I know not everyone on the RPPR forums reads comic books, so if you don't read comics, ignore this thread.
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Marvel-Retailers-DC-100113.htmlHere is my letter in response. I know that it probably won't make a difference and that's fine, but it made me feel better and that is all that matters to me.
James Nausedas
Marvel Entertainment, LLC
417 Fifth Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10016
To whom it may concern:
I know that I’m not a retailer and therefore, this letter will probably be ignored, but I felt like I really had to say something about the Siege #3 Deadpool variant situation. Now, normally, I try to be as eloquent as possible in response to things that upset me, but this news caught me on a bad day and honestly, sometimes a well-timed swear word (or fifteen) can simply say more than any amount of eloquence and propriety. In short:
GO. FUCK. YOURSELVES.
I had hoped to myself that those three words would be enough. Suffice to say, I have opened Pandora’s Box and I can’t stop there. So, here I go:
You fucking pompous assholes, how fucking dare you pose such a stupid, fucking publicity stunt as this? What the fuck sparked this to be considered a “good idea?” Over the past few years, I have slowly drifted away from Marvel Comics because of the lack of fucking respect you have for your fucking characters, but now, I can see that not only do you have no respect for the characters in your company, but you also have to resort to sleazy promotions like this in order to drum up some excitement.
So, DC beat you out of Diamond’s Top 10 list one month, and THIS is how you respond? THIS?! I guess it’s a solid plan though because now people will really want to buy your fucking shitty comics and the pressure to have a good story is off now. You don’t have to have a good storyline to get people to read Siege because now you’ll have press heat. You don’t have to lie anymore by saying that Bendis had been planning this for years when everyone knows that Bendis is pulling it out of his ass like he always fucking does.
I know this is a stupid way for me to react. I really do. I hate fans that rant and flame on the internet, but I also hate fucking dirty politics more. This dirty, bipartisan bullshit hurts the comic industry and you know as well as I do that the eleventh hour is border-fucking-line here kids. Comics don’t sell the way they used to and by pulling bullshit like this, you’ll have major media tearing nerds apart. “Look how stupid they all are” they will say, “we were right all along to stuff them into lockers and make fun of their little picture books. Look how juvenile and retarded they all look.”
Don’t you understand that our favorite art form is dying? Don’t you see that this is just fuel to further divide fans and create more idiotic fodder for the Internet? Why does Marvel have to be such a hype machine instead of a creative house of ideas that makes good comics? Maybe it’s because Joey Q’s brain is as muddy and shitty as his artwork (oh no he didn’t! – oh yes, I fucking did).
I suppose I’ll wrap this letter up seeing as how I didn’t want to get into rambling and it seems that is exactly what I have done. You shouldn’t mind though – I mean, you work at Marvel comics so you should be used to reading verbal diarrhea on a daily basis. At least this letter was more coherent than one of Bendis’s plots and I didn’t have to rely on a deus ex machina to swoop in and clean things up in the end.
- Dr. William Cody Walker D.D.S. B.B.Q. W.T.F.
p.s. It is here where I would reemphasize some specific people who should go and fuck themselves. Unfortunately, I am quite sleepy and I don’t have time to list all of the people that should perform that impossible feat, so I will conclude with a general statement that everyone involved with this (and I suppose Bendis as well because I just have a feeling that he is involved in some form or another) should go and fuck his or her own self.
FUCK Y’ALL BITCHES!!!
