When it comes to exceptional writing for comic books, Chris Claremont is right up there with the best of the best. He is a writer of American comic books and is best-known for his long stint in the series of Uncanny X-Men. For sixteen long years, he has been actively writing for the title and consequently, it has become one of Marvel Comics’ most successful properties. For the fans of Claremont, the X-Men franchise is alive today because of his legendary writing.

Claremont is regarded as a record-holder for having the longest run as a single writer on an American comic book title. He has been able to tell exceptional stories regarding the team arcs that that the Uncanny X-Men is naturally predisposed to. Because of his writing style, he has given each and every member of the X-Men team to shine.

His style of writing incorporated soap opera moments which included a wide range of human emotions that transcended the normal good guys versus bad guys theme that is characteristic of a comic book. The social undercurrents that he included in his stories were very strong as much as his villains and characters. Claremont also enabled the rise and the prominence of strong women characters such as Rogue, Storm and Moira MacTaggert.

The way that Claremont empowered these characters meant so much to the comic book industry because at that time, there was no other writer who could develop such strong woman characters. His approach to the team-based comic eventually became a standard for comic books for decades.

Even though there have been people who have criticized him for his overly wordy writing style, he has still been able to capture the hearts of those people who enjoyed his style. Claremont has frequently used third-person omniscient narration in order to tell the sequence of events that might be conveniently conveyed in the art. He also uses this type of narration to be able to blend it with thought bubbles that could be discretely used to convey a character’s motivation and personality.

One of these examples is Wolverine’s catchphrase, “I’m the best there is at what I do. And what I do, isn’t very nice.” This is one of the “Claremontisms” that have crept inside the comic book fans’ vocabulary. However, even though Claremont’s excessive narration and description may go overboard for some people, the fact remains that some people still love his writing style. After all, he couldn’t have been that worse while staying on one title for sixteen straight years.

Claremont’s body of work precedes any introduction that may be given by any person or organization. He, in and of himself, is a landmark that can never ever be eclipsed by anyone. He had breathed life into the title of the Uncanny X-Men and had sustained it for so many years. Chris Claremont is indeed a writer extraordinaire and he will continue to be until he decides to stop writing because he is quite simply, one of the best at what he does.