I am here with my one of my most trusted editing minions, Bill Rosemann of the Marvel Comic Book Corporation.
MODOK: Bill Rosemann, please describe your head for our readers. Use as much detail as possible.
BILL ROSEMANN: While I suppose I have a normal-sized head, I must admit that as a young lad my head was pretty much the same size as it is now, so like you, most glorious MODOK, I suffered my share of teasing for the size of my cranium. Fortunately, not only was I a comic book fan, but I was also a MODOK fan, so I knew that one day my mental powers would allow me to destroy my enemies… and I was right!
MODOK: As most pitiful humans know, I am a Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing. Bill Rosemann, would you consider yourself Designed Only for Editing? What aspects of your design do you consider most useful for editing?
BILL ROSEMANN: My mind and body are indeed designed for the editorial arts, and like yourself, mighty MODOK, my powerful gluteus maximus muscles allow me to sit for multiple hours while reviewing scripts, cover sketches, pencils, color files, and lettering proofs. Unfortunately, unlike yourself, I do not have a high-tech chair that allows me to hover and disintegrate foes with lasers.
MODOK: In carrying out your daily functions at the Marvel Comic Book Corporation, I understand you manage a title starring so-called "hero" Ms. Marvel, which has begun a so-called "story arc" entitled "Ready, AIM, Fire!" featuring I--MODOK! Bill Rosemann, please set-up this three-issue arc and explain how it will bring greater glory to I--MODOK!
BILL ROSEMANN: While we may not be worthy of your admiration, the entire MS. MARVEL creative team are long-time fans of Your Excellence, so it was our intention to craft a thriller that would push Carol Danvers to the edge while also spotlighting and showcasing the legend known as MODOK. As far as the plot goes, Ms. Marvel discovers that two current members of A.I.M.--who both have personal ties to you--are attempting a coup which would wrest control of your visionary group out of your tiny--but strong!--hands. It also features Carol battling a mind-controlled Wonder Man and then puking blood. We hope this pleases you.
MODOK: Ahhhh…yes, that it does, Bill Rosemann. And what would please me even more would be to hear that this arc has a connection to July's premiering mini-series, SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP: MODOK'S 11, starring I--MODOK!
BILL ROSEMANN: Indeed, most glorious one, myself and fellow editorial minions Mark Paniccia and Nate Cosby worked closely with writers Brian Reed and Fred Van Lente so that the shocking events of MS. MARVEL #15 - #18 not only incorporate story points established in the Scorpion story arc in Amazing Fantasy, but also lead directly to your upcoming guaranteed blockbuster.
MODOK: All I want to know is how that second-rate baldy Mac Gargan got a story arc before me…
Bill Rosemann, I have no doubt that the arc concludes with the hideous death of Ms. Marvel and her "malekick," Wonder Man, at my ha--
What? Oh. Sorry.
(clears throat)
"Spoiler alert."
May I continue? Yes? Good. Interrupt me again and you SHALL BE CUT DOWN BY MY MIND BLASTS!!!
Bill Rosemann, I have no doubt that the arc concludes with the hideous death of Ms. Marvel and her "malekick," Wonder Man, at my hands. Are you concerned that sales will dip when, in subsequent issues, the comic depicts nothing but friends and family standing over Ms. Marvel's grave, sobbing and crying "Why oh why were you so foolish as to oppose MODOK, Ms. Marvel?"
BILL ROSEMANN: That is the risk that any hero must face when they decide to fight you, and would they be heroes if they did not decide to battle you anyway? That said, we're printing up the commemorative black armbands right now. You hear that, Captain America creative team? You're not the only ones who can kill their star!
MODOK: Not that I want to tell you how to do your job, Bill Rosemann--no, I want to COMMAND YOU HOW TO DO YOUR JOB, Bill Rosemann--but might I suggest, after Ms. Marvel's death, changing the title of her book to "Mighty MODOK" or "MODOK: Origins" or "Marvel Knights MODOK" and continue it, but now chronicling the glorious achievements of I, MODOK! After all, even though I also star in July's "Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK’s 11," in which I gather together an eclectic band of Marvel's Most Wanted to pull off the greatest heist in MU history, starring in twelve different books at the same time doesn't seem to hurt Spider-Man at all. AND I AM A FAR SUPERIOR CHARACTER TO THAT MEDDLING WEB-SLINGER!!!
BILL ROSEMANN: "Web of MODOK?" That works… but what about "New MODOK" or "Ultimate MODOK?" Why stop there? I see "MODOK Two-in-One" and "MODOK Triple Action" on our '08 publishing schedule!
MODOK: Bill Rosemann, as you will soon be the editor of the new title "Friendly Neighborhood MODOK" (formerly "Ms. Marvel"), might I (finger quotes) "pitch" you some match-ups for the first few issues. I want you to tell me who you think will win, and why. (Keep in mind that any answer I do not like will result in you being cut down by my mind-blasts.)
MODOK vs. The Sentry
BILL ROSEMANN: Well, considering that the Sentry is often afraid to leave his psychiatrist's couch, I'd say you'd win that one.
MODOK: MODOK vs. Jack Bauer of the FOX hit "24"
BILL ROSEMANN: Kiefer Sutherland was cool in Lost Boys, but wasn't he also in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me? You're 2 - 0.
MODOK: MODOK vs. Napoleon Bonaparte
BILL ROSEMANN: He was short and French. 3 for 3!
MODOK: MODOK vs. a 5th level dual-class Half-Elf Ranger/Druid with +2 longbow and a Drow Cloak of Dark Invisibility.
BILL ROSEMANN: Forgive me, my liege, but Half-Elf Ranger/Druids kick ass. Ah! Those mental bolts sting!
MODOK: Bill Rosemann, have you ever felt the scorn and crippling mental inadequacy of being born with a pitiful two-lobed brain in comparison with the awesome reasoning capacity of a being with a massive 144-lobed brain like, gee, I don't know, maybe...I, MODOK!
BILL ROSEMANN: Every day of my non-144-lobed life.
MODOK: Bill Rosemann, I thank you for your time in answering my questions and in my gratitude I choose not to destroy you. Yet.
BILL ROSEMANN: Surely it was my honor, Merciful One. I live to serve.
nice all hail M.O.D.O.K
Posted by tarhaun on 2007-06-05 17:03:04
Interview skills of death Dear MODOK, I enjoyed your interview. However I felt it could have used more destruction and mayhem. Perhaps next time you could interview someone that you would not mind destroying such as anyone that can be described as "former boy band member...'
Posted by comicsfan001 on 2007-06-07 00:48:38
Versus! MODOK -
If The Marvel/DC Universes ever encountered one another again, would you consider a Headbutting contest with the oversized bird-cell of Nine thousand and nine unmentionable names, Egg Fu? Seriously, you guys would DESPISE/ADORE Each Other!
Posted by The Gecko on 2007-06-07 08:21:28
Hong Kong Egg Phooey Bah! The phrase "member of Wonder Woman's rogues' gallery" is all that's required to inspire a round of derisive snickering here in the halls of AIM. ALL THE KING'S HORSES AND ALL THE KING'S MEN COULD NOT PUT EGG FU BACK TOGETHER AGAIN after I opened my can of mind-blast whoop-ass.
Whoop-yolk.
Whatever.
Posted by I MODOK on 2007-06-07 09:36:57
Um... You sure you're not thinking of the old one, the 'Giant Egg with a Mustache'?
I'm referrign to the recently rebooted version, who vaguely resembles you in being a huge-headed individual with a mechanical body and weird starey eyes, interested in Super-Science. Also uses the name 'Chang Tzu'. There's a pic of him on Wiki.
Posted by The Gecko on 2007-06-07 12:21:12
Bill Rosemann Lied! Dear Almighty, Great, & Swollen M.O.D.O.K.,
Bill Rosemann Lied! Both Ms. Marvel and Wonderman survived and your bloated, bobbly, brilliant head will not grace Ms. Marvel #19.
All hail the Head man! ;) (Get it? Head man! Tee hee hee!)
Regards,
A.I.M. Agent OI8U
Posted by glend_am on 2007-06-10 13:55:18
Your concerned minions Sentry? Jack Bauer? Napolean? He barely has 1 lobe let alone 144! I gotta ask why are punks like The Hellfire Club, Hydra and Mephisto still in power. You are just being lazy. Get up and start throwing around your (mental) weight. We gotta start seeing results.
Sincerely,
Your underlings and minions colaborative letter
P.S. stop reading and get to it
Posted by myth1602 on 2007-06-10 17:24:42
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About this blog: BLOGDOK is the psychotic ramblings of a Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing. Or is it merely a decoy for a far more sinister plot? I, MODOK, have over 2,459 wholly separate plans for world domination running simultaneously in my highly advanced 144-lobed brain, so not even I know for sure!
About the author: I, MODOK, first appeared in Tales of Suspense #94, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby ("If This Be MODOK", Oct. '67) and I have been the butt of jokes about my giant head ever since. But now I shall have my revenge! IN BLOG FORM!!!
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