Wow! Lots of great stuff in this one! I will definitely check out Millie the Model. Marvel Unlimited brought me back to comics as an adult, plus I’ve been to a bunch of really cool events thanks to the Plus membership.
Anyway, here’s my question for this week! Tom I remember you saying that the Variants (which I am really enjoying, we’re getting lots of multiverse stories right now but this one hits on the things I like most about them) started from a story idea by you. Which of your story ideas are the most well known, and are there any you wish you could take back?
New Millie The Model! - great stuff Tom, didn’t think we’d ever see that. I shall be firing up Marvel Unlimited later. Now If we can just get those epic collections going ....
Thanks for the answers, I’m glad to hear Disney’s acquisition of Marvel comics has worked out so well for the company! The story of your mom is both humorous and heartwarming. I’ll say that Rings of Power has really hooked me with episode three. I was interested from the beginning, but now I’m really looking forward to new episodes dropping. Part of me wishes they were all here at once to binge, but at least it gives me another thing to look forward to.
However, that does lead me to something I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on - do you think the rise of bingeable tv shows has created a potent change in how people consume media?
For my part, I do feel like there is a new general feeling of impatience harbored by viewers and “fans” sometimes, especially when they are forced to wait for the outcome of a cliffhanger or seemingly major twist in a story instead of getting to experience it all at once.
In that vein, has the trend towards bingeable, or collected media, become a lifeline for older works? Especially in the realm of comics? I know that in the grand scope of things, the graphic novels/collections of ongoing series we have now are new to the industry, and part of me has to wonder if the ability to compress old books into one volume has streamlined the ability of “hidden gems” to pop up, as some books are more enjoyable when read all together rather than month by month. I’ll say that while I’m reading plenty of series that I think the month to month time gaps aids the tension of the story (King and Smallwood’s Human Target comes to mind), I have also read many others that I felt were better when collected in a trade.
Thanks again, this newsletter continues to be a blast!
Wow! Lots of great stuff in this one! I will definitely check out Millie the Model. Marvel Unlimited brought me back to comics as an adult, plus I’ve been to a bunch of really cool events thanks to the Plus membership.
Anyway, here’s my question for this week! Tom I remember you saying that the Variants (which I am really enjoying, we’re getting lots of multiverse stories right now but this one hits on the things I like most about them) started from a story idea by you. Which of your story ideas are the most well known, and are there any you wish you could take back?
Thanks as always!
New Millie The Model! - great stuff Tom, didn’t think we’d ever see that. I shall be firing up Marvel Unlimited later. Now If we can just get those epic collections going ....
Thank YOU, Tom! Keep up the very entertaining and informative newsletter!!!
Thanks for the answers, I’m glad to hear Disney’s acquisition of Marvel comics has worked out so well for the company! The story of your mom is both humorous and heartwarming. I’ll say that Rings of Power has really hooked me with episode three. I was interested from the beginning, but now I’m really looking forward to new episodes dropping. Part of me wishes they were all here at once to binge, but at least it gives me another thing to look forward to.
However, that does lead me to something I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on - do you think the rise of bingeable tv shows has created a potent change in how people consume media?
For my part, I do feel like there is a new general feeling of impatience harbored by viewers and “fans” sometimes, especially when they are forced to wait for the outcome of a cliffhanger or seemingly major twist in a story instead of getting to experience it all at once.
In that vein, has the trend towards bingeable, or collected media, become a lifeline for older works? Especially in the realm of comics? I know that in the grand scope of things, the graphic novels/collections of ongoing series we have now are new to the industry, and part of me has to wonder if the ability to compress old books into one volume has streamlined the ability of “hidden gems” to pop up, as some books are more enjoyable when read all together rather than month by month. I’ll say that while I’m reading plenty of series that I think the month to month time gaps aids the tension of the story (King and Smallwood’s Human Target comes to mind), I have also read many others that I felt were better when collected in a trade.
Thanks again, this newsletter continues to be a blast!