Some Words

Did you love Spiderman as a kid? Scroll down this link for what I can honestly say is the last plot point I EVER thought anyone would ever use. Warning link mentions spider spooj, so will this post.

In a way, this article speaks to the dangers of comic books. It’s not just that the form has been a ghetto for writers over the years. There have been plenty of good story tellers who have, unfairly or not, gone largely unrecognized because they work with comics.

But many of these series continue long after the creator has moved on. The flagship characters often appear in multiple books per month, month after month. That has to create plot fatigue, even in a genre almost perfectly designed to only deliver tiny nuggets of narrative each month. You can only go back to the well so many times. It might be time to consider that the well has run dry, even if only for a short while, and begin printing reruns for kids who never had a chance to experience Spiderman from the beginning. There’s no shame in that. Let the character sit a bit. Let the old classic books bring in new fans. The themes of Spiderman aren’t going away, even if we live in a higher tech society. When you’re ready, when you have some great ideas that you just can’t wait to use, bring it back and make it new.

How do you know when that time comes?

WHEN SPIDERMAN’S SPERM KILLS MARY JANE!!!!

That is my new baseline definition of “I have nothing to say, but I’m saying it anyway.” It is the white noise of comic book narrative. I choose to believe that it has not happened. I do not want to think about Spiderman’s man goo, and someone at Marvel needs to get laid if they thought this was a good idea.