Marvel Goes Bananas
People thought it was a joke. After the success of Marvel Zombies, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada keep insisting that the next alternate reality of Marvel heroes would be of a simian variety. Still, people scoffed. Quesada sure showed them.
Set for release September 3rd, Marvel Apes #1 will hit shelves with a slew of other Marvel titles featuring “Monkey Variants.” This follows the success of Arthur Suydam’s zombie covers which replicated famous Marvel covers.
Good idea? Shameless gimmick? Brilliant marketing? Seeing as no real plot details have been released, the only way to see how this series pans out will be to wait until September.
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images courtesy Marvel
Matt Knicl: My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.
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Matt Knicl (Matt Knicl) says:
(Posted July 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am)
True, but Zombies had Robert Kirkman. I’m not knocking Karl Kesel because I haven’t read his work, but Kirkman took the gimmick and made it its own story. Kesel is going to have to jump over a lot of hurdles, including the raised bar Zombies established, for this to work.
Capes & Cowls » Blog Archive » Marvel Apes #1 (Capes & Cowls » Blog Archive » Marvel Apes #1) says:
(Posted September 11th, 2008 at 11:48 pm)
[…] Marvel Apes is clearly following the success of the alternate universe stories of Marvel Zombies. But the stark difference between these series is not the cheap gimmick - the heroes as X. No, the main difference is that Marvel Zombies was done, dare I say, more artfully? […]
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Matt Knicl
My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.
Mark Fujii (Mark Fujii) says:
(Posted July 8th, 2008 at 11:52 pm)
I’m cautiously optimistic. After all, zombies was brilliant.