Comments on: Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #46!

By: thomas

thomas — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:57:21 +0000

Alrite, I’m not a fanboy, obviously, so maybe I’m missing something here but what the f*ck is that guy talking about when he calls himself a prudent armadillo? It boggles my mind that nobody has brought up what the hell this means! I almost get the .357 magnum joke…almost, but not the amradillo referance.

By: Scottie V

Scottie V — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:21:00 +0000

Also, I think Jenocyde sums up what my thoughts are on why the prankster may have done such a thing. Maybe it was someone juvenile who thought it was funny because it was mean; but who’s to say that it was supposed to be mean-spirited? Before the days of the internet, how else could they have gotten word out to all their fans that, perhaps, things were amiss at Marvel?

By: Scottie V

Scottie V — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:18:15 +0000

“It’s not awesome, amusing, or hilarious – all it really is is clear evidence that someone at Marvel in 1979 was a complete asshat.” Speak for yourself, and I’ll do the same, thanks. I think it IS amusing. Perhaps not awesome, certainly not hilarious per se, but amusing? Certainly. I also agree that it was most likely an asshat at the cause, but not all of us are such tight asses that we can’t find something amusing just because it was also a douchey move. I think the funniest part is how worked up people get over the whole thing, though. And, honestly, if someone reprinted a personal resignation letter I had written, I would have a good enough sense of humor to, while perhaps be upset, not make a stink about it.

By: Jenocyde

Jenocyde — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:04:35 +0000

Maybe this was not meant as prank OR to be hurtful to Dave Cockram. Perhaps, the intention of printing the resignation letter in full view of the public (sans the name of the author) was to call attention to Marvel’s gross mistreatment of the authors and artists that creat the comics we have all come to love. Albeit, this was at the expense of a very important moment for Iron Man, and an iconic moment in comic history. However, I feel sometimes the creators of the works we love deserve a fraction of the respect we heap upon their creations- I think the culprit of this “prank” probably felt the same way.
Anyway, I don’t feel this act was particularly harmful to Cockram, as he continued doing a large portion of Marvel covers and DC covers as a freelancer. So I say this was a wonderful act of rebellion.

/rant

By: ParanoidObsessive

ParanoidObsessive — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:40:14 +0000

If you have to be a fanboy to find it incredibly disrespectful and scummy to reprint someone’s personal and private correspondance in a public setting, then call me Captain Fanboy.

I’d find it offensive if someone took a letter of resignation I wrote to an employer and published it on the Internet, especially if it was possible to figure out precisely whose it was through inferrence alone (which it was, in this case). In the same vein, it’s offensive that someone felt the need to do so in this case, motivated solely by what appears to be childish and immature motives.

I’d say there was no intent behind it other than to be anything other than hurtful to an ex-employee, and ironically enough, the “prank” clearly seems to underline precisely the sort of unfair, malicious, and vindictive treatment that led Cockrum to resign in the first place.

It’s not awesome, amusing, or hilarious – all it really is is clear evidence that someone at Marvel in 1979 was a complete asshat.

By: DiRT

DiRT — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:08:38 +0000

It was an awesome prank foiled by fanboys who take things waaaaay too seriously.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:04:58 +0000

Oh yeah, it wasn’t good for Michelinie either, which is just another reason why I think it was a crummy prank to pull.

By: Mister Goodman

Mister Goodman — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:05:15 +0000

Mostly the prank stuck it to David Michelinie and Marvel’s readers, sabotaging the key moment of a storyline that had been building for months. (A story that has generally been seen as the most popular Iron Man storyline ever.)

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 09:45:00 +0000

But they weren’t sticking it to the man, really. It was more like sticking it to Cockrum, by making his private correspondence public.

By: Adam W

Adam W — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 07:23:18 +0000

> Agreed. That is a pretty crummy prank to pull.

Personally I found that to be quite amusing. Stick it to The Man!