WORST Comics Storyline

[Eyes of Nine]

That storyline is partially responsible for my country having a geeky industry. The news coverage allowed comicbook fans to be aware of each other. Thanks to this, they began to make conventions and eventually led to them opening comicbook shops (and now we have our "little Akihabara" which is a touristic spot in its own right), and it spurred the creation of a lot of local indie comics that even got to be on and off in the newstands for as late as 2012 -when New 52 crowded them out- . In that environment comic artists that later made the jump to maimstream American comics like Humberto Ramos had their beginnings.

IIRC @MoonSong that you live in Mexico. Is the Little Akihabara you talk of in Ciudad Mexico? Or another city?

 

[MoonSong]

IIRC @MoonSong that you live in Mexico. Is the Little Akihabara you talk of in Ciudad Mexico? Or another city?

It is how some people call the Frikiplaza near the Bellas Artes Museum and The Latinoamericana Tower. Though in fairness it is also neighboring buildings Pikashop, Plaza Athenas and Enercell Plaza. Four towers full of Geeky stuff: videogames, collectibles, trading cards, Japanese food, and even cosplayers. It is a common destination for visitors to Ciudad de México. I've also seen foreigners make videos on site. It is not the only site in the City nor the country, but it is one of the biggest.

 

[the Jester]

I hope that you mean the film and not the original comic

Wait, there's a film??

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Cap Hydra was a fascinating idea that required a much better writing team to execute it -- and Marvel obviously got cold feet halfway through, so the whole thing ended up a mess.

I could see it working as a non-Marvel-branded novel or movie, for instance.

That said, doing Cap Hydra now would have some interesting resonance, although that might make Marvel even more scared of committing to it.

But the winner is all the garbage they've been doing to Spider-Man since the early 1990s. Once Marvel got the whiff of the money to be made with stupid events and gimmicks, Spidey in particular has never stopped having them. The Clone Saga was terrible, but so is Iron Spider and millionaire Peter Parker and One More Day and weird inter-dimensional villains hunting Spider-People for nebulous magical nonsense and everyone in NYC turning into spider-people, etc.

At some point, Marvel is going to realize that the audience for the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man has been replaced by the "what fresh hell can we put Peter through today" audience and not know how to fix the brand.

More generally, smashing the status quo for the sake of a stunt rarely works. Everyone should stop doing it, if they want their brand to retain its value. (This especially includes "what is Superman ... BUT EVIL?!" We've seen it. Enough already, edgelords.)

 

[Ryujin]

Wait, there's a film??

JR Ralls, from Portland, Oregon, won a small lottery prize and decided to make a movie. He managed to wangle the rights for "Dark Dungeons" from Jack Chick for free. The movie was made in conjunction with Zombie Orpheus Entertainment ("The Gamers" series of movies, "JourneyQuest", etc.), so Poe's Law is heavily involved here.

Dark Dungeons (film) - Wikipedia

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When he's feeling down the director of the film, Gabe Gonda, likes to reread the 1 star reviews of the film. It's available for viewing on the Zombie Orpheus Youtube channel, split into 4 parts. It should in no way be confused with the totally, absolutely, and completely unrelated (though coincidentally shot in parallel) movie "Attacking the Darkness", which is also available on the same Youtube channel. Coincidentally. Totally.