Okay, well, I’m going to start off with a couple links,
because I’ll probably lose anybody reading this right away, so hopefully you’ll
checkout these links first.
So I took part in a Holiday anthology. There's only a few stories, of which I wrote two, and it's free, and festive, and you should check it out.
Anonymous Nancy issue 2 is still available on comiXology here, the first issue is there as well. Badass assassin on a quest for revenge, and so on.
Also, check out the tumblr for Campaigners. It's a graphic novel I'll be kickstarting next summer. It's the future, there's a girl who doesn't want to vote. Oh, and Presidential candidates beat each other to death for the right to run. So there's that.
So go check those out now, before you read these other
things I have to say.
So I have some things to say about this Sony nonsense, and
once again, no matter how you feel about it, you probably won’t agree with me.
First off, I know that there was a ton of stuff that came
out regarding Sony and Marvel and Spider-Man, and a lot of it flatly
contradicted most of what I said in my last post about Spider-Man. So I guess I
should address that first.
Look, I’m not Nostradamus, and I’m not a Hollywood producer.
There’s literally no reason in the world that I should ever have any idea what
I’m talking about, really about anything, but especially about insider
information regarding the film industry.
That said, I think it would be prudent to take all of this
with a grain of salt. Let’s look at it realistically. Best-case scenario, Sony
and Marvel were in talks about sharing Spider-Man, were close to making a deal,
and talks fell apart at the last minute.
But this isn’t coming from information that someone in a
meeting between them leaked. This isn’t coming from anything remotely resembling
a reputable source. I know, you’re thinking “It came from Sony’s own internal
e-mails!” Well, yeah. Sony’s. Disney/Marvel has given ZERO response to these
rumors. Nothing from them.
So let me give you my worst-case scenario. ASM 2 didn’t perform
well, Sony freaked out. They said “Look, we need to do something here. Let’s
see if Marvel wants to share Spider-Man.” They called Disney/Marvel, offered
them a deal. D/M said “Yeah, sure, we’ll think about it.” Whilst making an
obscene motion with their hand and giggling behind their hands. And Sony said, “Look,
it’s okay, Marvel might let us put Spider-Man in their movies!”
Probably it’s somewhere between the two, but if people didn’t
really, really, REALLY want to see Spider-Man in the MCU, they wouldn’t be so
close to believing this.
And I will still argue that Spider-Man doesn’t belong there.
At least not Peter Parker. Maybe Miles Morales. Definitely Miles Morales. Maybe
the next time I have some free time I’ll explain why Peter Parker’s Spidey has
no place in the MCU, but Miles would be a perfect fit.
So I’m going to leave that there. Again, I could be totally
wrong here. Just my line of thought on the matter.
Continuing with Sony, I have some thoughts on the
cancellation of the Interview.
I want to mention two things first. One, I actually wanted
to see the Interview. I didn’t think it was going to be an amazing movie, but
it looked funny enough. Two, I am absolutely, unequivocally, without reservation
against censorship.
But, come on, guys. This is not the blow we’re making it out
to be, and more importantly, it’s not at all surprising, and really I don’t even
blame Sony.
Because when Sony got hacked, and all their internal emails
were leaked publicly, how did everyone react? We were metaphorically rolling
around on a bed covered in hacked emails, gleefully reveling in the gaffes and
faux pas, and whatever else we could dig up. There was zero support for Sony,
there was zero concern for Sony. No one stopped to say, “Hey, this is private
stuff. Maybe back off?”
So why the hell should Sony think that anyone was going to
have their backs in the face of a terrorist threat?
Plus, really, it’s a Seth Rogan/James Franco comedy. It’s not
some biting satire, it’s not a hard-hitting documentary. The trailer boasts a
scene where Rogan shoves something up his ass. Something that’s way too big to fit up a human’s ass!
So, yeah. The stakes on this weren’t exactly super-high.
And anyone bitching about the Pyongyang movie getting cancelled? “When they came for Sony’s
emails, I said nothing…” and so on.
That said, you can still buy the Pyongyang comic. And you can write a comic critical of North Korea
if you want. Or critical of anyone. That’s the beauty of comics. You can do
whatever you want. You can write a comic about Presidential candidates who
fight each other to the death, and then try to turn it into a coming-of-age
story somehow.
