tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14916953.post1161209308399602508..comments2023-10-29T03:21:50.171-04:00Comments on SCHWAPP!!!: Dishonest, Hypocritical Bendis: AddendumAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05734361945694475981noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14916953.post-7443276090956717052010-09-25T17:54:46.062-04:002010-09-25T17:54:46.062-04:00Heh, thanks, Kentendo.
You both underscore my bi...Heh, thanks, Kentendo. <br /><br />You both underscore my biggest problems with his rant about this subject:<br /><br />1. It seems more like he is lamenting the lack of long form criticism that puts his work up on a pedestal. He assumes it doesn't exist because the hits generated from vapid snark have driven it away, rather than his work not rising to that level of late. I read Scarlet #1 & #2 because I knew I'd enjoy it either due to his creative rebound or the schadenfreude of watching someone fail miserably due to believing their own hype. I'd have preferred the rebound, but still got my money's worth.<br /><br />2. It would appear that the "I don't care how much you're getting paid, do it for the love" isn't supposed to apply to him. In fairness, he's not the whole team on Powers. But for him or a creator he respects a great deal, once you've established that you can get paid for doing something, the amount you get paid should really effect the kind of effort you put into it. Pretty sure that missed delivery dates were chalked up to the better paying work having to take priority, rather than taking the attitude of "we solicited for a date, so our professionalism in meeting that date shouldn't be swayed by how little we make for it".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05734361945694475981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14916953.post-6129305943309090312010-09-25T16:17:29.727-04:002010-09-25T16:17:29.727-04:00When I got back in to comics in 2003 or so after a...When I got back in to comics in 2003 or so after a 7 year lay off, I devoured most of Bendis' mainstream stuff...but as Kentendo says, Secret Invasion helped convince me to drop a WHOLE lot of books....<br /><br />I find Bendis' writing almost as painful as the 1970's "each issue might be somebody's first" mentality....the "realistic" pauses, the ban on word balloons (or worse, trite word balloons worse than the "spoken" dialog)...and Secret Invasion was not fun to look at, art wise, and NOTHING happened in the whole series....no, wait, Mockingbird is back.MOCK!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02854497329647596811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14916953.post-36544420918316075182010-09-25T14:49:44.964-04:002010-09-25T14:49:44.964-04:00I like your online antics, Kevin :)
Whatever happ...I like your online antics, Kevin :)<br /><br />Whatever happened to Powers? One minute it's one of my favorite books every month, the next it's got an 11 month wait between issues. Now it's off my pull list completely, along with all his other titles (Secret Invasion was the final nail in his Marvel coffin for me).Kentendonoreply@blogger.com