Comments on: Marvel Q&A At New York Comic Con With Retailers Goes Bad https://comicstalkblog.com/marvel-qa-at-new-york-comic-con-with-retailers-goes-bad/ Comic Book News, Reviews: And Pop Culture Portal Mon, 09 Oct 2017 23:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Walt https://comicstalkblog.com/marvel-qa-at-new-york-comic-con-with-retailers-goes-bad/#comment-971 Mon, 09 Oct 2017 23:42:29 +0000 https://comicstalkblog.com/?p=15895#comment-971 In reply to Travis.

Good points now if we can get the Marvel Executives to read it and understand their audience they just might improve as a creative media. Well I hope it is not just wishful thinking.

]]> By: Travis https://comicstalkblog.com/marvel-qa-at-new-york-comic-con-with-retailers-goes-bad/#comment-967 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 04:40:34 +0000 https://comicstalkblog.com/?p=15895#comment-967 For me it is simple. If the writing is good and the Art is good I read the book. Marvel’s problem is not their diversity. It is simply bad story telling and an over abundance of mega cross over events. Let’s talk about legacy. I think they did the right thing with Iron Man, Iron Heart is awesome, but failed with Captain America after Secret Wars, perhaps I am just a huge fan of Rick Remender, but His Sam Wilson Cap rocked and what happened to Nomad. They should have used Nomad to beat Captain Hydra and Kobik should have restored old man Rogers, but I digress. I guess what it really comes down to for me is, these characters never seem to move forward or age and that is frustrating.

I think Marvel’s Miles Morales was a great move for Spider-man’s legacy. I love the new Ms Marvel in fact, isn’t her book one of the best selling books. Captain Marvel written by Kelly Sue Deconnick created a movement. I think writing good stories first matters the most. I think Marvel should take some fan and retailer criticism and perhaps build a universe where you have a mix of new and old. One of my favorite comic books was James Robinson’s Starman. Why was that book so good. I think because it dealt with Legacy the book itself told the story of Fathers and Sons who all shared in the powers cosmic and then they handed it off to someone new. I think if Marvel let Legacy titles pay for new stories, like Spider-Gwen another great title, it could build a readership for new characters that it desires.

Take a Captain America title keep let the Cosmic cube Powers wear off after a couple months and return Steve Rogers to being old and have Sam Wilson come back as Cap and circle back to the Nomad Story with the infinite elevator introduce Steve and Sharon’s daughter to the 626 universe that story alone could be a year long story with ties to Venom, Spider-man and perhaps Venomverse.

Speaking to that let the legacy title sales pay for play in the multiverse a bit more. Be creative, bring back What if, Marvel Comics Presents or Marvel Fanfare, write new Multiverse stories there and see what comes out it. You want or think a character should be a female, non-binary, or LGBTQ then do a Spider-man Renew your Vows type book promote it and see if there is teeth in the readership for it. For that matter, like renew your vows comic which had a brilliant tie with a 90’s ish x-men team, allow yourself to expand the universe don’t hem yourself into a box. Let the stories have a natural evolution stop trying to force things and know your audience.

Outside of these thoughts I have only one request would you please restore the proper names to the X-men books X-men Gold – Uncanny X-men and X-men Blue – X-men.

Thanks,
Travis

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