Comments on: Quotable: Tom Brevoort http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:50:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Billy Taylor http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-703684 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:28:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-703684 My favorite old comics are the romance comics published by Atlas, very campy and where artists like Vince Colletta, Jay Scott Pike, etc. cut their teeth. I would love to acquire some of those oldies but goodies. My favorite old comics are the romance comics published by Atlas, very campy and where artists like Vince Colletta, Jay Scott Pike, etc. cut their teeth. I would love to acquire some of those oldies but goodies.

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-552681 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:18:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-552681 You know Tom - I was watching that special FF # 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer disc you can only buy through Best Buy this morning - you know the one that pieces together that lost Jack Kirby/Stan Lee FF issue?? You sir - make a lousy looking Galactus. ....just had to get that off my chest. Ok, carry on. ~ Coat You know Tom - I was watching that special FF # 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer disc you can only buy through Best Buy this morning - you know the one that pieces together that lost Jack Kirby/Stan Lee FF issue??

You sir - make a lousy looking Galactus.

….just had to get that off my chest.

Ok, carry on.

~

Coat

]]> by: Stacy Rae http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-529643 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:38:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-529643 Marvel Comics has this awful history of the young execs disrespecting the generations before them. Granted, not every issue is classic, but slamming books such as WEREWOLF BY NIGHT and, by extension, other second-stringers such as A MAN CALLED NOVA, MS. MARVEL, SPIDER-WOMAN (and even some of the better second-stringers like MOON KNIGHT and IRON FIST), etc., when they're presently ACTIVELY REVIVING many of these characters is the height of hypocrisy. Add to that the fact that if you took all the books that Tom B. has edited, you'd be hard-pressed to find enough material to collect in a third of one of those ESSENTIALS collections. At least Marvel was experimenting back then. WEREWOLF BY NIGHT was an original (if derivative from the movies) concept for Marvel's books. Even on a B-level book like WBN, a writer like Doug Moench is more fun to read than nearly anyone working in comics today. When Tom B. and his colleagues stop re-hashing the same Silver and Bronze Age stories that the guys before them came up with over and over again (see anything Ultimate, Spider-Man: Blue, Daredevil: Yellow, the recent death of Captain America, etc.) and create some GOOD original books, then his quote will actually mean something. But that day doesn't seem to be in sight at the moment. Marvel Comics has this awful history of the young execs disrespecting the generations before them. Granted, not every issue is classic, but slamming books such as WEREWOLF BY NIGHT and, by extension, other second-stringers such as A MAN CALLED NOVA, MS. MARVEL, SPIDER-WOMAN (and even some of the better second-stringers like MOON KNIGHT and IRON FIST), etc., when they’re presently ACTIVELY REVIVING many of these characters is the height of hypocrisy.

Add to that the fact that if you took all the books that Tom B. has edited, you’d be hard-pressed to find enough material to collect in a third of one of those ESSENTIALS collections.

At least Marvel was experimenting back then. WEREWOLF BY NIGHT was an original (if derivative from the movies) concept for Marvel’s books. Even on a B-level book like WBN, a writer like Doug Moench is more fun to read than nearly anyone working in comics today.

When Tom B. and his colleagues stop re-hashing the same Silver and Bronze Age stories that the guys before them came up with over and over again (see anything Ultimate, Spider-Man: Blue, Daredevil: Yellow, the recent death of Captain America, etc.) and create some GOOD original books, then his quote will actually mean something. But that day doesn’t seem to be in sight at the moment.

]]> by: mark coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-527506 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:07:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-527506 I'd rather have reprints of wacky 70s and 80s books than some of the stuff being published today. FIRST ISSUE SPECIAL SHOWCASE featuring Lady Cop, The Green Team and the Outsiders! I’d rather have reprints of wacky 70s and 80s books than some of the stuff being published today.

FIRST ISSUE SPECIAL SHOWCASE featuring Lady Cop, The Green Team and the Outsiders!

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-526763 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:15:33 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-526763 Where is my essential volume of MASTER OF KUNG FU for cripessakes?? ~ Coat Where is my essential volume of MASTER OF KUNG FU for cripessakes??

~

Coat

]]> by: Sphinx Magoo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-526614 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:57:06 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-526614 One of the bestest things about DC's Showcase series is how it put stuff like Ramona Fradon's Aquaman and Metamorpho into a nice cheap format that shows what a wonderful job she did on those stories. My Showcase Aquaman and Metamorpho books are a couple of my favorites. I look forward to Showcase versions of their Golden Age library 'cause those Archive editions is way too expensive for my budget! One of the bestest things about DC’s Showcase series is how it put stuff like Ramona Fradon’s Aquaman and Metamorpho into a nice cheap format that shows what a wonderful job she did on those stories. My Showcase Aquaman and Metamorpho books are a couple of my favorites.

I look forward to Showcase versions of their Golden Age library ’cause those Archive editions is way too expensive for my budget!

]]> by: MBunge http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-526539 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:29:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-526539 A lot of the stuff Marvel is publishing right now isn't "all that objectively good", yet that's not stopping them from rushing it into trade. Frankly, most of the ESSENTIAL or SHOWCASE volumes deserve reprinting for nostalgia, historic value or just plan fun, far more than most of Marvel or DC's current product deserves to be collected. When Brevoort starts kvetching about stuff like Marvel producing a hardcover collection of "The Other", then I'll start taking him seriously. Mike A lot of the stuff Marvel is publishing right now isn’t “all that objectively good”, yet that’s not stopping them from rushing it into trade. Frankly, most of the ESSENTIAL or SHOWCASE volumes deserve reprinting for nostalgia, historic value or just plan fun, far more than most of Marvel or DC’s current product deserves to be collected. When Brevoort starts kvetching about stuff like Marvel producing a hardcover collection of “The Other”, then I’ll start taking him seriously.

Mike

]]> by: Rodney Wall http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-525891 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:23:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-525891 I think Marvel should also have an "Inessential" line of books. I mean I didn't need the Son Of Satan collection to better understand the Marvel universe. I just really wanted it. I think Marvel should also have an “Inessential” line of books.

I mean I didn’t need the Son Of Satan collection to better understand the Marvel universe.

I just really wanted it.

]]> by: Sphinx Magoo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-525779 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:38:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-525779 I'm still waiting for the Essential Man-Wolf and Tigra volumes! I’m still waiting for the Essential Man-Wolf and Tigra volumes!

]]> by: Brian Jacoby from Secret Headquarters Tallahassee, Florida http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-525697 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:09:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/11/12/quotable-tom-brevoort/#comment-525697 I own a comics and games store in a small-to-medium sized market, and I've sold 3 Essential Werewolf by Night TPBs in the past 4 weeks. That's off the rack, with no hand-selling! Ignore the Werewolf at your own peril! I own a comics and games store in a small-to-medium sized market, and I’ve sold 3 Essential Werewolf by Night TPBs in the past 4 weeks. That’s off the rack, with no hand-selling!

Ignore the Werewolf at your own peril!

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