CBR: Quesada on Cap, Young Avengers, Wednesday Comics

[CBR News]

Joe Quesada responds to humorous criticisms of his "Captain America: Reborn" cover, provides a long awaited update on Allan Heinberg's Young Avengers, and praises DC's "Wednesday Comics."


Full article here.

[Personamanx]

It does look like he's takeing a crap..... LOL

[JimmyDee]

The DeCarlo story is absolutely precious. Excellent.

[The Sword Is Drawn]

So we are getting Young Avengers back. Sometime. And it's actually being written now?

[insidemyhead]

So we are getting Young Avengers back. Sometime. And it's actually being written now?

I hope so. But it seems like we've heard this line before...

[The Sword Is Drawn]

I hope so. But it seems like we've heard this line before...

Far too many times, aye. I'll believe it when I see it.

[strathcona]

Far too many times, aye. I'll believe it when I see it.

This the part that bugged me about his answer:

We just felt internally that we owed Allan this latitude as the guy who, along with Jimmy Cheung, brought these characters to life.

Marvel should not feel the need to do this. If the creators want to take their time with a story and characters then they should do creator owned work. Marvel owns the New Avengers and if there are fans out there asking for them to be featured regularily, then they should have looked to other creators to do so.

Catering to 'big name' creators is one of the biggest problems with Marvel today.

[ZeoVGM]

The DeCarlo story is absolutely precious. Excellent.

I laughed out loud at that. Great story.

[Ari Gold]

Marvel should not feel the need to do this. If the creators want to take their time with a story and characters then they should do creator owned work. Marvel owns the New Avengers and if there are fans out there asking for them to be featured regularily, then they should have looked to other creators to do so.

Catering to 'big name' creators is one of the biggest problems with Marvel today.

How can you say that though unless it actually affects their sales?
Or rather, why would Marvel care how you feel if they'll make more money waiting for the "big name" then they would entertaining you . . .

[lobsterj]

How can you say that though unless it actually affects their sales?
Or rather, why would Marvel care how you feel if they'll make more money waiting for the "big name" then they would entertaining you . . .

I think the question of whether or not Heinberg is a "big name" is relevant here. Even in "geek" circles, did anyone know who he was prior to YA? His name doesn't carry the weight of JMS, Whedon, or Smith, thats for sure. But for some reason, Quesada feels loyalty to him. Heinbeg hasn't shown any loyalty to Marvel, sure, but whatever.

I also feel like Joe didnt really answer my question, which was about the business reasoning. He gave me a personal answer, probably because as a business decision it makes zero sense. The book has been gone for 3 years, during which time we've had sporadic limited series which don't sell anything near what the title did. Makes zero sense. Sales thrown out the window...

I have to wonder if Marvel would still be in business if guys like Quesada had been around during the 60s. "Gotta cancel FF for awhile, Kirby is off to DC and we owe it to the guy to wait for his return, he helped bring these characters to life..."

[StoneGold]

I have to wonder if Marvel would still be in business if guys like Quesada had been around during the 60s. "Gotta cancel FF for awhile, Kirby is off to DC and we owe it to the guy to wait for his return, he helped bring these characters to life..."

On the other hand, would Kirby have left?

[lobsterj]

On the other hand, would Kirby have left?

Its an interesting question: if a man who could meet pretty much any deadline had a boss who didn't enforce any deadline, what would happen?

[StoneGold]

Its an interesting question: if a man who could meet pretty much any deadline had a boss who didn't enforce any deadline, what would happen?

JRJr seems fairly happy.

[Sighphi]

Had nobody ever taken into account that probably nobody wants to write YA stories?

I mean, how attractive is to come up with stuff for little versions of the Avengers team?

[JimmyDee]

Had nobody ever taken into account that probably nobody wants to write YA stories?

I mean, how attractive is to come up with stuff for little versions of the Avengers team?

If that's all you think it is, then clearly you've never read Young Avengers.

I think the better question you should ask is who would WANT to writer Young Avengers stories considering they have to follow in Heinberg's footsteps? He wrote a great series and it would be hard to live up to that.