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Thank you.

I think that's a big claim that requires big evidence. Zeb talked about the creative process in that podcast I linked earlier and what he said there doesn't align with that theory.

So do you think Zeb Wells' run on ASM is as editorially dictated as the series has always been, or that something changed halfway through Spencer's run around 2019, that has continued to the present...

Frontier, were you saying that you think this current run of ASM is more editorially dictated than the series typically has been in previous runs?

And as Kurt Busiek has mentioned a couple of times, the spinner racks themselves were a downgrade for comics' presence in the newsstand market:...

He's very enthusiastic in the podcast I linked.

And why would a casual and relaxed demeanor lead you to believe that a writer is just writing whatever the editor is telling them to? How does that...

I didn't forget the speculator bubble. The speculator bubble wasn't relevant to my cliff notes summary of why the the primary outlet for comics in North America shifted from the newsstand to the...

That's not what happened.

The direct market (comic book specialist shops) had been around since the 1970s. The direct market grew over the '70s and '80s while newsstand demand for comics shrank....

I've had no direct interactions with you in this thread, other than correcting your misreading/misunderstanding of my post just then.

Can you provide direct quotes that support your claim? What attitude are you referring to?

I can point to this podcast interview with Zeb Wells, where he talks about the creative process:...

Sorry, but you're arguing against things you think I've said, and not things I've actually said.

I'd extend it to #52, to complete the Kingpin storyline that starts in #50.

I said: "I've never found a Spider-Man comic to be so complex, nuanced and deeply layered that it demands multiple careful re-reads to fully grasp."

I did not say that Spider-Man comics should be...

That's a big claim. Do you have anything to back that claim up with?

That was primarily a business/publishing decision. I don't think a story decision getting vetoed would have impacted that publishing initiative.

I have never found a Spider-Man comic challenging. Entertaining, thrilling, amusing, moving, occasionally educational (picked up some new words as a kid), but never challenging. I've never found a...

BRB, buying "Scorsese Was Right" t-shirts for every day of the week.

No, my opinion on Spider-Man minutia isn't the point. The point is it's fucking ridiculous that people hate and obsess over a comic writer so much that they've dragged an ordinary fan into it, over...

The nastiest, cruelest, most vile thing I've said about a comic pro this week is that Amazing Spider-Man's civilian cast was at its most diminished during JMS's run. I think it's funny that on a...

Earlier in this thread I said that I do my best to choose my words carefully, so that they're not open to misinterpretation.

"I don't think Star Wars movies have mature conflicts or challenging...

I think Amazing Spider-Man is operating on about the same level it has for decades.

I don't think Star Wars movies have mature conflicts or challenging content, but that's by the by.


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Lots of light entertainment aimed at young audiences deal with The Issues. Star Wars is a children's adventure movie about fighting fascism. But it's hardly Schindler's List.

It's a comic where the moral of the story is literally spelled out in the final panel.

It's a story with something to say, and every word of it is on the surface level. No subtext, no ambiguities....

If I want to watch a deep movie, I don't put on a super-hero flick. If I want to read a deep comic, I don't pick up Spider-Man. Spider-Man has never been high brow.

That's not what fraud is.

There are art house movies and there are popcorn movies. It's the same with plays, novels, audio dramas and comics. Marvel super-hero comics are almost always designed to be "popcorn" comics, even...