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[IMGL]http://ultimatecentral.com/images/galactusprelim01.jpg[/IMGL] This week in Joe Friday's: Week 15, Newsarama interviews Joe Quesada on the Ultimate line. Also available seems character art of "Gah Lak Tus Prelim".
Keeping with the theme of the week, as announced on Monday, this week’s installment of our regular, weekly Joe Fridays interview will be an Ultimate one – and mostly made up of reader questions to boot.
To handle the questions, we asked Joe to channel his own Ultimate Marvel Universe counterpart, and apparently, the Ultimate Joe Quesada plows through questions like no one’s business. We stopped counting at somewhere around 40…but there may just be more.
Of course, for Quesada’s views on the Ultimate Universe to come, don’t forget to check back on Newsarama’s coverage of the Ultimate Marvel panel at WizardWorld: Chicago, where he kind of explained the ideas behind “The Gold Standard”
Oh – and as for who that guy on the front page is…keep reading…
Newsarama: So Joe, from your chair, what did the Ultimate line do for Marvel over the past five years? Were there doors that wouldn’t have been opened? Growth that wouldn’t have been realized?
Joe Quesada: I think that growth is the most important factor. Ultimates added a fresh face and side to Marvel and comics that was sorely needed and it brought in much needed readership. I also think it got lapse fans interested in comics again, especially those who couldn’t bear the weight of years of continuity.
NRAMA: For you, what has the highlight of the last five years of the Ultimate line been?
JQ: Wow, that one is tough. I think the greatest highlight would have to be the launch and the way it truly surprised people because there were so many that said it couldn’t be done. Looking forward, 2006 is probably going to be the biggest highlight year with all the great projects we have coming out and with Bendis and Bagley breaking the Lee/Kirby record barring any huge mishaps.
NRAMA: Larger picture, do you think the Ultimate line has had an effect on the industry itself outside of Marvel? How so?
JQ: I believe so. First, it’s become a force to contend with. When publishers look at ways to try to beat Marvel in rankings and sales they look over at a pretty formidable force that is the Marvel Universe, with New Avengers, Spider-Man, X-Men and the like and that’s a pretty large obstacle to go toe to toe against. But then, you look over and there’s this monolith called the Ultimate Universe that you have to contend with. It makes for a pretty powerful publishing line up.
Read more by clicking on the link above.
Keeping with the theme of the week, as announced on Monday, this week’s installment of our regular, weekly Joe Fridays interview will be an Ultimate one – and mostly made up of reader questions to boot.
To handle the questions, we asked Joe to channel his own Ultimate Marvel Universe counterpart, and apparently, the Ultimate Joe Quesada plows through questions like no one’s business. We stopped counting at somewhere around 40…but there may just be more.
Of course, for Quesada’s views on the Ultimate Universe to come, don’t forget to check back on Newsarama’s coverage of the Ultimate Marvel panel at WizardWorld: Chicago, where he kind of explained the ideas behind “The Gold Standard”
Oh – and as for who that guy on the front page is…keep reading…
Newsarama: So Joe, from your chair, what did the Ultimate line do for Marvel over the past five years? Were there doors that wouldn’t have been opened? Growth that wouldn’t have been realized?
Joe Quesada: I think that growth is the most important factor. Ultimates added a fresh face and side to Marvel and comics that was sorely needed and it brought in much needed readership. I also think it got lapse fans interested in comics again, especially those who couldn’t bear the weight of years of continuity.
NRAMA: For you, what has the highlight of the last five years of the Ultimate line been?
JQ: Wow, that one is tough. I think the greatest highlight would have to be the launch and the way it truly surprised people because there were so many that said it couldn’t be done. Looking forward, 2006 is probably going to be the biggest highlight year with all the great projects we have coming out and with Bendis and Bagley breaking the Lee/Kirby record barring any huge mishaps.
NRAMA: Larger picture, do you think the Ultimate line has had an effect on the industry itself outside of Marvel? How so?
JQ: I believe so. First, it’s become a force to contend with. When publishers look at ways to try to beat Marvel in rankings and sales they look over at a pretty formidable force that is the Marvel Universe, with New Avengers, Spider-Man, X-Men and the like and that’s a pretty large obstacle to go toe to toe against. But then, you look over and there’s this monolith called the Ultimate Universe that you have to contend with. It makes for a pretty powerful publishing line up.
Read more by clicking on the link above.
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