With respect to X-Men editor Tom Brevoort, all the information publicly available contradicts much of what he’s saying here.
And back in my day, editors at least pretended to respect the “yahoos” who cared enough to write in and buy their books. This is not limited to Reddit. It’s EVERYWHERE.
And back in my day, editors at least pretended to respect the “yahoos” who cared enough to write in and buy their books. This is not limited to Reddit. It’s EVERYWHERE.
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The only thing I like about the 616 Spider-Man currently is Spider-Boy, I like the concept of Peter having a kid to look after, like a father/guardian would.
That & Miles' story.
(No, that does not mean Peter has to physically grow old. That was always a strawman argument.)
I mean the *last time* he was a teenager in the main book was in **1968** and you guys still want to write him like one, so this is not just a lie, but a hypocritical one.
I do find it an odd question though. Martha being alive wasn’t the accepted status quo for two decades, pitched by the original co-creator, and used front and center in all the marketing.
The Spider-Man marriage though? It was then and is currently.
I've personally never seen widescale criticism of the events of One More Day ever go away. If anything, criticisms have escalated with time. Multiple media sites criticized the decision this month alone. Things HAVE changed.
It looms over the book.
We get it Brevoort - you're upset, because people don't agree with you.
I don't see why it would be bad for us readers to ask for the marriage to come back at this point
With all due respect, I don't see your logic here
"Because you demanded it" was once Marvel's preeminent response to fans during my years reading the comics. Entire characters and relationships thrived from reader response and demand.
Mary Jane herself became the character she is chiefly due to reader feedback.
I'm genuinely asking, because I'm don't see why wouldn't it be possible, specially with so many asking for it, we already had 13+ years of BND stories.
And I'm asking as a relatively young fan, I didn't grew up with the marriage, but I certainly enjoyed it more than what we have now
I do remember something along the lines of approaching a younger audience with a single and young Spider-Man.
I'm 23, and I've known many fans both around my age and younger that are really dissatisfied with the current direction.
So it's certainly not serving it's purpose
I get sticking to your guns, that’s your right, but you’re basically saying you’re more important than the reader
Batman has been everything. But usually pulp to noir
Spider-Man at it's heart, what people gravitate to the most is the soap opera.
It's a poor comparison.
We're just going by the points you laid down. Don't go changing the rules now that you don't like us where the conversation is going.
But people seemed to hate that book. I still think the decision to not have that big first issue at regular price killed them.
But, again, if Jonathan Hickman is the main draw, why didn't that book be the #1 comic book the entire time it came out?
I vastly prefer chocolate ice cream.
They stopped making chocolate ice cream and only have vanilla.
Yes, the vanilla is tasty too.
But, man, I miss that chocolate ice cream.
Interesting strategy.
From your demeanor and comments, you make it sound like a bad thing.
But, again, if Hickman was the main reason why people were picking it up, why didn't GODS do as well as USM?
Seems like Absolute Batman kind of gave those people something they were asking for, huh?
Might be a lesson there.
That could also correspond with maybe not calling your customers "yahoos."
And I wouldn't mind Martha Wayne coming back to life, to be honest.
Weird.
So that's *at least* two instances where Brevoort says one thing, and then Cebulski casually reveals the opposite.
In my business, we don't look at our sales and say "that's good enough". We look at our best sellers and ask "why didn't we sell MORE?" and try to determine where we were leaving money on the table. We see a sales floor and try to raise it. Mostly via feedback.
That should be a question every book should be asking. We ask that question every meeting.
Given the sale peak was marriage era, I would be confident putting my suggestion to the test. USM's success with the marriage also speaks for itself.
We've moved beyond simple disagreement, I'm now just baffled that anyone could say such nonsense.