tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599691851045140907.post7639424447192874293..comments2023-10-03T06:16:09.885-04:00Comments on Damiens Omens: Op/Ed: Event After Event, Event After Event, We Stuck No Breath or Motiondl316bhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779958088602323101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599691851045140907.post-31705475902265893122010-09-28T13:05:45.123-04:002010-09-28T13:05:45.123-04:00There's an interesting point to be made about ...There's an interesting point to be made about which company gets it right.<br /><br />With Marvel, what you describe is actually why I think they don't understand how to really do them. Most Marvel events, especially this past decade, are what Matches of Iceberg Lounge would call "purpose stories"; they're concerned with getting from point A to the interesting status quo at point B without much regard for the road to get there. Telling a good story is incidental. I think that's a large part of why most Marvel events are quickly forgotten once the status quo they ushered is gone (with the exception of Civil War for some damn reason). What I'm trying to say is that Marvel events pretty much lead to very interesting status quo's, but don't hold up on their own.<br /><br />DC seems primarily concerned with telling a story. Whether they succeed or not is up to each person to decide, but there's much more "meat" to their events on the whole, especially this past decade. Marvel events tend to boil down to nothing more than a big fight; DC seems to want to present a genuine story that won't be forgotten a couple years down the road. Of course, there isn't as much in the way of status quo altering events, for the most part.<br /><br />I think what I'm most worried about is the over-relience on them. When the August sales numbers came in, people were panicking. Not one title breached a hundred thousand oh my god the sky is falling. Of course... there wasn't an event there to prop the whole shebang up from either company. But I guess doom and gloom trumps sense. This is what I'm afraid of; the market is going to become too reliant on events for keeping themselves aloft. You could argue it's already that way.dl316bhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14779958088602323101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599691851045140907.post-1634415003177941592010-09-28T12:15:52.390-04:002010-09-28T12:15:52.390-04:00The thing that strikes me most about the different...The thing that strikes me most about the different use of events between DC and Marvel is that at Marvel, lately they've been really used to shake up the status quo.<br /><br />I've been reading comics for a long time, and this big annual event is nothing new. It was huge during the 80's and 90's. It wasn't quite as big during the early 2000's. But it's back in a big way now. But I can remember Legends and Armageddon at DC, and the Infinity Gems stuff at Marvel.<br /><br />I think events are here to stay for a while. But at least for Marvel, they really seem to usher in the next stage of story telling. Whereas at DC, its just a bump in the road, and it doesn't really effect the main titles.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05656135222959801100noreply@blogger.com