Comments on: This is the End My Friends

By: Steve A

Steve A — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:59:13 +0000

Sorry to see this site go, as it was one of my favorites. I hope at some point you can revel some of the legal issues which caused this. Take care!

By: The Enigma

The Enigma — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:31:03 +0000

I hope for the best with your families. I will deeply miss your site. I found it in June, and have checked it every day since. Your reviews were some of the highlights of my days, as very few of the other comic sites I go to review Nova and Iron Fist. Without your guidance, I would have never picked up Iron Fist. Thanks for the guidance. I wish you guys the best of luck.

By: Sandro

Sandro — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:11:25 +0000

This was a hell of a site, thank you!!!!

By: Juan Michael

Juan Michael — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:45:32 +0000

I came across this site after typing in a google search for spoilers regarding the ridiculous story line that was then going on in the New X-Men line 7 months ago. I have to admit that I was instantly addicted. Stephen, you are an excellent writer. As my sister (who actually hates comic books put it), ‘He’s like literary cocaine… the Columbian kind; I just can’t get enough!’ After I finished looking at her with fear and trepidation, I smirked and nodded. I have to agree; your writing is like pure Columbian Cocaine, but with out any of the freaky-deeky side effects. Perhaps one day you will launch a new site. Though I enjoy comics and your specific brande of spot on wry coverage, if in this hypothetical universe your new site was about SPAM (the wretched ‘food alternative’) or even about Tapioca Pudding, I would still suscribe and read. Here’s to you and your future.

Cheers

-JMII

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:29:26 +0000

I know this is my 5th good bye post, but hell I’m gonna miss this place and soon it will be gone. I got the email and was PHSYCED, even though Captain America is still dead.

To echo other sentiments, I wish companies would stop fighting the free exchange of information, and see how it benefits them. As a single father of 3, my comic budget is severely limited, and only exists now that they are all out of diapers. There were many titles that I would have never even thought to look at, or shuffled my subscription list towards. I was boycotting all things DC until your GL/Sinestro Reviews. The Boyz/Black Summer, are two that I would have passed on simply because my comic budget doesn’t allow for random splurging.

The New Warriors, Avengers New/non-New, the Bat-Dickness Scale (By the way Bat-Dick level 11 needs to be a picture of Iron Man), Holly Robinson…. no not that…., Buffy Season 8, man and I was really looking forward to Angel season 6……..

This site is like an ongoing conversation that I couldn’t wait to get back too. Until the bitter end gentlemen…….

By: nu

nu — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:42:59 +0000

Stephen, I know, I know. Im just in denial. I dont want to go through the Major Spoilers withdrawls that I know i am going to go through. Good luck, and by all means bow out while you are on the top. Matthew, good luck to you too.

By: Christopher Doyle

Christopher Doyle — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:30:32 +0000

As Tenzil would say…”this bites.”

Sorry to see you go; you were a “several times a day” stopping point for me.

Thank you for the time you invested in this project - the ‘net will be a poorer place for its passing. You will be missed.

By: Wrighty

Wrighty — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:33:16 +0000

Just wanted to stop by one last time. I won’t be able to check in again today and you will be gone tomorrow. Thanks again for all the reviews/news/etc. It was a nice break from work to stop by and take a few moments to get caught up on everything hapening in the industry. All the best to you both and your families.
take care,
Wrighty

By: Dutch Marvin

Dutch Marvin — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:26:16 +0000

Too bad.

I’m in my mid-thirties and hadn’t actually read a comic in 17 years. Started reading them again mainly because of Major Spoilers (and Josh Whedon, I must admit).

I actually do get that companies such as Marvel/DC might be a bit upset, what with the whole copyright infringement-thing and what not, but still… I would have never have gotten that much back into it (i.e. buying comics) without a mature site like MS.
I say “like”, but there’s really no equivalent site in quality or tone. Official sites just give me headaches.

In absence of MS and it’s insightful reviews I will buy less comics in the future, as other in my demographic (worldwide: I’m writing in from Holland, mind you) probably will too. Which doesn’t make for good business at all now does it?

So, a bit sad and a bit stupid.

That you won’t continue the site no a lower quality basis is admirable on your part.

Thanks for the great read over the past year. You will be sorely missed.

By: Dan H

Dan H — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:20:21 +0000

I keep coming back to see if you changed your minds about shutting it down. Still it’s understandable with the problems you’re having with the companies, even though it’s quite a loss. You guys did a great job, and you made me actually like the LoSH, when I’ve disliked them for so long.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:19:53 +0000

As a hobby-blogger, I understand the daily demands of family that can make posting difficult. My readership only consists of a few friends and some family, though, so I’m under no real pressure.

I can appreciate your decision to move on. MS will be missed, and it was a real fun ride.

On the other hand, merely commenting on a post at MS would usually spike traffic at my own blog, so thanks for that as it will be missed.

Nice work Matt and Stephen. Onward and Upward!

By: Cesar Alvarado

Cesar Alvarado — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:14:17 +0000

Hello! Im sad that you are going to shutdown the site but glad for all the moments in comics that you gave us, im from Mexico and i dont have access to the comics this was my keep up with them.
Like dvallej where im going to get my comics :(

Good luck and thank you!

By: Katzedecimal

Katzedecimal — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:08:29 +0000

Stephen and Matthew, I, for one, am not angry at you or at Major Spoilers; I’m angry at the ever-growing corporate mentality that sucks all the fun out of what was supposed to be entertainment and hates its own fandoms (probably because their fans show more creativity than they do :-B ) I’m also angry at bandwidth price-gouging practices that mean a site’s success is also frequently its killer (yep, I noticed the finances mentions and am not unfamiliar with what that often means) Sure there are plenty of sites for comic news and reviews, but the tongue-in-cheekiness of yours made them all the more enjoyable.

Matthew, I have to thank you specifically for the Hero Histories, which are, as everyone else is saying, one of the things that made this site utterly unique. I found the site by stumbling across the Brainiac 5 HH, and stayed. Most people doing an HH-type of thing would choose the biggies. Who cares about the Legion of Superheroes? You do, and your way of pulling comprehensive entries out of all of the continuities and reboots is exactly what every LOSH fan has been looking for (well all right, it’s what *I* was looking for ^_^ )

I guess what everyone here is saying, is that MS has given us 150% of our daily dose of “OH HELL YES!!”

By: Rocket-man

Rocket-man — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:23:18 +0000

You sir, Rock. I will miss your site very much.

Now go hug your kid.

By: Maximus Rift

Maximus Rift — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:40:52 +0000

I don’t really hate anyone, Stephen. Just a little sad. Not sure where to go now.

I hope for the best for both of you.