Do you know the way to Shell Beach? PopMatters/Comics Associate Editor Michael D. Stewart has been a freelance writer, pr consultant, and loan officer. He currently spends his days as a marketing executive and his nights prowling the mean keys of his laptop hoping to find his own Shell Beach. Michael is also the co-creator of the Webcomic "Monster Comics" that appears on AsburyPulp.com and is working on his debut graphic novella "Some Kind of Blue Moon." Follow him on twitter: @MichaelDStewart
We could spend a long time digging into the minutiae of problems facing Amazing Spider-Man #695, but that would ignore the larger picture. While there is much to admire about Dan Slott’s work at plotting so many storylines and keeping them fairly coherent, it must be said how much potential is being left in the margins.