One more kantankerous rant, featuring: DC's Harleen Quinzel!

Hey kids, check out this interview with Joey Q. on Comcbookresources. He expresses the various artistic aspects in the OMD arc, as well as brings in an editor's view on Spidey's new status quo.

I quote:

At the end of the day, my job is to keep these characters fresh and ready for every fan that walks through the door, while also planning for the future and hopefully an even larger fan base.

How is a character "fresh and ready" if you've set him back by about twenty years? How is a character fresh if you're reverting to a status quo in the 1980s?

Earlier you said:

If Spidey grows old and dies off with our readership, then that's it -- he'll be done and gone, never to be enjoyed by future comic fans

Becoming a teacher does NOT turn Peter into an unrelatable geezer. Marrying a supermodel (who, by the way, is now a struggling off-broadway actress now.) does NOT make Peter unrelatable.

These are NOT signs that Peter is "dying off;" they are signs of the exact opposite.

Anyone in their right mind would see this. If you read Mark Millar's MK Spider-Man, and I'm sure you did, so this is just repetition, you'd know that Peter and MJ STILL have problems paying the bills. Peter is STILL neurotic. Marrying someone gorgeous does NOT change this.

Peter is grown up. Won't you please accept this? He certainly can't age to the point of using a wheelchair, but it's just plain idiotic to revert him back to a swinger. Peter's too old for this, can't you see?

And please, how does being mature make a character inaccessible? Understand that Peter can be mature without being wizened.

SIGH. That's just my opinion. You can choose to listen to what I think is a reasonable rant, or ignore it!

Either way, I have a special guest that you guys might wanna see: renowned psychologist-gone-insane, Harleen Quinzel!
Aw shucks, it's nice to see you too, Harley. How've you been? The Amazons treating you nice?

Anyhoo, looks like this Quesada guy thinks he's doing Peter a great service, by setting him back 20 years. How's that go by you, sweetie?
Me too, Harley, me too. But there's not much we can do about it, can we?

Harleen?

Oh I'm sorry, folks, Harleen needs to go to the bathroom. To uh. . . change costume.

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Annnd we're back! But we can't really change it, can we, Harleen? Brand New Day is pretty much set in stone, right?
Awwww cheer up Harleen. Otherwise, Quesada wins.

Listen, Miss Quinzel, if it's that bad, just know that Quesada isn't editing any book you're in, okay?

. . .

Uhhhh it looks like Harleen somersaulted out of here. Something about "hyenas" and "amazons" and "kicking quesada in the face."

Well that's all the time we have today folks. I have to go to the bathroom, but I hope you got something out of it. I know I did!