Me Geek, You Geek

I distinctly thought, as I sat in bed last night reading a Wizard magazine, (I need to be done with that magazine….but they keep coming to my house!) that it certainly has been a long time since I have posted on MGYG.

With another venture up and running (www.virtualtourney.com for all you interested.  Hi mom!) I haven’t had a lot of time for anything outside VirtualTourney, my business and my family.

So I sat there thinking, again, how come the desire is gone from posting about comics?  As you all know, it absolutely is not from me not having anything to say as I very rarely shut up.

But I did figure out that I really had nothing to say about comics.  Or rather, there was nothing to say about comics. Everything in the the comic book universe seems so anti-climatic.  So worn out.  So, I don’t know, boring.

And I kid you not, I sat there thinking since I have a week of vacation I will really throw myself at MGYG again.  I kid you not.  I was excited about getting excited about comics again.

Then I read some of my RSS feeds this morning and WHAM! 

Marvel came out and announced the plot behind Captain America: Reborn.  And, while I won’t spoil it for you if you want to be surprised; it’s really not that inspiring.

But know this, the comic is being release early, this Monday, June 15th, breaking it’s original release date of this Wednesday.

Marvel is hoping to get the same publicity as they did for the death of Captain America.  And I don’t blame them.  They are, after all, a business first and foremost.  But I doubt they will garner the same attraction as the death of Cap or, as many are comparing it to, the return of Superman.

Anyway, to the news story if you want to read it, they talk to Quesada who has some quotes.  Now, if you go and read the story, make sure to read his quotes carefully, and see if you think he might be throwing a curve ball as well.  There’s something very specific that he did NOT say.

Now, does this get me excited for comics again?  Maybe a little.  If what Quesada is saying can be taken at it’s face value then it will set up some interesting dynamics between characters if it happens. 

But hey, comics haven’t given us a lot to be excited about in a while so I’m gonna try to check my attitude and walk in to this one excited and hoping for the best.

It’s not like we were disappointed with Civil War, Secret Invasion, Planet Hulk, Final Crisis, Trinity…oh wait…nevermind.

Make sure to check it out though and see if I was right about Quesada possibly throwing a curve ball at us.

What do you think about all of this?  Excited? Bored? Looking for something new to come your way?

Labels: Comics, Marvel Comics

Posted by Jon on Monday, June 15, 2009 at 6:44 AM | Permalink