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I like that there is a Jessica Jones book, but I don't think the current one is particularly good. I like that there is a Defenders book, but I don't think the current one is particularly good. The only thing I liked about Miles Morales was that he was a young Spider-man not bogged down in continuity and crossovers and being in every other book, and they put an end to that ages ago (though to be fair I have not read any of his current main title). But I have been really enjoying his current Iron Man run/s, and it's a shame that'll be over. On the other hand, there's no reason to think nobody else could take Riri and Doom and (presumably before Bendis leaves we'll have him back) Tony and make kickass stories with one or all of them. Marvel HAS to take some risks on new talent, though. I had high hopes for Brisson because I liked where he was going before his series "The Violent" was cancelled, but nothing he's done for Marvel so far has been better than okay. And even if Spencer wasn't a piece of poo poo on a personal level, I can't recall anything he's done that I'd recommend except for Superior Foes.
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I wonder what went on behind closed doors that made Bendis go 'gently caress it I'm out'. I not a big fan of his but I'm pretty sure he was Marvel's biggest remaining name, so...?
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Nov 7, 2017 18:41
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Zoro posted:After the flop that was Civil War II and the fact that his recent work was getting stale and that his name was no longer really pulling in issues on its own, I think this was sort of inevitable. He's been on the decline for a while. The real question is who is Marvel going to get to replace them. Lurdiak posted:I'd be more thrilled if this didn't make Slott the de facto top writer at Marvel.
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Nov 7, 2017 18:43
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Pureauthor posted:I wonder what went on behind closed doors that made Bendis go 'gently caress it I'm out'. I not a big fan of his but I'm pretty sure he was Marvel's biggest remaining name, so...? They stopped treating him like a superstar years ago.
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Nov 7, 2017 18:43
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Pureauthor posted:I wonder what went on behind closed doors that made Bendis go 'gently caress it I'm out'. I not a big fan of his but I'm pretty sure he was Marvel's biggest remaining name, so...? Maybe it was just time for a change? That happens for lots of people.
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Nov 7, 2017 19:08
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Hey, if DC can revive their whole line without firing their entire editorial regime, something I never would have thought possible at the beginning of last year, Marvel can do it too. They probably won't, but it's at least possible!
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Nov 7, 2017 19:12
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Endless Mike posted:Maybe it was just time for a change? That happens for lots of people. Bendis leaving in and of itself would lead to that conclusion, but other writers have left and rumors of drama behind the scenes make this unlikely.
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Nov 7, 2017 19:49
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I'm surprised he went to DC instead of going indie it always seemed that his own projects (powers) suffered for the Marvel work. Or maybe he just doesn't know what to write there any more, it has been (slowly) going on forever. I wonder if there's any implications for the DC movie stuff and if part of why they're bringing him on is to help out there.
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Nov 7, 2017 19:51
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Lurdiak posted:I'd be more thrilled if this didn't make Slott the de facto top writer at Marvel. Maybe we'll get more from the Jekyll that wrote Silver Surfer instead of the Hyde that writes his other stuff. TwoPair fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Nov 7, 2017 |
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Nov 7, 2017 20:40
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Pureauthor posted:I wonder what went on behind closed doors that made Bendis go 'gently caress it I'm out'. I really don't think anything like that happened. He's needed to change teams for a few years now. If Marvel was still kicking DC's rear end like it was a couple years ago, I think this would still happen.
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Nov 7, 2017 20:52
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Edge & Christian posted:It's great because finally there will be a good writer writing my favorite character Miles Morales, who will bring him back to the core of the character that i loved, not a hack like Bendis who never understood what made Miles so great in the first place. Kick him back to Mark Waid to keep mining that "not exactly Nova, adjacent to Cyclops" angle.
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Nov 7, 2017 20:58
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I wonder if Alex Maleev will decide to work with DC more to team up with Bendis again.
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Nov 7, 2017 21:01
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Pureauthor posted:I wonder what went on behind closed doors that made Bendis go 'gently caress it I'm out'. I not a big fan of his but I'm pretty sure he was Marvel's biggest remaining name, so...? I think it was CW2. He's probably smart enough to realize that he has nothing left to say with the universe.
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Nov 7, 2017 21:02
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Starsnostars posted:I wonder if Alex Maleev will decide to work with DC more to team up with Bendis again. David Finch is already working at DC, that's my great fear 😨
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Nov 7, 2017 21:03
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Revol posted:I really don't think anything like that happened. He's needed to change teams for a few years now. If Marvel was still kicking DC's rear end like it was a couple years ago, I think this would still happen. The problem with this argument is both how much changed in three years and that DC editorial got it's act together (comparatively) much longer than that, so while sales sucked DC's creatives have been in a better position for much longer. While Marvel's problems have been brewing underneath the surface for the better part of a decade and only now coming to light. Bendis isn't the only person jumping ship and a lot of Marvel's troubles (problems with retailers, dumb deals with arms dealers, ect) are now becoming common knowledge.
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Nov 7, 2017 21:16
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I wouldn't be surprised if DC just dropped a large sack of money and insurance benefits on Bendis's desk. Bendis has several children under 10, as I recall. Dude's gotta mind his bottom line. (I wonder where he'll end up at DC. I'm guessing somewhere in the Bat-family.) I hope Miles gets handed to somebody cool. Maybe Coates could take over.
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Nov 7, 2017 21:22
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Wanderer posted:(I wonder where he'll end up at DC. I'm guessing somewhere in the Bat-family.) Dual Detective and Action Comics, Catwoman, a Vertigo crime comic and Watchmen Crisis.
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Nov 7, 2017 21:26
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Wanderer posted:e. This is less a guess and more a hard fact.
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Nov 7, 2017 21:27
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Well, he did write Avengers for ten years. It wouldn't be that strange to see him on some custom JLA lineup, especially if they teamed him up with David Finch again.
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Nov 7, 2017 21:28
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He writes Nightwing and somehow still introduces Kitty Pryde as Dick's new girlfriend
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Nov 7, 2017 21:30
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I wonder if someone will undo BMB's needless Angela and Sera separation plot as soon as he leaves? For a guy with good intentions and an admirable, if occasionally misguided, sense of the importance of representation, it was a real faux pas to just shove Marvel's major trans character into extra special limbo, i.e. requiring a writer to create an explanation for her reappearance and therefore rendering any further appearances that bit more unlikely. Actually, now that I think of it, it will be fascinating to see how many major hanging plot threads he will leave and whether these will be picked up on since he is a writer with a unique voice and major stature that is potentially quite intimidating. Hopefully I don't sound like I'm pointlessly hating by any stretch, but Bendis is the king of unresolved plot hooks without him leaving the company (presumably quite soon), even if this is simply due to him writing so many books at Marvel in an era of creative team and status quo shifts.
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Nov 7, 2017 21:33
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"Bendis." "Bendis?" "The Marvel writer." "The guy who did Spider-man?" "Yes." "What about him?" "DC." "DC? DC comics?" "He's going to--" "He's going to DC comics?" "Yes." "Huh."
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Nov 7, 2017 22:07
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Zoro posted:"Bendis." Funny how yesterday's breath of fresh air becomes today's stale gimmicky writing tick.
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Nov 7, 2017 22:21
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Lightning Lord posted:Funny how yesterday's breath of fresh air becomes today's stale gimmicky writing tick. I want to clear, I actually like Bendis and think he can write great books, but his ticks are overplayed a bit.
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Nov 7, 2017 22:28
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Zoro posted:"Bendis." Wasnt done over 6 posts with the beginning and middle parts of the conversation repeated every post. 3/10
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Nov 7, 2017 22:37
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Bendis tackles Dan Slott into a volcano on his way out, saving us all and proving himself a real human being and a real hero all along
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Nov 7, 2017 22:38
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Wanderer posted:I hope Miles gets handed to somebody cool. Maybe Coates could take over. I'd be most interested in Coates writing Peter Parker because it's clear from whenever he's written about Spidey in his columns that he's a huge Peter Parker fan, but he'd be good on Miles as well and not least because I imagine he'd be more interested in Miles himself than in Miles's dad. 
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Nov 7, 2017 22:56
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Zoro posted:"Bendis." "...I've fought Batman, y'know?" "Batman?" "Batman." "The Batman?" "The one and only." "Not one of those other Batmen? Sure it wasn't a Robin?" "A Robin? I wouldn't bring this up if it was a Robin." "I think it was a Robin" "It wasn't- it was not a Robin. I fought a Batman. The Batman." "You. Fought Batman." "Got a solid punch in, too." "So you're telling me that You, a random dime a dozen goon not only fought Batman, not a Robin, mind you, but Batman, and came out unscratched and punched him." "Well, I didn't say unscratched..." "Did he stab you with a bataraang? kicked his boot into your buttocks? Unleashed the bats onto your back?" "More like... I hit his gut, broke my hand, his stupid body armor was hard and fell back." "You sure fought Batman." "The Batman."
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Nov 7, 2017 23:05
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Miles has never been anything but a way to tell more Peter stories. Edit: You know I bet Bendis decompression is really nice for the artists since comics still use page rates (as discussed in another thread.)
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Nov 7, 2017 23:08
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Bendis always struck me as an artist-friendly sort of writer, since a lot of his stories have at least one big, wordless action moment that really lets an artist flex. Granted, those sequences typically don't move the story forward very quickly, so it's not an efficient use of his page count, but it's still packed with good portfolio shots.
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Nov 7, 2017 23:37
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Wanderer posted:Bendis always struck me as an artist-friendly sort of writer, since a lot of his stories have at least one big, wordless action moment that really lets an artist flex. Most writers who are also artists are, yeah.
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Nov 7, 2017 23:46
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Bendis? Writing? Artists, for Bendis? Bendis? Writing for Artists? Writers? Artists? Writer/Artists? Writers write? Right? Art right? Alt-right? KKK? 3 Ks? 3 + 1 = 4 4 WASHINGTON AVENUE THE NEXT CLUE IS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
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Nov 7, 2017 23:49
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Edge & Christian posted:Bendis? Writing? Nice aneurysm
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Nov 7, 2017 23:50
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Wait, so what's the joke about Bendis' writing? I'm not sure I get it yet.
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Nov 7, 2017 23:53
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the clue is that he's going to write Batman with Thomas Middleditch and Lauren Lapkus's Kid Detectives in supporting roles
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Nov 7, 2017 23:54
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Edge & Christian posted:Bendis? Writing? I got that reference.
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Nov 7, 2017 23:54
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Blockhouse posted:I got that reference. Me too but I'm too cool to tell anyone, unlike some people
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Nov 7, 2017 23:55
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I have never once implied I was cool.
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Edge & Christian posted:the clue is that he's going to write Batman with Thomas Middleditch and Lauren Lapkus's Kid Detectives in supporting roles Sold.
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