Anyone notice that once every 10 or so years, since the 60s, Marvel gets that one Editor-In-Chief or President who actually knows what the fuck he's doing and he makes good on experimenting and trying different things and shaking up the status quo?
It started with Stan and the Marvel president at the time coming up with the Fantastic Four (for the record I'm not downplaying Kirby's involvement in any of this, but in order to make my point I'll continue without him)--- basically paving the way for a barrage of new and exciting characters in the 60s. This roughly led into the 70s, where Marvel started to get a little smug, until Jim Shooter stepped in and made his own mark (not discrediting DC's acheivements in the 80s). The 90s saw to alot of greed and therefore alot of the decades effectiveness did not come until 1999-2003, with the duo of Bill Jemas and Joe Quesada making things happen.
I bring this up, because looking at just the Marvel solicitations for the next 3 months (which mostly are a waste of time), and being fully aware that Jemas' voice has been muffled and it sounds more and more to me like Quesada's is to, how do you think this will effect your readership. Me personally I embrace the debauchery that is coming because it means I'll be spending less money on comics every month...and also how come DC seems to always be so far behind Marvel. I mean with a few rare exceptions (off the top my head Vertigo, Watchmen, and DK Returns) they seem so scared to take the next step. I think it has alot to do with Time Warner owning the company...but why is DC seem so scared to progress, and they never do so until after Marvel has (Remember the issue of drug abuse didn't appear in Green Arrow until after it appeared in Spider-Man).
Really this is a rant about the two major publishers, why they fuck up, why they are fucking up, and what you feel is wrong with them. Just wanted your thoughts on any of this. |
