Joe Quesada Has Crossed The Line With The Smoking Ban

[Anubis]

It always does.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Certain writers have always been able to handle the healing factor well. A lot seem to get caught up in the fanboyism and make Wolverine indestructible, though. It's pretty annoying.

 

[Hans]

Yeah, I really liked how Whedon handled it. I particularly liked the scene with Armor after they'd crashed and he told her that she wasn't ready to see him yet and that he needed about a half hour to be useful. Comparatively, his Wolverine was a *****.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, Whedon seemed to like screwing with Wolverine a lot. The best part of his run for me was when Wolverine was mentally de-aged and he started running around terrified of everything.

 

[Hans]

That was priceless. A lot of people hated it, but I loved it. His subtle racist and sexist comments were perfect.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That's how they rolled in the 1800s.

 

[Hans]

Haha, I just remembered he kept referring to Hank as a moose.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Just read Ain't No Dog. They really did drive the point home haha

 

[Doc Destruction]

That's kind of what rubbed me the wrong way. They mentioned it once and I shrugged it off. Then they tore my arm off and beat me over the head with it until I UNDERSTOOD that Logan quit smoking because it's bad for you, mkaaay?

OKAY. I GET IT.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

No argument here

 

[Captain Useless]

Joe Q seems like such a *****e, it's possible to smoke and still be relatively healthy. Not everybody smokes 2 packages a day, it is possible for people not do overdo things. And he himself is overweight, so he really shouldn't be giving people advice about their health

 

[Anubis]

He's lost a lot of weight. So now he's a health *****e to boot.

 

[Hans]

Joe Q seems like such a *****e, it's possible to smoke and still be relatively healthy. Not everybody smokes 2 packages a day, it is possible for people not do overdo things. And he himself is overweight, so he really shouldn't be giving people advice about their health

Well actually, Quesada's dropped a lot of weight. The last time I saw him, he looked, literally, like a new man. But his weight shouldn't have **** to do with **** in this matter. I can understand him not wanting people to go through what he went through with the loss of his father due to lung cancer. But there's a point when enough is enough. A couple years ago I had a friend die in a car accident. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt. Does that mean I should start publishing comics that revolve around the dangers of not wearing your seatbelt? Should I make people start paying for PSA's? Does that mean I have to publicly announce that I'm banning seatbelt wearing avoidance from my professional life? No. Hell, no. Everyone would think I was taking it to an extreme that doesn't need to be reached. Quesada's doing it with this. He needs to stop cramming this **** down my throat like I'm a goddamn moron.

 

[Mr. Green]

Ya know what superheroes would smoke way more than cigarettes in real life? The same thing that real people smoke more than cigrettes in real life... Weed.

 

[moraldeficiency]

If wolverine started smoking splifs as he clawed people up a-la afro samurai I would actually like him a lot more.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'd think the writer's trying too hard to make Wolverine look cool.

 

[moraldeficiency]

I'd think the writer's trying too hard to make Wolverine look cool.

Nah, he still sports the same haircut, so they couldn't be trying that hard (or they're high).

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Wolverine's haircut is automatically cool because no one in real life could ever have it.

 

[moraldeficiency]

Wolverine's haircut is automatically cool because no one in real life could ever have it.

clowns sport that all the time.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It's not the same!

 

[moraldeficiency]

well you're right, clowns do generally have a better fashion sense.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Well, I can't argue there.

 

[Xofenroht]

Yeah...ummm, I haven't read X-Force: Ain't No Dog, but if that's really what happens then yeah, Quesada is taking it a bit too far. Of all people, it shouldn't have been Wolverine preaching about the hazards of smoking. Wolverine never stopped anything just because it was bad for his health, he's ****ing Wolverine for Christ's sakes!
If Quesada wants to make an impact on readers who smoke or even kids, he could have an actual hero die of lung cancer. Of course, DC already beat him to it with The Question (right?)
Whatever, people are coming down really hard on smokers for some reason. It's one thing for people close to you to give you a hard time, but lately I've been getting it from strangers too. "You know...", of course I know, it's all over every pack I pick up and every person won't stop talking about it.

What we don't need is preachiness in our comics. That's propaganda, with a very personal target. Marvel should be above things like that.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Marvel is. Joe Q isn't. It's a very personal agenda for him, and since he's EIC, he gets to make it a policy for the entire company. It's silly, but there it is.

 

[Blader5489]

Of all people, it shouldn't have been Wolverine preaching about the hazards of smoking.

Yes. That's what makes it funny.