Marriages in comics

I don’t get why comic book publishers can’t get a hold of the concept of marriage? Marriages are not easy and that is OK, I don’t think anyone is expecting something that it is not, what gets to me is all the bad writing related to marriage that seems so prevalent in the comic medium.


What could be more challenging than a difficult marriage? but a marriage plus superpowers…. That got to be hard. At the same time I can just imaging how rewarding a marriage like this could be for the couple. If you have to guess why I am talking about this you probably don’t know that I am a Spider-Man fan but as many of my friends know I am mad about what Marvel Comics did to the Marriage of Peter Parker. Everyone that knows me knows that what I like is the character and the type of man Peter Parker is (yes I know he is only fictional) what I don’t get is why the writers have such a hard time writing an interesting marriages?

As much as I was not a fan of JMS run (just the magic part, I promise) he made the marriage interesting. There are other people out there that get the idea, a good example of a person that has made marriages interesting in comics is Geoff John. All that you need to do is just look at his run in the Flash, it was interesting! There were twist, and you would feel bad for both Wally and Linda. When things did not work out, you felt it. At every turn I wanted them to get back together again but when they split I understood Linda! and it made sense!! it was the right choice for the character to leave Wally when she did, they had their challenges and they overcame their problems and that is how a marriage is written!


I always heard how wrong Lois and Superman marriage is for the character… I just don’t see it that way; it is not surprise that Geoff John is the current writer of the book and a pivotal reason why the book is entertaining. Not just for the Superhero action and making Superman interesting but the way Lois cares and tries to be there for her husband!


I don’t know if I am being too harsh with Marvel, I get what they are trying to do but the fact of the matter is that MJ is part of the Spider-Man Mythos and having Peter and MJ not being together is just does not make sense…

Why I don’t Like Comcast

I know I bet I am part of the great majority out there but here is what happened today no less. So I am going to do some work for school (yeah I know waiting until the last minute) and I got myself ready to start searching when my internet is down, well no problem I waited 30 minutes before I got worried, so I called Comcast:

Me: Yeah I have a problem; my internet is not working…

Comcast: Ahhhh yeah I can look into that, do you know if anyone else is having this problem?

Me: I don’t know I am sure someone out there could be.

Comcast: Ehhh, no I mean in your apartment complex

Me: Don’t know, I can ask the guy next door, he kind of creeps me out but I think I saw him a few minutes ago

Comcast: Well I could send a trouble ticket but it is not going to do you any good if someone else does not report the same problem in your complex, otherwise you would need to wait 24-48hrs for a technician.

Me: Ok… I can of need my internet, I have a paper to turn in thru email [my memory stick got lost a few weeks back]

Comcast: sorry but that is the best we can do.

After talking to the Creepo-Next door, and calling Comcast again…

Me: Yeah I have a problem with my internet, my next door Creep… I mean neighbor is having the same problem, can you help?

Comcast: I am sorry, but he would need to report the problem himself in order for us to be able to go and check on it…

After talking to the Creepo-Next door, making sure he calls Comcast and calling Comcast yet again…

Me: Yeah I called earlier about my internet, I know some people from my apartment complex have called about the same problem is there a timeframe when you guys will have the problem solved?

Comcast: Yeah our technicians are looking into this matter as we speak, we hope to have someone in there in about 24-48hrs…

It is not because they have the problem with the service, it is understandable but why have me do all these stuff if they could not even come to check on the problem? AHHHHHHHHHHHH I hate Comcast that was 3hrs lost of my time! The worst part is that they are the only service that I can get in here… I guess you get what you pay.

Why I don’t Like super heroines books

What I like comic books and I don’t like girls with super powers?

Nope that is not what I am saying, you see what bothers me is the way most of them are portrayed. We all know and love Wonder Woman, and no matter how wonderful some of her stories are what actually gets to me is the inconsistency in particular the way she is drawn in other books other than her own.

It appears that for everything right the editors at DC or is it the creative team try to do for the character there comes someone in the other end of the company and have to fulfill their fan dreams and draw the character like this:

Mind you I don’t care that she is drawn sexy or anything but c’mon a girl would never be fighting crime wearing something like that, it would just not be comfortable and don’t get me started with Power Girl…. Really I don’t mind that they are dressed sexy at all is just that I just don’s see a girl walking around like that. A friend recommended Spider-Girl because he says they get girls, not sure about it but I just got the first trade today, I’ll Let you know what I think.

Battlestar Galactica

I know I know I am such a geek I also watch this show when I get the chance. Here is the thing I did not know you could download the show directly from Sci-Fi. I used to just watch the seasons on DVD but now I am caught up with the show thanks to the Internet (very nerd of me don’t you think?)

Anyway I am at a lost don’t know were the show is going, I think a benefit of watching the show on DVD in one sitting is that you are able to see a lot more of the little details and just put an earlier episode if something catches your eyes (like trying to figure out how the colonies were going to get out of New Caprica) anyway I have a feeling that only a fraction of the people and human Cylons are going to make it to Earth. What I think is going to be the kicker is that they are probably going to arrive to an earlier point of Earth’s History (wouldn’t that be funny?)

Brand New Day

Well the people that know me know that I was not too keen about MJ and Peter splitting up, I know they are just fictional characters but just thinking about it makes me sick and here is why:

They should be together you don’t just get married and forget about all the good times in blink of an eye like it did not happen, the idea that in Peter’s mind he was just living with MJ all these years and are now split up just does not go well with me. Why would a man so family centered just be shaking up with a girl of his dreams for many years and not propose to her? (In the current Spider-Man story line Peter Parker made a deal with the Devil to save his Aunt from dying, but the catch was that he forgot his marriage and his then public identity was forgotten by everyone in his world) it just does not sit well with me.

As far as Brand New Day the current storyline in the main Spider-Man books, they are not bad but it does feel like a lot of the things in BND have been done before, as much as I was not a fan of parts of JMS run, I felt that the character made more sense (although I still don’t like the totem storyline or Sins past) but JMS made the dynamics between Peter and MJ the best for a married couple in comic books, or at least the best ones for Spider-Man it is a shame that all of that is now gone (well at least as gone as ones gets in comics) for BND they brought back to life Harry Osborn but it feels like the character is just off, I feel bad that Harry is not the character the he grew up to be once upon a time, how does all of this fit with all the old comics is just a mystery and that is what I think bothers me the most.

I am still skimming thru the book at my local comic book store but until I don’t see something that grabs me I don’t think I will be paying for the book, and that is a shame because a business should have people buying their books not just judging them online

One More Day

Yeah, yeah I know, everyone has said everything that can be said about the end of the marriage of Peter Parker and Mary Jane but guess what I don’t care! After all these months it is the stupidest thing I have seen anyone do.

Yeah I read the behind the scenes in CBR but its still sucks! There is no way the Peter that I know and love would make such a stupid choice, and leaving his wife for someone that has had a happy life already because he could not face loosing his old Aunt… well that is just bad writing at least we know that this won’t make it into a movie (I would hate to see Tobey Macguire being in such a terrible movie!) anyway I think I will talk about “Brand New Day” tomorrow I am tire now!

New Blog

I am such klutz I created a blog the other day and for the life of me I cannot get into it, oh well these things can have a life of their own so here I am again posting some of the same stuff.