I mean, drastic changes are already happening but it's never going to come from Marvel and DC. This is why it's good that Image, IDW, Boom, and to some extent Dark Horse have been making small but increasing gains in collected editions because ultimately that's where the future of the medium is at the moment along…

I'm not sure there's a lack of desire but I'm not sure how practical a monthly schedule is something that's practical anymore, especially when the demand for quality is increasing more and more. Publishers are seeing dwindling sales on their monthly comics but collected editions have seen an incremental rise over the…

The juvenile aspect of that was completely intentional based on the fact that Cassandra thinks she's above everyone she interacts with and Amaterasu is a 19 year old girl who is very much trying to find an identity (any identity) and only engages in surface level details. Which is one of the stronger themes of Wicked…

I really liked the first issue of Captain Marvel. Her status quo seems like what DeConnick was shooting for in the last volume but Marvel wasn't really set up to support any of that and Kris Anka's stylized approach works for the character a lot in a way that the art didn't work in the first volume of DeConnick's run…

Marvel and DC's business practices in terms of their actual comics are just beyond infuriating for me.

I never really thought that highly of Wein strictly as a writer and always thought more highly of him as an editor.

The thing I find most fascinating about the Moore/Morrison feud is how willing Morrison is to talk about, discuss, and dig into it, whereas Moore will acknowledge it when it comes up but otherwise can't be bothered with getting anything about it straight, including his own role in it. And this isn't to say Morrison…

Even 2-3 months is bothersome (and isn't that hardcover collections first, Marvel's really inconsistent with releases based on format). Both publishers are consistently shooting themselves in the foot with regards to reach a larger audience (and that's before we get into content). And it's based on such simple stuff…

Both DeMatteis and Conway were always more naturalistic and empathetic in their writing. Even at their peak they were pretty malleable writers, who would work more to the voices of their characters to work rather than fit to their style. I mean, go back and read DeMatteis in those JLI comics and still holds up. …

When I say there's no context for, I don't mean that very specific park upas weren't explained, I mean we as viewers have no context for anything of what he's saying. There's no understanding for how Finn exists in the First Order or why him betraying/rebeling means anything (other than the audience recognizes he's a…

Surely you're not talking about Garindan.

But there's literally no context for any of that.

I'm sorry are implying an American school wouldn't be overcrowded and poorly funded?

Ha, resent might be strong word but it's like you said that his focus on pop culture is alien to you. And I'm just speaking from my own experience growing up and reading comics, but a lot of people I've known for awhile would not equate comics and pop music as equally nerdy pursuits, whereas Gillen is a huge geek…

I've found this to be true of a lot of long time comic fans, at least American ones anyway. I think a lot of it has to do with pop culture (and more specifically pop music) has always seemingly been at odds with the prevailing outsider appeal of comics culture. Everyone I've introduced to WicDiv who aren't…

I follow her on twitter and that very much seems to be the direction she enjoys. I tried to get through the first issue of Years of Future Past and dropped it but a lot of that had absolutely nothing to do with her (nothing about the premises of the X-Men SW spin-offs were things I had any interest reading). I've…

I've just been flipping through the issues when I've come across them after enjoying how the last arc ended, but have they explained who the father of Jess' baby is (or any other normal superhero shenanigans)? Or is it an "8 month hiatus" kind of thing?

Bendis also ignore continuity that's happening at the very moment his stories are taking place too.

Eh, he's still also Crusher Creel and his a well known asshat. He definitely seems like someone who would rail against women and then when someone called him on it, he would point to his relationship with Titania (not to mention he's actually killed a women in a domestic violence situation).

I kind of liked Angela initially as a cosmic entity but as soon she was tied to Odin and the Norse part of the Marvel Universe, I just all interest. It just makes things feel a little too insular for me when it was a clear chance to actually expand the universe. Also, I'm not entirely sure what to make of Bennett as…