New Joe Fridays Week 38

[The Punisher]

http://www.newsarama.com/NewJoeFridays/NewJoeFridays_38.html

 

[Darthphere]

Q: Jon E 02-13-2007 05:00 PM

I'm very frustrated. May's Marvel Previews reveal that John Cassaday's name is attached to Fallen Son: Iron Man while the next issue of Astonishing X-Men has been delayed all the way into May. Why isn't releasing the final arc of Astonishing X-M\en a bigger priority than it appears to be based on the fact that its creators are now working on other projects for Marvel?

JQ: Jon E, you have every right in the world to be angry about this, but with respect to this decision, the buck stops here. As we were discussing the Fallen Son: The Death Of Captain America series written by Jeph Loeb, we were trying to put together a star studded team of artists to work on the project. We knew that many new readers would hopefully be venturing into stores to pick up the series so we wanted to make sure it was top notch, A+ all the way.

As we discussed artists, John’s name came up as I feel that he may be one of the greatest Captain America artists of all time. We debated internally amongst ourselves whether we should ask him knowing that if he agreed to be a part of the project, it would set Astonishing behind and we agreed that this project, this story, was something that we felt John had to at least know about. So we asked and we told John that we would rearrange the Astonishing schedule to make it work and that’s how that call came about.

I know it’s not perfect, but this is just one of those decisions that have to be made in publishing from time to time. It won’t be popular, but being E-i-C ain’t a popularity contest.

So, yes, you have every reason to be frustrated and all I can do is apologize ahead of time, but to me, John’s involvement in the project is so important that we had to make the call.

Also, just to be clear, Loeb spoke to Joss about it, and he was okay for John to do the Fallen Son issue — knowing John’s love for Cap and the importance of the story.

Translation: Sorry Astonishing fans, but the Civil War tie-in book is 100 times more important than your dumb X-Men comic.

LOL! Gotta love Joey Q.

 

[Tropico]

"Well, at least he has the courage to do these Q&A. We're very lucky that he does them despite all the whining we do."

 

[Darthphere]

"Well, at least he has the courage to do these Q&A. We're very lucky that he does them despite all the whining we do."

Courage isn't the word I would use. But really, you may mock the fact, but he doesn't have to do these things.

 

[The Punisher]

Don't the new solicts come out next week? I atleast thought we'd get a preview.

 

[Tropico]

Courage isn't the word I would use. But really, you may mock the fact, but he doesn't have to do these things.

I was using statements you've said before when people reach negative conclusions like you just did. In short, I did a Darthphere.

 

[The Punisher]

O snap!

 

[Kevin]

*sigh* subbing

 

[Darthphere]

I was using statements you've said before when people reach negative conclusions like you just did. In short, I did a Darthphere.

So you forgot that I am the Avatar of Sarcasm?

 

[Tropico]

So you forgot that I am the Avatar of Sarcasm?

Yes, at least where Joe Fridays is concerned since the last weeks I couldn't distinguish where Quesadilla's **** ended and your face began.

 

[The Punisher]

Yes, at least where Joe Fridays is concerned since the last weeks I couldn't distinguish where Quesadilla's **** ended and your face began.

LOL, I can't stop laughing.

 

[Dread]

Translation: Sorry Astonishing fans, but the Civil War tie-in book is 100 times more important than your dumb X-Men comic.

LOL! Gotta love Joey Q.

I've been saying that for months, and it is gualling when you remember that Marvel essentially relied on their X-Fans for a good decade before DISASSEMBLED forced them to focus on other areas of the MU, as half arsed as it was. Now some 2 years later, the X-Fans are being thrown to the wind like that didn't matter, like a pimp tossing out his star hooker once she gets too old.

I love how Joe Q has a "yeahbuwhat?" response to why Ultimates 2 #13 has been endlessly delayed. He's the EIC and he has no idea when it will be out, and appears to have no ability to make it so. It makes him come off as a man out of control, who either cannot or will not enforce some sort of work ethic or deadline control, and creators WALK ALL OVER HIM. Absolutely NO ONE at Marvel seems to take his deadlines seriously. No one. The ones who are on time with them are a miracle. If this was some indie racket I could understand, but this is one of the Big Two, whose creators earn 6 figures a year. There should be accountability.

But as with the ASTONISHING thing shows, Joe cynically believes it doesn't matter how late these books are, or how angry his "unpredictable" universe makes fans. He believes they'll buy anyway. And maybe they will. I just fear another 90's crash. Remember, that was preceded by the death of a Golden Age hero too for a shameless publicity stunt.

 

[Darthphere]

Yes, at least where Joe Fridays is concerned since the last weeks I couldn't distinguish where Quesadilla's **** ended and your face began.

You must have me confused with Marcdachamp.

 

[Tropico]

You must have me confused with Marcdachamp.

No, because I was elated that you bashed Joe Q this week instead of bashing posters for criticizing him.

 

[Darthphere]

No, because I was elated that you bashed Joe Q this week instead of bashing posters for criticizing him.

Is that what makes you happy Tropico? Could me bashing Joey Q saved our relationship?

 

[Tropico]

Not after you took on Leaguer's midget obsession, no.

 

[hippy fascist]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Q: REMOH 03-02-2007 06:36 PM [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In Tom Brevoort's answer to a question about Daredevil/Rand/Murdock, he states that the identity of the DD fighting in Civil War is known by Iron Man, as found out in a scene that was left out due to "time and page restraints." These "time and page restraints" seem to be more common than not (i.e. the Thing coming back, Captain Marvel's return, and the Sentry, the most powerful character in the MU, completely missing in #7, etc...). These restraints also seem to be making what could be a very strong and interesting story just okay. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I was taught that if you are going to do something, do it the best you can. So my question is - how are we the readers, the ones putting dollars in YOUR pockets, supposed to know/find this missing information, aside from reading it here online? [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]JQ: If we had an infinite amount of pages, REMOH, an infinite amount of time, and an infinite amount of speed, we could include every idea, every notion, every concept that we come up with in conjunction with a series. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]However, that's rarely the case and you have to make the best storytelling choices you can, cutting away anything that doesn't materially advance the story. This all falls under the old storytelling adage, "Slay your little darlings." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The identity of Daredevil in Civil War is irrelevant to that story -- it's something that the average reader would only wonder about if they had the pre-existing knowledge that Matt Murdock was in jail or out of the country at the time. But read on its own, the identity of Daredevil in Civil War #1-7 is a non-issue. And if you are a reader who comes to the book with that pre-existing knowledge, then your answer can be found either in Daredevil, in Iron Fist, or in the Civil War: Choosing Sides one-shot. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]As it is, we gave you six additional story pages in Civil War#7 for no extra money, and we still didn't have room to explore every bit of business we'd come up with.

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]So in other words the people buying all the tie in issues are less important than those just buying the main title? How exactly does that work?
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