Re: Bendis Questions



On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 14:31:00 -0800, "Kenneth M. Lin"
<kenneth_m_lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The rumor is that he's leaving the Avengers franchise soon but do you think
he made enough money to retire on? He's been the bestselling comic-book
writer for at least a decade with the exception of Geoff Johns.

I must say that I despised his snail-paced storytelling and would use the
word "disappointing" to describe all of his mega-events. There was zero
payout from Secret Invasion and he sets everything in motion starting in
House of Muffin several years before that.

I also cannot forget countless issues of Ultimate Spider-Man where nothing
actually took place. He kept Uncle Ben alive for seven issues and yet all
he did was go to the mall and buy a pair of pants. There was also a
double-size issue with two-page splash of Spidey saying "I am late for
school!"

What do you think he will be doing next?

I'd love to see him leave Avengers so that it might actually start to
seem LIKE the Avengers again...but I'm almost positive he'll set his
sights on X-Men next (since it's the last big Marvel franchise he
hasn't written regularly) and piss all over them just as much...I'd
rather limit the damage by letting him continue to write crappy
Avengers stories.

Do you think anyone will remember him in ten years?

I think the stink will take decades to wear off.
.



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