Shag is exactly right that there is a lot of "the grass is greener over there" to this phenomenon. Part of that effect is this: I don't know DC history very well at all, so *I don't know* when something is a retread, etc. When I see a writer I like doing something good at DC, even if it's a retread to you guys, I can stilll jump right in and enjoy it because I have no pre-existing baggage there.
On the other hand, if Marvel puts out the 400th re-working of "The Infinity Gauntlet" story, I just throw my hands in the air and run away. (Okay, well, probably not, since I love the cosmic stuff that much. But you get my point.) And re: ravenface's comments: >> Whenever you ask a Marvel fan why they don't like the Bendis era, they say >> they have a soft spot for some fringe era. << I will certainly admit to having a soft spot for, say, the late 1970s Marvel comics. Particularly the Shooter/Perez Avengers and the like. But that has nothing to do with why I don't like (to put it mildly) the Bendis era. Here are some things that have NOTHING to do with my dislike of Bendis on Avengers comics: * The team / lineup. Honestly, I couldn't care less WHO the Avengers are, at a given point in time, as long as the stories are well- written. * The art. Reasons I despise the Bendis era: * He cannot write. * He does not understand the characters. * He cannot write dialogue. (Or, to be fair, he cannot write dialogue I actually want to read.) Having characters go back and forth with some variation of, "Because I'm--" "No, you were--" "But what I'm saying is--" "That's what I am trying to--" This is not dialogue I want to read. * He cannot write team books. Solos, not so bad, but... * He comes up with great "concepts" but fails to execute them properly. * His endings, such as they are, are terrible. * In at least the first two years of his run, the actual Avengers rarely did much to solve the problems in the stories. * His stories are far too decompressed. * He has no ear for the distinctive manners of speaking of many classic Marvel characters, including Dr. Doom and Thor. These are just a few that come to mind. None of them have anything to do with me being stuck on some past glory period and not being willing to embrace a new writer. Hell, I consider Busiek's run the second- best ever, and I read that when I was in my thirties, 25 years after I first started reading AVENGERS. I continue to boycott every Bendis book, with the exception of SIEGE. I fully understand that on the glorious day when Bendis finally leaves the Avengers books, their sales will go down and their brief period of dominating the Marvel Universe will end. I don't care. I'll accept that as the price. I want him gone yesterday. --Van -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
