From: janmschroeder@aol.com   
      
   In article <8dhcc21470p9fkcd8no09dhiv2jcn7pnec@4ax.com>, shawn says...   
   >   
   >On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:48:14 -0700, Anim8rFSK    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>In article ,   
   >> Paul Harper  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:12:08 -0700, Anim8rFSK    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> >In article ,   
   >>> > Paul Harper  wrote:   
   >>> >   
   >>> >> In short, he didn't like corrections and criticism.   
   >>> >   
   >>> >And yet, no one is more in need of it.   
   >>>   
   >>>  Well, even I wouldn't go quite *that far! :-)   
   >>   
   >>I would.  His Spider-Man work is abhorrent, and it looks like they're   
   >>already thinking about retconning it out.  I saw the editor in chief of   
   >>Marvel introduced yesterday, and the interviewer actually ASKED if they   
   >>were gonna undo JMS's 'work' and the guy flinched and refused to say   
   >>they weren't gonna retcon it out.  Ended up with a non committal answer   
   >>like "well, this will affect Spider-Man for some time to come .. "   
   >>   
   >>They're already looking for an escape route.   
   >   
   >If they had an issue with the plot then why not speak up before it   
   >gets into print? they have the final say so and can only blame   
   >themselves if a writer goes in a direction they don't like and yet   
   >they let it happen.   
   >   
      
   Having personally seen Joe Quesada asked about how long-lasting the Spidey   
   unmasking would actually last (three times in the last month), the most he   
   could   
   be pinned down to is a year.  It's the exact same answer he's given on   
   Newsarama.  And the exact same answer he gave at Heroes Con in Charlotte.  And   
   none of the times I've seen him asked has he winced or made any other face.   
      
   He was asked substantially the same question about other stories going on in   
   the   
   Marvel universe and the answers remained were all pretty much the same--that   
   they won't be committed to *not* retconning anything but that they'll allow   
   time   
   for the writers to play with the new situations.   
      
   So I don't think it has anything to do with JMS's work or anybody else's.   
      
   Jan   
      
      
      
      
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