So, I thought this was an interesting article, of sorts.
But that said, does anyone else think that Marvel has gone more than a little event-happy the past couple of years? I mean, House of M was cool (in theory) but we're just piling the events on now, aren't we?
We've just finished Civil War. During Civil War, we had Annihilation. We're just about to have World War Hulk. This fall, we get X-Men: Endangered Species.
I bet I'm forgetting at least one major universe-wide event.
Connectivity and epic events are all fine and good, in their place, but I'd really like some regular-running on each comic series for a while. I mean, we got 20-ish really good issues of Captain America before Civil War, we had the interesting Iron Man storyline leading up to Civil War, Astonishing X-Men is unrelated and has carried a fascinating storyline. Planet Hulk was a brilliant concept (a bit poor in the execution, though) but it was by itself.
To my mind, having event after event after event is like having Infinite Crisis being a permenant series that replaces all other monthly comics. I guess if you enjoyed the Crisis on Infinite Earths stuff, this is great, but I really didn't.
But that said, does anyone else think that Marvel has gone more than a little event-happy the past couple of years? I mean, House of M was cool (in theory) but we're just piling the events on now, aren't we?
We've just finished Civil War. During Civil War, we had Annihilation. We're just about to have World War Hulk. This fall, we get X-Men: Endangered Species.
I bet I'm forgetting at least one major universe-wide event.
Connectivity and epic events are all fine and good, in their place, but I'd really like some regular-running on each comic series for a while. I mean, we got 20-ish really good issues of Captain America before Civil War, we had the interesting Iron Man storyline leading up to Civil War, Astonishing X-Men is unrelated and has carried a fascinating storyline. Planet Hulk was a brilliant concept (a bit poor in the execution, though) but it was by itself.
To my mind, having event after event after event is like having Infinite Crisis being a permenant series that replaces all other monthly comics. I guess if you enjoyed the Crisis on Infinite Earths stuff, this is great, but I really didn't.