We’re getting reports that Joe Quesada was on the Howard Stern show today. What could he POSSIBLY have been talking about? Obama-nia? Whether Hillary crying was the right thing to do? The Panettiere-Ventimiglia age difference? China’s savage animal gladiator pits?
Or something else?
you can get a Stern-centric recap of his appearance on this Stern-show-recap site:
http://www.marksfriggin.com/news.htm#tue
It was very bizarre. Out of nowhere Stern says “Hey, my friend Joey is on the phone and wants to talk about comics”…
Here you go, Heidi, just for you (it happened to be reairing at this exact moment)…
http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/files/JoeQonStern-1-8-08.mp3
Wow, did Stern give this guy a big pass. Nowhere does he ask him about how the big PR story of Spider-Man being unmasked in 2006 has now been wiped from existence so that what was a big story a year ago is now meaningless, or that a year ago Joe Q claimed that this was real and wouldn’t be magically wiped from existence (which is exactly what happened). But then DC did the same thing when Superman died and they claimed that it was not a gimmick and Superman was really dead.
Brad, thanks for posting the Stern .mp3 link.
After listening to the excerpt, it sounds like Joe Quesada is in full spin mode. Howard, meanwhile, sounded fairly unimpressed by the idea.
The best comment had to be the suggestion to just kill Aunt May and keep the hot wife.
Anyone else think Joe sounds like the comic book guy from The Simpsons?
Worst Day ever.
Stop, Joe. Just stop.
Charles,
Yeah, especially considering how much work Quesada found for Ron Zimmerman, Howard’s lack of enthusiasm for the new status quo can only be seen as a blow.
Yesterday Howard said it was the worst idea, and he said it’s whats wrong with comics and it’s stupid. It was during Robin’s news on 7/7 —
Artie Lange didn’t even know Spider-Man has been married all these years, he thought Spidey was single.
“Artie Lange didn’t even know Spider-Man has been married all these years, he thought Spidey was single.”
And THAT right there, is a good enough reason to keep him unmarried. If you asked most people ‘hey is Spider-Man married?” there going to say no. Thats part of keeping the basics of the characters in tact.
Right. So piss off all the people who care about the character for those who obviously don’t. ;)
“Most people” don’t read comics, so whether they know or not doesn’t really matter. In any case, that speaks nothing as to whether him being married would actually keep them from buying Spiderman, or if they simply don’t care either way.
As for Quesada, IMO he should just keep quiet for awhile and give his creative teams some time and room to lay in the groundwork for BND. Constantly opening his mouth, in combination with other commentary that’s been less than diplomatic, is unnecessary, and could prove counterproductive if Marvel decides or needs to reach out to the disaffected fans in the future.
Using what Artie Lange is aware of as your criteria for anything is a bad idea.
Thanks for the info