Quote: Originally posted by Angelique  | You would be right. But that's because a lot of the "editors" actully have limited writing/storytelling experience and no experience with copy editing
or art direction.
Or they honestly believe that comic books are not worthy of good, polished stories. I don't care to recall how many times I've heard, "They're just
comic books," used as an excuse for poor storytelling. I know comic book companies are capable of giving us better, and I want better.
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I don't get why people working within the medium would want to denigrate it. That's just nuts. It's a whole other thing for people on the outside to
do it, but from the inside? That's insanely stupid. 
Nevertheless, so what if they are comics? Make the medium the best it can be. Show the doubters that comics can tell stories that
are as good as, if not better than, what can be found in the best novels. Even if the only goal is sales, a comic with consistently solid stories
will still sell better than a comic with gaping plot holes. Where's the business logic in putting out a substandard product in a medium that needs
its customers to return to spend their cash on a monthly basis?
Anyhoo, this whole thing creates quite the conundrum. If Marvel allows too many books to be craptacular for too long, many readers may leave for
good. Even if they hear that the books are getting better, the likely won't trust such rumors if they find the same old names listed in the credits.
If they lose too many readers without managing to attract new ones, what becomes of the publishing division? They're shooting themselves in the foot
by allowing high-priced sub-standard comics to see print.
And where are those lost Marvel readers? They don't really seem to be flocking to other companies, given that Marvel still holds the majority of the
market share even while bleeding readers. Marvel's books aren't the only one seeing a general reduction in sales. They need to start worrying about
such things if the medium is going to survive in the coming decades.
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