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Well at this point I think it’s safe to say that on paper at least that Eli is the better of the two. Super Bowl championships aside {Eli 2, Peyton 1}, here are the other factors that currently have Eli ahead of Peyton:
1. Eli had the season of his life in 2011. He lead the Giants at the end of the season to a division championship just barley making the playoffs to win it all. Peyton on the other hand missed the entire season with that neck injury. Initially it seemed like Peyton would only miss training camp and preseason.
So the Colts offense half-assed the first two exhibition games thinking Peyton would come back good as new. But then Peyton had a setback and needed another surgery, this time he would be kept out until October {Or so we were told}. So the Colts signed the recently retired Kerry Collins so they could have a veteran QB just in case.
Not only did the Kerry Collins experiment fail, It turned out that Peyton’s neck wasn’t healing fast enough so he would now miss the 2011 season. While the Colts waited in joyful hope for Peyton to return, their performance suffered as a result. They finished the 2011 season with a 2-14 record and will now have the #1 overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft.
2. Thanks to the Colts not preparing for the worst {Peyton getting seriously injured} by not having a solid backup in place, the rumor has been buzzing for quite sometime that the Colts will draft Andrew Luck from Stanford. Eli does not have such problems to worry about.
3. All of the Andrew Luck talk has some in the Colts organization thinking that after Peyton’s injury, the Colts just may part ways with Peyton Manning and give Luck the keys to the kingdom. This chatter has come about mainly due to the fact that Peyton is owed a $28 million roster bonus on March 28th.
Some within Colts land feel that money could be better used on Andrew Luck. As for Eli, as long as Tom Coughlin has job security, so will Eli as long as he stays healthy.
4. Next year the Indianapolis Colts will look different. Former Baltimore Colts Defensive Coordinator Chuck Pagano will be the new head coach in 2012. Also, the Colts have numerous free agents and chances are it will be difficult to bring all of them back. Personally, I feel that Colts management was wrong for putting all of the blame for the 2-14 season on Jim Caldwell.
The Colts front office is just as much to blame. With Chuck Pagano calling the shots on the field, the Colts will focus more on defense. The offense will also be more geared towards the run. This could take away the dynamic offensive play calling that is engineered by Peyton himself. This is adding fuel to the fire that Andrew Luck could be the replacement instead of the future.
Eli on the other hand will still have most if not all of the pieces in place from the 2011 season.
And 5. Even if Peyton does go to another team, there’s no guarantee that he will start. He will have to answer a lot of questions about his injured neck before anyone takes a chance on him. As for Eli, barring any unforseen circumstances he has smooth sailing ahead of him. But again I stress, this is only on paper.
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Digital comics have been as lucrative as the paper issue business model the last few years, with the convenience of staying home, and taking 60 seconds out of your day to buy, and download the books that you love straight to your computer, Android phone, iPad, or iPhone. Saving space for those that have a 200 square foot Manhattan apartment, or a “green” conscious personality, digital comic downloads, just like digital novels or newspapers have been a smack in the face to print media as a whole. Comics however, are going strong on both ends. Diamond Distribution, the “go to” company for national distribution to comic stores, showed numbers last year that people were buying paper books from the brick-and-mortar stores will continue to do so, with some in the mix that will buy both.
Part of the focus of the DC’s “New 52”, also known as re-launch for their continuity, had a large focus on same day digital with their new series, with great success. Marvel’s “Ultimate” line, which is set apart from the Marvel universe continuity is a more contemporary universe, featuring real places, and people, and more of a connection to today’s reader, have been same day digital since early 2011, and their first experiment with the same day digital was with Invincible Iron Man Annual #1 in June of 2010.
Archie Comics was the initial leader in the digital comics market, going same day digital for their entire line in January of 2011, making a real mark by offering them for a dollar less than their print counterparts. If Marvel wants to really take a step forward, that’s the first thing they need to do once their full line goes to the web.
Keep a watch out toward mid-March to start seeing download options for your favorite Marvel characters, or series.
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Kevin Keller is a character that was first introduced into the Archie universe, in the spin-off title “Veronica”. He’s become very popular among the fans, with a father that was in the Army, and Kevin’s character is carried over to the “Life with Archie” series, which follows the Riverdale rat-pack into adulthood, in a very Beverly Hills 90210 like story. Did I mention the important part? Kevin Keller is gay.
“When you enter into new territory — and frankly, we were the first company to really enter into this realm — you’re just never certain how it’s going to go, and you’re never certain how the character is going to develop,” said Archie CEO Jon Goldwater.
Dan Parent, the writer of the “Veronica” series, is the man developing Kevin Keller’s story, from teenage years to adulthood. He’s also getting married to his partner, a character named Clay Walker, in “Life with Archie” #16, scheduled to ship this January. Everyone that has a say in the direction of Archie Comics had a hand in the development of this character, and his upcoming wedding. CEO Goldwater, Kevin’s aforementioned writer Dan Parent, “Life with Archie” writer Paul Kupperberg, and Editor-in-Chief Victor Gorelick.
“We certainly consulted with Dan on how this was going to be positioned in ‘Life with Archie.’ Goldwater said. We’re very sensitive to the fact that this is his baby, and we’re not going to cut him out of the process. He was involved in talking to Paul, and frankly, before we went forward with Paul, we asked if he was cool with it. And more than being cool with it, he said ‘That’s fantastic!’ He was incredibly enthusiastic, and he knows that ‘Life with Archie’ is Paul’s book so he was extraordinarily supportive.”
Kevin Keller will continue to be written, and featured in Archie’s universe, despite the expected disapproval of people that can’t accept, or understand that people have a right to live their own lives. These stories are about characters that happen to be gay, not because they are gay.
Kupperberg says about Kevin being a new character: “It made it a little easier in a way. I talked to Dan about Kevin as a character in general, and he created Kevin’s spouse Clay Walker and came up with a persona for him, and I took it from there,” Kupperberg said. “The Kevin of the teenage Archie world if very different from the version we see in ‘Life with Archie.’ Now not only is he grown up, but he’s also a decorated military hero who has seen his fair share of action and been wounded in battle. Once I got into it, it wasn’t tough writing the character. The first scene I wrote for him involves Kevin reflecting back on his time in the Middle East, and as I was doing it, I thought, ‘He’s Sgt. Rock now! I’m not writing Kevin Keller so much as I’m writing Lt. Kevin Keller, United States Army.’”
Is this a milestone for comics? Yes. Does it show how far our society has come, in terms of accepting people for who they are? Yes. It’s a stand to say that there is a character out there, even though fictional, that not only was proudly displayed as a gay teenager, and that’s okay, to being someone on the front lines of a war, risking their lives just like the man next to him in combat. This is a big day for comics, and you’d be a fool not to pass it on.
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