Comments on: Make hay while the Skrull shines UPDATE http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Scott Koblish http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1114491 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:50:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1114491 I think it's abundantly clear that the comic book "press" will be unable to find out the identity of Marvel B0y, unless it's uncovered in a press release... I think it’s abundantly clear that the comic book “press” will be unable to find out the identity of Marvel B0y, unless it’s uncovered in a press release…

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1114222 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:59:42 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1114222 I blame the Kree. I blame the Kree.

]]> by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113872 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:49:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113872 Skrulls are everywhere! Skrulls are everywhere!

]]> by: Alex http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113862 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:44:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113862 Why was that triple posted... weird... Why was that triple posted… weird…

]]> by: Alex http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113855 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:43:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113855 I can understand someone's anger at working at a company he doesn't mesh with (which of us hasn't?), but if this isn't viral marketing (easier to delete a comment than a journal) then it seems counterproductive to what this person is trying to do. I can understand someone’s anger at working at a company he doesn’t mesh with (which of us hasn’t?), but if this isn’t viral marketing (easier to delete a comment than a journal) then it seems counterproductive to what this person is trying to do.

]]> by: Alex http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113856 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:43:03 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113856 I can understand someone's anger at working at a company he doesn't mesh with (which of us hasn't?), but if this isn't viral marketing (easier to delete a comment than a journal) then it seems counterproductive to what this person is trying to do. I can understand someone’s anger at working at a company he doesn’t mesh with (which of us hasn’t?), but if this isn’t viral marketing (easier to delete a comment than a journal) then it seems counterproductive to what this person is trying to do.

]]> by: Alex http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113853 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:42:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113853 I can understand someone's anger at working at a company he doesn't mesh with (which of us hasn't?), but if this isn't viral marketing (easier to delete a comment than a journal) then it seems counterproductive to what this person is trying to do. I can understand someone’s anger at working at a company he doesn’t mesh with (which of us hasn’t?), but if this isn’t viral marketing (easier to delete a comment than a journal) then it seems counterproductive to what this person is trying to do.

]]> by: Michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113763 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:01:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113763 Alex, I'm going to have to ask for your sources on that. I have it on strictest confidence that Marvel_b0y is, in fact, a weewee. Alex, I’m going to have to ask for your sources on that. I have it on strictest confidence that Marvel_b0y is, in fact, a weewee.

]]> by: Alex http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113402 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:28:20 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113402 Marvel_b0y is a poop. You heard it here first! Marvel_b0y is a poop.
You heard it here first!

]]> by: badMike http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113056 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:30:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1113056 Heidi, you may want to go into your WordPress Options area and un-check the box that automatically displays emoticons. That's why the 8 and the parentheses turned into a sunglass guy. I don't think I've seen emoticons on this site before, so you may not want them, otherwise you need a space to break them up. Heidi, you may want to go into your WordPress Options area and un-check the box that automatically displays emoticons. That’s why the 8 and the parentheses turned into a sunglass guy. I don’t think I’ve seen emoticons on this site before, so you may not want them, otherwise you need a space to break them up.

]]> by: Adam http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111893 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:32:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111893 This is all so retarded. Or is this the mental age Marvel places its readers at? This is all so retarded.

Or is this the mental age Marvel places its readers at?

]]> by: Joe S. Walker http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111701 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:35:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111701 Fake blog? A waste of time, a cheap little way to stir a tired and jaded audience into some spurious excitement over nothing. Probably a faithful advert for the series. Fake blog? A waste of time, a cheap little way to stir a tired and jaded audience into some spurious excitement over nothing. Probably a faithful advert for the series.

]]> by: Jeff http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111632 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:18:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111632 I just gotta give it up for the post title. Truly beautiful. I just gotta give it up for the post title. Truly beautiful.

]]> by: Bill Cunningham http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111629 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:18:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111629 Annoying...childish - take your pick. It's a bit stupid (okay, it's a whole lotta stupid) to do this kind of thing when these comics aren't going to be read by "kids" who think these sorts of shenanigans are fun. In fact does Marvel even publish for the kid market anymore? Annoying…childish - take your pick.

It’s a bit stupid (okay, it’s a whole lotta stupid) to do this kind of thing when these comics aren’t going to be read by “kids” who think these sorts of shenanigans are fun.

In fact does Marvel even publish for the kid market anymore?

]]> by: Rich http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111405 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:29:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111405 I'm gonna buy the series, but I agree that the marketing is pretty annoying. This bit with the masks should have been restricted to an e-mail around the office, not a press release picked up on by major comic blogs. I’m gonna buy the series, but I agree that the marketing is pretty annoying. This bit with the masks should have been restricted to an e-mail around the office, not a press release picked up on by major comic blogs.

]]> by: Tucker Stone http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111352 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:18:41 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111352 For every one person that decides to buy Secret Invasion based on these idiotic paper-masked Marvel employees, the tiny storage of hipster cache that comics might have gets exponentially smaller. As pathetic as a fake blog might be as viral advertising, Marvelb0y looks like Proust in comparison to this stupidity. For every one person that decides to buy Secret Invasion based on these idiotic paper-masked Marvel employees, the tiny storage of hipster cache that comics might have gets exponentially smaller. As pathetic as a fake blog might be as viral advertising, Marvelb0y looks like Proust in comparison to this stupidity.

]]> by: Brian Jacoby from Secret Headquarters Tallahassee, Florida http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111147 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:57:03 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111147 I love that Marvel's press release was reformatted by whatever text program to turn the "(of 8 )" into "(of " followed by the little sunglasses smiley! I love that Marvel’s press release was reformatted by whatever text program to turn the “(of 8 )” into “(of ” followed by the little sunglasses smiley!

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111087 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:23:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/03/25/make-hay-while-the-skrull-shines/#comment-1111087 Can't find the link, but I remember years ago, during the San Diego Comiccon wake for Mark Gruenwald, Mike Carlin played a funny video of Marvel staffers doing similar things with a newscaster's advertising. And April 2nd? A bit too close for April's Fool. Can’t find the link, but I remember years ago, during the San Diego Comiccon wake for Mark Gruenwald, Mike Carlin played a funny video of Marvel staffers doing similar things with a newscaster’s advertising.

And April 2nd? A bit too close for April’s Fool.

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