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Welcome back!
I promised Id let you in on what Marvel has done to piss
me off now, so let us get right to it.
Oh, look. Cable.
Again
How could Marvel possibly make this situation any worse?
Well, let us recap what has already transpired.
About a year ago, Marvel hired a writer for Cable. Some
guy named Robert Weinberg with actual writing history, and
several awards to his name. He built a new fan base for Cable,
and actually turned him into a likable character. When the threat
of cancellation loomed over the book like the shadow of night,
those fans wrote in, having enjoyed Bobs run and wanting it to
continue further. Marvel saved the book.
Two months later, Marvel removed Bob as the writer.
That brings us up to the current time.
So, how does this get worse?
First off, the writer Marvel had chosen, decided to leave the
comic before he even started any work on it. Bob was granted
a one-issue extension on Cable. So far, so good.
Bobs first six-issue storyline in Cable, "The Undying," has
just been nominated for the Bram Stoker award. Comics simply
dont get nominated for things like this very often. This is
excellent publicity for the book, and shows the strength of the
writer on the book.
For a few months now, Cable has actually exceeded its
print run, and totally sold out, some issues actually being difficult
to find.
So, does Marvel decide to let Weinberg remain on the title?
Nope.
Insert about five minutes of screaming and cursing Liefelds
name here.
The fans put fingers to keyboards once more, blasting off
letters to Marvel, requesting that Bob be kept on the book, for
the second time in about a month, and again, we get shot down.
We were told a new writer has already been chosen, and Bob
doesnt know who that writer is, so odds are great that it isnt
him.
Or, Marvel has yet to inform Bob of this, which is highly
unlikely.
So, we have a book by a highly-acclaimed writer, with a
large following, nominated for awards, and selling out, which
Marvel chooses to not allow to continue as is.
Does this make sense to anyone?
Hello?
Next thing they will tell us is that the new writer is Scott
Lobdell.
I look back on my rant, and see that Ive used a lot of short
sentences and paragraphs. My frustration is palpable this month.
Looks like Im going to cut this short, before I call for
Marvel executives' heads on silver platters to be laid at my feet.
Until next month, when I will hopefully have something
OTHER than Cable to rant about, take care of yourselves, and
question reality.
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