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The Rules
2008-07-03 16:05:15

It seems like the responses to this Blog in recent weeks have become a bit more contentious, even accusatory. And I know that’s just people reacting emotionally to what’s said here. But I just want to outline the ground rules once again, so that everybody’s on the same page about what goes on here.

I’m not at all a big fan of censorship, so if it’s at all possible I won’t ever delete a response to one of my Blog posts. This should be a forum for the free exchange of ideas. But there are a few things that will make me take steps:

1) Use of inappropriate language. Marvel.com is a PG website, so if you post something and curse a lot, it’s going to get taken down.

2) Hate-Speak of any kind. Pretty much a no-brainer

3) Posts that are really advertisements for other websites or products. These typically get posted by web-bots, and they always come down once I see them.

4) Anything else that’s in violation of Marvel.com’s policies about posting.

Beyond that, you’re pretty much free to say what you like here. And all I ask is that you think about what you’re saying before you commit it to print. Also, be careful about reacting vehemently if a post of yours disappears suddenly. Because of the way this site is set up, any reader can flag any post as being offensive for any reason, and it’ll get taken down temporarily until somebody can approve it. I only check those posts maybe once a day, so almost everything goes offline for a little while, as malicious people seem to mark every response as offensive. But as you’ll see if you wait a few hours rather than lashing out angrily about censorship, your post will in all likelihood return once I find it (assuming you haven’t violated one of the rules above.)

Okay, everybody clear? Great! Then on to July 4th!

More later.

Tom B

Sounds good to me... Anyways...
Happy Independence Day Tom B. and all of Marvel!

Hey Tom, is there any chance you might conduct another questionaire blog any time soon?

Posted by Aziroth on 2008-07-03 17:51:43

Yikes!
I've been reading the blog but haven't posted in quite a while. I guess I've missed out on some stuff. Lucky me.

Happy 4th, everyone.

Posted by friskydingo on 2008-07-04 10:33:01

Sorry you have to sift through those sorts of posts, but thanks for offering us an enlightening look at the comics industry. Happy Independence Day.

Posted by ted_dahlman on 2008-07-04 16:57:02

Which reminds me...
I'm a big fan of the late Mike Wieringo. Mike's masterful pencils within SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #16-17 were the first to get me truly interested in Marvel Comics.

Now, recently they released a tribute issue to Mike, associated with the Hero Initiative, completing his final story: "What If THIS Were The Fantastic Four?". Now, I'm a fan of What If, a fan of that iteration of the F4, and a BIG fan of Mike and the other brilliant pencillers to contribute to that issue. HOWEVER...because I live in the UK, I can't get near a single copy of it! I don't live at all near any comic book shop selling it, I don't have the cash to order it from the US, and most of the websites I'd turn to - I'm currently waiting for news from comicdomain.co.uk - are yet to receive it in stock.

Please, please don't view this as a complaint, just as a simple question: what's a guy gotta do around here to get a copy of the tribute to Mike Wieringo?

Posted by The Gecko on 2008-07-08 04:16:04

Hmm shame
Personally I don't see anything offensive but maybe we wouldn't and it's only an "in the know" insult?..anyway I was just noticing up by the sign in name there is HERO POINTS I was just wondering what they were about and do they mean anything or how does one get them?

Posted by dylers on 2008-07-10 23:34:54

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Tom Brevoort is Executive Editor for Marvel Comics, and oversees such titles as New Avengers, Civil War, and Fantastic Four.


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