The online behavior of Comic Book Professionals

[Dog]

I'm not disagreeing with you, many reactions have been just too much. But that doesn't give the creators the right to mock these and acting like that.

Of course it does. You might as well say we can't snicker at the curious conduct of people on the Jersey Shore. It's a way to bond with the non-crazies by pointing out the deviant (in the literal sense of the term) behavior.

[ShaggyB]

When he went home, relived Peters moments with Mary Jane and Peter pleaded not to touch him?

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We see him thinking about mj in the past and then we seem him wake up from a restful sleep. He then gets in the shower and begins to clean himself. Peter then says the comment of not to touch him.

I think you are bringing your own interpretation to whats on the page. I can see how you got there, but its not how I read it.

[Lars C]

Of course it does. You might as well say we can't snicker at the curious conduct of people on the Jersey Shore. It's a way to bond with the non-crazies by pointing out the deviant (in the literal sense of the term) behavior.

Uh. No. It's an arrogant way to behave. Heck, I personally don't have that many problems with Superior Spider-Man, but I do think the comic artists should treat their readers with respect.

[Lars C]

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We see him thinking about mj in the past and then we seem him wake up from a restful sleep. He then gets in the shower and begins to clean himself. Peter then says the comment of not to touch him.

I think you are bringing your own interpretation to whats on the page. I can see how you got there, but its not how I read it.

Oh, whatever. It's the exact same thing as when Peter saw Otto's memories of the wedding night with May. There are plenty of blanks so Slott and anyone else can blame the interpretation on the reader, but there have been quite a few of those jokes now. Whatever you might think of them.

[Nick MB]

Oh, whatever. It's the exact same thing as when Peter saw Otto's memories of the wedding night with May. There are plenty of blanks so Slott and anyone else can blame the interpretation on the reader, but there have been quite a few of those jokes now. Whatever you might think of them.

Slott has said in a few places that this was going to be a weird/unsettling comic. After all, the premise is basically "into the mind of a psychopath". It seems exactly within that remit that we're going to see some disturbing things. I don't know if you've read his Arkham Asylum, but there was some messed up moments in there, beyond anything we've seen in Superior so far, and he's said a few times that he's drawing on the Arkham Asylum section of his brain for Superior.

Obviously, if that really isn't your thing, fair enough. Certainly, it's a different style to the traditional ASM one, but I do think Slott has pulled off the change in tone successfully.

[Jim Thompson]

Uh. No. It's an arrogant way to behave. Heck, I personally don't have that many problems with Superior Spider-Man, but I do think the comic artists should treat their readers with respect.

I think when compared to day-to-day life, it's a very difficult argument to make to suggest the creators of Superior Spider-Man are being "disrespectful".

[Lars C]

I think when compared to day-to-day life, it's a very difficult argument to make to suggest the creators of Superior Spider-Man are being "disrespectful".

How so? Where else would you find the people behind a product mocking and laughing at fans or costumers? I think it's even more valid in another context than the comic business, really.

[Jim Thompson]

How so? Where else would you find the people behind a product mocking and laughing at fans or costumers?

On any given day, pick a fast food restaurant.

[Lars C]

Slott has said in a few places that this was going to be a weird/unsettling comic. After all, the premise is basically "into the mind of a psychopath". It seems exactly within that remit that we're going to see some disturbing things. I don't know if you've read his Arkham Asylum, but there was some messed up moments in there, beyond anything we've seen in Superior so far, and he's said a few times that he's drawing on the Arkham Asylum section of his brain for Superior.

Obviously, if that really isn't your thing, fair enough. Certainly, it's a different style to the traditional ASM one, but I do think Slott has pulled off the change in tone successfully.

I have nothing against weird or unsettling. I'm reading American Gods right now, and I'm a huge fan of Dexter. Just to name a few examples. Grant Morrison can be pretty weird too. But there's quirky and weird in a good way, and there are the banging the hype drum. I want to see "better" stuff than implied masturbation in that case. The idea of a quirky and dark Spider-Man could be a good one (though we see it already in Scarlet Spider, don't we?), but the execution has been uneven so far. And it's be great if they just tried to show some appreciation for their readers...

[Lars C]

On any given day, pick a fast food restaurant.

I don't eat fast food that often, but when I do, the staff are rather polite...

[Jim Thompson]

I have nothing against weird or unsettling. I'm reading American Gods right now, and I'm a huge fan of Dexter. Just to name a few examples. Grant Morrison can be pretty weird too. But there's quirky and weird in a good way, and there are the banging the hype drum. I want to see "better" stuff than implied masturbation in that case. The idea of a quirky and dark Spider-Man could be a good one (though we see it already in Scarlet Spider, don't we?), but the execution has been uneven so far. And it's be great if they just tried to show some appreciation for their readers...

This speaks more to them presenting something that isn't to your tastes more than them being "disrespectful" to anyone.

[Jim Thompson]

I don't eat fast food that often, but when I do, the staff are rather polite...

Sweden must be different than the US or UK, then.

[Lars C]

This speaks more to them presenting something that isn't to your tastes more than them being "disrespectful" to anyone.

The AR video did that? I thought it showed three people laughing at and mocking their fans.

[Lars C]

Sweden must be different than the US or UK, then.

They are just young and stressed kids. And the pizza people are always very nice.

[Jim Thompson]

The AR video did that? I thought it showed three people laughing at and mocking their fans.

Well, the AR video is something one sort of has to go out and seek, isn't it? If I was just interested in the comics, there isn't anything there that could be construed as being disrespectful to the fans, is there? Just material which may or may not be something an individual reader would enjoy.