tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post4271601159815349454..comments2024-03-10T22:13:11.974-04:00Comments on Marvel Comics of the 1980s: 1986 - The New UniverseJason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-48016631145428660372015-08-27T00:09:31.776-04:002015-08-27T00:09:31.776-04:00I wouldn't say he was a jerk as much as lackin...I wouldn't say he was a jerk as much as lacking tact and grace. Slagging your staff as incompetent hacks is bad form and that, more than anything else, is the real reason he ceased being a power player in spite of his strengths. <br /><br />Being successful in business isn't just about making money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-31333480236335785432015-08-26T16:32:59.179-04:002015-08-26T16:32:59.179-04:00It's nigh impossible to see a paragraph refere... It's nigh impossible to see a paragraph referencing Shooter that does not also contain the word "jerk". I confess to having a slew of New Universe titles around here somewhere but the impression– if any– they made on me way back then is the faintest imaginable.Bob Bescohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394982269678548516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-85280830353485093562014-06-13T04:52:39.464-04:002014-06-13T04:52:39.464-04:00He's INCREDIBLY bitter - the reason why is bec...He's INCREDIBLY bitter - the reason why is because he got screwed badly by his partners at Valiant - they (according to his accounts on his blog) forged his signature and practically stole the company from under his nose. It's amazing that people whine about Jack Kirby getting shafted (when Jack actually SIGNED agreements conceding that he had no rights to his artwork) when bigger, more blatant crimes take place.<br /><br />The reason he started Valiant in the first place is because he was blackballed by the industry; nobody would hire him. Marvel wouldn't take him back, and a lot of the people he fired at Marvel were at DC - he was screwed. Then Valiant becomes a success and he gets robbed. The best part? Valiant crashes a few years after because they fired all the 'creative' guys like Shooter who could come up with good concepts! When Valiant was under Shooter, there were parties willing to fork over 250 million to buy the company. After he left, Valiant was sold to Acclaim Entertainment for 65 million. Shows the acumen of the people working there.<br /><br />The best part is this: People (like that idiot John Byrne) love to rag on Shooter for being a jerk but get this: Shooter was fired for standing upto his bosses at Cadence (who owned Marvel - and looked at Marvel as a cash cow as they had run up huge losses in other investments and wanted to churn out sub-standard comics while paying Marvel staff less so as to pay off their debts! ) as they wanted to cut pay and benefits for Marvel staff and Shooter would have none of it - amazing how Byrne will dump on Shooter but say nothing about the REAL villains of the piece, eh?<br /><br />thetruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10502712470422423075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-87904677459201445722013-05-28T12:49:21.122-04:002013-05-28T12:49:21.122-04:00If you found something of particular value from th...If you found something of particular value from the New Universe, Anonymous, that is certainly valid, yet very subjective. I felt they dropped the ball with that whole concept. It should have been set in a Sci-fi universe, or a fantasy universe, where they all share a world ala Tolkien. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612274608531090928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-91376691276083600232012-12-23T12:03:59.179-05:002012-12-23T12:03:59.179-05:00I prefer the New Universe. It was a lot of fun, no...I prefer the New Universe. It was a lot of fun, not boring or pointless as you claim. Possibly too mature for fans of X-Men.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-1737323469316484852011-10-23T15:11:34.317-04:002011-10-23T15:11:34.317-04:00DP7 wasn't a bad book, I kinda enjoyed it.DP7 wasn't a bad book, I kinda enjoyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-50970441226187947762011-07-08T15:58:17.859-04:002011-07-08T15:58:17.859-04:00How was he being a jerk about things? He was telli...How was he being a jerk about things? He was telling the truth, and of course the whole idea wasn't going to work; as was already pointed out, a lack of budget support and general unfamiliarity and a reluctance to embrace anything new or original that wasn't attached to the "big two" was doomed to fail. But if no one tries to do anything new or original, then the market and product both suffer from becoming dangerously stale and trite. <br /><br />How about keeping those things in mind before blasting a person's attempt to try new things.Mr. Morbid's House Of Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721085161381688977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-2093353065107985732010-09-25T04:54:18.520-04:002010-09-25T04:54:18.520-04:00I never got into New Universe. i also think the 12...I never got into New Universe. i also think the 12 issue Crisis on Infinite Earths was one of the biggest let downs in comic book history. aside from George Perez it really had nothing going for it as far as i was concerned. a way too convoluted story line. to me Crisis always came of at being DC's pathetic attempt and trying to do what Marvel did with Secret Wars.Shlomo Ben Hungstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-2988379860506939702009-05-25T21:20:51.422-04:002009-05-25T21:20:51.422-04:00There is definitely a lot of bitterness in his com...There is definitely a lot of bitterness in his commentary. I wonder how he feels about it now and if time has healed any of those wounds.Jason Shayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-16688583091689027242009-05-25T21:19:00.207-04:002009-05-25T21:19:00.207-04:00Is it just me, or does Shooter come across as a hu...Is it just me, or does Shooter come across as a huge jerk in everything he says? (In addition to the above, numerous examples can be found in his comments in various articles in Back Issue magazine.)<br /><br />Even IF his account of things is true, there's really no need to be such a jerk about it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01150205574237641249noreply@blogger.com