Comments on: Social Media The Marvel Comics Way! http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/social-media-the-marvel-way/2009/01/27/ Kevin Church writes things. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:16:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robbie P http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/social-media-the-marvel-way/2009/01/27/comment-page-1/#comment-4922 Robbie P Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:02:57 +0000 http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/?p=5258#comment-4922 It'd be easy to bash DC's latest weekly comics "experiment" - but at least they're trying something different. Even though DC has had varying degrees of success with weekly comics ( including ACTION COMICS weekly from a few years back ) - they've always attached "name" talent to the books. Marvel on the other hand, when they try their hands at anthologies - pack it for the most part with back-up material sent in by people for submissions. This week's latest attempt - ASTONISHING TALES - which will be LONG GONE by this time next year. That all being said, what should be said - is that Marvel had the person pull the post almost immediately after realizing what was posted. Obviously they feel some measure of professionalism should be in place amongst competitors. It’d be easy to bash DC’s latest weekly comics “experiment” – but at least they’re trying something different. Even though DC has had varying degrees of success with weekly comics ( including ACTION COMICS weekly from a few years back ) – they’ve always attached “name” talent to the books. Marvel on the other hand, when they try their hands at anthologies – pack it for the most part with back-up material sent in by people for submissions. This week’s latest attempt – ASTONISHING TALES – which will be LONG GONE by this time next year.

That all being said, what should be said – is that Marvel had the person pull the post almost immediately after realizing what was posted. Obviously they feel some measure of professionalism should be in place amongst competitors.

]]> By: Kevin Church http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/social-media-the-marvel-way/2009/01/27/comment-page-1/#comment-4914 Kevin Church Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:23:37 +0000 http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/?p=5258#comment-4914 <BLOCKQUOTE><EM>Seek therapy, Buddhism, a sense of humor and some perspective immediately.</EM></BLOCKQUOTE> Christian, please <a HREF="http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?p=5258" rel="nofollow">refer to this comment</A> and the sidebar, where I specifically mention that <em>I think and talk about marketing</em> before taking your own advice before posting hyperbolic 200+ word comments on a blog entry when you yourself could be doing the home-building and job-creating you seem to think that I should be responsible for. <BLOCKQUOTE><EM>Read Nikki Finke sometime- the studios are constantly slagging each others product.</EM></BLOCKQUOTE> Through their PR mechanisms? Directly to their audience? No. And yes, I read Finke.

Seek therapy, Buddhism, a sense of humor and some perspective immediately.

Christian, please refer to this comment and the sidebar, where I specifically mention that I think and talk about marketing before taking your own advice before posting hyperbolic 200+ word comments on a blog entry when you yourself could be doing the home-building and job-creating you seem to think that I should be responsible for.

Read Nikki Finke sometime- the studios are constantly slagging each others product.

Through their PR mechanisms? Directly to their audience? No. And yes, I read Finke.

]]> By: valmurph http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/social-media-the-marvel-way/2009/01/27/comment-page-1/#comment-4908 valmurph Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:15:45 +0000 http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/?p=5258#comment-4908 This is such an over-reaction, the Marvel tweet was pretty inoffensive. Your point about the Hollywood studios is also completely wrong. Read Nikki Finke sometime- the studios are constantly slagging each others product. Its a natural consequence of a healthy competitive field. Lets not be precious. This is such an over-reaction, the Marvel tweet was pretty inoffensive.

Your point about the Hollywood studios is also completely wrong. Read Nikki Finke sometime- the studios are constantly slagging each others product. Its a natural consequence of a healthy competitive field. Lets not be precious.

]]> By: Christian http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/social-media-the-marvel-way/2009/01/27/comment-page-1/#comment-4907 Christian Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:15:32 +0000 http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/?p=5258#comment-4907 Holy sh!t the bulk of these comments are pathetic. Why not try worrying about something that actually matters? This was nothing. At the very possible worst it was a matter of some guy saying something semi-stupid. Not that Trinity was garbage...it is garbage. It looks ugly and it reads badly. Being better than Countdown is the quite possibly the saddest compliment I've ever heard. No, the semi-stupid part was saying it in a public forum. But it's still just not a big deal. You're talking about people who publish superhero comics (an inherently juvenile medium) as their livelihood and then act shocked that one of these guys who live in a juvenile environment made a joke focused on one of their competitor's books. A joke that wasn't even foul or vicious by kindergarten standards. ZOMFG! Call in Delta Force! And then you extrapolate from that that Marvel is some shitty company that doesn't take anything or anyone as seriously as they should. The fact that your lives are so free of real problems that you can afford to get worked up over this non-issue is stunning. Please, don't worry about devoting some time to the increasing ranks of the homeless and jobless because there are REAL problems to worry about in the superhero comics world! Seek therapy, Buddhism, a sense of humor and some perspective immediately. Holy sh!t the bulk of these comments are pathetic. Why not try worrying about something that actually matters? This was nothing. At the very possible worst it was a matter of some guy saying something semi-stupid. Not that Trinity was garbage…it is garbage. It looks ugly and it reads badly. Being better than Countdown is the quite possibly the saddest compliment I’ve ever heard. No, the semi-stupid part was saying it in a public forum. But it’s still just not a big deal.

You’re talking about people who publish superhero comics (an inherently juvenile medium) as their livelihood and then act shocked that one of these guys who live in a juvenile environment made a joke focused on one of their competitor’s books. A joke that wasn’t even foul or vicious by kindergarten standards. ZOMFG! Call in Delta Force!

And then you extrapolate from that that Marvel is some shitty company that doesn’t take anything or anyone as seriously as they should.

The fact that your lives are so free of real problems that you can afford to get worked up over this non-issue is stunning. Please, don’t worry about devoting some time to the increasing ranks of the homeless and jobless because there are REAL problems to worry about in the superhero comics world!

Seek therapy, Buddhism, a sense of humor and some perspective immediately.

]]> By: Mike C http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/social-media-the-marvel-way/2009/01/27/comment-page-1/#comment-4904 Mike C Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:39:09 +0000 http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/?p=5258#comment-4904 Way to make Lying In The Gutters with this item! Way to make Lying In The Gutters with this item!

]]> By: Jonathan Hughes http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/social-media-the-marvel-way/2009/01/27/comment-page-1/#comment-4728 Jonathan Hughes Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:58:24 +0000 http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/?p=5258#comment-4728 I agree that it was unprofessional, IT was also undignified. but reading the text it was also deleted. I don't know how long it was up there and it shouldn't have ever been up there but from the reading of the text, it was taken down once someone noticed. Also it was keeping in the spirit of Marvel Twitters but for once directed at DC. I signed up and was reading there twitters and there is a lot of cross mocking (in a lighthearted manner) between the Marvel creators. This message seems to be sent in the same way but from an idiot who, to me, seems Naive and has probably had a good talking to about his behavior. It was stupid and it was a mistake but they deleted it. And now thanks to you and I assume a few others it will be commented upon and talked about for awhile. I have been following your blog for about 7 months and I enjoy it. keep up the good work Jonathan I agree that it was unprofessional, IT was also undignified. but reading the text it was also deleted. I don’t know how long it was up there and it shouldn’t have ever been up there but from the reading of the text, it was taken down once someone noticed. Also it was keeping in the spirit of Marvel Twitters but for once directed at DC. I signed up and was reading there twitters and there is a lot of cross mocking (in a lighthearted manner) between the Marvel creators. This message seems to be sent in the same way but from an idiot who, to me, seems Naive and has probably had a good talking to about his behavior.

It was stupid and it was a mistake but they deleted it. And now thanks to you and I assume a few others it will be commented upon and talked about for awhile.

I have been following your blog for about 7 months and I enjoy it. keep up the good work

Jonathan

]]> By: Rob S. http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/social-media-the-marvel-way/2009/01/27/comment-page-1/#comment-4702 Rob S. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:17:36 +0000 http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/?p=5258#comment-4702 I couldn't agree more, Kevin. It was juvenile. I couldn’t agree more, Kevin. It was juvenile.

]]> By: Ken Lowery http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/social-media-the-marvel-way/2009/01/27/comment-page-1/#comment-4694 Ken Lowery Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:41:42 +0000 http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/?p=5258#comment-4694 Oh, the scathing wit and searing insight of the Newsarama reader. Oh, the scathing wit and searing insight of the Newsarama reader.

]]> By: Joe http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/social-media-the-marvel-way/2009/01/27/comment-page-1/#comment-4693 Joe Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:23:33 +0000 http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/?p=5258#comment-4693 I just gotta ask... So what? I just gotta ask… So what?

]]> By: Ian http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/social-media-the-marvel-way/2009/01/27/comment-page-1/#comment-4692 Ian Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:07:29 +0000 http://www.beaucoupkevin.com/blog/?p=5258#comment-4692 Oh no not a joke! ANYTHING BUT A JOKE!! Oh no not a joke! ANYTHING BUT A JOKE!!

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