CBR: Joe Quesada Promoted to Marvel Entertainment CCO

[CBR News]

The new title of Chief Creative Officer is added on as new responsibilities place the Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief to officially oversee all creative decisions for every aspect of Disney's Marvel Entertainment empire.


Full article here.

[The Sword Is Drawn]

He will still be staying on as E-i-C, though?

I actually think this is pretty good news. Having Joe-Q to coordinate all things Marvel Movie and Animation should help maintain consistency, at least.

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Hopefully, Mr Quesada will be in a position to ensure that Marvel characters are depicted faithfully and respectfully in other mediums such as film, cartoons e.t.c (translation, i hope Mr Quesade can do something to ensure that movies and cartoons based on Marvel characters don't suck!).

[Vivica Kang]

I dunno if this is good or bad.

[Mister Mets]

He will still be staying on as E-i-C, though?

I actually think this is pretty good news. Having Joe-Q to coordinate all things Marvel Movie and Animation should help maintain consistency, at least.

Agreed.

I like what Quesada's done, so I'm happy with this.

[YouthofToday]

I think this has pretty much been his job for the last year or so. Now, he just has a title.

[kindella2]

i think this is good...

[John Zaleski]

i love quesada and i think he's been doing a good job. obviosuly i have no problem here

[malephoenix]

He will still be staying on as E-i-C, though?

I actually think this is pretty good news. Having Joe-Q to coordinate all things Marvel Movie and Animation should help maintain consistency, at least.

Wow. I usually try to look at the bright side of things. But aside from this, I can't think of any. Part of me is even frustrated b/c I don't want consistent missing-the-mark. I'm still boycotting Spidey for the dumb "People don't read it b/c he's married" mentality.

[Mundungus]

It doesn't sound like his role expanded that much, regardless, congratulations Mr. Quesada!

[Lt. Clutch]

Joe sure has come a long way from signing copies of Ash at an athletic club in nearby Buena Park. He deserves a strong pat on the back.

Now, all he needs to do is BRING BACK FREAKIN' JACK OF HEARTS!!!

[NickFury90]

Congratulations, you wonderful E-I-C you

[Castel]

I dunno if this is good or bad.

Beats me.

BRING BACK FREAKIN' JACK OF HEARTS!!!

Keep dreaming.

[Frank]

I guess Marvel has really gone Hollywood. Because in Hollywood you usualy fail onward.

Quesada has been a destructive force at Marvel kicking the Marvel library like a pimp does to a hooker.

No creativity and imagination. Lack of foresight to where the company should be. And he's the kind of guy that doesn't mind if the face of Nick Fury is Sam Jackson for a whole generation. That Gwen Stacy went to town with the Green Goblin.

I wish the creative force behind Marvel was someone that truly respected what Stan Lee has created. Like late editor Mark Gruenwald. Quesada is more of the school of Dark Knight Returns and all this grim and gritty stuff. No respect for anything. Espect underwhelming books(let's face it they've stopped trying for quite sometime) and wrongly presented movies afoot in the near futur.

[MarvelMaster616]

I certainly think Quesada is deserving of this promotion since he's done so much over his tenure to bring Marvel back from the brink of bankruptcy, but I'm not sure about him being part of the animation department. What does that mean for guys like Avi Avad or Greg Johnson? Will these new responsibilities divert him from his EIC duties to a point where they'll have to promote someone to pick up the slack? Tom Breevort maybe? It's exciting for Quesda, but I have a feeling this is going to affect the comics in some way. We may not see it immediately, but it's bound to become apparent sooner rather than later.