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Chris Claremont (born November 30 , 1950 in London , England , United Kingdom ) is a Comic Book writer, best known for his 16-year (1976-1991) stint on '' Uncanny X-Men ,'' during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties. WRITER PROFILE Claremont is regarded as one of the hallmark Marvel Comics writers, having written one of the flagship titles, the '' Uncanny X-Men '', for sixteen consecutive years. Claremont excelled at the task of writing good "team" arcs, in which every member of the Ensemble Cast of ''X-Men'' had her/ his moment to shine. He was lauded for writing action-packed stories with strong characters, both heroes and villains, mixing it with Soap Opera elements and always bringing in the social undercurrent of mutants being a harassed Minority . Claremont also promoted strong female characters such as Jean Grey , Storm and Moira MacTaggert , who were a far cry from the token roles usually reserved for women at that time. Claremont's approach set the standard for team-based comic books for decades. The most common criticism of his work is his overly descriptive writing style. Claremont's characters tend to speak in long paragraphs that are often called forced or unrealistic. He frequently employs third-person omniscient narration to describe events that might easily be conveyed in the art and (to some) unneeded thought bubbles to spell out character motivation and personality, especially during action scenes. He has also been accused of making his female characters ''too'' powerful. However, Claremont is seen as one of the most historically important writers ever in '' X-Men '', and maybe in the whole Marvel Comics franchise. MARVEL COMICS BIOGRAPHY As an entry into comic writing Claremont was given the fledgling title, '' Iron Fist '' in 1974 that also teamed him with John Byrne for the first time. Len Wein then gave him the writing duties for the relaunched X-Men. Claremont also found narrative excuses to sideline Professor X , as one of the problems with the original X-Men series was that the Professor would appear at the end of the story to magically correct the situation no matter how dire. During his years as X-Men writer, Claremont wrote or co-wrote many classic X-Men stories such as the " Dark Phoenix Saga ", and " Days Of Future Past ". He also co-created numerous important X-Men characters, including Rogue , Psylocke , Shadowcat , Phoenix , Sabretooth , Mystique , Emma Frost , Jubilee , Rachel Summers , Mister Sinister , and Gambit . In addition, he helped launch best-selling spin-offs such as ''X-Men'', ''New Mutants'', ''Excalibur'', and ''Wolverine''. In 1985 Marvel launched an X-Men spin-off, '' X-Factor '', that changed the Phoenix/Jean Grey continuity that Claremont had established. In 1991 he left Marvel over differences with the editorial staff. In 2000 he returned to Marvel (as part of the company's " Revolution " event) and wrote ''Uncanny X-Men'' and ''X-Men'' until he moved to '' X-Treme X-Men '' with penciller Salvador Larroca . As of 2005, he is again writing ''Uncanny X-Men'', the miniseries '''', and '' New Excalibur '' for Marvel Comics. However, he will be handing the reigns of ''Uncanny X-Men'' to Ed Brubaker in summer 2006, moving over to '' Exiles '', replacing writer Tony Bedard , who will be sticking around at Marvel a little longer, because Chris Claremont's takeover of Exiles and his series' GeNext have been postponed because Claremont has been diagnosed with cardiac stress. Bedard will script Uncanny X-Men #472-473 and Annual #1 with plots from Claremont; Bedard will handle the entirety of Uncanny X-Men #474. CAREER OUTSIDE MARVEL COMICS Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the '' Star Trek '' ''Debt of Honor'' graphic novel, '' Sovereign Seven '' for DC Comics and '' Alien vs Predator '' for Dark Horse Comics . Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the ''Chronicles of the Shadow War'' trilogy, ''Shadow Moon'' (1995), ''Shadow Dawn'' (1996), and ''Shadow Star'' (1999), with George Lucas . This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie'' Willow ''. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of ''First Flight'' (1987), ''Grounded!'' (1991), and ''Sundowner'' (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the '' Wild Cards '' anthology series. CHRIS CLAREMONT'S WORKS
AWARDS He has been nominated for the Comics' Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer in 1986 and 2000. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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