Comics Talking to Joey Q at WWC

[Spydernorbs]

With all the bad stuff happening with Spider-Man in the comics, I am going to Wizard World Chicago and will plan on meeting him...what should I say guy and gals...feed me the questions!

 

[MaxCarnage]

"When are you leaving Marvel so I can resume my subscriptions?" You can tell him Pete asked that one.

 

[Flash Fearless]

Ask him about the FF "Death in the Family" issue and why he out and out lied about what it was about.

Also, ask him about why Paul Jenkins's story about Spider-Man being reborn was copied and stretched out in the Other.

He probably won't answer you though.

 

[Dope Nose]

ask him if he has any understanding of Peter Parker as a character?

 

[Captivated]

With all the bad stuff happening with Spider-Man in the comics, I am going to Wizard World Chicago and will plan on meeting him...what should I say guy and gals...feed me the questions!

Oh, I'm sure I can think of a few things...

1.) He isn't SERIOUSLY going to screw up Peter's marriage to MJ is he? Knowing that MOST fans like it and that with some (namely yours truely) it would be the FINAL straw... he isn't going to to shoot himself in the foot like that -- AGAIN-- is he? (I mean his feet probably haven't healed properly after the Sins Past and The Other...)

2.) Please... get on your knees, and beg him for me, to pay Adam-Troy Castro whatever he wants to write Spider-Man!

Since JQ and his current crop of writers (except for PAD) seem to be confined and confused about what to do with the Peter/MJ marriage, may I suggest that he find writers who ARE creative and comfortable with it.

Ask him if he has read Adam-Troy Castro's Sinister Six Trilogy and his short story, The Stalking of John Doe.

Then tell him that it is the unanimous opinion of all who have read Castro's Spider-Man stories, that this guy does the BEST characterization of Spider-Man's entire cast. AND he really knows how to write Peter and MJ!

 

[Red]

When's Spidey's supporting cast returning?

 

[JackSkellington]

You're actually going to be standing in front of Joe Q & you want to talk to him? I admire your self control if you're able to not lash out & smack the fat git right in this stupid face.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Oh, I'm sure I can think of a few things...

1.) He isn't SERIOUSLY going to screw up Peter's marriage to MJ is he? Knowing that MOST fans like it and that with some (namely yours truely) it would be the FINAL staw... he isn't going to to shoot himself in the foot like that -- again-- is he? (I mean his feet probably haven't healed properly after the Sins Past and Other...)

2.) Please... get on your knees, and beg him for me, to pay Adam-Troy Castro whatever he wants to write Spider-Man!

Since JQ and his current crop of writers (except for PAD) seem to be confined and confused about what to do with the Peter/MJ marriage, may I suggest that he find writers who ARE creative and comfortable with it.

Ask him if he has read Adam-Troy Castro's Sinister Six Trilogy and his short story, The Stalking of John Doe.

Oh, you read The Stalking Of John Doe too Cap? Tell me that wasnt one of the best Kraven stories ever! (right next to Kraven's Last Hunt)...

I wish Adam was writing a Spidey book as well.

 

[Spydernorbs]

You're actually going to be standing in front of Joe Q & you want to talk to him? I admire your self control if you're able to not lash out & smack the fat git right in this stupid face.

Thank you Jack! I have a lot of will power..a lot! Green Lanterns taught me well, even if he's from DC.

Keep coming with the questions, if I don't get to ask all of them, I'm handing them to him on paper...so keep them coming.

 

[Captivated]

Oh, you read The Stalking Of John Doe too Cap? Tell me that wasnt one of the best Kraven stories ever! (right next to Kraven's Last Hunt)...

I wish Adam was writing a Spidey book as well.

I LOVED that story! Kraven was scary to me... probably for the first time. The mood, atmosphere, suspense, and Peter's terror was tangible... My only gripe was that it was just a short story. But, on the other hand, it would convert nicely into a comic.

Did you read the Sinister Six trilogy as well?

 

[Hobgoblin]

Oh, you read The Stalking Of John Doe too Cap? Tell me that wasnt one of the best Kraven stories ever! (right next to Kraven's Last Hunt)...

I wish Adam was writing a Spidey book as well.

Wow, a Kraven story on par with KLH? This I need to read. I have a profound respect for what Kraven could have been after reading Fearful Symmetry.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

I LOVED that story! Kraven was scary to me... probably for the first time. The mood, atmosphere, suspense, and Peter's terror was tangible... My only gripe was that it was just a short story. But, on the other hand, it would convert nicely into a comic.

Did you read the Sinister Six trilogy as well?

Of course! Loved it! The Sinister Six should have their own monthly comicbook imo...(provided Adam writes it)...

If you want to branch out a bit further into the Marvel Univese, pick up the X-Men/Spider-Man Time's Arrow trilogy by Tom (Spider-Girl) DeFalco...Adam co-wrote the second book with him.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Wow, a Kraven story on par with KLH? This I need to read. I have a profound respect for what Kraven could have been after reading Fearful Symmetry.

Maybe not "on par", but very close, imo...

You can find it in a collection of short stories called "Untold Tales Of Spider-Man"...(not to be confused with the short-lived comic with the same title).

 

[SpideyInATree]

You should lay on some serious, and good questions that he'll probably be able to answer. And then lay on this one:

"Joe, how'd you get so fat? Did you eat Howard Mackie?"

But seriously. You should ask him if Jeph Loeb is taking over Amazing Spider-Man, that's the question that everyone here wants answered.

 

[The Joker]

Of course! Loved it! The Sinister Six should have their own monthly comicbook imo...(provided Adam writes it)...

How great would that be?? Castro writes each member of the Six so well. I was very impressed, especially with his writing of Ock. He nailed him.

And another thing I liked is that Castro does not ignore continuity. Everything was in there, with tons of references and mentions of the past. Like MJ's run in with the Chameleon when he impersonated Peter, the grudges between Ock and the rest of the Six etc.

Castro knows his stuff

Anyway, Spydernorbs try and get some info about Loeb's project next year.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Spydernorbs; There was a rumored Black Cat ongoing on the horizon, but now i see she will be a regular in the upcoming Heroes For Hire book. Ask Joe if Black Cat's still getting a solo book, or what?

 

[Donald Thomas]

Oh, you read The Stalking Of John Doe too Cap? Tell me that wasnt one of the best Kraven stories ever! (right next to Kraven's Last Hunt)...

I wish Adam was writing a Spidey book as well.

Aloha,
Here's a link to check out the covers of many of Castro's novels on Spidey.STill working on some other books to put up.
Spidey rules
http://www.donaldspidermanthomas.com/html/library_graphicnovels_novels.html

 

[Symbiotica]

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[Captivated]

Great page Donald!

Wow... I counted, and I have read 14 of those novels. The sad thing is, Castro's books kinda made the others... so so... I should have read his last.

I've found the Time's Arrow books on ebay, but they are not cheap... I keep checking my half price book store. I found a great hardback version of Goblin Moon there for $3. I keeping hoping I'll get lucky again.

 

[Spydernorbs]

Will do Captain Stacy sir! lol. Anyone else, keep em coming.

 

[Spectre722]

ask him if the idea of unmasking spiderman will be a good longterm decision. sure you'll get some interesting stories out of it for a few years. but later down the road, when he's no longer EIC, how will it affect the comics?

 

[farmernudie]

Ask him if he's gonna bring back the Spider-Mobile....and give spidey a Spider-Dog....a puppy that can walk up walls and such. Or a Spider-monkey...ha...

Ask when he is gonna kill off MJ and then how long we can expect it to be until we see a MJ clone saga storyline after that?

Maybe DC would like to hire him....?.....hmn.....

 

[Captivated]

Ask him if he's looked into hiring body guards and beefing up the security around his house...

You know... the extra security he's going to need if he is, in fact, sucessful in distroying Spider-Man's marriage.

 

[stillanerd]

Ask him if he's looked into hiring body guards and beefing up the security around his house...

You know... the extra security he's going to need if he is, in fact, sucessful in distroying Spider-Man's marriage.

Gee, I would think that's already been taken care with regards to having Spider-Man publicly unmask and thus completely dimishing the notion that Peter is supposed to be an "everyman" and that his life as Spider-Man is supposed to be seperate from and a release from his "ordinary life" as plain old Peter Parker.

To me, the elimination of marriage would just be icing on the cake with regards to the series of poor decisions he's made to Spider-Man--and JMS has also done in particular--over the past couple of years. And if it is used in conjunction with the restoration of Peter's secret identity, you can be sure Joe Q will say "If we were going to bring Peter back to his roots, we had to do it all the way. Besides, it was because he was married that we had to have Peter publicly unmask. Don't blame us." Of course, IF MJ is killed off because of this (which would totally go against his notion that making Peter a widower makes him even older and more "unrelatable") then I'd imagine that he, JMS, and others will be getting a pink slip in the mail.