Posted: 04 May 2017 at 5:11am | IP Logged | 7
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My current issues with events:1) Co-ordination seems poor - comics contradict each other, events don't match up, even mini-series launched specific to an event do not match up - anyone remember the Spider-Man mini that went with House of M? Bore no relation to what was in the main comic at all Editors say it is difficult to keep track of things and things 'slip through' That was not a case of slipping through, it was a major screw up. Hint, if you are making it so big you can't keep track of it, it's too big, and too complicated - scale it back
2) launching new mini-series to compliment the main event One event comic and all the cross overs are enough. To have an event cross over in to Spider-man and then launch another Spider-man mini attached to the event is just rediculous
3) Multiple events happening at the same time This is just crazy. There are events happening, events starting to happen and events still picking up the pieces all at the same time. Do comics even get a chance to breath and tell their own story nowadays? Spider-man may well be focused on the clone conspiracy, or whatever his event is at the moment, but that means all the other Spider-man titles are also focused on that
4) Cross-over comics that aren't Hey kids, buy this comic, it's part of the new mega-event. Yeah, for one panel. I know I should be pleased with that, as it means the comic can do its own thing, but it pretends it's part of the thing it isn't
5) Shipping times This just screws up everything. The new launches are out way before the event is actually finished - Civil War II and Secret Wars being prime examples of that. Look, if you can't get it out on time, work through exactly what you are going to do. in fact, the more I think about this, the more I think every event at Marvel since House of M has failed to complete on time. Civil war I was so late, JMS had to tread water on a story for months
Yeah, that ought to about do it
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