Joe Quesada Interview on PulpSecret

[Elitehaxxor]

Joe Q claims that Marvel is planned into 2010 and

"we have stuff happening at the end of 2009 going into 2010 that is going to be out of this world, going to freak people out. If you think people were freaking out over One More Day or Death of Captain America it's nothing, NOTHING compared to what we have coming up"

i'm freaking out already.

[mikekerr3]

Joe Q claims that Marvel is planned into 2010 and

"we have stuff happening at the end of 2009 going into 2010 that is going to be out of this world, going to freak people out. If you think people were freaking out over One More Day or Death of Captain America it's nothing, NOTHING compared to what we have coming up"

i'm freaking out already.

I wonder how many character he will have to trash this time.:frown:

[agrich]

So Marvel plans to continue to do things that draw lots of national media attention and generate huge sales? Huh.

[Monty_Cristo]

I wonder how many character he will have to trash this time.:frown:

i bet it's that the skrulls win.

[mikekerr3]

i bet it's that the skrulls win.

That's this year , who is he going to trash next year:biggrin:

[Alex Smith]

Thor is going to come out that he's been a closeted homosexual for all these years, Daredevil will admit he was never really blind, that was just a smoke screen to throw us all off, Sentry is going to be on trial for juicing, and Doctor Strange becomes the grandmaster of the kkk.

Shocking.

[mikekerr3]

Thor is going to come out that he's been a closeted homosexual for all these years, Daredevil will admit he was never really blind, that was just a smoke screen to throw us all off, Sentry is going to be on trial for juicing, and Doctor Strange becomes the grandmaster of the kkk.

Shocking.


Would not assassinate the characters enough.:frown:

[Monty_Cristo]

That's this year , who is he going to trash next year:biggrin:

magicians and christians, from what i've heard.

[Will.S]

Joe Q claims that Marvel is planned into 2010 and

"we have stuff happening at the end of 2009 going into 2010 that is going to be out of this world, going to freak people out. If you think people were freaking out over One More Day or Death of Captain America it's nothing, NOTHING compared to what we have coming up"

i'm freaking out already.
Meh, it's Quesada being Quesada.

[The Shadow]

I wonder how many character he will have to trash this time.:frown:
:rolleyes:

I'm unaware of him trashing any characters.

what I do know is he's made Marvel more entertaining for me than it has been in 15 years. And for that I thank him and my wallet hates him :wink:

[Mister Mets]

He's solved his three genies, so it'll be interesting to see where the Marvel Universe goes from there.

I suspect it won't involve a repowering of the mutants, the return of the spider-marriage, or the Marvel heroes kissing and making up.

I also assume Steve Rogers will be back as Cap in the 50th issue, or before, which should happen Mid 2009.

[XPac]

I think Dan Slott's Reckoning War thing (or whatever it's called) is still suppossed to be in the horizen somewhere. It could be that. Marvel does seem to enjoy labeling things "wars" for their big events.

[mikekerr3]

:rolleyes:

I'm unaware of him trashing any characters.

what I do know is he's made Marvel more entertaining for me than it has been in 15 years. And for that I thank him and my wallet hates him :wink:

I am finding the avengers and related title less and less readable, there are fewer and fewr characters that I even like, I don't enjoy reading aboout character with no redeaming values or that are Thugs.

TRASHED
Iron Man,
Spider--man
killed Cap
Turned Reed into a souless dork
MS Marvel
Pym
Tygra


He's ruined quite a few recently for me of course if corruption of character is what it take for you to like a book he is doing great.

[mikekerr3]

I think Dan Slott's Reckoning War thing (or whatever it's called) is still suppossed to be in the horizen somewhere. It could be that. Marvel does seem to enjoy labeling things "wars" for their big events.

A war is a well plotted and written Crisis that falls apart in the last issue:biggrin:

[Babylon23]

I've grown less and less interested in Marvel since Quesada's tenure began, and my Marvel pull list is at an alltime low. I hope that some of these long-term plans will draw my interest, but my hopes aren't high right now. I'll keep an eye on things and hope that something catches my eye. In the meantime, I hope the fans of the Quesada era enjoy what's coming.

Of course, he could make me a very happy man by green lighting an Agents of ATLAS ongoing...

[Abrojo]

That's this year , who is he going to trash next year:biggrin:

the skrulls who won this year? :biggrin:

[Mark_S]

JQ is truly feeling his power now. Sales are up, IM hate is down, even the OMD/BND anger is fading. He must imagine that no matter how much he angers some of us the majority will keep on buying what comes out no matter what. He should be careful, the time you are most likely to stumble is when you don't think that you will stumble.

Mark_S

[DDM]

Beware of the hype that falls out of Joe Quesada's mouth. Sure, I am positive Joe Quesada has planned things up to 2010; however, given his ideas thus far, they are bad ones with one comic book cliche after another usually involving some kind of alternate reality of some kind, in some form given his inability to keep continuity straight even among different books at the same time. All it takes is a pin of truth to pop the hot air out of Joe Quesada's hype from hell.

[DDM]

JQ is truly feeling his power now. Sales are up, IM hate is down, even the OMD/BND anger is fading. He must imagine that no matter how much he angers some of us the majority will keep on buying what comes out no matter what. He should be careful, the time you are most likely to stumble is when you don't think that you will stumble.

Mark_S

I'm still not buying of the big event books; in this case, the Skrull storyline & anything written by Brian Michael Bendis. When Quesada hypes a specific event, it tells me to stay away from it given the event never lives up to said hype & the chances are just overblown to the point of absurdity (even for a comic book).

[JdRavnos]

I'm still not buying of the big event books; in this case, the Skrull storyline & anything written by Brian Michael Bendis. When Quesada hypes a specific event, it tells me to stay away from it given the event never lives up to said hype & the chances are just overblown to the point of absurdity (even for a comic book).

I just learned to do the opposite, ignore the hype and enjoy the comics on it's own merits. Is Secret Invasion the greatest story ever told that is shaking the Marvel Universe to it's very foundations while at the same time tearing the internet in half and then folding it into an oragami-syled crane? No, not really.

But it's an enjoyable story that I'm having fun reading. Which matters far more then whatever hype spews out of Joe's mouth (and what is he supposed to say "Hey, we've got a perfectly acceptable read for you. If it's not too much trouble, please check it out?")

[Dorsai]

But it's an enjoyable story that I'm having fun reading. Which matters far more then whatever hype spews out of Joe's mouth (and what is he supposed to say "Hey, we've got a perfectly acceptable read for you. If it's not too much trouble, please check it out?")

Many forget that next to P.T. Barnum, Stan Lee was probably the greatest hyperbolic huckster of all time. And most comic readers love him for it.

How may of you have old books with some hero on the cover and an exclamation that "This Is The End!" or "Someone Is NEVER Going To Be The Same!".

To Stan Lee, every story he ever told was THE greatest story he ever told. Just keep in mind that comic guys pushing their own stuff in an over the top fashion has always been a hallmark of the industry. I get a kick out of all of this.

Excelsior!

[CyberHubbs]

Many forget that next to P.T. Barnum, Stan Lee was probably the greatest hyperbolic huckster of all time. And most comic readers love him for it.

How may of you have old books with some hero on the cover and an exclamation that "This Is The End!" or "Someone Is NEVER Going To Be The Same!".

To Stan Lee, every story he ever told was THE greatest story he ever told. Just keep in mind that comic guys pushing their own stuff in an over the top fashion has always been a hallmark of the industry. I get a kick out of all of this.

Excelsior!

What Dorsai said.

Some people are just taking JoeQ way too seriously. Perhaps it's because he lacks the Grandpa feel of Stan Lee. Either way, I feel very little has been 'trashed' in the MU. I love the current Spider-Man more than during the JMS run, and I'm having fun with Secret Invasion.

Honestly, that's all that matters.

[rZi]

Quesada hypes everything, i'll believe it when i see it

[DDM]

Many forget that next to P.T. Barnum, Stan Lee was probably the greatest hyperbolic huckster of all time. And most comic readers love him for it.

How may of you have old books with some hero on the cover and an exclamation that "This Is The End!" or "Someone Is NEVER Going To Be The Same!".

To Stan Lee, every story he ever told was THE greatest story he ever told. Just keep in mind that comic guys pushing their own stuff in an over the top fashion has always been a hallmark of the industry. I get a kick out of all of this.

Excelsior!

Stan Lee created the Marvel Universe. What has Joe Quesada done? He's destroyed it from within. I'm all for breaking the toys when there is a coherent plan to put the toys back together, but Quesada has done the opposite. He's broken the Marvel Universe without any rhyme or reason; it is all for short term gain at the characters' expense. In other words, Stan Lee lived up to his own hype; whereas, Joe Quesada is just full of hot air--all style & no substance.

[Omega Alpha]

magicians and christians, from what i've heard.

Poor magicians, they don't deserve to be trashed:frown:

[mikekerr3]

the skrulls who won this year? :biggrin:

Joe Q mainly trashes heroes, It;s no fun trashing a villain.

[mikekerr3]

Many forget that next to P.T. Barnum, Stan Lee was probably the greatest hyperbolic huckster of all time. And most comic readers love him for it.

How may of you have old books with some hero on the cover and an exclamation that "This Is The End!" or "Someone Is NEVER Going To Be The Same!".

To Stan Lee, every story he ever told was THE greatest story he ever told. Just keep in mind that comic guys pushing their own stuff in an over the top fashion has always been a hallmark of the industry. I get a kick out of all of this.

Excelsior!

Don't mind Hype but Joe Qs version include too many outright lies.

[Abrojo]

Give the guy a break, he is hyping stuff as he should. Or people bash Morrison for hyping Final Crisis? Hyping and marketing are part of the game.

Just ignore the hype, read the story and judge it by its own merits. Also might add that avoid spoilers of any type. If i truly regret something, it has been reading spoilers left and right this past year.

[mikekerr3]

Give the guy a break, he is hyping stuff as he should. Or people bash Morrison for hyping Final Crisis? Hyping and marketing are part of the game.

Just ignore the hype, read the story and judge it by its own merits. Also might add that avoid spoilers of any type. If i truly regret something, it has been reading spoilers left and right this past year.

Hyping is his job, lieing and destroying characters is not. The Hype if taken with a grain of salt is fun, They outright lies are disgusting.

The Trashing of characters he promotes is even worse. Marvel Hero;s were always heros with flaws, Joe Qs marvel is juust removing the Hero from that statement. They will mangle and destroy what ever character the need to sell and event then not bother to even try to redeem him.

[Guest_1001]

Stan Lee created the Marvel Universe. What has Joe Quesada done?

Joe Quesada gave us Ultimate Spiderman and The Ultimates. And who knows how far his influence has stretched in the mainstream universe? Without Joe Q, we might not have had the great Brubaker/Epting Captain America run or . . . well, whatever your own personal favourites are (Guardians Of The Galaxy, Captain Britain & MI:13, etc. might not have had runs without Quesada). Plus, you might not have had the Iron Man movie, or at least not in the form it's in now.

Quesada did more than he gets credit for.

[DDM]

Joe Quesada gave us Ultimate Spiderman and The Ultimates. And who knows how far his influence has stretched in the mainstream universe? Without Joe Q, we might not have had the great Brubaker/Epting Captain America run or . . . well, whatever your own personal favourites are (Guardians Of The Galaxy, Captain Britain & MI:13, etc. might not have had runs without Quesada). Plus, you might not have had the Iron Man movie, or at least not in the form it's in now.

Quesada did more than he gets credit for.

The Ultimate line was already in the can before he was hired as Editor-in-Chief; in other words, it was just handed to him while Bob Harras did all the hard work putting the line together.

[Karthak]

I'm getting soooo tired of all the hype and big events. I swear that I've become allergic to phrases like: "Not everyone is gonna walk away from this one!" and "And nothing will be the same!". Can't they just calm down and focus on telling good stories, without crossovers all the time?

[Abrojo]

Hyping is his job, lieing and destroying characters is not.

Well yeah, all that stuff is debatable, i was talking to the people that bash him for hyping, not the ones bashing for not agreeing with the way he has handled stuff.

[DDM]

I'm getting soooo tired of all the hype and big events. I swear that I've become allergic to phrases like: "Not everyone is gonna walk away from this one!" and "And nothing will be the same!". Can't they just calm down and focus on telling good stories, without crossovers all the time?


Apparently not. For Joe, he has to make an entrance & exit with about as much effect as flatulence all over the Marvel Universe. Joe Quesada appears to be insecure about the stories speaking for themselves which tells me he does not have faith in the product.

[Babylon23]

The unfortunate reality is that these crossovers sell bigtime. Look at the figures: Secret Invasion, Civil War and House of M were all the #1 seLling books during their release.

I may not agree with Marvel's storytelling approach, but it's smart business sense to publish what people want, and it's clear from the sales figures that they want big crossovers.

[CMBMOOL]

I am finding the avengers and related title less and less readable, there are fewer and fewr characters that I even like, I don't enjoy reading aboout character with no redeaming values or that are Thugs.

TRASHED
Iron Man,
Spider--man
killed Cap
Turned Reed into a souless dork
MS Marvel
Pym
Tygra


He's ruined quite a few recently for me of course if corruption of character is what it take for you to like a book he is doing great.
You forgot to mention Daredevil. :Biggrin:

[mikekerr3]

You forgot to mention Daredevil. :Biggrin:

Never been a DD fan since the early days, too dark in mood note enough fun,