Thread: Bendis...why the hate?

Its not just the stores. People read his books. Secret invasion consistently outsold Final Crisis and sold more than Blackest Night so far as well. Bendis on an Avengers title is a guaranteed cash cow and mark my words... When he finally leaves his detractors will appreciate his intentions

Quote: Originally Posted by Will.S I love Leinil Francis Yu's style but I think Leinil was the weakest of the New Avengers artists when it came to fight scenes. Mostly because they looked so scatter shot and didn't make much sense as far as having visual continuity goes. But I do think Bendis's fight scenes aren't all too thought out either which leads to a lot of "HA!" and "HAIIIII!!!!"...

Quote: Originally Posted by protonik I hate to burst your bubble but Jeph Loeb has been a successful screenwriter in Hollywood for 30 years including a few hits like Commando, Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf Too (though this one was pretty bad, the original had a fun quality to it) and Whoopi Goldberg's Burglar. He was part of the Smallville team during the excellent 2-4 seasons as well as being integral to Heroes first 3 seasons. It has nothing...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shellhead Loeb worked on Heroes for a while, where he probably learned how to script things Hollywood-style. That includes more detailed choreography for fight scenes. So while his overall storytelling has declined, his fight scenes might be better, and there is definitely an audience for good fight scenes in comics. I hate to burst your bubble but Jeph Loeb has been a successful screenwriter in Hollywood for 30...

Eh, I kind of like Bendis breaking a few eggs. One of the things I think that has affected the MU is that it has become ossified somewhat since people's personalities have been locked in for decades. Conversely, few people are willing to accept new heroes so we get lots of retreads of stories. Bendis is basically saying "ok, I want to play in the pool but I don't want to have my readers follow 100% on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Winghead So I repeat WHO IS BUYING THEM? If everyone has mad problems with the book why does it always sell so consistently well. Books that suck and are not Hulk and All Star Batman usually drop in sales unless they are game changing events yet these Bendis Avenger books must be one of marvel's biggest success stories Book Sales Numbers are not based on what people buy but on what stores buy. His books are...

Quote: Originally Posted by protonik Uhhhh, no. Depends on the writer or artist. I saw a script from a big name once where the fight scene said "and they fight" and the exact sequence etc. was left to the artist to figure out. He had a number of pages to draw a fight with a certain outcome and it was an awesome issue. I won't say who because it could be problematic and I don't want to fuel negative fires. I read...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shellhead Loeb worked on Heroes for a while, where he probably learned how to script things Hollywood-style. That includes more detailed choreography for fight scenes. So while his overall storytelling has declined, his fight scenes might be better, and there is definitely an audience for good fight scenes in comics. This is pretty funny, because Heroes' fight scenes SUCK. I mean, even when I liked the show,...

Quote: Originally Posted by protonik I tend to fault poor fight scenes to the artists drawing the book. The artist sets a book's pace & it is his job to make the scenes look interesting. If the artists isn't selling BMB's fight sequences then the artist needs to work harder at it. I love Leinil Francis Yu's style but I think Leinil was the weakest of the New Avengers artists when it came to fight scenes. Mostly...

Quote: Originally Posted by XPac Yeah, I like how he humanizes the characters. Some of his best stuff really comes from when characters are just sort of sitting around hanging out. One of my fave all times scenes in comics is the Illuminati sitting around talking about women problems in the Marvel Boy Illuminati issue. That to me was pure gold. where the interesting villain gossip, I haven't heard any interesting villain gossip or any...