Marvel Adventures Avengers #5

[Tony Bedard]

Did anyone check out my Marvel Adventures issue?

They're a bit different to write than the usual Exiles arc, and I tried not to dumb it down, but I'm also excited to have an issue that I can send to school with my 7 year-old son and not worry about any of the content being too violent or risque or whatever.

Any feedback would be appreciated!

Tony B.

[riotgear]

I have it, but I haven't been able to read it yet. It's one of the ones I save for last, since I save the ones I think are going to be best for last. I'll let you know as soon as I do, probably tonight.

[Joe Acro]

I recently finished reading the issue. I must say, it's well done. It keeps with the feel of the mag already established beforehand. But I have a few questions.

Why did you decide to have Loki speak normally?
It says early on that Loki is wearing armor, but he doesn't appear to be. Is he armor just well-disguised?
Could you include more humor? You've such a good job in Exiles of making light of a serious situation.

[The Purple Skull]

Great issue Tony! How many issues are you gonna write? I noticed you'll be writing the series through #8. If you're in for more issues, what are your plans for the series?

[Tony Bedard]

ISn't Loki in armor? Shoulder plates and a helmet and stuff? I never saw the finished art, just the pencils, so maybe I was wrong.

I had him speak normally, though slightly more formally than the other characters because that whole Asgard-speak thing can be tricky, and also it works best when there's other Asgardians to play off.

Finally, I could puty in more humor, but I didn't want to seem like I was trying to kiddie-fy the book. Maybe I shouldn't have woprried about that, though.

[Joe Acro]

ISn't Loki in armor? Shoulder plates and a helmet and stuff? I never saw the finished art, just the pencils, so maybe I was wrong.

I had him speak normally, though slightly more formally than the other characters because that whole Asgard-speak thing can be tricky, and also it works best when there's other Asgardians to play off.

Finally, I could puty in more humor, but I didn't want to seem like I was trying to kiddie-fy the book. Maybe I shouldn't have woprried about that, though.
Yeah, he had shoulder pads. I'm not really sure his headpiece could be considered a helmet, though. In any case, though, I think the closest it can come to being armor is body armor, like Batman. I guess that still counts.

And something I just thought in regards to the Asgard-speak. Having him speak the classic way might be a little confusing to some children readers. It's probably best you did it the way you did.

Humor being child-like? Bah. What does it matter if it's funny?