carving translucent grammars,bulging …

Sheila Scarborough Geiger minimizing corded astrophysics:…

skins Gloria,ore delving?cynically storming …

I wonder how many folks who complain about resets would likewise complain about “villain of the month” stories. I bet a lot; even though they probably don’t realize it. “A good story is a good story….” I can hear them shout. Yeah; but what MAKES a good story? Nobody thinks of that.

Historicly the way around this was to tell the story of the BAD GUY. The hero is perpetual; they don’t change… but the bad guys can. And the book works as long as you keep coming up with interesting bad guys. But like I said; how many folks would see that as “another stupid bad guy comes out of the woodwork and they fight…. I wanna see some character development! I want to see some story arc! I wanna see whatever the catchphrase of the month is!!!” Like I said; I ALMOST feel sorry for them.

Almost.

I think the REAL problem is the fans. The current “educated” fan base knows all the schticks; and how to write, and what makes for “good” art, and anything different is JUST BAD! So while they clamour for new, they ensure new doesn’t actually sell…. Nobody accepts what happens in a story; they’re too aware of what goes on “behind the curtain.” Too caught up with it. And even when it’s excrutiating for them to do so, they KEEP READING THE DAMNED BOOK!

Never understood that last part.

Don C.

There are also multiple instances where the interviewer offers up a decent question (”Why Mephisto and not Loki?”) but then immediately accepts whatever half-baked answer is offered without any follow-up (”OK, that makes perfect sense”).

I loved the ‘that makes perfect sense’.
I read it as if it were a Captain Marvel story.
After they gave some ridiculous reason for Capt. Marvel not being able to stop the crime there and then, Billy would say ‘that sounds perfectly logical’, when of course, it wasn’t.
So that’s what I think Jonah was going for there.
Ether that or he was banging his head on the keyboard, and it somehow just spelt that out.

if they all refused to softball, and said, “Look, Joe, your answer is cute and pat, but it dodges the actual question, and your straw man is insulting to your readership,” maybe he would actually listen.

Then again, he might just say “fine, we’re not going to give you any of those nice previews or exclusive creator interviews any more.”

Newsarama & CBR need Marvel a lot more than Marvel needs them.

…or an issue of “What If?” That’s where Marvel used to dump stories like this (and many of them were excellent) so they could play and not mess with “the real world.”

Am I the only one who would prefer a Superboy punch (TM) to this?

So even as “Spider-Man” continued to work for Tony Stark fighting super-villains, “the Scarlet Spider” would help Captain America and the resistance.

John Seavey is my hero.

I disagree strongly with this. As it is, the interviews Quesada gives are almost entirely worthless fluff, so the idea that the sites would be losing anything by not getting the interviews, I dismiss entirely.

Take issue with how the interviews are conducted all you want, but your proposition is completely wrong.

These exclusives deliver tremendous amounts of traffic, which, you might imagine, websites want to have.

If you wish to argue “websites shouldn’t care about making money,” then fine, whatever, but to dismiss the idea that websites would lose something by not having these interviews is quite unfounded.

I disagree strongly with this. As it is, the interviews Quesada gives are almost entirely worthless fluff, so the idea that the sites would be losing anything by not getting the interviews, I dismiss entirely.

On the other hand, Quesada himself loves to be in the spotlight and loves to promote his shit. there aren’t enough places for him to be interviewed that he could refuse them all if they all decided to ask him tough questions — especially since Wizard is no longer dealing exclusively with comics.

There are two sites I know of that interview him, but let’s even say as high as five. Five sites that have enough readership that he considers it worth going to them to be interviewed… if they all refused to softball, and said, “Look, Joe, your answer is cute and pat, but it dodges the actual question, and your straw man is insulting to your readership,” maybe he would actually listen.

And, if he didn’t listen, what would the sites lose? Does anybody respect CBR for that interview? How can the interviewer even hear what the fans are saying about OMD with his head that far up Joe’s ass?

and so on…

That’s actually very cool!!!
I would’ve bought into the Civil War Fiasco if only to read that story!

I will caveat the above paragraph by saying that since I wouldn’t have done the retcon, I also wouldn’t have revealed Peter Parker’s secret identity; Quesada apparently only approved that because OMD was in the works. I would have had Peter cut a deal at the beginning of Civil War with Tony; I’ll register, I’ll join the Initiative, but hero-hunting is O-U-T. Find a job for me somewhere that I can ignore all this stuff going on. Then, as the “war” went on, Peter would realize that not taking a stand and letting conscientious people suffer for their principles is something he’s tried before, and it didn’t work. So even as “Spider-Man” continued to work for Tony Stark fighting super-villains, “the Scarlet Spider” would help Captain America and the resistance.

I feel much better now.

I felt fine about OMD until these interviews started. Now I feel mad about it.

Also I like how people keep bringing up Johnny Blaze, isn’t he an angel or something now?

What would’ve I done?

Week one

MJ makes a deal with the Devil to bring back Aunt May.

Week two

Peter makes a deal with Loki to bring back Uncle Ben.

Week three

Wheeling and dealing MJ and Peter make a deal with Galactus in order to bring back Peter’s Parents… only shinier!!!

Week four

Why stop a good thing! Let’s then have Peter Parker become President of the United States!!!

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD