Posted in: Comics | Tagged: jonathan hickman, nick spencer, secret empire, Secret Wars, super-mega-crossover events
Who Will Defend Event Comics? Writer Of Marvel's Secret Empire, Nick Spencer, Will
Event comics have taken a little bit of a beating this weekend. For one thing, they were frequently presented in rebuttals as an alternative reason for Marvel's October sales slump to Marvel SVP Sales and Marketing David Gabriel's comments about people not wanting any more diversity. There was also Gabriel's revelation of Marvel's plans to use events to reinvigorate the sales of events which are themselves supposed to reinvigorate the sales of the rest of the line, which many people mistook for an April Fools prank. But maybe super-mega-crossover events aren't all bad.
Isn't there anyone who will champion the cause of event comics?
https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/848347589908889600
https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/848347976661479424
Thank you, Nick Spencer. You aren't the hero comics deserves, but you're the one we need right now.
Spencer also had something to say about event sales:
https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/848437042908241921
https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/848437566822993920
And on variants:
https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/848438142075944960
https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/848438596335845376
https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/848439259090436096
And on the cleverness of retailers:
https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/848439844124581889
https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/848440400687779840
https://twitter.com/nickspencer/status/848441412056096768
Would anyone else like to weigh in?
https://twitter.com/JHickman/status/848421298921459712
And also: