Chickity-check yo self before you wreck yo self
~ Ice Cube
Words of wisdom from Ice
Cube.
So wise, that I can even
apply it to comic books.
Over the last few months
everybody has been talking about the story-line in Amazing Spider-Man 700, and
Superior Spider-Man.
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The king of comic book negativity. |
I’m not here to review the
books, nor to break them down page by page.
Instead, I want to talk about
the reaction of what’s going on with Spider-Man.
So here’s my old man cranky
rant…
People need to calm the fuck
down with their comic books, and here’s why.
It seems that sooooooo many
people out there are looking to bash a comic story line, than actually try to
enjoy it. (More so with bigger comic titles like Spider-Man and Superman)
Take out the fact that Marvel
is calling this, “the death of Spider-Man, Doc Ock will be the new Peter Parker
& the ‘Superior Spider-Man’ title will be the new main title for the
character”. We all know that’s not the
case. This is only a sales ploy, and
should NEVER be taken seriously. (silly is probably a better
consideration)
That being said…Marvel is
doing something that the fans have wanted for quite awhile.
NO! It’s definitely not MORE alternate covers of
the same issue.
They are giving fans an
original story line, with a unique problem and even has continuity. Isn’t this what we want all story lines to be
like?
Take a step back and think
about the ‘One More Day’ / ‘Brand New Day’ storyline. I heard about the plot behind the story lines
months earlier from friends who were interning at Marvel at the time. We all agreed that this was an horrendous
move, and that Spider-Man was going down hill in the months to follow, and this
was before we knew about the bad idea of 3 issues a month.
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Good lord I fucking hated this stupid story-line |
I mention all this because
this was a story line that came out of left field, and was forced down our
throats. Furthermore, it goes against
the characteristics of the characters, and just never felt natural. I can be
extremely merciless with the story-line, but I’ll leave it at that.
Back to the ‘Dying Wish’
storyline that resulted in Spidey & Ock switching places.
This was a work in progress
story-line for almost 100 issues. Dan
Slott really put a lot of thought into this, while dropping breadcrumbs going
into 700. Meanwhile, Humberto Ramos and
the crew who put the visual aspects of the comic together, put together a
fantastic, beautiful and extremely compelling 52-page comic book.
I don’t know about you, but
isn’t this what we want out of a comic book?
When it comes to some type of
entertainment, or even a tangible object, people seem to get more pleasure out
of bashing the subject, than trying to enjoy it.
I say this as one of the few
people who enjoyed the Daredevil movie.
Particularly the director’s cut.
Perhaps it’s the fact that
people fear falling into the minority on an opinion.
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This is comic readers at their best! |
Perhaps it’s the fact that
people just get more pleasure out of seeing the negative, than the positive of
something.
Whatever the case may be,
comic books are supposed to be fun and an enjoyable read.
It’s a wild idea, but maybe
people should consider dialing down the pessimism with their comic books. People have a lot to criticize about, but if
they can’t write a better plot, they need to put up or shut up.
Here’s a wild idea. Perhaps people should consider try enjoying
these books like when we were kids. We
didn’t have a desire to bash something, and tell our friends right away. Instead, we just wanted to have fun.
After all, adults can learn a
lot from kids.