Siege

[Keyser Soze]

Cap and Iron Man look a little bit awkward in it to me, but it's a pretty awesome cover.

I definitely see where you're coming from. I always thought drawing Thor like a big fat brickhouse was just a stylistic interpretation of the character by Coipiel, but it seems like he's drawing Iron Man and Captain America the same way.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, Coipel draws everyone really stocky. Check out House of M.

 

[Vartha]

made a couple Siege Wallpapers, didn't know where to put them so I put them in the Thor Wallpapers
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=175000&page=9

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Yeah, Coipel draws everyone really stocky. Check out House of M.

His perception of people's trunks/torsos is almost as bad as Tan's.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

How dare you, sir.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Billy, not Phillip

 

[Dread]

Has anyone mentioned that this was a movie in 1998 starring Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis? "The Siege"?

 

[Vartha]

Originally the Marvel Title was announced as Siege of Asgard.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Has anyone mentioned that this was a movie in 1998 starring Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis? "The Siege"?

Actually a pretty good movie.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That's where a bus explodes and they're stuck under martial law or something like that, right?

Billy, not Phillip

To reiterate: How dare you, sir.

Originally the Marvel Title was announced as Siege of Asgard.

I think only JMS referred to it as "Siege of Asgard" when he was giving an interview on why he left Thor. "Siege" is the only official title I think we've heard.

 

[Keyser Soze]

That's where a bus explodes and they're stuck under martial law or something like that, right?

That's the one.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, that was a solid movie.

 

[Anubis]

Yeah, that guy, who everybody thought was a good guy was actually a terrorist at the end.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Spizzoiled.

 

[Anubis]

And in Fallen, it turned out that the guy telling the story wasn't Denzel, it was the body hoping demon.

 

[Havok83]

Is this going to strictly be an Avengers event or will it spill over into Marvel's other titles? Will it have a self contained mini or will the bulk of the story be told in crossover format within the pages of the existing titles?

 

[Colossal Spoons]

To reiterate: How dare you, sir.

Haha

 

[Silver Knight]

So the f**k what?

Dont be mad he is the strongst.

 

[louiebling$]

That's where a bus explodes and they're stuck under martial law or something like that, right?

To reiterate: How dare you, sir.

I think only JMS referred to it as "Siege of Asgard" when he was giving an interview on why he left Thor. "Siege" is the only official title I think we've heard.

BTW... why did JMS leave Thor?

 

[JewishHobbit]

His perception of people's trunks/torsos is almost as bad as Tan's.

I was about to yell at you because I love Phillip Tan's work, but then you corrected yourself and said Billy... so I forgive you.

But don't let it happen again!

 

[Drz]

BTW... why did JMS leave Thor?

He wanted Thor to stay out of events and let him finish his story pretty much. So yeah he was pretty demanding and didn't like that things didn't go the way he wished.

 

[hippie_hunter]

He wanted Thor to stay out of events and let him finish his story pretty much. So yeah he was pretty demanding and didn't like that things didn't go the way he wished.

Considering that Marvel events (Civil War) ruined his runs on the Amazing Spider-Man and Fantastic Four, is it really demanding that he wanted no part with another major Marvel event?

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I was about to yell at you because I love Phillip Tan's work, but then you corrected yourself and said Billy... so I forgive you.

But don't let it happen again!

Haha, I like them both overall

 

[TheCorpulent1]

And in Fallen, it turned out that the guy telling the story wasn't Denzel, it was the body hoping demon.

I loved Fallen. Weird movie for Denzel but an awesome movie overall. Then again, demons are pretty much always awesome.

Is this going to strictly be an Avengers event or will it spill over into Marvel's other titles? Will it have a self contained mini or will the bulk of the story be told in crossover format within the pages of the existing titles?

It seems like it'll be limited to the Avengers initially. Whether the after-effects spill over into everything the way Dark Reign did after Secret Invasion or the Initiative did after Civil War, we'll have to wait and see. It seems likely, though.

As far as we know right now, Siege consists of a 4-issue mini-series called Siege and tie-ins in the various Avengers and Avengers-related titles.

Considering that Marvel events (Civil War) ruined his runs on the Amazing Spider-Man and Fantastic Four, is it really demanding that he wanted no part with another major Marvel event?

It's certainly understandable, but it's not very realistic. He knew events would play into Thor eventually. Hell, they kind of have to to give Thor the weight within the Marvel universe that he deserves.

And let's be honest: JMS killed his Spider-Man run all by himself.

 

[JewishHobbit]

And let's be honest: JMS killed his Spider-Man run all by himself.

I don't think so. I still think he had the best run on Spider-Man since it sucked after Mackie got ahold of it.

I mean, he was great until Sins Past... but that story would have been great if it had gone how he wanted, with them being Peter's and Gwen's kids. That would have removed the ****ty Gwen/Norman story that killed it. The rest could have been really good.

Then there was The Other... which was nowhere near as bad as people play it out to be. In fact, I liked it very much. Yes, it gave him some extra powers, but they were all good and made sense with his character. The reborn thing was a one time deal, so it was gone after that. The stingers were a little odd but I could have gotten used to them. Plus, I'm pretty sure they only worked against other animal-like entities. Those were really the only iffy things to come out of it and that wasn't at all enough to make the whole thing a bad story.

I personally liked the Civil War stuff, which was obviously dripping with editorial interferance from the Iron Spidey forward. Back In Black was a really good reactionary story to May's getting shot. Heck, even the first issue of OMD was good. It was after that when it went downhill, and again, entirely editorially destroied.

So as far as I'm concerned, Straczynski's run was great until OMD concluded. So, in my opinion, if Straczynski's run failed only on his last issue, which according to JMS was barely his, then he did pretty good.