wonderali

September 14, 2012 5:01 pm Hennepin is fantastic!

September 12, 2012 1:29 pm I find this sentence particularly troubling: "We knew when we were sculpting the Avengers Vs. X-Men story that a major X-Men would die." Maybe I'm misinterpreting this quote, but it sounds like they're killing a character to kill them, not because it's the story they want to tell. This is not the "organic" conclusion to the character's own story. While I'm glad they chose a character based on what fit the story, they still went in with a body count in mind. Combine that with a very relaxed stance on possibly/probably bringing the character back, it feels more and more like a gimmick to sell comics. I know Marvel is in the business of selling comics, I don't fault them for marketing. And I've been enjoying AvX a lot so far. This should not effect my enjoyment or view of the comic. But something about marketing-driven editorial decisions just feels... dirty.

September 6, 2012 5:38 pm OMG ALLAN HEINBERG PLEASE MAKE A WONDER WOMAN TV SHOW

July 19, 2012 5:28 pm Michael Chabon on Superman would be one of the greatest things to ever happen in comics. Such a perfect fit. With Doc Shaner on art, I think. Lev Grossman would write a killer Loki! I also think he'd be great on an X-Men title, maybe New Mutants or X-Factor? Also, everyday I hope and pray that Nick Harkaway will write a comic. I'm pretty sure he'd be awesome at anything. He's be one of the few writers who could get me interested in the Fantastic Four. And I think he'd write a killer Black Widow or maybe Batwoman. Oh! And Charlie Yu! I want to say Booster Gold because Yu's great with time travel but I think he'd be better on Guardians of the Galaxy or a space opera.

July 18, 2012 12:27 pm That definitely makes more sense. You can see where the first issue "ends" and the second begins.

July 16, 2012 8:28 pm Anybody notice the "Based on the Marvel comic book" above the GotG and Ant-Man logos? I LOVE that!!

July 15, 2012 12:41 pm My biggest problem with this is the bait and switch. If DC wants Barbara Gordon to be the one and only Batgirl across their entire line, then as much as I disagree with that, I can accept it. If Barbara Gordon and Kate Kane are going to be the only female heros in the entire Bat-verse, fine. But that's not what's happening here. Instead, Miller was given some kind of green light to use Stephanie Brown as Nightwing (both of those names most likely will mean nothing to new readers) and someone also gave Miller a green light to announce that news. To then dance around the question at panels until it becomes necessary to address the issue that no, Stephanie Brown will not be appearing in this title looks sloppy. It looks like DC isn't on the same page and doesn't have their proverbial crap together. Neither myself nor Paul are the only fans of a character that have been frustrated by who was cut in the New 52. When you look at things like the Green Lantern universe and parts of the Bat Family that have not at all been impacted by the "reboot" it's easy to be upset. I'd like to believe that "telling good stories" is the motivator for the decisions around what characters can and cannot be used. But when editorial makes a decision after the fact that a writer cannot use a character he or she has already written into a story, it starts to look more like picking favorites. You can't have it both ways.

July 13, 2012 7:12 pm LIKE

July 12, 2012 1:23 pm high five!

July 9, 2012 3:42 pm High five, Jimski!