InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Can't stop the signal."

box_in_the_box (box_in_the_box) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-24 18:38:00

Entry tags:

char: mary jane watson, char: spider-man/peter parker, medium: newspaper comic

NuSpidey status quo: OH SHIT STAN LEE'S GOING ROGUE
Stan Lee to Marvel: "Fuck you, and fuck your retcons."

Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources >> Fan letters save Spider-Man’s marriage — in the comic strip

At the beginning of the year, the Spider-Man newspaper strip received a bit of a makeover that brought it in step with comic book continuity. Echoing “Brand New Day,” the strip reverted Peter Parker to an unmarried student living with his Aunt May. Mephisto not included, it was just an abrupt change to the status quo.

“In keeping with the new Spider-Man story line at Marvel Comics, we, too, are going back to Spidey’s roots. He’s single, and attending college. Now let the surprises begin!” the editors wrote back in January.

Well, surprise! — fans of the strip weren’t very happy with the change. The editors have decided to “bow to your letters” and return the strip to the previous set-up. Writing off the last few months as a dream, Peter Parker woke up today to find his wife, in a Dallas-style homage, getting ready to shower:

Read the entire strip — and humorous commentary — over at The Comics Curmudgeon.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

- ha.

Everyone, thank

tetsuo_great for alerting me to this. :)

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

	besamim 2009-05-24 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	No need for all the capital letters; I can hear you just fine all the way over here. Seriously, people get so worked up over this...if you don't like a comic, read another one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-05-24 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	I get the feeling that it's not about liking it or not, it's about whether the OP gets to be Right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	box_in_the_box 2009-05-24 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	And since I AM right, that works out well. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Mod hat. rabican 2009-05-24 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	Let's not make it personal. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	box_in_the_box 2009-05-24 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	You asked the question. (Reply to this) (Parent)

janegray
2009-05-25 09:08 am UTC (link)

if you don't like a comic, read another one.

It's not that simple.

If you have been reading a comic for a long time, if you have been loving it for a long time, then you are emotionally invested in it. And if you are emotionally invested in something, you can't easily ditch it and move on when it goes So Bad It's Horrible, there is going to be at least some amount of regret and bitterness.

It doesn't help at all that Marvel has been extremely hostile and outright insulting to fans about this, and that their reason for making the comic go bad in the first place is ludicrous ("You want Spidey to stay married? Next you'll want him to grow old and die!", and the idea that the average comic book reader would identify perfectly with a 30-year-old immature loser who can't get any and who can't keep a job and who still lives with his aunt). That kind of attitude can easily turn regret and bitterness into anger.

(Reply to this) (Parent)

(Read comments) -