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It looks like I'm not the only guy who doesn't like events screwing with storytelling. J. Michael Straczynski just left Thor because Marvel's planning another crossover that'd pretty much kill the flow of the story Straczynski had planned. I don't know how Marvel's going to keep to momentum up on the book cuz Straczynski's story was pretty well planned out. So this might go from a top book back to the bottom of the rung where it was before.

I don't really get the whole even thing right now. There's no room for the status quo to rebuild when you're constantly jumping from event to event. I kinda want to hand those guys -- Marvel and DC -- Dragon Ball and Naruto and go, "This is how it's done." Toriyama could set up a saga or event, but give you enough time after wards to figure out the new standing. Kishimoto has the best transitions between events I've seen since DnA's Legion work. After event major fight Kishimoto reestablishes the status quo and lets the reader calm down and get used to what's happened.

That just doesn't happen that much in American comics, pretty much outside of DnA. It's like there's a constant rush from one event to another to another to another. It's got to piss off the writers trying to build characters to have to stop and write a 3-issue tie-in that won't progress the major event anyway.

It's too bad about Straczynski leaving Thor. He says he wants to work on Superman, but really, how long would that last? Superman has a major event practically every six months. Unless DC lets him write a mini or something he's kinda ass out.