Comments on: Is Marvel preparing for a ‘Siege of Asgard’?

By: keegan smith

keegan smith — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:20:03 +0000

I think Siege has good comic books but I would prefer Dr.Doom also blackcat anyway I you have awesome comic books and that I might tell comic king about this in Edmonton. bye see yah?!!?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:59:54 +0000

I find that this is a good set up to when they come up with a new age of superheros. Seige sounds good, but Im relly excited about Doomwar.

By: farleigh solomonberger

farleigh solomonberger — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:43:34 +0000

i agree that the only way to stop events is to reach these moron readers who buy this junk up every month. but with the market being the mess that it is what other choice do they have. its like microsoft windows domination of the pc industry.

By: Jawa

Jawa — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:28:03 +0000

I feel just the opposite. For me, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN gets better with every issue, and UNCANNY has really had a lot of fresh air pumped into it. I think Fraction could more than hold his own with THOR. It’s also worth noting the Secret Invasion Thor miniseries Fraction wrote, as well.

By: ldh

ldh — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:19:24 +0000

I’m not quite convinced that Fraction actually could produce work that rivals JMS’ run thus far on Thor. I liked Fraction’s one-shots, to be sure– their high fantasy action perfectly complimented the more methodical pacing of the ongoing series. But I don’t think Fraction can weave a tale like that of JMS…I’m not sure that if Fraction took over the title, he could deliver the consistently steady build of intrigue that JMS has drawn me in with in relation to the Thor ongoing. Fractions Iron Man book is steadily causing my interest to wane, and I’ve yet to be impressed by any of his Uncanny X-Men stuff. I hope JMS stays on Thor forever.

By: KEC

KEC — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:34:05 +0000

JMS is dead right about “Big Events”. Comics are character driven, with each character having a distinct idiom if they are done well, and “Big Events” invariably diminish the individual characters involved and reduce the opportunities to explore or further define the character-driven idiom. Crisis was a great way in the sixties and seventies to revisit the JSA for a couple of issues in the JLA. I loved those issues. Crisis on Infinite Earths was a lame way to kill off good characters that that generation of writers and editors had failed to make interesting.

The concept thrives commercially because some number of followers of each character involved feels compelled to buy (there may be important character plot points, or it may be obsessive collector disorder). But it erodes the character’s voice and idiom, even when it doesn’t do violence to the character’s own title. It becomes even worse with a Kingdom Come or an Earth X, where characters, heck, whole universes, that never have and never will be properly explored are trotted out to intrigue for a panel or three and then dropped like yesterday’s dishwater.

Big Events give shareholders predictable revenues and readers predictable gross lapses in quality. A particularly bad premise thoughtlessly executed intensifies the experience, becoming a tornado of artless excrement tearing through entire comics lines.

Thanks for speaking up, JMS.

By: Jawa

Jawa — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:57:45 +0000

Actually, I like the sound of an “event” focusing on Thor and the Asgardians. Hey, if JMS doesn’t want to be involved, that’s fine. Personally, as much as I’ve enjoyed his run on the series, I think Matt Fraction could easily replace JMS and in fact top his work on the series thus far. The one-shots by Fraction are proof, IMO.

By: J. Jonah

J. Jonah — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:27:58 +0000

I hate the “Big Event Crossovers”. But the strategy we have to use in stopping them is shaming and brow-beating the fat, retarded knuckle-draggers who buy every single issue of the “Summer Event”.

By: Akwasi

Akwasi — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:01:54 +0000

siege of asgard is probably just a smaller dark reign crossover, like magnum opus or the dark x-men crossovers. still, I’m interested.

By: Generalzod33

Generalzod33 — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:38:10 +0000

Flip maker: been on the internet lately? Even for opinion, posters are not what I’D think of as ” a reliable source”. But that’s just my opinion.

By: Flip Maker

Flip Maker — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:25:24 +0000

Generalzod23: How is it any different when CNN or any major news network solicits immediate response to a breaking news story from people on the street or focus groups they bring in to their studios? Totally legitimate news tactic — get the pulse of the public when word of something big comes down.

That said, I REALLY hope they change the name of the series. It just doesn’t jive like CIVIL WAR and SECRET INVASION.

By: JK Parkin

JK Parkin — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:49:45 +0000

Graeme McMillan.

By: Generalzod33

Generalzod33 — Sat, 02 May 2009 01:29:50 +0000

So posters’ comments on messageboards are considered serious enough to be quoted in a news piece? Who decided THAT?

By: Kirk Warren

Kirk Warren — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:58:55 +0000

I found the whole thing pretty interesting when I read it, too. It’s an interview that has nothing to do with Thor and is asking about the Red Circle stuff at DC and he goes out of his way to talk about Big Event Books and his hate of them and editorial interference and then talks about how he’ll have to look at his future with the Thor book with regard to this Siege of Asgard stuff. I, too, was thinking it was going to be Dark Avengers related, but the MIghty Avengers link makes a lot of sense.

If JMS does leave the book, I hope Marvel is smart enough to tap Matt Fraction and Patrick Zircher to continue it. Their work on the Ages of Thunder books was amazing. Would love to see them tackle Thor when JMS is finished up.