Marvel EiC, Joe Quesada, called into Howard Stern's Sirius Satellite show today to explain the ramifications of the "One More Day" story in "Amazing Spider-Man". Yesterday, Howard and company discussed Peter and Mary Jane's "divorce". Generally they were against it. Today, Quesada called in to clarify Howard's misconception.
When Howard asked why make Spidey single, Quesada stated that "Spider-man works better as a single person" and that "20 years ago Marvel made a mistake".
Howard asked why not kill her off? Quesada stated that there are "too many deaths already" and that Marvel didn't want to go that direction.
Other interesting tidbits are that there was a wedding day but the wedding did not happen and that Peter and Mary Jane did break up. Quesada said that both subjects will be handled as "stories down the road".
When asked was Quesada getting a backlash from the fans? He answered "yes, we always do. If we got no backlash I would be worried. It is part and parcel of the business."
Quesada was on the air for about five minutes and seemed very passionate about the choices made for this story.
I haven't read the OMD story as I haven't read Spider-Man in quite a few years, but I know the backlash online has been pretty loud. It was nice to see an EiC call into a show like this.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Marvel EiC Joe Quesada on Howard Stern
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Wow, Joe is just so full of Garbage. He keeps telling people stuff that wasn't going to happen and now he's going to pay.
It's going to come back and smack them in the face. I don't know where they get these ideas sometimes. The Clone Saga almost completely destroyed Spiderman as a comic, because readers felt like 20 years of their reading just went down the drain. This is when you think about it, an even worse revision since 20+ years of reading now did not even happen at all.
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