RUMOR: ASM To Become Bi-Weekly, Written Solely by Slott

[spidertour02]

According to Rich Johnston, a scheduling revamp is coming ...

[remoteman]

I've stated before (possibly not on here) that this would be my preferred format so I would be delighted with something along these lines. I hope the rotating artists continue though.

[spidertour02]

I've stated before (possibly not on here) that this would be my preferred format so I would be delighted with something along these lines. I hope the rotating artists continue though.

I think it goes without saying that there would need to be at least two artists, more likely three.

And I would like this idea a lot if it was a good writer ... but Slott? UGH.

[insaneJonny]

Considering Slott has problems with deadlines....I don't see this going to plan....unless this is what the secret project Slott has been tweeting about for months, they gave him a hell of a lot of lead in time if thats the case.

[remoteman]

I've stated before (possibly not on here) that this would be my preferred format so I would be delighted with something along these lines. I hope the rotating artists continue though.

I think it goes without saying that there would need to be at least two artists, more likely three.

And I would like this idea a lot if it was a good writer ... but Slott? UGH.

Oh yeah, I would just personally prefer there to a wider selection more akin to the sort of format that Brand New Day has had since it began. I have loved the majority of Slott's work on ASM (bear in mind I am only up to New Ways To Die though). I think he was born to write ASM and would greatly benefit from having the title all to himself.

[spidertour02]

Considering Slott has problems with deadlines....I don't see this going to plan....unless this is what the secret project Slott has been tweeting about for months, they gave him a hell of a lot of lead in time if thats the case.

That would also explain how little he's done on the title in the last year or so. I think he's only done 6-7 issues ...

[stillanerd]

I've stated before (possibly not on here) that this would be my preferred format so I would be delighted with something along these lines. I hope the rotating artists continue though.

I think it goes without saying that there would need to be at least two artists, more likely three.

And I would like this idea a lot if it was a good writer ... but Slott? UGH.

If you think about, though, Dan Slott is apparently one of the primary architects behind the status quo of the "Brand New Day" era with the other writers on the "braintrust/webheads" contributing their own stories based on that status quo--at least that's the way it looked to me. After all, most of the stories Slott has written in Amazing Spider-Man have all been trying to tie together these various subplots and story threads that have been swirling around, so him being the sole writer on the book would give him more creative control. Not to mention allow for greater consistency, which has definitely been a problem with the rotating creative team format.

[insaneJonny]

In the last year, he's done 600, the list and the mysterio arc and it's epilogue, thats just under 8 issues, along with 5 issues of mighty avengers and I think thats his whole output for the last year, a far cry from the likes of Bendis, fraction and the like.

I haven't read anything by Slott since 600 and the god awful mind wipe explanation, I'm off the mindset that he does have good spider-man stories in him but he's being tied down by these damned editorial mandates but recent podcast reviews beg to differ...

[K-Box]

On the one hand, a more consistent authorial voice and a twice-monthly publishing schedule is what the NuSpidey status quo should have been doing from the start.

On the other hand, 1) even many NuSpidey supporters have said online that Slott is the one writer whose storytelling skills lived up to their expectations the least, out of the entire "brain trust" lineup, 2) Slott has been the single most combative member of Marvel editorial online regarding the NuSpidey status quo, even more so than Wacker, to the point that even a few NuSpidey supporters have called him out on it, and 3) Slott has not exactly demonstrated a Bendis-level ability to produce issues promptly, possibly owing to how much time he seems to devote to waging flame-wars with his own audience online.

So, add these three points together, and what you get is that, as long as the NuSpidey status quo remains in place, not only will this not significantly boost per-issue sales on this title, but the total number of issues sold per month will actually decrease by close to a third. It will also mean that merely living up to Paul O'Brien's "magic number" of sales per issue will no longer be sufficient for the NuSpidey status quo to equal the total monthly sales of the title pre-OMD.

If this move does indeed come to pass, it will be the dictionary definition of "too little, too late."

[Funnykay]

Oh Wait Your Serious?

The fact is, Dan Slott can write BUT he has problems with deadlines AND consistency. If he can't manage those two things then how in the name of God is he going to be able to do this? Why pick Slott? Just answer me that, why? And by the way, does Marvel have some idea that's 'Quantity over Quality'? Seriously.

[bdog]

I kind of like Slott's work so I wouldn't hate this just don't give me a Bachalo I want someone like JR. jr or yeah...give us MCNIVEN!

[NickMB]

Slott's stuff has been good, although I'd be sorry to not get anymore from Van Lente/Waid/Kelly in particular.

But I suspect they'd start up another monthly series of some kind, if this did happen. So we'd have to wait and see what effect this has on sales.

[gregxb]

My personal feelings on Slott aside, this is probably what they should have done out of the gate. He is one of the better writers among the brain trust, although I would have preferred Mark Waid. So, yes, consistency is a good thing. But this is a band-aid on a much larger wound.

I hope I am wrong, because I do want to like the books.

[Spidey Fan]

The fact is, Dan Slott can write BUT he has problems with deadlines AND consistency. If he can't manage those two things then how in the name of God is he going to be able to do this? Why pick Slott? Just answer me that, why? And by the way, does Marvel have some idea that's 'Quantity over Quality'? Seriously.

Agreed. I prefer quality to quantity any day and the quality has just not been there of late.

Honestly I'd prefer to have ASM released just twice a month if for no other reason than to hope with that extra week off they can get the writing up to snuff. Course if Slott is going to be the writer I have to wonder where that leaves us.

[WebbedSentry]

I want this to work, i mean im meh on Slott and there are a few others id prefer to write, but maybe having the entire book to himself might actualy help him regarding consistansy since it think its hard to devlop consistansy with the format of the current writing line up.

But at least if this is true (id prefer monthly) this will be easier on out wallets at least