Y'know, I am getting fairly irritated by the huge amount of ego I see being represented here on this board.  It's truly mind-numbing how large it is. 

Yes, Breevort, I'm talking about you.

That would be like utter defeat, discrediting everything they ever
"accomplished". Not least of which, because old pros like Byrne and Miller
have been decrying their stupidity every step of the way.

It seems obvious to say as I type it, but I never realized before how
diametrically opposed the current regime is with the professionalism that
created their company.

To be fair, Frank Miller wrote Captain America beautifully in Daredevil.

It's very clear from the quotations that Marvel's given up on trying to reach a wider audience. It may be that both the Bigs believe comics have lost to other media, and have surrendered in a way that radio and cinema, and books, never surrendered to TV. Thus, they don't even try to emulate successful periodicals: as magazines retain shelf space partly by promoting their own contents in capitals all over their covers, comics retreat into backstreet shops, expunge text from their covers, and whine that there's no point in trying any more. Meanwhile, many of us witness our children devouring Essentials and Showcases...

Sooner or later, someone will launch a line of family-friendly superhero comics into newsstands, and tap into that huge market. Apparently, it won't be Marvel or DC.

IMP.

Comics used to be about hiring the best people to do the job. That was an editor's only interest. And when someone expressed an interest in doing a job, an editor would immediately make appropriate enquiries, not worry about whether the person involved was his buddy."

That wasn't my point though. Since the Hidden Years was cancelled, you have made it pretty clear that you wouldn't work for Marvel until there was a regime change. I have people I would love to use, but they have made the same thing clear. In my world, one of these talented folks posting something on their blog or facebook page or anything else hardly would count as expressing interest to me. I would need a phone call. I have to consider the work, not the rock star.

Look at what John Byrne has done in the comics industry. It doesn't need listing. Even today after "leaving the industry", he still produces more comics per year than Ethan Van Sciver, Jim Lee and David Finch combined. However, this "huge ego" only has one message board on the internet that he participates in.

Has Brevoort ever written a comic book? Drawn one? Has he ever done anything creative in the comic book industry? Meaning did he take a blank piece of paper and make a comic book? Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the answer is no.

However, Tom Brevoort has blogs, MySpace, Twitter, formspring and Facebook. All promoting Tom Brevoort's sense of worth in the comic industry. Why? Ego? Maybe. Attention whore? Could be. A way to overcompensate for his lack of actually creating comic books? That's where I'd place my bet.

I do have one quick fix to offer the heads of Marvel (and DC if you like). Stop wasting time on the internet and spend more time running your business like a business.

" I don't know what business you are in, but I would guess that whatever it is, there are a large number of contractors available who can do the exact same job with the exact same level of quality."

You have guessed wrong and the entirety of your point is meaningless.

But, since you decided to make an assumption without asking, let me fill you in. I have to hire people with unique abilities, skills, and knowledge. If I don't hire a particular person, I can't expect someone else to step in and do the exact same job as that particular person. I will find someone in some cases that may be better, and some in others that are worse. But never will I find exactly the same.

Regardless, if someone has been clear that they don't want to work with my organization, I am not going to bother trying to get them, I am going to try and find someone more suited.

Has Brevoort ever written a comic book?

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Yes, he has.   Actually CO-written with someone by the name of Mike Kanterovich.  (who?)  75 issues of various titles since 1994.

Kevin, I've been Googling like crazy. Fantastic Force and Secret Defenders have been under the co-writing helm of Tom Brevoort. I stand corrected. How could I have ever doubted the man's talent? He's like Matt Damon. Being torn away with other career opportunites, they both never followed up the greatness of their original writing success.  Unlike Damon who became an A-Level movie star. Brevoort gets to kiss ass to the B-Level Hollywood types and comic superstars to keep his job. Lashing out on the internet only at those who can't harm his standing in the Marvel hierarchy.

Who could forget those great Brevoort moments saying that Thor should be late because it doesn't sell without JMS? Now Thor has multiple series/mini-series/one-shots. None of which JMS is involved in.

How about the time Brevoort defended Spider-Man getting organic web shooters in the comics? Since more people watched the movie it was okay. He also couldn't remember when the last time Spidey ran out of his mechanical web fluid being a big deal in the comics. Only to have that months issue of MK Spider-Man have Spidey run out of fluid and the result was Venom killing an innocent that Spidey failed to save.