And the thing is during Slott's run, it only actually ran twice a month during the Big Time and Superior eras. Once Peter came back in 2014, the book would switch between once a month and twice a month, either alternating every month or just when they felt like it.
I do think ASM benefits from being twice monthly, since it gives the story pacing some more time to do more with the resources it has within a smaller amount of time. Plus when you do get a story that's kind of a dud (like current arc for example), you only have to wait 2 and a half months for it to conclude rather than 5 whole months.
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Having rotating artists is fine when you have a team of rotating artists like the last double-shipping era (Superior) and not the Spencer run where a completely new artist joins the book every other arc.
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It's preferable, but not ideal. It's weird that so many Marvel/DC comics take this approach, but often hire artists with wildly different art styles. Hard for a book to build an identity that way.
I'm not sure there's any perceivable difference in quality between Slott wrote the book twice a month and when he had a slower schedule. He is also a slower than average writer.
It's worth comparing comics to other industries. The lead writers on a TV show will often be expected to write much more, and be restricted in their ability to take on other projects.
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It's also been a really long time since Amazing Spider-Man was a typical monthly for an extended amount of time.
During the Clone Saga, crossovers were more typical than not, so you couldn't just follow Amazing Spider-Man.
During the Mackie relaunch, we had the same guy writing two titles.
During the JMS run, Marvel increased production to 18 issues a month because there was more money that way.
A twice-monthly schedule makes more sense than any of those approaches.
It's better to have a title that can be followed independently, to have the same writer on one book rather than two, and to have a consistent schedule.
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Thomas Mets
I think the artists used during the current run have been selected for their respective arcs due to their individual strengths. I remember Spencer said Ramos was the go-to artist for Hunted as he is fast and Spencer wanted it to mirror the big arcs Ramos did with Slott. If the writer is big enough, they often suggest the artists they want for each story and the editor goes about getting them.
The current production schedule of modern comics means its incredibly difficult for most artists to do a monthly for a significant amount of time. Purely because there is greater attention to detail and the need to be "realistic". Which artists still working regularly can do a book month-to-month? JR jr can. Bagley was knocking Ultimate Spider-man out twice a month for about 2 years straight at one point.
If a book needs a rotating team of artists to ensure it comes out monthly, so be it. But I do agree that the artists should have a style that compliments the other. That way it helps give it a certain "look".
How was Taylor’s FNSM? I’ve got the first two issues, but haven’t read them yet. I figured I’d ask people who probably have read it their opinion on it first.
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Kinda odd that you are requesting an opinion on books you've already purchased? So if the opinions are all negative, are you just going to sit on those?
BTW, you actually passed up a thread that talks about that run to find and bump this thread. It actually has FNSM and Taylor in the title of the thread.
A new reader with the first two issues might want to know what people think of the other 12.
Here are two threads on the larger run.
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...aylor+friendly
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...ghlight=taylor
Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
My preferred monthly schedule would be:
1st week: ASM
2nd week: Venom
3rd week: ASM
4th week: Spider-Man Mini-Series (a.k.a. Symbiote Spider-Man)
That is a solid monthly schedule of Spidey lore. Plus, there’s the other character books (which I don’t read) to get more Spidey universe stories so there’s no need for satellite titles.
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