Gerry Conway is the writer who - among many other credits, at both DC and Marvel - penned the famous The Night Gwen Stacy Died comic that Sony later incorporated into their The Amazing Spider-Man 2 film. Speaking to the Superior Spider Talk podcast after the movies release, he admitted that he isnt fully convinced by comic book cinema. My overall reaction to the piece, is that it reflects the problems that are kind of inherent in doing these big budget single movie adaptations of serial comic book stories, he explained, before elaborating on the topic that "you have months on months on months where you can develop characters" in the comics, whereas movies lack that opportunity for depth. In a movie, youre basically trying to cram two or three years worth of story into two hours, he lamented. He also believes that "theres an argument to be made that television might be a better fit for certain longform comic book stories. I think they handled the death of Gwen very very well, Conway also made sure to mention, although its clear that hes not the biggest fan of comic book movies in general. He does enjoy Arrow, on The CW, though.
