GodzillaMendoza That's an interesting observation. That hadn't occurred to me but I'm thinking of his comics and it appears to be true. I wonder if it's symptomatic of how he tries to ground things. Same reason he attempts various dialog patter techniques?

If I had to guess, he probably thinks it makes the characters more human and vulnerable. Its easier to identify with and fear for a character's failures and successes if they have a recognizable human face to emote with. I get what he's going for with it, but I think he takes it too far and makes it a logistical problem in the story. Every person on the planet should know Peter Parker is Spider-Man considering how often Bendis has him drop the disguise in battle, willingly or otherwise. After a while it starts to feel like a cheap and artificial way to inject drama or tension.

Agreed. I like when creators really embrace what makes comic books a unique medium. You can have someone in a mask and show their inner thoughts. Or have the mask go invisible to show an emotion (Spidey's half mask). Ah well.

ComicTropes or you can do what Kamen Rider does and have the heroes act more expressively in costume to make up for the inability to see a characters face

ロボット鳥山 Who said anything about sane humans? These are people who fight villains in spandex.

I think that's why his 1st Ultimate Spider-man run was his strongest work since he didn't have to worry about continuity

Agree.

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He doesn't even respect his own continuity! At the end of "Avengers Dissasembled" he has Carol Danvers say she will never forgive the presumed dead Wanda(Scarlet Witch) when she went crazy and destroyed the team. Years later when Wanda comes back suddenly she's suddenly her friend again and calling her husband Vision a jerk for not forgiving her!

Look at Civil War II.

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I swear Marvel has never had any clue what to do with Moon Knight and anything that worked was a complete accident. (I'm saying this with Moon Knight being my favorite Marvel character.)

Curious, but have you checked out reviewers like Linkara or Last Angry Geek? Besides Comic Tropes, those two are also favorites of mine.

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Simon Shephard My favorite stuff by him is Jessica Jones and Miles Morales.

skunkape I like JJ, but even in Alias there are some out of character moments for other characters. Also Avengers put JJ in hospital, and it's not a surprise that Avengers all become more like jerks after he took over. Also the character assassination of Scarlet Witch is unforgivable, it's worse than Hydra Cap, at least Nick Spencer explained why all this happened and have a decent build-up. Bendis just makes Wanda go bat shit crazy out of nowhere. (She remembered and moved on in West Coast Avengers, Busiek made her a leader, a veteran.)Then Bendis came and shit broke loose. Also that What if?JJ joined Avengers felt like a further insult. He made JJ the one who saved it all, JJ prevents Wanda going crazy, yeah sure. Since it's JJ's "daddy" that ruined her. Cap suddenly having interest in JJ and marrying her is all another level of Mary Sue. Carol in his Avengers book is fine, and last year we got Civil War II. Good lord. I don't know, man. I don't trust him with certain characters. Sometimes it felt not like bad writing, but intentional sabotage. So the best solution is give him a little coner, let him do what he likes and ban him from using characters he never respect and know.

Or force him to move to DC... wait.

Only when I'm very drunk.

He has written some good stuff. Ultimate Spider-Man, Goldfish, Jinx, several years worth of Powers, a lot of Daredevil. Just to name a few. I wish he'd go back to his crime fiction roots.

He’s got his problems but I do enjoy his stuff. Alias is one of favorite things ever put out by marvel tbh. His Daredevil is pretty amazing too.

Thank you, Sam. ComicsGate has raised some valid criticisms of the comic book industry, but I feel their criticisms are too narrowly focused. I agree with you that Bendis is a poison to the industry and his power in the industry has meant it's big dose of it. I believe if ComicsGate was discussing this and other things that have gone wrong in the industry as well as their focus on the SJWs, the movement would be taken more seriously

He has a niche he's works well within that outside of it he's terrible.

UpAndDown His New Avengers run was very strong at the beginning. It fizzled out at the end, but he did write a few very memorable stories. Daredevil and Ultimate SM are my favorites he did for Marvel. I liked his X-run early on, then I hated it. Continuity matters.

So good ideas. Shity execution

I don't drink alcohol myself, but I was confused when he called cider beer, as I thought maybe American cider has hops in it.

In my opinion, just because a writer has a habit or tendency to do certain things does not automatically make them "bad." I just think it's worth noting their stylistic and structural techniques. I think overall his dialog is pretty good but if you read a lot of it, it feels less realistic. I also think his dialog worked a lot better in his crime procedural stuff like Goldfish, Jinx, Daredevil and Powers than, say, Ultimate Spider-Man or Avengers. But that's purely my opinion.

And Action Comics?

Buffy-speak is a writing style that may not suit everyone's ears but it is intelligent writing. There's lots of clever wordplay and meaning, and every line has a purpose. Bends-speak tries to mimick that style but his dialogue lacks substance because of his lack of technical skill. His writing is more comparable to El James (50 shades) than Whedon imo.

Interesting question. There is definitely not a consensus. But I think it's important to note that it's really more of a marketing term - an idea to relabel comics to appeal to a wider audience. I have heard a lot of agreement that the first graphic novel is Will Eisner's "Contract with God" which is a complete story. So my personal definition tends to mean a complete story. However, some stories are simply too large to tell in one book, because of physical limitations in the binding process. I don't think that just because a story was initially published in periodicals (chapters) that a trade paperback is NOT a graphic novel. I would argue it absolutely fits the bill. Which also means there isn't that much of a difference between saying comic book or graphic novel. I tend to call everything comics.

which two provinces ?

Or as a different person entirely.

But his modern works are preachy

I'm American and that's still funny your bunch of girly drinkers over here.I myself prefer my a stouter variety but to each their own.

no. he doesn't.

You mean like the time he turned Jean Grey into an obnoxious passive-aggressive bully in order to avoid doing any actual work when outing Iceman?

bendis never knows the characters that he writes.