You know, I never thought I’d see the day a Marvel comics event would be covered on an MTV news bit.<\/p>\n
In the wee hours of this morning I was reading, doing a bit of catching up for class. The TV was on but muted. I look up for half a second and I see Joe Quesada<\/a> talking about the shock ending of Civil War #2<\/a> which was out last Wednesday. Then I read that Yahoo news<\/a> also covered the event<\/a>(MAJOR spoilers in those links. Just thought I’d tell you in case you magically managed to avoid them so far).<\/p>\n Even Howard Stern<\/a> is in on the action.<\/p>\n Holy damn. The funny books sure have come a long way since I began reading the suckers. Back then you’d be lucky to find 2 people in 100 who’d know who Zabu<\/a> was, much less the X-Men’s magically induced enemy, the Juggernaut<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now all the pages of Marvel, DC, and some choice independents are scrutinized on the boob tube. To tell the truth, the industry could use the buzz. Maybe the PTBs will be wise and use this momentum to re-build the business.<\/p>\n Or maybe we’ll get more fucked-up fanboy flotsam like Northstar and Thor** vs Spiderman and Namor <\/a>“serving up breakfast***” in a sunny suburban town.<\/p>\n