Iron Man #10: Bendis’ Ri-regime change symbolic of hostile Tony takeover
Question: When is regime change acceptable in the Marvel Universe? Answer: When It’s a Ri-regime change written by Brian Michael Bendis, or a self-serving effort by Dan Slott’s version of Peter Parker....
View ArticleMarvel’s ‘Clerksification’: Dante Spencer’s and Randal Zdarsky’s effect on...
Over 20 years have passed since director Kevin Smith made Dante Hicks and Randal Graves famous. Clerks put him on the Hollywood map and endeared him to a generation of young writers, but there is no...
View ArticleMarvel’s Generations: Tony Stark fans face ‘death by 10,000 paper cuts’ approach
Marvel Comics released Generations: The Iron #1 this week, which theoretically should have excited fans of Tony Stark. The cover features old-school armor and it looks like writer Brian Michael Bendis...
View ArticleMarvel takes aim at Paul Reveres: King Alonso, redcoats must go
Regular readers of this blog know that I have chronicled the problems within the comic book industry for many years. Therefore, I hope I’m seen as a credible witness when I say that that things are...
View ArticleDan Slott projects with ‘deceptive,’‘amoral’ charges after unprofessional...
One of the strangest things about covering the comic book industry — on this blog, YouTube, and Twitter — is the way that Marvel employees define words like ‘dishonest,’ “amoral,” and ‘deceptive.’ It...
View ArticleMarvel’s Spider-Joke: Predictable Chip Zdarsky makes critics look like...
Your friendly neighborhood blogger does not make predictions very often, but when I do they tend to come true. Take, for instance, the time I predicted that “Spider-Rockets” would grace the pages of...
View ArticleMarvel God Complex: Dan Slott says fans don’t know what they ‘need’
Some people are saying that “Comics Gate” is upon us. Others say that we’re in a “comic book culture war.” Whatever you decide, the bottom line is that Marvel writer Dan Slott gives bloggers and...
View ArticleMarvel’s Northrop mess: Confused and spineless a sad combo
New York Comic Con 2017 is over, but the After Action Report for Marvel Comics will not be a good one. Retailers exploded on the company behind closed doors early on, and then an event with defense...
View ArticleMarvel’s Tom Brevoort and ideologue pals blame “toxic” fans for comic woes;...
Thoughts become words. Words become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character, and character becomes destiny. Therefore, it’s incredibly sad that Marvel’s Tom Brevoort and his activist...
View ArticleDan Slott acts like online psycho, anti-Christian bigot: Will Marvel step in?
Sometimes Marvel write Dan Slott tells Christians to go to “Christ-Land” after they win supreme court cases. Sometimes Marvel writer Dan Slott mocks prayer after terror attacks with “God isn’t fixing...
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