I, myself, am in that silent majority.
I like Bendis on street-level heroes, but don't like him much on super-powered heroes.
I, myself, am in that silent majority.
I like Bendis on street-level heroes, but don't like him much on super-powered heroes.
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Yeah, Bendis is certainly taking bigger swings than Jurgens & Tomasi did during Rebirth, which was specifically designed to win-back disgruntled and lapsed fans.
I agree that it's always difficult to know what that "silent majority" actually thinks, but there's ample evidence that the vast majority of comic readers aren't posting about it online, which is a pretty strong indicator that they don't fall into more vocal love/hate camps. Like with most art, they like some of Bendis's stuff, and dislike others, but don't feel strongly enough about it to either rant or praise it online.
I also think the percentage of people who hate Bendis who are actually spending money on his comics is so incredibly low it's not even worth discussing. The percentage of readers consuming comics illegally vs how many are buying them legally these days cannot be understated. There's certainly a small percentage of fans who will buy a long-running comic like Superman or Action no matter what, even if they absolutely hate it, but Bendis still brings in solid numbers on comics where the main draw is him writing it.
This isn't to say that everyone who pays money for a Brian Bendis comic always loves everything he does, but the vitriol we see online about him is certainly not representative of the majority of his customers.