This is a fascinating article from Vulture: The Secret History of Ultimate Marvel
It's basically about how the Ultimate line rescued Marvel and the comic industry as a whole. It's got some pretty good quotes from Bendis and Bill Jemas. Mark Millar refused to answer questions for the article and Jeph Loeb had a hilarious caveat for participating:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
The article credits Ultimate Spider-Man for modernizing stories, and Ultimates for changing how the characters were portrayed. It credits the whole line for what's being done in the movies, including Ultimate Fantastic 4.
It makes me want to re-read Ultimates.
It blamed Ultimatum for where things went wrong.
I still can't believe I had to argue with you guys for how many months or years that the line was dead and we needed to change the focus of this site.
It's basically about how the Ultimate line rescued Marvel and the comic industry as a whole. It's got some pretty good quotes from Bendis and Bill Jemas. Mark Millar refused to answer questions for the article and Jeph Loeb had a hilarious caveat for participating:
(I reached out to Loeb for an interview but was told he would only speak with me if we didn't discuss Ultimates 3 or Ultimatum.)
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
The article credits Ultimate Spider-Man for modernizing stories, and Ultimates for changing how the characters were portrayed. It credits the whole line for what's being done in the movies, including Ultimate Fantastic 4.
It makes me want to re-read Ultimates.
It blamed Ultimatum for where things went wrong.
I still can't believe I had to argue with you guys for how many months or years that the line was dead and we needed to change the focus of this site.