I visited a library in an unfamiliar city today while on a trip, and noticed the Daily Bugle as the first thing on a periodicals shelf. The shelf wasn’t labeled in a way I could see the USA Today...
I visited a library in an unfamiliar city today while on a trip, and noticed the Daily Bugle as the first thing on a periodicals shelf. The shelf wasn’t labeled in a way I could see the USA Today label before picking it up.
I thought “wow, is this some weird independent publication like a zine?”
Took me a minute to notice the USA Today marks, and immediately lost interest.
Didn’t expect to see it linked here, but even now I am surprised how little interest i have in following to the article to read what it is all about (besides marketing).
...You know, with how convoluted comics can get, I just realized that an "in-universe" newspaper detailing all the major events could be actually pretty neat and useful for people to keep track of...
...You know, with how convoluted comics can get, I just realized that an "in-universe" newspaper detailing all the major events could be actually pretty neat and useful for people to keep track of stuff. heck the comic writers could probably use it too, gotta be confusing to keep track of who's still alive/active/available with all the crazy non-intersecting plotlines
And we could also read J. Jonah Jameson's articles ranting about Spider-man directly!
An in universe newspaper would probably be incomprehensible with all the events going on that all the heroes would have to navigate at the same time. It would probably make the people who run the...
An in universe newspaper would probably be incomprehensible with all the events going on that all the heroes would have to navigate at the same time. It would probably make the people who run the wiki's pretty happy and give the Reddit folks and lore nerds stuff to post about.
The incomprehensible bit is what would make it so fun to actually read! I'm sure there are times when ongoing stories have events that directly contradict each other in some way, so that'd be fun...
The incomprehensible bit is what would make it so fun to actually read! I'm sure there are times when ongoing stories have events that directly contradict each other in some way, so that'd be fun to see two articles that just don't acknowledge each other. "Hero saves mayor of [City] from mugger" VS "[City] town hall destroyed in villain battle, unknown death toll".
The obituary section could have a death count. "Lazer-Man has died for the 22nd time. (Or 19th, depending on how you qualify some of his previous deaths.) He will be deeply and sorely missed, and is survived by his wife and 2.5 children and one clone..."
I visited a library in an unfamiliar city today while on a trip, and noticed the Daily Bugle as the first thing on a periodicals shelf. The shelf wasn’t labeled in a way I could see the USA Today label before picking it up.
I thought “wow, is this some weird independent publication like a zine?”
Took me a minute to notice the USA Today marks, and immediately lost interest.
Didn’t expect to see it linked here, but even now I am surprised how little interest i have in following to the article to read what it is all about (besides marketing).
...You know, with how convoluted comics can get, I just realized that an "in-universe" newspaper detailing all the major events could be actually pretty neat and useful for people to keep track of stuff.
heck the comic writers could probably use it too, gotta be confusing to keep track of who's still alive/active/available with all the crazy non-intersecting plotlinesAnd we could also read J. Jonah Jameson's articles ranting about Spider-man directly!
Why would you even want to read about that menace Spider-Man?
An in universe newspaper would probably be incomprehensible with all the events going on that all the heroes would have to navigate at the same time. It would probably make the people who run the wiki's pretty happy and give the Reddit folks and lore nerds stuff to post about.
The incomprehensible bit is what would make it so fun to actually read! I'm sure there are times when ongoing stories have events that directly contradict each other in some way, so that'd be fun to see two articles that just don't acknowledge each other. "Hero saves mayor of [City] from mugger" VS "[City] town hall destroyed in villain battle, unknown death toll".
The obituary section could have a death count. "Lazer-Man has died for the 22nd time. (Or 19th, depending on how you qualify some of his previous deaths.) He will be deeply and sorely missed, and is survived by his wife and 2.5 children and one clone..."