EspanolBot to DC and Marvel: You're Both as Bad As Each Other

[espanolbot]

Well, Marvel are doing it again, offering to give a varient covers of one of their comics in exchange for retailers destroying issues of DC's comics.

In this case, they're offering to send out copies of Fear Itself 6 in exchange for 50 covers ripped off of issues of Flashpoint 1.
http://www.themarysue.com/marvel-flashpoint-covers/

There's being petty, and there's being Petty, Marvel.

For legality, Traci 13


And in better news, I've been collecting Legend of Korra concept art and screenshots over on my blog, go and have a look if you're interested. :)
http://espanolbot.blogspot.com/2011/07/legend-of-korra-concept-art-and.html

Comments

[arbre_rieur]

It's weird how Marvel's always knocking DC. Usually, when there are two competing businesses, isn't it the less popular one that always comments on the more popular one? Think Coke and Pepsi. It's Pepsi that always talks about beating Coke in taste tests or whatever. Coca-Cola never mentions Pepsi in their ads. But in comics, despite Marvel being number one for decades now, they're the ones always throwing jabs DC's way, while DC never compares itself to Marvel.

[18lemons]

Yeah, I noticed quite a bit of it happening on the liveblogs of Comic Con this year, Marvel saying things about the new 52 and comparing it to the new Ultimate lineup. Something like "You only need 4 books to follow this universe, not 52." and there was something else but there was a comment of "Let's see Dan Didio do that."

The way DC brushed off many fans this year, and the way Marvel treats the competition really is making me rethink my desire of working in the industry.

[kenwyn89]

We ain't got no respect. No respect I tells ya.

[18lemons]

I can relate to that. I went to Anime Expo in LA last year, which is kind of a big deal since I live in England, but I also used dates around it to make it a holiday in LA. I really enjoyed the convention, it had great atmosphere, everybody was very friendly, I attended a few panels which all looked really good but I felt disappointed too, since I didn't get any information out of it, a couple of clips and what not, but nothing I saw was real, it's not something I'll ever be able to buy in a shop over here.

And yeah, I understand that it's equally as easy to have a laugh with friends at home without travelling a distance or paying for tickets, but it is nice to go to conventions for the like mindedness of other fans. Where I live, nobody reads comics, at all. I had a flatmate who was really into the DCAU and other superhero animation and movies, but he didn't read comics unless I lent them to him. I have a friend who really wants to go to Comic-Con next year but even she's more of a cult film fan than a comic fan.

[arbre_rieur]

I don't really mind the con stuff because most panels have a tongue-in-cheek, jokey atmosphere to them where you aren't supposed to take anything too seriously. A panelist gets asked a question, whether by a reader or another panelist, and their answer's as likely to be a joke as a serious one ("What DC character that you haven't worked on would you be most interested in writing?" "Raggedy Anne." Cue audience guffaw.)

It's why I don't really have any interest in going to cons. The aim seems to be to have a good time more than it is to inform. Don't get me wrong, I understand why they do it. Most of the audiences clearly has a blast, judging by the laughter. Heck, I laugh, too. But when I leave, I feel disappointed because if I wanted to have a good time cracking joke, I could have just hung out with a few friends. I didn't travel miles and pay for a ticket just so I could do what I can do for free back home.

But that's why I don't really mind the aforementioned kind of comments at con panels. It's when they take it outside that tongue-in-cheek atmosphere that it's annoying, like here with this exchange program.

[18lemons]

That was unusual, I posted a reply to your comment, but your comment was deleted by the time I replied. So, please look up.

[arbre_rieur]

I deleted it to rewrite it with a small change, is all...

[geoffsebesta]

Any sort of logical thought will make you rethink your desire to work in this industry, I advise that you avoid it at all costs.