CBR: SPIDER-GASM: Slott talks "New Ways To Die"

[CBR News]

With "Amazing Spider-Man" #569 in stores now, CBR speaks with "New Ways to
Die" writer Dan Slott about his plans for Peter Parker, Norman Osborn, and the
"spider-gasm" he says readers can expect from his story.


Full article here.

[ZeoVGM]

The hate Sally gets from comic fans is so nerdy and fanboyish.

She's a great character and very interesting. Sh'es supposed to annoy you because she's very in your face and blunt about things.

Good to see more of her.

[Jim Thompson]

I think the trouble with her, right now anyway, is that she really has no redeeming qualities (as she has been written). To me, she's a completely unsympathetic character.

[ZeoVGM]

I think the trouble with her, right now anyway, is that she really has no redeeming qualities (as she has been written). To me, she's a completely unsympathetic character.

Well I say, why does a character need to be sympathetic? A character can be designed to simply be a pain in the ass, but still fun to read.

A good example of this is when she showed up in Avengers: The Initiative, which is also Slott.

[Squashua]

So... when is Slott going to introduce a villain named "Threat"?

[Jim Thompson]

Well I say, why does a character need to be sympathetic? A character can be designed to simply be a pain in the ass, but still fun to read.

A good example of this is when she showed up in Avengers: The Initiative, which is also Slott.

I guess that what I'm driving at when I say she is completely unsympathetic. She's is so annoying and unlikeable, I get absolutely no pleasure in reading about her. Hearing she will be used in a book is a good reason to stay away from that book.

[Jim Thompson]

So... when is Slott going to introduce a villain named "Threat"?

Right after the debut of 'Criminal'.

[yadadaimhollaing]

i still have no idea who this sally floyd is. i find it funny that people hate a comic character so much. i guess marvel intentionally made her unlikeable?

[ZT4]

We will see some things about Harry in ‘New Ways to Die,’ but when the solicitations for December come out one of the things you’re going to see is that we’re really going to lift up the skirt and show you a lot about Harry

Harry Osborn in Brand New Gender?

A year later and we get the explanations for Harry resolved, timing is everything

[ShaggyB]

good article

[Squashua]

Right after the debut of 'Criminal'.

I was kind of thinking S-M and Jackpot could team up with the great new heroes "Power" and "Responsibility" to take them out.

[ShaggyB]

oooo answers coming

“We will see some things about Harry in ‘New Ways to Die,’ but when the solicitations for December come out one of the things you’re going to see is that we’re really going to lift up the skirt and show you a lot about Harry and where he was and what he was doing in between ‘One More Day’ and the start of Brand New Day,” Slott revealed.

[Jim Thompson]

oooo answers coming

Not any of the important ones, from the sound of it. What he did between OMD and BND isn't the time-period I think a lot of people are asking about. How he managed to come back from the dead prior to OMD -- now that's an answer I might be interested in.

[ShaggyB]

Not any of the important ones, from the sound of it. What he did between OMD and BND isn't the time-period I think a lot of people are asking about. How he managed to come back from the dead prior to OMD -- now that's an answer I might be interested in.

In Bob Gale’s recent two-part arc in “Amazing Spider-Man” #562-563, a disabled man was able to walk again after being touched by Li, and in issue #568 readers got to see what happened when Li touched Brock. “Didn’t Aunt May have a gunshot would?” Slott remarked. “What I really like about the scene where you see what Martin’s touch does is that it works on the same kind of visual wavelength as the half-Peter Parker half-Spider-Man mask. It’s really for the readers’ benefits. There are all these weird little anti-bodies sucking what looks like this weird black tar out of Eddie Brock’s body. Hey! That almost looks like a little spider pattern on the anti-bodies!”

how bout that one?

[Matt Linton]

I guess that what I'm driving at when I say she is completely unsympathetic. She's is so annoying and unlikeable, I get absolutely no pleasure in reading about her. Hearing she will be used in a book is a good reason to stay away from that book.

Having her up against Betty Brant, who's generally a likable character, could be fun.