CBR: Cup O' Joe - May 20, 2011

[CBR News]

We're wrapping up the week with an all-fan Q&A edition of Marvel SVP of Publishing Tom Brevoort talks about making events "Spider-Island" work, the future of the "Hulk" franchise, "Blade" animation and more!


Full article here.

[darknessatnoon]

Madame Masque! Yay! I'm sure she is infinitely beautiful, too, because she has been restored by gems with infinite power. Unless her entire face disappeared when the gems did.

[Comicbookfan]

But tom...I hate the Red Hulk. Sorry dude but i am not going to be buying Hulk for a while i guess. And by the way you say you have had an explosion of hulk and you need to scale back...so you what to cut out the actual hulk..really dude? really?

[ian33407]

don't know what to think about the MOONKNIGHT preview..
That the different personnalities he included speak by his mouth, or appears to him like dead friends okay, but that he comes to dress like them...Oh well, maybe that's coherent..

I hadn't been convinced by Tom' reply about standarts and content..As suggested that Marvel stepped a little in violence and sexuality under the MAX or ICON imprints just sounded fine...That a particular audience, feeded of others medias standarts doesn't want to be disappointed..WOW.That's the point to really teach lessons to other parents..

[protege]

I thought I read a rumor that the Green Hulk would be starring in the Red Hulk's title. Thinking the red Hulk was toast, i dropped the title from my pull list. Now I'm woindering exactly what the heck is going on. I'm really getting tired of all the vagueness surrrounding Marvel and Dc titles. If you're going to make major changes, just come out and tell me EXACTLY what you're going to do. I don't like playing these what if guessing games; it tends to make me want to DROP books, not pick them up.

[Mechano]

But tom...I hate the Red Hulk. Sorry dude but i am not going to be buying Hulk for a while i guess. And by the way you say you have had an explosion of hulk and you need to scale back...so you what to cut out the actual hulk..really dude? really?

yeah, he was pretty much like, "hey, don't worry that we're cancelling Incredible Hulk, because Rulk will still be around, mmmmkay?" That's like saying, "don't worry that your car is broke down and you have a forty minute commute... there's a mule in your front yard." ugh.

[Rawnzilla]

The Hulk will always be Incredible.

[Will.S]

yeah, he was pretty much like, "hey, don't worry that we're cancelling Incredible Hulk, because Rulk will still be around, mmmmkay?" That's like saying, "don't worry that your car is broke down and you have a forty minute commute... there's a mule in your front yard." ugh.

I suppose it's very possible that they'll swap Green Hulk in for Red Hulk once the Planet Red Hulk stuff ends. Either that or they create another new "Incredible Hulk" title.

But he does have a role in Fear Itself at the moment so might as well let that play out.

[Mechano]

I suppose it's very possible that they'll swap Green Hulk in for Red Hulk once the Planet Red Hulk stuff ends. Either that or they create another new "Incredible Hulk" title.

But he does have a role in Fear Itself at the moment so might as well let that play out.

I know that it's pretty much a given that Hulk will have his own title, but seeing them pretend like he isn't and acting like Rulk is some kind of substitute offends my sensibilities.

[Hulk_Is]

The Hulk will always be Incredible.

What the hell does this even mean?!

[Hulk_Is]

yeah, he was pretty much like, "hey, don't worry that we're cancelling Incredible Hulk, because Rulk will still be around, mmmmkay?" That's like saying, "don't worry that your car is broke down and you have a forty minute commute... there's a mule in your front yard." ugh.

Great analogy.

[Will.S]

I know that it's pretty much a given that Hulk will have his own title, but seeing them pretend like he isn't and acting like Rulk is some kind of substitute offends my sensibilities.

Well you know how Marvel likes to be cagey about this stuff.

[Comicbookfan]

yeah, he was pretty much like, "hey, don't worry that we're cancelling Incredible Hulk, because Rulk will still be around, mmmmkay?" That's like saying, "don't worry that your car is broke down and you have a forty minute commute... there's a mule in your front yard." ugh.

HAHA that is true! i hope they just give hulk a new titles like an Astonishing Hulk because chances are a new tittle might launch as we get closer to the avengers movie (that is how Marvel works now right) I just hope they make an announcement quickly.

I say Jason Aron and Adam Kubert with a head start and a fill in artist would work.

[rwe1138]

"Shadowland," for example, was released without any immediate competition.

Chaos War would beg to differ.

[littlenomad]

Chaos War would beg to differ.

His whole answer to that excellent question/point was just...I don't know. Crap? Like he and the rest of his outfit REALLY DON'T GET that, especially in this economy, people can't buy every event title. And how is something an "event" when there are all these other "events" at the same time? And the question of continuity...I mean, Fear Itself is like a big worldwide thing, right? Yet here's Spider Island and X-Men Schism and Something Something Hulk, etc.

In other words, when EVERYTHING is an event, NOTHING is.