1. So I have a few thoughts on Jack Kirby, the Kennedy assassination, @aoscott, @tnyfrontrow, movie franchises and open narratives.
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10. In JFK's death was the seeds of what Sean Howe calls "the snowballing Marvel Universe, which expanded to become the most intricate fictional narrative in the history of the world: thousand upon thousands of interlocking characters & episodes."
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11. The smartest reviews of new Avengers flick (by
@aoscott &@tnyfrontrow) have keyed into the sprawling overstuffed nature of Marvel Universe, and demands it makes on audience comprehension & narrative coherence.Show this thread -
12. Of course, Kirby's narrative shift, a product of an artist reacting to the chaos of the 1960s, has now turned into a perfect tool for capitalist Hollywood to make endless films about the same characters; franchising.
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13. Opened ended narratives & universal franchising do pose problems for art, which I explore with my colleagues
@Jo_Livingstone &@alex_shephard here: https://newrepublic.com/article/148198/comics-killing-movies …Show this thread
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When I was growing up, this was the defining difference between Marvel & DC -- endless serial narrative vs. self-contained stories.
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it was all worth jfk's assassination
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We see seeds of the ongoing soap in early Dittko/Lee
#SpiderMan , a year into the series#Spidey is having multi issue arcs. Ongoing subplots became more prominent as wellThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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