I think the Bendis trope that annoys me most of all is the fact that none of the characters can keep their damn masks on. I can guess a Spidey comic is written by him just by seeing if he's got a mask on during a fight. His Moon Knight run did the same thing too, having Marc Spector constantly pulling back his hood and mask even in plane view of supervillains.
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
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!
Dude, I am glad I ran into your vlog. I appreciate a fellow fan with similar aesthetic taste in comic books. I dig your style, your knowledge and overall takes on different writers. Consider me a fan.
Also: Learn the character; Know each continuity so you're doing it right; Caring about the integrity of the property; giving a damn about the people who buy the books and therefore make sure he is paid; some problems with portraying women; destroying characters because he can (Lois, Jon Kent); incest; cannibalism . . . I could go on but it makes me sad. But another great installment of Comic Tropes. Glad his 2016 video was coughed up by RU-vid.
Man I just discovered your channel, going through your back catalog of videos now. Subscribed, awesome channel. I've been looking for videos like this for ages and haven't found any comic book RU-vidrs that fit what I was looking for, until now. Keep making videos man, hope more people discover you! You totally deserve it.
One of the only superhero comics ive read a lot of was ultimate spiderman. I had no idea miles morales and Jessica jones came from the same writer. I loved her Netflix show and Miles ' debut in spiderverse has ushered in a much needed renovation of mainstream 3d animation. Your opinions aged well!
I think Bendis works best with his own creations and those he may genuinely like. I already kinda hate him for Avengers Dissembled/House of M. There are characters he just don't bother to do research about and use them as objects and devices. And the way he used Scarlet Witch is a crime, and the recent Civil War II is another giant middle finger to Carol fans. He just never seems to care, there is no respect nor love. Just don't let him write team books or events, it's like waiting for a heart attack.
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.
6:28 lmfao i was like wtf is happening 😂😂 i thought he short circuited. I love how he ends his snapping episode with "im buzzed" to explain it lmao i laughed so hard
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.)
When I was younger, I wrote down all the tropes mentioned in this video on a piece of paper then I picked up New Avengers vol. 1. I think I found about 164 tropes between the 6 issues.
HahA, dude! You sure a have a few drinking vids. Huge fan of Daredevil, especially during Miller's run during the 80s but sort of left the book before Bendis came on board. By the way, that snappy patter jig was a little creepy...nah, just kidding. It was hilarious. Thanks for posting!
I find most of Bendis' work to be unreadably bad. I liked his original Ultimate Spider-Man run with Mark Bagley, but that's about it. I think his style of writing has generally damaged the comic's industry with too many other writers mimicking his extreme decompression, inane dialogue, and disregard of traditional comic book storytelling tools. Tasty looking ale, though. :)
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.
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
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.
First, I just want to say that I love the show and your comics knowledge... no faults there at all, great job. However, as a former cider drinker (former as I no longer drink), there is one thing I really do have to bring up... CIDER is made with APPLES (or other fruit, depending on how strict you want to get about the definition), while BEER is made with HOPS. The difference is like vodka and whiskey, in that they're made using a totally different method out of different ingredients, and about the only thing they have in common is that they contain alcohol and come in similar-sized bottles. Sorry, but it's kind of a big distinction for me, as I've always hated beer (especially that fizzy-pop called "lager") but used to drink cider on the regular! lol
Third video I've watched. Very entertaining. I thinking Bendis does best with his own characters, because when writing established characters he makes them go OOC far too much.
I started comics with Byrne's Man of Steel and the first Secret Wars and I like Bendis' dialogue and ideas for character development even when I hate the end results
never understood why people are so critical of Bendis' dialogue. ive always been a big fan of the back and forth between characters he writes. then again, Ultimate Spider-Man is the book that got me into comics, so I may be blinded by nostalgia. great video though, a lot of these never occurred to me before, and since I've been rereading the original run of Ultimate Spider-man I can't stop noticing them, so thanks for that haha
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.
The biggest trope of Bendis I can see these days is: write a bunch of unimportant nonsense (baffle with bullshit) until the last page or two and only then reveal plot points (or use deus ex machina to resolve the story). Just about every issue of his Superman stuff is this way.
I'm catching up with Comic Tropes videos, and I come across this one. I like BMB, I like cats, I drink alcoholic cider....and I have exactly the same glasses (tumblers) that you're drinking from. Stop it!
Biggest Trope for me is a character saying 'Oh my God'. Once i noticed it i couldn't stop noticing it. Bendis's characters do this far too often. Also the extreme pushing of retcons. Things like the Xorn explanations or trying to push Jessica Jones into Peter Parkers past, the the point where, mid-issue of New Avengers, he literally shows frames from a 1960's comic of Spider-Man and highlights a random student in it to say 'that is Jessica Jones right there'. It's just an insane level of detail that seems to be pushing a very confusing agenda.
Do you fancy fruit flavored beer? I only ever tasted one that didn't feel like fruit juice was poured onto them, that was a Barbaroja, but just as a rule of thumb I go for traditional beer varieties or even variations of those
Dude I’m so jealous of American comic book stores. I cannot find a good comic store with back issues or a huge selection in two provinces in Canada! Atomic comics looks great.
That Ace Pineapple is the bomb. I dont know if you guys have a Mexican chilli spice thing over there called Tajin. Do yourself some good and sprinkle some Takin into your glass next time you have a pineapple cider. Thank me later.
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.
That sounds like THE WORST origin story: raised by wild cranberries in a cranberry bog, young Chris learned their ways. He grew to be able to do everything a cranberry can do. After a water reel accident, he became Cranberry Man, using his cranberry-based powers to defend the bogs!
I don't have much experience reading stuff written by Bendis (Honestly, I'm not sure if I've actually ready ANY of his stuff. Did he do anything for SpiderVerse?), but I am aware that he's the one who wrote the issue where they made Iceman gay. I know he wasn't responsible for it (Thanks, Marvel higher-ups), but it's a business decision I still wholeheartedly denounce.
Ugh that dialogue patter. I found during his runs on (too) many avengers titles it felt like every character was talking like spider-man. I also remember during some fights the wrecking crew would say "we're a thor level baddie". Definitely detracted from immersion. Thanks for your video!!
How about the trope where his entire writing style is a blatant rip-off of David Mamet, crossed with a blatant rip-off of Joss Wheden, but utterly devoid of either of their talents for plot and structure?
Biggest Bendis Trope - Writing new characters out of his ass & drops them on the next writer to figure out so when they use his new character, he gets $$$. his Ultimate Spider-Man was good. but that was 19 years ago. just because I like john Romita jr's art for Spider-Man - doesn't mean I like his Current art style for DC. people change
