Comments on: Single Issue Review Roundup

By: The Dude

The Dude — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:47:25 +0000

@ Apodaca:

If you take that compromise part as a given, then yes, I understand what you are saying and I totally agree.

I just don’t think that making compromises are inevitable when working for corporations. Yes, his work in Fantastic Four and Secret Warriors will be more reader- friendly, but it will still be his comics, written and planned by him. Where’s the compromise in that?

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:02:46 +0000

Is Brad using “sell-out” pejoratively? I’m disappointed that Hickman probably won’t be doing more of his own work to go play in Marvel’s sand box, too, but I won’t begrudge the dude a paycheck. It sucks that writing for the Big Two is the only way to make a living in this business, but that’s the way it is. Yes, Hickman is “selling out,” but I don’t know if Brad is blaming him. I’m certainly not.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:12:20 +0000

“I’ll never understand why (In comic books, music or cinema) if a guy moves up in the world and starts getting a bigger paycheck, then he’s labelled a sell-out.”

Really? It’s pretty straightforward, actually. When an artist works for a corporation, there will invariably be some element of compromise to the work, for the purpose of increasing profits. That’s selling out.

But if you’ll never understand that, maybe this post was in vain.

By: Joe Rice

Joe Rice — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:02:19 +0000

Yeah, Atlas lost me with the new first issue. No thanks, it’s not fun anymore.

By: Anthony Cheng

Anthony Cheng — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:53:05 +0000

Hickman’s hardly sold out his artistic vision here. Secret Warriors #1 was full of his trademark graphs, charts, and diagrams. And straight prose sections. If anything, Marvel should be commended for being so accommodating.

By: The Dude

The Dude — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:37:14 +0000

“I mean, if a fresh new voice is going to sell out, I’m glad that he’s making a comic I want to read.”

I enjoyed your reviews (you should do more of them) except for that part. I’ll never understand why (In comic books, music or cinema) if a guy moves up in the world and starts getting a bigger paycheck, then he’s labelled a sell-out.

If his work continues being good, then I just have to be happy for him. And I’m excited for his upcoming Fantastic Four run.

By: Matt D

Matt D — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:58:47 +0000

I wasn’t all that wow-ed by Agents of Atlas relative to the mini, but weirdly enough, I thought the best part was how well and rounded Parker wrote Osborn. Osborn as a “united, not a divider” was just hilarious.

By: Manglr

Manglr — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:20:24 +0000

I’m hoping that Atlas breaks away from the Dark Reign fairly quickly and goes off and does its own thing. (Rather like the not-cancelled-Captain-Britain).

That said, I do have a question for continuity buffs, Jimmy Woo died in the SHIELD Deltite Affair…when did he come back?

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:17:48 +0000

I’ll say it: Agents of Atlas looks gimmicky to me.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:12:29 +0000

I didn’t like how tied into Dark Reign Agents of Atlas was.

While I get that that is the best for the book’s financial futures, it sure hurts the offbeat, almost whimsical nature of the original series by tying it directly into “Major Marvel Event of the Day.”

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:57:41 +0000

Age of the Sentry has been great. I also think he should have never been used after the original mini, although this series could still exist even if that was the case. Is it for sure a mini series? It doesn’t state on the cover or anything that it’s a limited series.

Agents of Atlas rocked, too.