I met David once at Wizard World I was doing, and he was actually by himself at a table just thumbing through a book. I worked up the courage to say hi, and he was super cool and just a great guy. We talked about his X-factor run, which to me was just excellent and very few X titles, much less comics, ever got to that level for me since. We talked about indie work and such, and he had ideas, but he did love playing in the sandboxes he played in. Overall, a great experience. He will be missed.
I didn't have a chance to read Peter's work in the 1990s-- I was taking a break from all comics at the time, so I'm only familiar with his non-comic or Trek novels like "Artful". We met a few times at conventions and it was obvious he was very ill. The comic business does not take care of its own, sadly, and Peter was a victim of that disinterest. I'm going to put his work on my reading list. It's the least any of us can do.
I love what Peter said in Voyages of Imagination about the genesis of THE RIFT:
"I drafted up three different story outlines and Pocket submitted them without my name on them. I did them in three completely different styles. Roddenberry’s office wound up reviewing three story outlines, all by me. Interestingly, I wrote one outline which I thought was fantastic, one that I thought was okay and one outline that was simply a conglomeration of old clichés from previous Star Trek episodes. That was the one [The Rift] they liked. Once I got into it, I actually thought I managed to make it a pretty decent book. The outline was the most unpromising thing I ever crafted because it was designed to make the other two look good. It wasn’t designed to be the one they picked."
I met Peter at a Wizardworld con in Chicago. He was very humble and gracious to his fans. We were gaggled talking about his work on Hulk. Another fan remarked about his run on Spiderman 2099. We asked him how much freedom did he have in the creation. He said
his editors told him to have abd make him different and avoid the canon that came before. The fans responded. The incorporation of 2099 iterations of the sinister six were due to fan response.
It was so exciting to see his name on those Star Trek novels, proof that a comics writer could do both. When I scrolled down and saw the cover to The Rift, I could picture myself buying it at B. Dalton in the mall. Great tribute, Alex.
And here's an interview I did with Peter about Spider-Man 2099, almost 20 years ago to the day!
https://www.gamesradar.com/looking-back-at-the-original-spider-man-2099-run-with-peter-david/
I met David once at Wizard World I was doing, and he was actually by himself at a table just thumbing through a book. I worked up the courage to say hi, and he was super cool and just a great guy. We talked about his X-factor run, which to me was just excellent and very few X titles, much less comics, ever got to that level for me since. We talked about indie work and such, and he had ideas, but he did love playing in the sandboxes he played in. Overall, a great experience. He will be missed.
I heard Peter speak in October 2001 at MIT. It was healing, encouraging, funny and beautiful. His speech made me cry. May his memory be a blessing.
Oh, that must have been amazing!
Duuuude. Harlan Ellison was there too.
🤯🤯🤯
I didn't have a chance to read Peter's work in the 1990s-- I was taking a break from all comics at the time, so I'm only familiar with his non-comic or Trek novels like "Artful". We met a few times at conventions and it was obvious he was very ill. The comic business does not take care of its own, sadly, and Peter was a victim of that disinterest. I'm going to put his work on my reading list. It's the least any of us can do.
I love what Peter said in Voyages of Imagination about the genesis of THE RIFT:
"I drafted up three different story outlines and Pocket submitted them without my name on them. I did them in three completely different styles. Roddenberry’s office wound up reviewing three story outlines, all by me. Interestingly, I wrote one outline which I thought was fantastic, one that I thought was okay and one outline that was simply a conglomeration of old clichés from previous Star Trek episodes. That was the one [The Rift] they liked. Once I got into it, I actually thought I managed to make it a pretty decent book. The outline was the most unpromising thing I ever crafted because it was designed to make the other two look good. It wasn’t designed to be the one they picked."
linked here: http://www.peterdavid.net/bibliography/lost-works/#1
I met Peter at a Wizardworld con in Chicago. He was very humble and gracious to his fans. We were gaggled talking about his work on Hulk. Another fan remarked about his run on Spiderman 2099. We asked him how much freedom did he have in the creation. He said
his editors told him to have abd make him different and avoid the canon that came before. The fans responded. The incorporation of 2099 iterations of the sinister six were due to fan response.
He thanked us and we did the same.
It was so exciting to see his name on those Star Trek novels, proof that a comics writer could do both. When I scrolled down and saw the cover to The Rift, I could picture myself buying it at B. Dalton in the mall. Great tribute, Alex.