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| Posted by: Jake Bell |
Monday, April 09, 2007 7:40 PM |
Every Friday, Newsarama slaps on a fresh coat of chapstick, buys a new dress, and sidles up to Marvel's E-i-C for a little "Q & A". On Mondays, Chris of 2 Guys Buying Comics will translate some of the pandering hucksterism interview for you good people. Some text has been edited for brevity's sake. You can reference the actual article at Newsarama here.
 Q: Dr.Finger 03-30-2007 06:12 PM: What was the toughest decision you had to make, creatively, that turned out for the better? Putting an untested creator on a high profile book? Changing a beloved character? Something where you say "I agonized over the decision, but couldn't be more happy how it turned out"?
JQ: Dr.Finger, that’s a tough answer because that happens with every big decision we make. While not everyone will agree with every decision that gets made here, the one thing I will argue until I’m blue in the face is when folks imagine the process as being willy-nilly. You know, like we’re bored or how behind the scenes our true intentions are to destroy the Marvel Universe because you know we all hate comics and really can’t wait to be unemployed!
Translation: Oh, man, there are too many to pick from, so instead of choosing one or two to give you an interesting inside peek at what goes on behind the scenes with an example of how major decisions really are weighed and debated before being greenlit, I'll supply a boring blanket statement that few will believe!
Commentary: No, no, his intention isn't to destroy the Marvel Universe, though I can see why some would think that (it's a common mistake that anyone reading Marvel for the last two years could make) -- it's to destroy longtime fan interest in the Marvel Universe.
Q: motteditor 03-30-2007 06:20 PM: Good question. And to follow up, what was the best decision you considered making but didn't pull the trigger on? Something you're glad you reconsidered?
JQ: There’s a decision that I agonized over and made a couple of months ago, motteditor, that hasn’t been published yet so I can’t talk about it. I was dead set on this idea, but no decision here is made in a vacuum. To me the smartest way to operate in a creative environment or in any business environment is to listen to all the opinions of your top people and then come to the best, most educated decision you can make. Surrounding oneself with “yes people” is great for your ego but will insure that you don’t have your job or business for very long.
So, this particular idea was very polarizing and I literally split the editorial troops in half with respect to those that thought it was a good idea and those that didn’t. I was totally torn on this one but then weighed all the opinions and decided that not using this idea was the better play and would serve us better in the future.
Translation: To me the smartest way to operate in a creative environment or in any business environment is to listen to all the opinions of your top people and then let your rockstar highest profile creators do whatever the hell they want anyway.
Commentary: He "literally split the editorial troops in half"... wow, who had to clean that up?
 Q: Kazkeun 03-31-2007 03:17 PM: Who's death do you think made the bigger impact in comics: “Death of Superman” (Superman), or “Death of the Dream” (Captain America)?
JQ: Kazkeum, there’s no question that the “Death of Superman” was bigger. First, it’s Superman. Secondly, it happened when the market was still speculator crazy so it sold considerably better.
Commentary: No translation, I only included this because I laughed at the fact questioner Kazkeum felt the need to include (Superman) parenthetically, just in case we weren't sure exactly which character in the "Death of Superman" story arc died. Oh, Newsaramites, you're adorable!
Q: mimick 03-31-2007 09:07 PM: I was wondering if you managed to snag Brad Meltzer for 12 issues -- what book would you have him write?
JQ: Anything he wanted, mimick, anything he wanted [laughs]
Translation: As a popular author of non-comics fiction, we would of course allow him to retcon the Fantastic Four as a band of six sentient Barcaloungers should he so desire!
Commentary: This, in a nutshell, is my biggest issue with the Reign O' Quesada over Marvel. I'm all for letting quality contributors take chances, but for God's sake, where is the editorial oversight?
Q: MattZitron 03-31-2007 06:55 AM: Love Fantastic Four: The End, it had a very sequel friendly ending will there be one? And will Alan Davis/Mark Farmer being doing any more work at Marvel in the future?
JQ: There are no plans for a sequel to Fantastic Four: The End, I'm afraid -- that would kind of defeat the purpose of it being "The End", after all. However, Alan and Mark are hard at work on the new ClanDestine series that we'll be telling you more about when the time is right.
Commentary: Nothing snarky here, just a happy feeling in my tummy about the fact that Alan Davis really is coming back for more ClanDestine. It's an Easter miracle! |
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Re: New Joe Mondays |
By kelvingreen on
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 9:27 AM |
That Superman question is fantastic, and just perfectly indicative of N*******a.
I'm also enjoying the image of Quesada rampaging through the Bullpen like a fat Conan. Well, I was until I remembered the loincloth. Ugh. |
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Re: New Joe Mondays |
By AAB on
Monday, April 16, 2007 11:25 AM |
I love this! A blog that calls out people's B.S.. I was always wondering why Newsarama tended to be such a mindless Marvel worshiping site. Do a search for my alias, AAB and read the thread where Peter David joined in after I ended up calling Peter David pretentious, egotistical, and an ars-jack... and then got banned.
There has been much good accomplished, by Marvel -of course you only can go up coming from the 90's, but Quesada really is all about hype than he is about articulate replies to insightful criticisms. The Tsunami line was a bomb and the "Next" line was supposed to have placed the Marvel U 'on its ear' as he claimed. And Civil War is contrived, yet successfully as you put it "it's to destroy longtime fan interest in the Marvel Universe." MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
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