How do you guys seriously feel about bendis?

[sgt.candy]

while some people love him, others like here (http://www.insidepulse.com/article.php?contentid=36239) seem to despise him. especially now with the avengers thing.

[mgs]

very talented, very much a sellout, to himself and his company.

[HartyPotter]

Well, that link is about Young Avengers, which Bendis has very little to do with. Anyway, I think he's okay. I enjoy most of his work, I guess. I do wish that some of his titles were handled by someone else though, because I don't like getting too many titles from the same writers since I like some variety in creative teams.

[Shadow Crawler]

Bendis is a very talented writer. However, I've noticed that his stories seem to be getting weaker. He's overworked, and just like mgs said, a sellout. But I don't despise him, nor do I completely enjoy his writing anymore. So I guess I'm mixed...

[Siddon]

The internet hates him but when its all said and done he'll be considered one of the top 5 writers in the history of Marvel. If it wasn't for his work on Ultimate Spider-man I don't think the Ultimate Line would have been as successful as it is today. His run on Daredevil will be considered legendary. And New Avengers is the critical and commercial success that Marvel really needs right now.

[Alan2099]

He's okay, but he takes far to long to tell a story adn doesn't seem to care much for the idea of people wearing costumes. He's decent, but he's FAR over rated and I often wonder if he actually has any love for the characters he's working with.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

That link led to possibly the worst review I've ever read.

He was repetitive in his insults, and he talked about how he would have written the book.

I'd stop going to that page if I was you.
Can't be healthy.

[FunkyGreenJerusalem]

The internet hates him but when its all said and done he'll be considered one of the top 5 writers in the history of Marvel. If it wasn't for his work on Ultimate Spider-man I don't think the Ultimate Line would have been as successful as it is today. His run on Daredevil will be considered legendary. And New Avengers is the critical and commercial success that Marvel really needs right now.

DD is a good run, but could someone tell me what the point of his run is?

It felt like it was building to an overall story, but it took so many twists and turns I have no idea what it is about.

And I miss his indie mini's, but that's just the nostalgia talking.

[Arrjay]

Bendis is a very talented writer. However, I've noticed that his stories seem to be getting weaker. He's overworked, and just like mgs said, a sellout. But I don't despise him, nor do I completely enjoy his writing anymore. So I guess I'm mixed...

I agree with you on that one Crawler but Alan 2099 has a very valid point: he really does suffer from some form of costume phobia or something.
And yeah, Ultimate Spidey was a pivotal point for Bendis....for sure.

[RedNave]

I think Bendis helped get me back into comcis over the last year, I hadn't read anything in years (Bar the now finished Dreamwave Transformers). But a friend of my brothers lent us all of Ultimate Spider-Man and that drew me back into the World of comics. Though the only things of his I read are Ultimate Spider-Man and New Avengers, meaning to pick up Powers TPBs when I have money.

So I like him, not my favorite writter, probably would rate him in my top 15.

[Ant-Man]

The guy just writes for a living, and is no threat to any of his readers lives in any way, although some readers act as if he were :rolleyes: . A bunch of comic book readers out there act as if they own, gave birth to, or are married to, the characters in the Marvel Universe, and that Bendis is a real threat to their own life or something because he does not write what they percieve to be the correct stories in said characters book :rolleyes: . No wonder most comic book professionals, stay clear of most message boards. Stop acting like an ass hole towards the creators, if you are one of the people that are that is there slap nuts.

[Moses]

I personally don't have a problem with his writing style. I've enjoyed his recent work, though I do agree it sometimes feels he's workload is showing at times. New Avengers is really really good, though. Almost makes me glad Disassembled happened. Almost.

[Neolucifer]

Well i'm absolutely glad DA happened , and enjoyed the story overall , despite flaws and over decompression .
This is btw the bendis story i appreciate the least , so obviously i'm liking and even loving his other stuff .

[Adem]

I use to love his Ultimate Spiderman when the title first started till a few issues before Gwen Stacey died. Now it just seems to be his amazing race to issue 100. I think he just writes too many books and its caused him to not focus heavly on one or two books.

[Gaz]

He's okay, but he takes far to long to tell a story adn doesn't seem to care much for the idea of people wearing costumes. He's decent, but he's FAR over rated and I often wonder if he actually has any love for the characters he's working with.
I can see where you're coming from, he does put characters through the wringer, but I'd rather read that than a perfect hero with a great home life and who never loses or screws up. Which is why the only Superman story I own is "Whatever Happened..."
If it gets people interested in the character then the story works, and dragging them through hell does that, Miller makes a living doing just that.
I like him, his DD is starting to wobble under it's own weight, and some aspects of DA and USM leave a lot to be desired, but he created Alias and Powers, which showed me how deep comics can be. So I've got a soft spot for him.

[Brian Cronin]

I start at the legs, and slowly work my way up to the good parts.

-Brian

[The Shadow]

I like him.

He has some hits and misses... but not everything Stan Lee wrote was awesome either.

His Daredevil stuff is FANTASTIC and I am just getting some Powers trades now and have really enjoyed the first two so far.

I think Geoff Johns is a better writer because he seems to respect continuity more than Bendis who discards it at a whim if it doesn't fit HIS story.

[Reptisaurus!]

That link led to possibly the worst review I've ever read.

He was repetitive in his insults, and he talked about how he would have written the book.

I'd stop going to that page if I was you.
Can't be healthy.

Yeah. If I were to go against my better judgement I'd give it a one out of pity, but since it shows no crumbs of promise, or effective critical evaluation, or not being a big ol' pile of sucky stupd. So I give it a fair, balanced, negative sixty gazillion. Why the hell would I care about someone who admits to not having a shred of objectivity, and seems to know sweet, sweet FA about comics history or how they work.

(And I haven't even READ Young Avengers. :))

[The Shadow]

I start at the legs, and slowly work my way up to the good parts.

-Brian
:confused: ... what an odd quote Brian!

LOL :D

[Gaz]

That link led to possibly the worst review I've ever read.

He was repetitive in his insults, and he talked about how he would have written the book.

I'd stop going to that page if I was you.
Can't be healthy.
Oh, you should read any reviews he does of Bendis work. It degenerates from that level into a rant about what a pathetic human being BMB is, it's like a personal vendetta or something. Maybe he was the summer intern at Jinxworld and Bendis peed in his locker as an initiation or something...

[hbkabdul]

I start at the legs, and slowly work my way up to the good parts.

-Brian

I usually start at the belly button and work my way down to the good parts.

[jam37wcc]

As far as I know I like all his stuff, can't really remember anything that I hate. His Ult X-Men wasn't great but I really liked what Millar did before him so he had alot to live up to and then a story about Wolverine and not the X-Men didn't help any. Overall great writer and I have no real complaints.

[hbkabdul]

Ya know that link is to Jesse Baker that guy has some kind of sexual obsession with Bendis. He spends his entire rants on trying to tear down Bendis's credibility as a writer. One man on a most likely impossible mission. I dare anybody here to go back and find a review where Jesse Baker has not ripped the comic book and its writer a new hole. You cant make that guy happy ive never seen him review a comic and like it and ive been over at insidepulse.com since before it broke away from 411 mania. the guy complains constantly about bendis yet everyone once in a while goes out and reviews a bendis book and hes the only reviewer thats given comics a 0 on a scale of 1-10. i know books can been bad but yeesh. there is a differince from being objective and just totally being a dick and i think Baker has crossed the line more than once. i challenge Baker to write better books and sell more titles than Bendis.

[Archer]

I respect his ability to write so much, and sell so well, in the modern comics market . . . but I haven't read anything of his that I think is genius. Keep in mind the only Bendis books I read are Powers and his Ultimate Stuff . . . but with a few great exceptions on USM, it's just *good* to me.

He has also never really managed to get me completely emotionally involved in his characters. Without Bagley on USM, a lot of it would fall very flat for me.

Since Powers went to Marvel I've been reading it by the issue instead of by trades, and the slowness and repetitiveness has become very obvious.

So, to me, he's consistently good with a couple of bright moments . . . but I certainly don't worship him, or at the other extreme think he sucks.

[Reptisaurus!]

I like most of his current Marvel stuff. I Really liked the books he both wrote and drew (Jinx, Goldfish, Total Sell-Out) waaay more, though.

[DDM]

Bendis has a limited pallet. He writes Daredevil, Spider-Woman, Luke Cage, Spider-Man; likewise, he is given Avengers with his own roster: Spider-Woman, Luke Cage, Spider-Man, plus Parody Wolverine, Sentry, & Gimmick, the Unknown Enigma Jail Bait. He writes Secret War which has Daredevil, Wolverine, Luke Cage, Black Widow (takes Spider-Woman's slot)...Every character eventually becomes public about his or her dual identity. Bendis also wants to turn Purple Man, a third or fourth rate villain, into Doctor Doom or Magneto. It's not going to happen. Bendis is very creative with the BS to stretch one good issue into three or more mediocre or bad issues.

Essentially, Bendis is a one trick pony who has a broken record going through his same placid stories. He needs to expand his themes into deeper emotional territory & be less reliant on Joe Quesada's sychophant tongue lashings.

[The Joker]

Bendis is alright for the most part. Although I do agree that his current work is starting to reflect a burn out. Which is likely, and understandable. Since he's got quite a few titles under his pen.

I agree that his Ultimate stuff really helped out that line get off the ground. Although I have to say that I have enjoyed Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man run alot more than I did his Ultimate X-Men stuff. But thats just me.

[sgt.candy]

That link led to possibly the worst review I've ever read.

He was repetitive in his insults, and he talked about how he would have written the book.

I'd stop going to that page if I was you.
Can't be healthy.

then where will i get my laughs?

that guy HATES everything thats not vertigo or 1980's

[thik_3rd]

not hatin, but i never liked anything of his i read...

a few issues of ultimate spiderman - wack
ultimate six - wack
ultimate x-men - wack
secret war - wack
avengers disassembled - wack
new avengers - not wack, but pretty weak

i think thats all i've read by him (dont read alias, pulse, daredevil or powers)

[sgt.candy]

not hatin, but i never liked anything of his i read...

a few issues of ultimate spiderman - wack
ultimate six - wack
ultimate x-men - wack
secret war - wack
avengers disassembled - wack
new avengers - not wack, but pretty weak

i think thats all i've read by him (dont read alias, pulse, daredevil or powers)

ultimate x-men was wack and so was avengers disassembled. new avengers is ok and dont care for alias

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Yeah the Review sucks. I enjoy Young Avengers and I visit Insidepulse.com as well. I stopped reading the comics reviews for the fact I wanted to read a good review and not someone reviewing a comic , then breaking away telling me how they'd write It. ( Dude If you get paid to write comics , ok. But It makes your rant filled Review suck when you do It numerous times ! )


I also visit to see Hyatte rip these guys all the time. ;)

[jade_nova]

Bendis has a limited pallet. He writes Daredevil, Spider-Woman, Luke Cage, Spider-Man; likewise, he is given Avengers with his own roster: Spider-Woman, Luke Cage, Spider-Man, plus Parody Wolverine, Sentry, & Gimmick, the Unknown Enigma Jail Bait. He writes Secret War which has Daredevil, Wolverine, Luke Cage, Black Widow (takes Spider-Woman's slot)...Every character eventually becomes public about his or her dual identity. Bendis also wants to turn Purple Man, a third or fourth rate villain, into Doctor Doom or Magneto. It's not going to happen. Bendis is very creative with the BS to stretch one good issue into three or more mediocre or bad issues.

Essentially, Bendis is a one trick pony who has a broken record going through his same placid stories. He needs to expand his themes into deeper emotional territory & be less reliant on Joe Quesada's sychophant tongue lashings.

That is an interesting connection between Bendis' Avengers lineup and the characters in Secret War. I think Bendis is long winded and has too much talking in his book. In Avengers Dissambled part one was good and it made me wonder what would happen next but then in part two everyone is standing around talking about what just happened. He helped write the first story/six issues of Ultimate Fantastic Four and the I was wondering if the first two issues were even necessary since they deal with Reed Richard's life from birth to the time he gets his powers. I saw an issue of Powers and on page is nothing but dialog. After either issue six or eight of New Avengers I am going to try and not read anything Bendis writes.

[AlanScott606]

I think Bendis does his best work on non-super hero books. I thought Ultimate Spider-Man was ok but the best thing he has written IMO is Sam and Twitch.

[Paradox]

I like him. I like HIM and his work. Yeah, not everything's golden (I found "Disassembled" to be as flawed as just about everyone else did), but no one's good all the time. He's had far more "hits" with me, than "misses". Alias was stellar. I'm finding The Pulse lesser, but still good. His New Avengers has been good to me, so far, but we're just starting out. I first ran into him on Ultimate Spider-Man which I think does an excellent job of capturing the essence of the early Spider-Man for those of us that got bored with the character as he got older and less flawed. A lot of his weaker work (from what's reviewed) I wasn't interested in with or without him. I've never read Powers, but it seemed awfully well-received.

I like Brian himself from seeing him on panels at cons. Light, funny, self-deprecating, seemingly taking nothing too awfully seriously, yet enthusiastic and obviously having loads of fun.

[1HELLBOY]

He definately rates in my top 5 favorite writers. The stuff of his I've read(Ult. Spider-Man, New Avengers, Secret War, his Ult. X-Men run) i have enjoyed, to practically LOVED. In fact, I love his New Avengers and Secret War more than the rest. So he definately rates in my top 5 favorite writers of all time.

[Dark Soul # 7]

He´s not on my top ten list but he´s ok. But he tells VERY slow storylines on Ultimate Spider-man. New Avengers is starting to come around for me.

[Ivan Isaacs]

Together with Ed Brubaker and Dan Slott the best writer Marvel hs these days - his good stuff (Alias, USM etc.) outweights his bad stuff (Elektra, Disassembled).

[Captain Blitz]

Ivan and I not even share a common home country, but it seems like we also share our opinions. ;)

I really dig Bendis´ stuff, like New Avengers, Powers, Daredevil and so on. In my opinion he never puts out bad work, at least I cant´t remember any weak stuff.

On my huge pile of comics each month Bendis´ books are always on top of it. :)

[Stephane Garrelie]

Bendis is a very talented writer and I loved Ultimate Spiderman. :)
Even if I don't read it the pulse seems very good too.
I like very much New Avengers so far. :)
Alias was correct.
But when you read Daredevil or Secret War you have a great first issue or 2 first issues of the storyline and after that it's just fights and emptiness. :mad:
If he wrote less books, maybe he'll be better. ;)

[Matches Malone]

He's definitely in my top 5 writers right now (at least among folks who are putting out regular output). Alias was awesome. Powers and Daredevil are very very good. USM is consistently entertaining. Sam & Twitch and the old Jinxworld stuff are also excellent. I'm not as big a fan of The Pulse; it feels like they neutered Alias.

[Crimson]

I like him. He's one of my favorite writers.

[chiefdog]

I think Bendis does his best work on non-super hero books. I thought Ultimate Spider-Man was ok but the best thing he has written IMO is Sam and Twitch.

definitely agree. not really a fan of his writing style but the one thing i did really like was sam & twitch.

[sgt.candy]

Yeah the Review sucks. I enjoy Young Avengers and I visit Insidepulse.com as well. I stopped reading the comics reviews for the fact I wanted to read a good review and not someone reviewing a comic , then breaking away telling me how they'd write It. ( Dude If you get paid to write comics , ok. But It makes your rant filled Review suck when you do It numerous times ! )


I also visit to see Hyatte rip these guys all the time. ;)


i used to be a big eric S fan but after he moved to the pulse i rarely read his stuff

[marvelboi77]

Love everything he does, Ultimate Spiderman has consistantly been one of the best writen books for 75 issues. Now New Avengers is great too.

[Dave Cote]

He is alright I neither love him or hate him.I liked Alias an awful lot and think thats the best thing I've read by him New Avengers is good but I think i'm bias due to the inclusion of Spiderwoman.I find Ult. Spiderman and Daredevil to be average with some high points.I don't avoid his work but I'm not practicularly drawn to it either :rolleyes:

[Gaz]

Couple of things I'd like to clarify. Powers, since moving to Icon, has not been of the same high standard it was previously, although it's getting back there. And complaints about the pacing of UFF? MILLAR did the plots, Bendis did the dialogue. Pacing was thus more Millar's domain.

And he's bad for trying to make an old villain a bigger threat, thus expanding Marvel's rogue's gallery? The Rogues, from Flash, anyone? Mr Freeze's animated revamp? Miller's use of Kingpin? Just because he's done that with Purple Man (who's more the Joker than Doom now, btw, his big plot is in T-Bolts, by Fabian), a C-lister, doesn't make him bad. IMO, it's a great idea that he's good at, revamping an underused character, keeping the essence but making them stronger all around.

[Titanium]

In my professional opinion, Brian Micheal Bendis has basically stretched out his creativity past it's breaking point and now it's showing in many of his works.

He appears to have a good grasp on characters, as long as their his long time favorites. Anyone else he has a rough concept of and it shows. He's also too into shock entertainment.

Just because someone wants to write all the Marvel Books doesn't mean he should. It also doesn't mean he should ignore all the criticisms he's getting and pretend like everyone loves him and want him to do the entire Marvel Universe.


Overall he comes off as someone who should be writing people stories, not superpeople stories.

He has talent, but only when on certain projects, not every project.

And it wouldn't hurt if he tried including more action and less dialouge and standing around in his stories so they don't take six issues to tell a story that could be done in one or two.

[Doom Hammer]

Seriously? How do I seriously feel about Bendis?

Amazing writer. I love everything of his that I personally read (including the ill-received Secret War mini).

[Knightmare]

Don't remember when it was but a few years back I stopped reading comics. Didn't buy or read one for a year or so. Then a friend plops an Ultimate spiderman TPB in front of me. And with that I was back. At the time I didn't pay attention to who Bendis was--I simply boguht some books I used to buy and a few new ones. Then I noticed Daredevil. And that book alone tells me he can write. I don't care much about continuity, or some of the other things that are overanalyzed imo-- but the characters are what I read for, I want to feel soemthing for them, or feel soem relation to them, and Bendis does that.


Altough I will say I tihnk he's putting himself a bit too much out there with the number of books he's writing. It's great that he can do that and seemingly get his scripts in on time--but at this rate, he's gogin to be as overexposed in people's mind as Wolverine is.

[Mia]

You know, it may be residue from my years at university, but I was always told to never take anyone who can only come up with "it sucks" seriously.

Anyway....


I have to say that I really like Bendis a lot. In fact I’m volunteering at an upcoming convention just to meet him.

I know that Bendis is lauded in the industry. But this isn’t just idle flattery on my behalf. When I tried USM five years ago, I was catatonic with rage. I thought that his book, this character had not semblance to the character I grew up on. This was an obnoxious brat. I later tried his Elektra and thought that was garbage too. I came to the decision that this guy was nothing but a hack, refused to touch anything with his name on it.

Then last year after having dropped Nightwing, I was looking for a book to replace it. I picked up the volume 4 DD trade. I thought that I died and went to heaven, it was simply amazing. I bought the subsequent trades and loved those two and am now collecting the book. I should also add that DD was a character I couldn’t stand until Bendis took him over. Anyway I’ve since added the New Avengers---I’m digging that too. Some of his stuff does seem a bit stretched…probably due to overwork. But at least I’m not bored.

Another reason I like Bendis is that he writes for me, the fans. I read an interview with him where he said that “comic books cost a lot of money and he doesn’t want to waste people’s money.” Thank you.

[Paradox]

**finally has time to read the linked review**

Um...what? Yeah, I think this sums up the reviewer fairly well.

"who for some reason have taken it upon themselves to appoint me their patron saint of angry Internet fanboys, beating out Kurt Busiek's online stalker by a large margin"

I don't know that he beats out Manhunter from Marathon, IL, but he's certainly up there.

Nit. Learn how to write a review. This isn't anything resembling a review. It's a fanboy rant, nothing more. It informs the reader ZERO about the book and only about the alleged "opinion" of the reviewer. And what the hell is Bendis' name doing in the review? He has absolutely NOTHING to do with Young Avengers, Vision connectin notwithstanding.

Bleh.

The Final Word: This reviewer sucks. :p

[grendel824]

Very good, sometimes even great, writer. Very nice man. Deserves his success and doesn't ever convince himself that he does. Internet stalkers = teh crazy. :mad:

[hbkabdul]

Another reason I like Bendis is that he writes for me, the fans. I read an interview with him where he said that “comic books cost a lot of money and he doesn’t want to waste people’s money.” Thank you.

look i love bendis as much as the next guy and pick up all his work religiously but for him to say that makes me want to do a double take. Remember those issues of what if he wrote he devoted about 2 pages to the narrator sitting in a freaking diner for about 2 pages, spent the next SEVERAL pages recapping stuff we already know, and when it came time to answer the question of what if we basically got no story from either one just here is what would happen and i remember he spent the last page of one issue with Jessica Jones just walking out a diner. Remeber the silent issues marvel put out like a few years back. Well Bendis took the same story and used it in both Daredevil and Elektra and just rewrote the story from the other's perspective. Same story different perspectives. I love his writing dont get me wrong now im not bashing him i just dont cant believe he said he gives people their money's worth. i do enjoy his books and his writing but we gotta admit he often times stretches crap out needlessly yes it might build tension and all but hey like he said comics are about 3 bucks a pop and stuff like that i feel is a f*#& up

[mgs]

definitely agree. not really a fan of his writing style but the one thing i did really like was sam & twitch.
he was on the road to greatness on this book, then, somthing happened. i;m not quite sure what tho. i was saddened. then, he came out with powers, and i was happy. then, he signed exclusive with marvel and out came alias and i was happy. then, he made bad powers and alias books and i was sad. now he does everything marvel and i am just, bleah. average feelings towards him.

his downfall with me started the moment he, coincidentally, started to make the move all the way out to, whereever he is now, in middle america with his wife now. i thought he was better when he was actally in a more populous area.

and in response to ant-man, i don't think he's personally offended ME, persay, but it's the medium of comic books that i love, and to protect that, (in my own way, granted) i like to think that whatever someone does would help to contribute to them all, in general, not bring their status and other people down.

[Jack Flash]

Bendis is NOT a god, but he's a really talented writer.
His DD run is going to end up ranking next to Miller's. Jinx is amazing stuff. Alias kicked major butt. Wonderful stuff. Ultimate Spiderman is also going to stand the test of time. He's not a "Sell Out". That's kind of offensive and I don't understand where it comes from. He has a MONTHLY creator owned book. It's amazingly good. It's called Powers. You should check it out. Great art and interesting stories. He also happens to work for Marvel. This makes him a sell out how???? I think it's cool to bash what is popular. It happened with Claremont. It happens with Whedon. It happens with Bendis. Internet fanboys latch onto this wave of hate and smash and bash and spew venom and it spreads and negativity is generally much easier to spread than positivity. That said, he's had some misses. The Pulse isn't as strong as Alias. Fire wasn't as strong as Jinx or Goldfish or Total Sellout. His Avengers Dissasembled could have been more fleshed out, but it ended up being a really good story. But Nobody is perfect.

[sgt.candy]

one pal of mine who i asked said if bendis leaves daredevil he will leave too. cause noone will be able to top what bendis has done to that book and will just end up ruining it

[Mia]

I'm almost of the same mind. But I will give the new writer at least one arc to impress me (if it's Ed Brubaker).

[Mister Mets]

Very talented.
I'll buy anything he writes, and I wouldn't do that for any other writer.

However, he's yet to write his magnum opus.

[ratzo]

his magnum opus (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1582401748/ref=dp_primary-product-display_0/103-4898341-9859865?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=283155&s=books)

[The Xenos]

Ah yes. Torso was excellent. So was Powers. I'm still enjoying it. I find a lot of his older work was much more solid. Then again he did less superhero work or at least what he did do was mixed with the crime genre.

As for his Marvel work? Really hot and cold. I like his DD, but it tends to drag sometimes as a monthly. I gave up on his Ultimate SPider-man as it wasn't holding my interst and his twist with Gwena dnt he whole Carnage thing wasn't to my liking. Was never an Avengers fan, but damn if Disassembled didn't sound crappy. Alias was good, but I didn't feel like following it to Pulse.

-Xenos