Hello all and welcome to the 12/16/14 edition of The Comic Shop!
As I mentioned last week the 2nd annual Shoppies are on their way before the year is out so keep an eye out for that.
First....The web (pun unintended) has been set abuzz with rumors and tidbits from the hacked Sony internal e-mails. Much of that news that has gotten fanboy ears to perk up for miles around has to do with discussions to create a shared universe in which Spidey could be an Avenger. While I think it would be a great get for Disney/Marvel I will remain cautiously optimistic.
There are a lot of concerns that would need to be addressed, and Sony would have to get their house in order immediately to have a successful partnership. There was also talk that Avi Arad would have to be dismissed before Disney/Marvel would even enter discussions with Marvel.
Other discussions concerned possibly letting Spidey's rights go back to Marvel, which would still put a superhero with 5 movies to his name back to square one, but I digress.
Probably the juiciest tidbit to come out of the email hack was that Andrew Garfield reportedly was supposed to have shown up to meet investors, but called one hour prior to the meeting to cancel. He was then essentially fired. I hope it comes out that this is not the case, because despite a lot of the faults of the ASM movies Garfield was a solid PP/Spidey in my opinion.
We will see what happens, but I would not count on seeing Spidey sling a web in "Captain America: Civil War" or any other Marvel movie any time soon.
Second.....I have a long tradition here at TCS of being dead wrong about things. I have to say that the mega-Spidey event "Spider-verse" is no exception to this rule. While I was dismissive of it at the outset I picked up the issues to keep my run from TASM #700 going. When I actually read the books I was blown away by a lot of what Dan Slott had brought to the page. This is an actual good event of significance, but most importantly IT IS FUN. Books like this are the reason why I love comics, and continue to read and collect as a 30+ year old man. Like I said the story has serious consequences; however, Slott does not take that fact too seriously in the storytelling. It is a self-aware story that stays away from the Christopher Nolan trap of having to constantly remind everyone how important the story they are reading/watching is.
One example of what I consider fun is when Miles Morales teams up with a young version of Peter Parker to travel through a portal to a universe that is.....The 1960's Spider-man cartoon. "I guess that's the Bugle right there" "How do you know?" "It's the only building that has any writing on it". I'm not one to LOL or overact to things in comics, but this had me in absolute stitches. Just the subtle humor to poke at how absurd the whole thing is. Point being that there are a lot of "events" in comics now, but so far this one has been the right amount of bang for this blogger's buck.
Third.... This may just be the Dad in me, but I saw a post in a comic collecting site where a guy paid $10-$15 to go to see the new Hobbit movie on the off chance that there was a "BvS" trailer. If you pay that much to watch something that will likely be free the next day you are a M-O-R-O-N. I feel like this is something that you shouldn't need to tell another adult, but in case you were wondering yes that is idiotic.
Fourth.... Don't forget in this holiday season that comics, trades, statues, figures, cards, etc. all make really great gifts. You win twice by buying these from your LCS because they are small businesses that will only survive as long as we support them. Let's make sure our local comics guys have a very happy holiday!
Fifth.... It appears that Barbara Gordon's move to Burnside was not without controversy. The transgendered community is outraged by the characterization of a new villain that happens to be transgendered. While Gail Simone was praised for the way she brought in a down to earth "normal" character who was revealed to be trans the new creative team was thrashed because they revealed a fake Batgirl to be a glittered, mascara masked, walking stereotype of a transgendered person. DC has issued a public apology even though segments of the community have stated their support. I really don't have an opinion on the subject.
In the end I think if we focused more on getting to know one another as people instead of determining which groups define us I think our world would be a much better place (this is my Miss America Speech BTW).
Wrapping up...... That's all I really have for today. I will probably get one more post in before the end of the month. Excelsior to you all and I will see you next time at The Comic Shop!
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