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Paul Greer
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They went from "love letters" trying to attract readers of all ages, to "pandering" to the smallest base of comics readers. My fake quote would fit in nicely.
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Kevin Brown
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And people wondered why I declined to be interviewed. ****************************** First question would be: "Why is your old stuff better?" And it would go downhill from there.... Maxim is like a 5-year old boy snickering at the word "boobie".
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John Byrne
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And you know, when they contacted me, the  at MAXIM assured me the article would be nothing like this.
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Stephen Churay
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Mind-blowing quote from Joe Quesada, on the Marvel before he got there:
"Marvelwas spending too much time writing love letters to the past. Nostalgiacan put you out of business because you’re only appealing to a dying fanbase."
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Wow, kinda lets you know what he thought about X-Men: The Hidden Years doesn't it? (I realize that I'm implying an idea that might not be there but, then again, he did cancel the book.)
And of course, writing books for 35 year olds, doesn't apppeal to a dying fan base at all.
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John Byrne
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Ah, but Stephen! In writing for those 35+ fans, Da Q is trashing the Past, not writing love letters! So much better, you see?
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Mike Farley
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He's writing "Dear John" letters, but we just won't take the hint.
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Anthony J Lombardi
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Marvelwas spending too much time writing love letters to the past. Nostalgiacan put you out of business because you’re only appealing to a dying fanbase."
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Yeah,what was the Ultimate series of books nothing but a rehashing of those stories? So spit on what was being done before all the while they repackage it and try to pass it off as new and hip.
175,000 for that issue. I don't recall the roof being that low back then. And people wondered why I declined to be interviewed.
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Thank you for that J.B.
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John Byrne
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Yeah,what was the Ultimate series of books nothing but a rehashing of those stories? So spit on what was being done before all the while they repackage it and try to pass it off as new and hip.•• Q can dodge that one. The ULTIMATES started under Bob Harras. Ironic, since every time someone would pitch a series based on some past glory, Bob would say he was tired of the "navel gazing".
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Paulo Pereira
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Good point, Anthony.
JB wrote:
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Interesting. However, JQ was only too happy to see it continue.
Edited by Paulo Pereira on 25 August 2009 at 9:06am
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Glenn Greenberg
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Interesting quote from the article:Todd McFarlane: Those of us who left were the rebels. But there was very little downside. If I said to Marvel, “I’m tired of running my own company. Can I do Spider-Man again?”—what, they’re gonna say, “No”?
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John Byrne
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Todd McFarlane: Those of us who left were the rebels. But there was very little downside. If I said to Marvel, “I’m tired of running my own company. Can I do Spider-Man again?”—what, they’re gonna say, “No”?•• I hope Erik "We Took a Big Risk" Larsen is reading that!! By the way -- leaving Marvel with millions in your pocket, setting up a deal in which you take no risks up front, assuming control when everything is set up and sailing smoothly, while producing books that mostly imitate what you did at Marvel ---- this rather taxes the term "rebel", doesn't it?
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Matt Hawes
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Hey... that picture accompanying the article... Stan is holding the TRUE BELIEVER documentary "Stan On A Stick" promo items! I have been working with the producers of the documentary, and I run the MySpace page for the film, so this was exciting to see. Interesting article.
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