Marvel editor Nicole Boose reveals just what she’s learned so far at the House of Ideas:
I already considered myself a comic person, but Marvel’s standards were different. I cared about the medium and had worked at another comic company. I could talk with intelligence about the work of Chris Ware, Tony Millionaire, Lynda Barry or Adrian Tomine. But I could not list Sue Storm’s powers, or the Wasp’s gender. I’m not sure I would have even been able to identify the racial backgrounds of Black Panther or Black Goliath (hey, who am I to jump to conclusions?).
As a result, I lived in constant fear of a) getting fired or b) disappointing Tom Brevoort. (Tom was then my boss, and is a living comics encyclopedia).
Nicole also gains points for use of the phrase “your local Android’s Dungeon”. Go read.
November 6th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Wow, it seems that she was really something of a blithering idiot when it came to comics esp. if you read the full blog post. I’m wondering what kind of connections she had to land this job to begin with. This kind of lack of knowledge would be potentially fatal to herself or others in many other occupations (construction, demolition, medical care, driving a car).
Her inability to correctly identify Batman from comic panels is particularly mortifying. If there are not pointy bat ears, it’s not Batman. I wouldn’t have shown up for the job interview without some familiarity with my potential employer’s product line.
There are plenty of knowledgeable fans who would take years off their lives for this job. But, no, apparently Ms. Boose was the best applicant. Yeah, right. I’m wondering what the actual factors in her hire were.