Slott and Romita should stay on ASM

[Darthbobvilla]

Hey all,

Ok banning aside, i decided to pick up the book just because JRjr is doing the art, i would buy anything he does no matter what.

I can say that i am very impressed with the start and current state of the stoyline at this moment....the story is good, the art is top notch...tension, jokes, vilains galore...everything the book should be is there.

I read the review at weekly comic book review and they gave A grade to the book and i have to agree, they go as far as saying that the current creative team should remain on the book and i also completely 100% agree.

I do hope that marvel in their infinite "stupidity" (cause wisdom is too complicated for them it seems) get the message if sales increase during the Slott Romita run that this might be the creatrive team that might bring back readers if things are done properly.

[Dr. Chaos]

You'd have to kill Dan Slott to get him off this book, theres probably no writer at Marvel thats a bigger fanboy for the character and JRJR has already been said to have more Amazing work coming down the road.

[burtle]

The problem is that then it switches back to once a month book and completely unravels the point of eliminating the other Spidey books.

[Darthbobvilla]

The problem is that then it switches back to once a month book and completely unravels the point of eliminating the other Spidey books.

Not really since i saw previews of this storyline many months ago...if they give a break to Jrjr to accumulate maybe 3 months of work in advance and he does not do anything else, i think he could make it easy..i remember that at some time he was penciling thor and a spider-man book at the same time if my memory serves me well...plus he is a fast penciler so i do not think it would be a problem..if they give the chance for a good long headstart!!!

[burtle]

plus he is a fast penciler so i do not think it would be a problem..if they give the chance for a good long headstart!!!

ok but even with like a 6 month head start, even if thats all he was doing, 3 books a month would eventually catch up to him.

[Darthbobvilla]

ok but even with like a 6 month head start, even if thats all he was doing, 3 books a month would eventually catch up to him.

I am sure there are ways around this problem....

[Magneto Rocks]

...You really hate them so much you wish to kill them?

[yadadaimhollaing]

I am sure there are ways around this problem....

i dont think you can really get around this. to keep up this schedule i think that jr jr and slott would need to pump out 18 issues before releasing the first months issue. then jr jr and slott would need to be able to consistantly keep pumping out 3 issues a month while those first issues finally hit the stores and who knows how long theyd be able to maintain that. plus would the inker and colorist be able to keep up with how fast jr jr can pencil the issues? i dont know enough about the inking and coloring process to guess how long that part takes.

i would also be disappointed not being able to see marcos martins art or phil jiminez art. i really enjoy the creative teams a lot.

[markiss]

i completely agree. slott & romita jr is the kind of team i want to see having a long run on amazing. even if it meant the book couldnt be thrice monthly anymore, it would still be the best move. having 3 issues a month means the book varies in quality too much anyway.

[JGC]

If JRJR is given enough of a head start, he could easily crank out 24 issues of ASM per year. Why not have John Romita Sr. pencil the other 12?

...start drooling....

[yadadaimhollaing]

If JRJR is given enough of a head start, he could easily crank out 24 issues of ASM per year. Why not have John Romita Sr. pencil the other 12?

...start drooling....

i think id have to get a second subscription if jr sr were drawing issues of spiderman again

[Crimson]

Not really since i saw previews of this storyline many months ago...if they give a break to Jrjr to accumulate maybe 3 months of work in advance and he does not do anything else, i think he could make it easy..i remember that at some time he was penciling thor and a spider-man book at the same time if my memory serves me well...plus he is a fast penciler so i do not think it would be a problem..if they give the chance for a good long headstart!!!

3 issues a month is above Slott's limit.

It's just not possible.

[carabas]

If JRJR is given enough of a head start, he could easily crank out 24 issues of ASM per year. Why not have John Romita Sr. pencil the other 12?

So what happens when he falls behind in the second year?
You know, give him a decade or so lead-in time, and he might even be able to do three or so years of weekly Spider-Man.

No artist can do three books a month (and have them be half-way decent by current standards) indefinitely.

[Will.S]

i completely agree. slott & romita jr is the kind of team i want to see having a long run on amazing. even if it meant the book couldnt be thrice monthly anymore, it would still be the best move. having 3 issues a month means the book varies in quality too much anyway.

Same here too.

Although I don't think they all have to be drawn by Romita Jr. John can certainly pull off the month to month thing with no problem but the thrice weekly thing isn't going to work with him or Slott. While it's nice to have a comic in rapid succession within the months it certainly isn't a selling point for me outside of it being convenient to see the story advance much quicker than usual.

[ZeoVGM]

This is a pretty lame thread. This would NOT be a 3-times-a-month book if it were Romita Jr. and Slott. That's an unarguable fact. Wouldn't happen.

The point is to have it on its current schedule. And Guggenheim and Wells' stories have been great. And Waid is going to be a very good addition.

Please stop with the "Marvel stupidity". It's simple wrong.

having 3 issues a month means the book varies in quality too much anyway.

The only arcs that haven't been very good are Gale's. So the book has NOT varied in qualtiy much.