Comics One More Day Discussion Thread

[SpideyZERO]

I thought JQ's human characters look normal, all except Peter Parker.

I have no idea why

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

When one compares his Daredevil work to this, one has to ask "what the hell happened?!?" Most people improve with age. Joe Q has gone from putting out solid A+ work to whatever 'One More Day' was. It had some okay scenes, but for the most part two thoughts crossed my mind... rushed and Jay Leno. Maybe he should have spent ANOTHER year on it.

 

[USMC]

What proof? I'm pretty positive everybody, at this juncture, knows that Back in Black was a shameless promotional tie-in with the movie. The storyline didn't REALLY have a need for him to put the black suit on, they just sort of plopped it into the storyline as a little Easter Egg to the movie.

No one is denying it. Marvel did it with the previous two, why would it stop them from doing it with the third?

You're always unimpressed with Spider-Man comics, haha. Maybe once or twice you're impressed. That sucks that you've got such a pessimistic view of the Spidey books. I can't help that. You can't help that. And Marvel really can't help that because they are just doing their thing.

If it made sense, then who cares if it's a movie tie-in? But Marvel couldn't even make the appearance of the Black suit MAKE SENSE.

Again, doesn't take much to impress you. "Wow, shiny dark black suit! Is pretty!"

Heh.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

When one compares his Daredevil work to this, one has to ask "what the hell happened?!?" Most people improve with age. Joe Q has gone from putting out solid A+ work to whatever 'One More Day' was. It had some okay scenes, but for the most part two thoughts crossed my mind... rushed and Jay Leno. Maybe he should have spent ANOTHER year on it.

Absolutely. I hadnt read Daredevil in YEARS, but when Joe and Jimmy relaunced it with Marvel Knights, i bought it on the strength of the artwork alone...

His work today isnt as good. He's just got too much on his plate, i think. There's no time to be EIC , AND properly pencil a book as well.

 

[USMC]

No it wasn't. Yes, Aunt May's life hung in the balance during Back In Black but that story arc really had a lot more to do with Peter Parker going after The Kingpin and letting him and the criminals know that you don't mess with Peter Parker and his family.

One More Day, yes, has Aunt May's life hanging in the balance but this story seems to, so far, be about Peter Parker finding any means necessary to bring his Aunt out of the coma and to, oh...I don't know...maybe have "One More Day" with her, heh.

No, SIAT. Minus Tony/Peter, EVERY scene that is in One More Day part 1 can be MATCHED UP almost VERBATIM with a scene from the last 6 months of a BIB issue. There is nothing new about this storyline other than the fact that it's clear that Peter wants to have sex with Aunt May. It's the only explanation...

So, no, I guess it really doesn't take too much to impress me.

Obviously.

I'm having a great time with my Spider-Man comics and getting plenty of enjoyment. Don't be all jealous.

Jealousy would imply that it pisses me off that you have enjoyment from reading Spidey. On the contrary, I get enjoyment from reading your posts... it's like when a kid brings you a drawing of something that makes no sense, yet you smile and nod at their hard work anyway, even knowing it's crap. That's the enjoyment you bring me, SIAT. So don't be all jealous.

 

[Kevin]

Me-ow. fighting words.

 

[shinlyle]

You're always unimpressed with Spider-Man comics, haha. Maybe once or twice you're impressed. That sucks that you've got such a pessimistic view of the Spidey books. I can't help that. You can't help that. And Marvel really can't help that because they are just doing their thing.

No...I've been impressed with Sensational Spider-Man since Roberto Aguire-Sacasa took over. I STARTED to enjoy PAD's FNSM towards the end of it...it's just ASM....MY GOD....that book continues to suck. Also, EVERY year, we get some major event happening. The Other. The Unmasking. One More Day. All end up becoming VERY shallow "shock" events.

Yes....silly me, I'm very pessimistic when the same team that brought me a bunch of events I despised is bringing me another event. Yeah. I spent a crappy year or two being optimistic and getting let down every time....now I'm no longer an optimist, nor am I a pessimist. I'm a REALIST.

Also, I can't believe anyone enjoyed Joe Q's artwork. It's like he's been working hard over the past few years to try and FORGET everything he learned back when he used to be a stellar penciller. Seriously, I would have rather them gotten a slew of other pencillers as opposed to Joe Q. After seeing what I saw of his work in DD:Father, I was dreading seeing his artwork here.

Here's hoping this storyline wraps up ASAP.

 

[farmernudie]

^The thing is...once OMD wraps up....the we get the next ARC, BND....and then the next ARC after that...and so on.

Sure, they've announced some great creative teams for some of these ARCS....but i too am a realist about this stuff they're pulling in Spidey World....i feel like it is all smoke and mirrors to appease some of the fans while they try forcing some "Daring new shocking events" out in the spidey world....until they have to retcon THEM and cancel spidey 3X and launch new #1's again.

We're not trying to be negative...but real. This will happen.

 

[Miss Webb]

When one compares his Daredevil work to this, one has to ask "what the hell happened?!?" Most people improve with age. Joe Q has gone from putting out solid A+ work to whatever 'One More Day' was. It had some okay scenes, but for the most part two thoughts crossed my mind... rushed and Jay Leno. Maybe he should have spent ANOTHER year on it.

It's possible the "Q" man is stretched too thin...editor and artist in one pop? I think not...Pete's good lookin', not a ghoul for cripes sake. Does anyone know why Garney's off the book?

MJ: "EEK. What freakish, spindly thing are YOU?"
SPIDER: "Aw c'mon, MJ...it's me, Peter."
MJ: "Get away. Go eat a sandwich and get plastic surgery!"

 

[Miss Webb]

Ok what in the heck does Doctor Strange and "Hands of Death" and the " Necrophagous Nightstalkers" have to do with Spiderman and Aunt May dying in the hospital?? someone please tell me where this story is going??

*bursts liver at weirdness*

I'm pretty clueless here too. Funny thing, you'd think Peter would go to his spider "patron" for help, but I guess that's too Other related.

As far as Pete switching back to the red and blues, just remember people...he's been running around in the black for awhile...that suit's a little gamey by now. Spider gotta keep clean, you know.

 

[Dangerous]

No reply to #855 farmer?

 

[farmernudie]

Dangerous: No reply to #855 farmer?

AH........sorry....i'd gotten behind due to busy at work and stuff recently.

You may be right on the point that Aunt May won't die, and i may be wrong on that one.

I am not sure who will die, although JQ and Marvel have stated in an overly excited way, to alert us all, that SOMEONE will be thrown under the bus and will be taking a dirt nap. Someone whose shoulder he will no longer be able to cry on.

It seems like their description (not mine) could only equal Aunt May or MJ....?

Who else does Pete go to cry on??? LOL

And since I doubt they are gonna make Pete into a widower....i thus surmise it would/will be Aunt May.

I would find it cheesy, after bringing May back after her nicely done death in #400....just to off her again in a well advertised OMD ARC.

So...we'll see who dies...and if it truly is someone Pete can "no longer cry on their shoulder."

I am going to find it very interesting as to how it plays out tho....and if it does play out according to JQ's 2+ year agenda...or if he has tricked us all in some grand scheme. (which i doubt)

 

[Themanofbat]

You may be right on the point that Aunt May won't die, and i may be wrong on that one.

I am not sure who will die, although JQ and Marvel have stated in an overly excited way, to alert us all, that SOMEONE will be thrown under the bus and will be taking a dirt nap. Someone whose shoulder he will no longer be able to cry on.

It seems like their description (not mine) could only equal Aunt May or MJ....?

Who else does Pete go to cry on??? LOL

And since I doubt they are gonna make Pete into a widower....i thus surmise it would/will be Aunt May.

I would find it cheesy, after bringing May back after her nicely done death in #400....just to off her again in a well advertised OMD ARC.

So...we'll see who dies...and if it truly is someone Pete can "no longer cry on their shoulder."

I am going to find it very interesting as to how it plays out tho....and if it does play out according to JQ's 2+ year agenda...or if he has tricked us all in some grand scheme. (which i doubt)

Swing Shift takes place in continuity and Aunt May is alive and well in that story, so whoever is claiming that she dies in OMD is clearly wrong.

 

[Donald Thomas]

Im always completely puzzled when i see fans complaining about movie tie ins...

Marvel didnt put anything out for the first Blade movie, and fans raked them over the coals for it....

Now, they make sure there's a tie in with each movie, AND FANS RAKE THEM OVER THE COALS FOR IT.

It's a wonder the comics industry is still around, period.

Aloha,
People lost jobs at Marvel becasue of lack of X-Men tie in when the first movie came out.Agin, THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHER'S MARVEL COMICS! Superman and Batman had the power of Time/Warner to promote them as characters. Now after all of these years, Marvel is branching out into Multi media-DVD,movies,etc. They are SUPPOSED to tie in their comic books with movies that are out-that's called marketing. But I agree that one little line of dialogue by Peter could have explained why he changed back to the Red and Blues. I think that's just lazy.
Spidey rules

 

[Kevin]

Honestly, even if Marvel did give a reason, simple or not, why Peter went back to the red and blues, people would still find a reason to complain about it. Marvel just won't win when it comes with some fans.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

Honestly, even if Marvel did give a reason, simple or not, why Peter went back to the red and blues, people would still find a reason to complain about it. Marvel just won't win when it comes with some fans.

An explanation of *some* sort would have been better than the cynical "black suit? what black suit? The movie's over!" vibe I got from the latest Amazing. Maybe Spidey put it back in his magical decade old webbing.

That's so lazy. I guess we should stop giving explanations for everything in comics. Referencing continuity from years ago is one thing.... but this gang can't even get continuity from last week right.

 

[ragingdemon155]

Wow, I completely disagree. I did not, in away way, find part one "crap." It was a set-up issue, like most number ones. I don't get why people always need a big bang to happen for them to be interested in anything. It's really actually annoying, really, which is why it makes me stay away from most comics.

The thing is Joey Q has hyped this whole story up forever. Granted, he does that for just about every Spider-man story thats been published for the last 3 or so years now. Still though, he's been riding this story for a long time and then bam first issue comes out and nothing at all. The entire premise and theme of this storyline seems so been there, done that. At this point with how long this Civil War, black suit and on the run story has dragged on....I find it hard for me to really care or stay interested in whether Aunt May lives or not.

 

[ragingdemon155]

I thought JQ's human characters look normal, all except Peter Parker.

I have no idea why

Heh, I don't know. MJ looks a bit "scary" in certain panels also. I agree though his Peter is pretty damn awful, but his humans in general suck.

It's weird, Joey Q has fallen off as far as Art is concerned. Really preferred his art from back in the day.

 

[stillanerd]

Swing Shift takes place in continuity and Aunt May is alive and well in that story, so whoever is claiming that she dies in OMD is clearly wrong.

Actually, it's very possible that Aunt May could still die (ironically because Peter tries to get Dr. Strange to save her life, makes a deal with Mephisto, whatever) then, because Peter goes back in time to prevent her from being shot, Aunt May will not have died in the first place (and thus make the whole "Back in Black" event even more pointless because none of it will have actually happened)--all which would take place within "One More Day" and still gel with what happened in "Swing Shift." So, a more accurate answer would be that, due to the nature of time paradoxes, both you and farmernudie would be both right and wrong and not contradict each other. After all, if one can straighten out time paradoxes in Back to the Future, part 2, they can certainly straighten out THIS. t:

No it wasn't. Yes, Aunt May's life hung in the balance during Back In Black but that story arc really had a lot more to do with Peter Parker going after The Kingpin and letting him and the criminals know that you don't mess with Peter Parker and his family.

Actually, I'm not sure that helps your case in saying "Back in Black" wasn't pointless, in that anyone who picked up Daredevil could tell you that the Kingpin was not only alive and well but also released on bail from prison and had attended the funeral of his wife in Europe, which meant that what happened in "Back in Black" happened BEFORE what happened over in Daredevil, meaning whatever suspense that was supposed to be created over whether or not Spidey would kill the Kingpin was already gone before the story even started.

Also, I find it fascinating that a story like this where Spidey seeks revenge against a villain for harming someone he loved took 5 issues, where a similar circumstance with regards to "Who Killed Jean DeWolfe?" took 4, the "Night Gwen Stacy Died" took 2, and the "Origin of Spider-Man" only took 1. What's more, the classic Master Planner Saga with Aunt May on death's door and was resolved in a mere 3 issues instead of being dragged out ad nauseam in "Back in Black" and now "One More Day." That's almost a full year when the whole thing could've been wrapped up in six months or less. I know comic book stories take longer to tell nowadays, but this is getting to a Bendis level of ridiculousness.

And again, if One More Day has it where Peter prevents the sniper from even hitting Aunt May and thus resulting in her possible death, that completely makes all of "Back in Black" a complete waste of time because, technically, all those issues really wouldn't have happened--technically more because Peter wouldn't have a reason to put on the Black Costume to reflect his "mood" because Aunt May was never shot. Except, at the same time, they have to be in order for there not to be even more continuity gaps. Unless all those appearances of Spider-Man outside of Amazing was actually a Skrull. And that, of course, is on top of the other possible gaps in continuity if they someone erase Spidey being unmasked and that his marriage to Mary Jane never existed. Aren't time paradoxes fun, kids?

 

[Dangerous]

I am going to find it very interesting as to how it plays out tho....and if it does play out according to JQ's 2+ year agenda...or if he has tricked us all in some grand scheme. (which i doubt)

That's what I am hoping for- Occasionally there’s gotta be more to JQ's hype than meets the eye.

I was not aware the swing shift issue was a glimpse at future status quo- as according to TMOB. If this is the case than there ya go- May is not dead, and I feel that killing MJ would not only be a step too far- but JQ understands it would be a step too far.

Re: JQ's art- it's funny that most of you are disgusted by it, I actually welcomed his freaky pencils and thought they made a nice contrast to Garney‘s run. In the double page at the end I thought Spidey's anatomy was a little whack, but you guys can't say the splash where Stark is completely webbed is not way cool.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

That's what I am hoping for- Occasionally there’s gotta be more to JQ's hype than meets the eye.

I was not aware the swing shift issue was a glimpse at future status quo- as according to TMOB. If this is the case than there ya go- May is not dead, and I feel that killing MJ would not only be a step too far- but JQ understands it would be a step too far.

Re: JQ's art- it's funny that most of you are disgusted by it, I actually welcomed his freaky pencils and thought they made a nice contrast to Garney‘s run. In the double page at the end I thought Spidey's anatomy was a little whack, but you guys can't say the splash where Stark is completely webbed is not way cool.

I dont find Joe's art disgusting, i just dont think he's as good as he used to be, mainly due to time constraints.

 

[UltimateJustin]

This is out of left field, but did that splash page of Stark webbed up strike anyone as "completely not cool"?

 

[Kevin]

I thought that was the best page and one of the best scenes

 

[Web-Head408]

I had no problem with it, the splash page featured some of Joe Q's best art in the whole issue.

 

[Guybrush]

I think its time to reveal May was a skrull all alone. Sure that make everything that happened with her in the last 10 year irelevent, but at this point its the only thing that can actually wrap up this storyline without making it a total crapfest.