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Post by jayvee on Jun 28, 2006 18:15:11 GMT -5
Chris Claremont's hiding under his bed, Nolan.
I think you've scared him away.
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Post by nolan on Jun 28, 2006 18:33:44 GMT -5
Chris Claremont's hiding under his bed, Nolan. I think you've scared him away. Ha. Pick any of the old creators that haven't changed their style in years. |
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Post by davidaccampo on Jun 28, 2006 22:48:59 GMT -5
David, Nah, you're a little off. The smartest comic creators are the ones who create the trends. The next smartest comic creators try to anticipate what the trends will be. The next next smartest ones follow them. The next next next smartest creators don't pay the slightest heed to them and hope that the stuff they did 20 years ago is still good enough. Hah! Actually, I wasn't really qualifying how smart. It's just something I observed a few years ago, specifically with Morrison. Here's a guy who wrote some great deconstructionist comics, some great "dark" comics, and then he comes back talking about bringing the glory back to super-hero comics, etc. It always struck me as funny that no one really called him on that -- and who cares really? They were all good comics. And then as the cries of "padding" reached their fever pitch, all of a sudden all these writers started to say "yeah, that's ridiculous", always carefully pointing to examples of GOOD decompression, then saying, "but there are others who are just awful" or whatever. But, hey, that's your livelihood when you're a freelancer.Publishers have got to cater to the readers, and the writers have to present themselves as useful commodities to the publishers. You know, circle of life, and all that. |
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Post by nolan on Jul 3, 2006 23:22:14 GMT -5
Far as I'm concerned if I were the editor at Marvel or DC and Grant Morrison came to me, I'd be like, "what do you want to go?" and "can I get you a glass of water, sir?"
Face it, the mainstream comic industry is becoming more and more about creators. ANd comics are a hell of a lot better because of it.
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Post by jayvee on Jul 3, 2006 23:40:17 GMT -5
Bendis haters would disagree.
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Post by nolan on Jul 3, 2006 23:44:52 GMT -5
But people who hate Bendis's books still buy them.
Its hilarious to hear them talk about how much they hate NOT AVENGERS yet they still buy every issue.
Honestly, I think that Bendis is a decent writer. He's occasioanlly spectacular. He is an amazing dialogue writer (probably one of the 5 best in comics) but his stories can get a bit wordy. And he can write an absolutley insane amount without a noticeable drop in quality (most writers, from my experience, can handle 2-3 without a drop in quality, Bendis can get like 5-6).
However you could do a lot worse.
I love buying his stuff in trades. But individual issues, I understand why people feel cheated. But buy like 20-30 issues of his stuff and read it all at once and you see why he's such a good writer.
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Post by jayvee on Jul 3, 2006 23:47:20 GMT -5
I didn't say I was one of them, Bendis is one of the reasons I got back into comics.
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Post by nolan on Jul 4, 2006 0:50:19 GMT -5
I didn't say I was one of them, Bendis is one of the reasons I got back into comics. Marvel did a good thing picking him up. THough I think DC still has the better writers atm (though whoever has Morrison has the best writers imho). |
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Post by FISSION MAILED on Jul 5, 2006 9:45:16 GMT -5
I love bendis. I can only judge from Powers, I've naver touched any of the superhero stuff, but the guy can confidently cook up rant after rant, all of which amplifies the emotional immersion.
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Post by selalusakti on Jul 15, 2006 11:47:36 GMT -5
hi, i'm new here..
i like the ideas of pictures that tell a story, not the contrary
and i think cinematic storytelling is the most revolutionary idea in comic art.
it is a great way to implicate expression or emotion. usually used in a dramatic sequence
most manga used this kind of way maybe because they had more pages than they had in american comic.
i read BATMAN HUSH, a great comic, it has a great cinematic artwork on one of its episode
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Post by nolan on Jul 15, 2006 12:38:27 GMT -5
hi, i'm new here.. i like the ideas of pictures that tell a story, not the contrary and i think cinematic storytelling is the most revolutionary idea in comic art. it is a great way to implicate expression or emotion. usually used in a dramatic sequence most manga used this kind of way maybe because they had more pages than they had in american comic. i read BATMAN HUSH, a great comic, it has a great cinematic artwork on one of its episode I think that its relaly showing the limits of the american format. Thats why PT is trying to bring the best of both in. |
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