Bill Jemas Tage bei Marvel gezählt?

[Adrian Turnipseed]

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BILL JEMAS

This has not been a good week for Bill Jemas on the rumourfront.

Right, before we start, my contacts with Bill Jemas have been very friendly, he's an exec who likes to mix it with the low-life, he's made some very smart and very publicity-minded decisions, kicked some controversy around the place, he's taken hard decisions, followed them through, and pulled them back when they appear not to be working. And overall, he's lifted sales from where they were.

He's also put himself out as an Aunt Sally for those who dislike Marvel's policies and attitude, to give a good kicking. He's promoted those policies in a dictatorial fashion, mocking those who might oppose him, and generally acting like he owns the show. He's often responded to e-mails from retailers and members of the public directly. An abrasive personality, he has more in common with the likes of Jim Shooter - except he hasn't been seen to have paid his "dues" as Shooter was. And of course, he's a suit.

Supposedly, the week before the Comic-Con, Ike Perlmutter (one of the owners of Marvel -- the guy who saw the Bullpen playing D&D during their lunch break and demanded that they stop -- marched into Bill Jemas's office and demanded that he get the fuck out of Editorial and leave them alone.

Slapdowns of this type come from the West Coast. That's where the Princess Diana -out-of-X-Statix change came from - it seems Avi Arad's relationship with actors, producers and directors suffered after they saw all the mainstream press, said "Hey, I knew Diana...what the hell are you doing to her in your comic books?"

I understand that one retailer, sick of responses he'd received from Bill Jemas, also wrote directly to Ike Perlmutter. Ike then spent some time on the phone with the retailer in question, listening to his complaints - the way he felt he was being treated, and had a few more words with Bill.

Perhaps the Waid fallout was reaching folks trying to get the FF movie made? Maybe all of the online Jemas bashing was reaching investors or Hollywood folks by way of Harry Knowles?

Related to this is the rumour, mentioned by a slew of people, over the shouting match that went down at San Diego Comic Con between Joe Quesada and Grant Morrison. Or rather from Joe to Grant, one phrase "You owe me!" being the most repeated on the convention floor the day after. Quesada had found out about the DC exclusive deal and he took it out on Grant with expletives that were definitely MAX labelled.

Reports indicate that Grant kind of shut down and went into a mini-coma, but did give out one response "Fuck You, Fuck your company, and Fuck your boss who's the biggest arsehole I've ever met."

Quesada is then meant to have responded "Don't worry about him, because he'll be gone soon."

It just doesn't seem to have been Bill's week. I'm told there are big changes at Marvel. Quite possibly a bit of a shake up. And less micro-management in weeks to come.

Die Ampel steht bei Rich auf Gelb!

[Frank Castle]

Hui, Morrison ist ja ein diplomatisches Kerlchen.

Hm, irgendwie kann ich mir nicht vorstellen, dass Jemas so schnell gehen muss. Obwohl es natürlich ein Schlag für die Investoren wäre, wenn jetzt bevorstehende Blockbuster wegen Jemas nicht zustande kämen.

[MrSinister]

Original geschrieben von Frank Castle
Hui, Morrison ist ja ein diplomatisches Kerlchen.

Och, für 'nen Schotten ist das noch höflich.

[FantomeX]

tststs, das Klischee war ja zu erwarten.


Der Mann weiß, wie mans auf den Punkt bringt.

[snow]

Sollte es so sein, wollen wir mal hoffen, daß sie nicht den Teufel mit dem Beelzebub austreiben ...
Alles, was auf Druck von Perlmutter + Arad passiert, halte ich nicht unbedingt gut für Marvel Comics.