Marz 'direction within a few months clearly, while the catchy, imaginative and action-packed, simply structured and straightforwardly told stories evoked an equally positive response from the general public and the critics. In addition, Marz's sensitive, sympathetic and slightly humorous characterization of his characters met with approval from both sides. Sharp criticism of Marz, who accused him of a misogynistic attitude, sparked off the portrayal of some of his female protagonists, in particular the brutal murder of the girlfriend of his title character in issue # 53 of the series.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ron Marz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official blog
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | March, Ron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic book writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1959 |