The Letters Page
As we've mentioned before, there's way too much mail for us to answer in the shows, so we'll be answering some of it right here on the blog. As always, thanks for sending in your questions, and please keep shooting them over to tips@pulpsecret.com, call them in to 888-841-7549, or post a video response on YouTube!
Ian Asks:
There are always lots of comics people like to read, and sometimes like to read some of their older comics. To me I like to read some of those strange and bizarre comics like the Elseworlds from DC and the What-Ifs from Marvel. If you had a favorite Elseworld/What-If comic or mini series would it be? Personally, for DC, I like Citizen Wayne, and Superman: Red Son; and for Marvel, What If Dr. Doom was the Thing?When I was younger, I LOVED What-If stories. They might have even been my favorite stories, along-side What The?!?, which I found TOTALLY hilarious. As I've gotten older, I've realized that What The?!? may not, in fact, have been totally hilarious, and I've also soured a little on the What-If stories. The problem, I think, is they often answer the question "What-If?" with, "And then everyone would die." There's very few times a What-If story pans out into something deeper than that. It's also, honestly, hard for me to remember any of the What-If stories with the same clarity I know every issue of Web of Spider-Man. To sort of deflect the question a bit, I would categorize Exiles as my favorite What-If ever. Judd Winick found a format for the alternate universe what if stories that also based them in character arcs, gave them a connection, and made them feel less disposable. The first 75 or so issues of the series are some of my favorite stories, ever. Even with a few mis-steps, it's a great, fun series. On the DC side, I think they had it right by giving their What-Ifs a little more time to breathe, making most Elseworlds either a series, or a longer graphic novel. The Nail is a classic, and pretty enjoyable. I also do like Red Son, and I'd probably get shot if I didn't mention Kingdom Come.
Alexis Wants to Know:
I need some help! I just got a Spider-Man subscription just before the end of the One More Day... Well, I'm upset with how it ended. So I'm wondering, will Brand New Day just be a short arc and everything goes back to normal (God I hope so), or is it the real thing? Should I just keep the subcription with Spider-Man or switch it to another? And any advice to which title to switch it to?Well, I have some possibly bad news for you, which is that Brand New Day is the new status quo, at least through April (we've talked to Dan Slott, and they have issues almost finished through then), so nothing is changing any time soon. I would say, for those of you thinking about dropping Spider-Man after One More Day, give Brand New Day a chance. I'm pretty excited about the new team, regardless of plot direction. There will certainly be a bitter taste left from the last arc, so try this: think about Amazing Spider-Man as a completely new title. See if you like it. If you don't, drop it. As for other Marvel titles to pick up, if you're not sold on my "try it, maybe you'll like it" method: Avengers: The Initiative, New X-Men (if it's still around in the next few months), and for your Spider-Fix, Ultimate Spider-Man.
Evan Queries:
I'm a massive fan of the show. Great work! I'm a also a massive fan of Grant Morrison. So you can imagine how psyched I was when he took over 2 Wildstorm titles in 2006: the Authority (vol. 4) and Wildcats (vol. 4). Unfortunately there was only one issue of Wildcats, and only two of the Authority. If that weren't annoying enough, there was a five month interval between issues of the Authority. And now Morrison's run on both titles seems to have disappeared altogether. What the heck happened? Will Morrison return to writing these titles? Is he such a rockstar that he can take a 2 year break from a Wildstorm title so that he can spend more time on his Eisner award winning All Star Superman? Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing but love for Morrison, but I can't believe how badly these big name titles got shafted. Who's responsible? And, does this sorta thing happen very often in the world of comics?I'll completely agree, this was, not to get all over the top, shocking. Grant Morrison is hard working, and sometimes a little late with his scripts. But he's also a writing machine, and turns out a ton of product all the time. To have him take over those two titles, and not deliver, is completely out of left field. In fact, the entire Wildstorm relaunch, which was supposed to be so huge, has completely derailed. Or at least, it would have, if it wasn't for Christos Gage, who, right now is, I think, single-handedly writing the entire Wildstorm Universe. My guess is that there's some background stuff (i.e., the Editor was forced out of the company) that means we'll never see the rest of Morrison's take on the title. As it stands, you have the three issues, and Gage's take is the ongoing one. Sorry.
Jorge Wonders:
If you can pick one game in your life to play all the time, what would it be?That's an easy one: Custer's Revenge. Actually, my top list is probably (in no order) Tetris, GoldenEye, God of War, and Super Mario Bros. 3. I'm a Nintendo nerd. And I know I should answer some sort of comic book based game, but honestly, they mostly suck.letters, page
