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Here are some of my ideas.
I would reduce the number of monthly titles being produced. I think many readers are moving away from wanting to read their comics in this manner.
I would do away with all the duplicate heroes. Steve Rogers is Captain America Sam Wilson is not. Sam would go back to being the Falcon. The same thing goes for Spider-Man and the Hulk. They are Peter Parker and Bruce Banner. I wouldn't get rid of characters like Miles Morales and Amadeus Cho. I think Marvel needs new characters so they stay around. I would change their visuals and give them their own Superhero identity.
I would undo the replacing male characters with female ones. Jane Foster isn't Thor.
Comics do need more diversity. I would achieve this by creating new characters.
Marvel needs to cultivate new talent. to do this I would start a mentoring program. There are many older artists out there that can still be productive. They could teach the youngsters the craft of making comics. Together they would work on producing a quarterly magazine Something that would showcase their talents. This could also be a place for testing out new characters.
I would develop more digital content. Not just the monthly comics being converted to digital. I would create daily webcomics. There is so much untapped potential there. The creators aren't bound by the limitations of the printed format. They can change how the layout is going to be from series to series. Even from day to day. The comics can be interactive if the creators want them to be. Readers could determine what happens in the story depending upon what choices they select.
I wouldn't stop the company wide events. I would reduce the frequency of when they would happened.
I would assign the right people to do the job. If an artist isn't capable of maintaining a monthly schedule they would be working on monthly titles.
I'd make the comics more accessible to everyone. A person shouldn't have to follow every title in order to know what's going on in the book he is interested in reading. Monthly titles will not be written with Trades in mind. Each title should keep in mind that this might be someone first issue.
I would offer more variety. Superheroes aren't the only thing that people like to read.
In addition to monthly titles and the daily webcomics. I would do graphic novels and mini series. For those creators who can't keep up with those monthly deadlines. When all the work is finished the product gets put out.
I would insist on creators staying on model. There would be no Captain America becoming a Nazi on my watch.
I would encourage creators to create new characters. It is possible to create a contract with them that would allow them to retain some rights to the characters they create and be able to share in the profits. While at the same time allow the company to produce material about the character for as long as the company wants to do so. The creators would also have the right to work on creator owned work with those characters. With stipulations of course. They couldn't go to another publisher like DC,IDW ,Image and use the character there.
Audio dramas is something else I would get into. Many people enjoy audio books. I even discovered back when I was driving a shuttle bus that younger people enjoy listening to old radio programs. I would listen NPR on Sundays. They didn't know anything like that existed. I think people might like listening to them when they are commuting back and forth from work. People may not always have time to read. So this could be another way to entertain them.
Edited to add the following
I forgot to mention this unless other wise labeled everything being produced will be material fit for all ages.
Edited by Anthony J Lombardi on 01 July 2017 at 8:45am
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