Please, Pull My Thing... HARDER! (+first 3pgs of Kieron and Laura's art for THING#6)!

I've been a fan of yours for a while and I've been picking up all your books since your move to Marvel (She-Hulk, Thing, GLA, and She-Hulk 2). I've been campaigning for Thing for a long while, knowing that if it gets cancled it's unlikely to be picked up again. So, I will continue as long as it's still being written.

 

Spider-Man's guest appearence should have a healthy impact on the book.

 

Don't worry, Dan. I've been buying your book. Also, I think when you're able, you should get an avatar here of you in a Fonzie pose. I have no idea why, besides the fact that it's cool.

 

I'm gonna up my pull list to two copies, and write a letter.

Dan, who should we contact? is a physical letter better than an email?

 

You're a class guy Dan.

And funny to boot!

I'll keep my sig as is until they renew you!

 

Dan, just kill somebody. Okay, stop looking around the room, you sicko - I mean in your comic book. It's a sure way to pump up the numbers. Cheap? Well yeah, maybe... but it's a tried and proven device. Maybe you can have Lockjaw contract distemper or summin'. Just a thought.

And btw, I'm a faithful reader of the adventures of the 'Everlovin' Blah-De-Blah'.

 

I've been on board for every issue of THE THING before, and I'll definately be buying any issue that Marvel publishes. When I heard that DiVito would be replaced by Dwyer, I was concerned, but I looked up the artist's website and saw that he has a range that's suitable for mainstream superhero comics, as well as THE THING. While I still prefer DiVito on the book, Dwyer's pages there look plenty spiffy.

THE THING's a highlight of every month, and I'll keep buyin'.

It really is a shame that solid books like these need to be fought for while a lot of lessor quality books sell themselves into the Top 15.

 

I actually prefer Dwyer to Devito, so this is great for me.

I'm all about pulling The Thing. I've got two of them on my pull list already.

 

I pull things all the time.....I mean yeah I read the Thing.

 

LOL,.... Uh Oh,......

 

Well, I'm sold. I'll email my comic guy now.

 

make sure to get the back issues

 

I don't think he wants to get any fans mad... another way to raise sales is to deal with a social issue, the ol' Judd Winick trick.
The news media will give you free advertising.

 

Man I miss DiVitto.I really don't like editorial/management's idea of taking him off of a book where his art was part of what people loved.Unbe;ievable.

 

yeah! that's one!

now we just need a few thousand more....

 

well, do, but that won't help save the book, since those issues were already ordered

 

What're you speaking of exactly? Pedro and Me?

 

Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Outsiders all spring to my mind instantly. Winick's put social issues in all of them--gay beatings, AIDS, and child enslavement, respectively. He even had John Walsh make a couple cameo appearances in Outsiders.

Anyway, I'm gonna buy two issues of the Thing now. I wouldn't do it for many comics, but the Thing has been thoroughly entertaining issue after issue. If another 3 bucks'll help Dan and Andrea keep their jobs, I'm all for it.

 

John Walsh. What was that? Seriously?

 

Winick's apparently a fan of America's Most Wanted.

 

and AIDS?

 

I don't mind dealing with social issues, but really, if you're going to do it alot, don't be obvious about it. Use some clever metaphore that most people won't associate with the issue, but it will still effect them when they consider the issue.

 

I don't mind the social issues. They're pretty much par for the course with Winick's comics. Even Exiles dealt with homosexuality and miscarriages.

 

I just think that if you're going to deal with social issues regularly, deal with them via a metaphore so you don't come off as preachy or annoying.