NEW JOE...ER...BACK IN WACK 2: READER's REVENGE

[Kevin]

http://www.newsarama.com/NewJoeFridays/Wack_2/Back_Wack_2.html

 

[Sebastos]

Joe Q is M.I.A? LOL.

 

[Kevin]

That Wacker guy is pretty funny, and this was a big week of questions. (Sometimes the same questions asked over and over) but still big.

I'm was already excited about Amazing, now I am even more.

 

[venom892]

Wait does that indicate tobey maguire is one of amazing's writers?!

 

[Darthphere]

God no.

 

[PhotoJones]

Is it just me or is Wacker better at the fan question thing then Quesada? I actually enjoyed reading his answers.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

I like his attitude.

 

[Darthphere]

Is it just me or is Wacker better at the fan question thing then Quesada? I actually enjoyed reading his answers.

It probably seems that way after Quesada has done 100+ of these.

 

[Kebab gud]

World War Dazzler!!!

 

[hippie_hunter]

Mark Waid's and Warren Ellis' questions are the best!

 

[farmernudie]

Yeh.....I liked the WORLD WAR DAZZLER answer myself!

t:

cute AND clever!

 

[Themanofbat]

I got a kick outta seeing that old Shogun Warrior's splash page art...

 

[PWN3R]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mystery Writer C: [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I wasn't originally a fan, but fell in love with the character after playing him in three feature films. [/FONT]

This is a bad joke I'm sure, lolz Wacker lolz!

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[Dread]

Is it just me or is Wacker better at the fan question thing then Quesada? I actually enjoyed reading his answers.

Darthphere (who may still love it when I type his name in bold) has a point about a fresh "voice" after some 100+ Newsarama interviews will sound different and in some ways better because of the variation.

That said, while I am sure Joe Q isn't a bad guy, 90% of the time he comes across with all the charmisa of a sleezy used car dealer. He's a shill, he keeps trying to sell you something even after you agree to buy, and always assumes his customers are ignorant, idiotic, and gullible. Maybe he does come off better in person, maybe he just isn't a natural with communication, but Joe doesn't usually come off as amusing or bluntly honest as Wacker did. Joe would NEVER joke about the fan theory of using a Skrull to end the Parker marriage, because that's his life's ambition. I seriously believe if Joe Q had to choose between WORLD PEACE or SAFE ENDING OF THE PARKER MARRIAGE from some genie he let out of a bottle (bad pun), he would choose the latter.

Wacker naturally spent a lot of his time dispelling fears about the new "3x a month" run of AMAZING, which seems to be Marvel's closest stab at imitating DC's weekly comics, which are about the only thing that makes any kind of dent in the Top 10 sales for them. Wacker answers honestly when he can and even takes some good hearted humor about it, such as describing what his job is like and joking about using CW tie-in's in a clutch. Joe Q is too busy shilling to bother to create rapport with the audience, or at least that is what he sounds like in text. Wacker managed that subtle and subjective balence between sarcastic humor and being smarmy. Joe Q, and Bendis, don't. They're as smarmy as Jared the SUBWAY commerical guy.

Wacker manages to lay in some information and sells while taking some humor at Marvel's expense to lay out the package; the fact he came from DC originally is likely why.

Give him a few more weeks, though, and I'll probably be picking him apart like I do with Joe.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Darthphere (who may still love it when I type his name in bold) has a point about a fresh "voice" after some 100+ Newsarama interviews will sound different and in some ways better because of the variation.

That said, while I am sure Joe Q isn't a bad guy, 90% of the time he comes across with all the charmisa of a sleezy used car dealer. He's a shill, he keeps trying to sell you something even after you agree to buy, and always assumes his customers are ignorant, idiotic, and gullible. Maybe he does off better in person, maybe he just isn't a natural with communication, but Joe doesn't usually come off as amusing or bluntly honest as Wacker did. Joe would NEVER joke about the fan theory of using a Skrull to end the Parker marriage, because that's his life's ambition. I seriously believe if Joe Q had to choose between WORLD PEACE or SAFE ENDING OF THE PARKER MARRIAGE from some genie he let out of a bottle (bad pun), he would choose the latter.

Wacker naturally spent a lot of his time dispelling fears about the new "3x a month" run of AMAZING, which seems to be Marvel's closest stab at imitating DC's weekly comics, which are about the only thing that makes any kind of dent in the Top 10 sales for them. Wacker answers honestly when he can and even takes some good hearted humor about it, such as describing what his job is like and joking about using CW tie-in's in a clutch. Joe Q is too busy shilling to bother to create rapport with the audience, or at least that is what he sounds like in text. Wacker managed that subtle and subjective balence between sarcastic humor and being smarmy. Joe Q, and Bendis, don't. They're as smarmy as Jared the SUBWAY commerical guy.

Wacker manages to lay in some information and sells while taking some humor at Marvel's expense to lay out the package; the fact he came from DC originally is likely why.

Give him a few more weeks, though, and I'll probably be picking him apart like I do with Joe.

You're WAY off about Joe, man. Have you ever met him? I have, and i can tell you he respects Marvel fans a lot more than you're giving him credit for.

 

[Doc Destruction]

That certainly does NOT come across in his interviews.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

That certainly does NOT come across in his interviews.

Sometimes something said as a joke can come off as insulting in print. We see that right here on these very forums quite often.

I can only judge someone by how they treat me. Ive coresponded with Joe many times over the years, and practically hung around him all weekend at several different Cons, and he's always been cool and respectful.

Im not saying the guy is PERFECT...but he's hardly the prick some of you make him out to be.

 

[BrianWilly]

Wasn't Dread's whole point that he comes off so much worse in print than he must in real life?

 

[fifthfiend]

Maybe he does off better in person

Accidental dropping of a word aside, yes, it's right in there.

 

[Dread]

You're WAY off about Joe, man. Have you ever met him? I have, and i can tell you he respects Marvel fans a lot more than you're giving him credit for.

That certainly does NOT come across in his interviews.

Sometimes something said as a joke can come off as insulting in print. We see that right here on these very forums quite often.

I can only judge someone by how they treat me. Ive coresponded with Joe many times over the years, and practically hung around him all weekend at several different Cons, and he's always been cool and respectful.

Im not saying the guy is PERFECT...but he's hardly the prick some of you make him out to be.

Wasn't Dread's whole point that he comes off so much worse in print than he must in real life?

Accidental dropping of a word aside, yes, it's right in there.

I did edit that one typo...

BrianWilly & fifthfiend are correct; I can't comment on Joe Q as he acts in person, as I have never met him in person. The closest I've seen is some of the interview blurbs he does in the special features bits on the Marvel/Lion's Gate DTV's. I've said a few times in various forums that I'm sure that personally he's a nice guy; perhaps too nice to lower the axe on deadlines with creators. But in interviews, little of this comes through. He's always shilling, always smarmy, and sometimes provides free lessons of how NOT to respond to a crisis or controversy.

Not everyone comes off as well in text as they do in real life. I'm sure I come off as an egomaniac snob most of the time, and four SHH posters have actually met me (Dew K. Mosi, Mixairian, Elijya, and WOLVERINE25TH). But Joe is an EIC coming off a history which had ones that were great communicators and lousey ones, and sometimes one wishes he came off better in some interviews.

Wacker seemed more bluntly honest than Joe, or at least had less experience in corporate double-speak, which in real life, customers can smell a mile away and usually hate. Again, this is based on a text interview. I have no doubt in RL, Joe is a fun guy. If only he could invest some of his likely 6-7 figure salary into some sort of coach so he could handle these "interfret" stuff better. I'd love to see this chip in Marvel's armor resolved.

 

[SouLeSS]

Hahah, he makes fun of the first dude with his name. I ****ing love this guy.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I didn't know Wacker was editing ASM after the schedule change. I wonder if the fact that he spearheaded 52 for a while had something to do with the decision...