Originally Posted by
Ilan Preskovsky
I don't agree. He certainly isn't the sales draw that he once was but his work does get people talking and tends to be pretty heavily promoted. As for sales, is anything at DC really setting the charts alight?
Sorry, but Kesel and Johns basically wrote completely different characters. At least Bendis' Superboy seems like the same character that Kesel created, unlike that plank of blandness that was Johns' Superboy. I'm enjoying YJ but, yeah, the first arc was insanely drawn out. I didn't mind because I love the character interactions but, yeesh, it took forever to get through a pretty simple plot. The Multiverse arc, though, has been lots of fun, and I did really enjoy the Teen Lantern origin - even if, yeah, the noobies are nowhere near as compelling as the founding four.
I was too at first but because Superman can get between cities quicker than most of us can get from one room to the next, it doesn't really matter. Indeed, though I still strongly dislike the decision to age up Jon, I've been loving the way both Bendis and Rucka write the Lois and Clark marriage.
Look, I'm with you on aging Jon but so much of this is ludicrously wrong. First, Bendis, like any writer, isn't required to bow to fan demands, but he always seems like an incredibly gracious dude to me with both fans and other creators. Doesn't care about the characters? Then why is he the first person to write the core YJ characters in-character since Peter David's series ended? His Clark Kent/ Superman is almost eerily on point, I love his depiction of the Planet and, this is the really controversial one, I adore how he writes Lois. He clearly loves and respects what Tomasi and Jurgens did on the character and has said that he loved their stuff so much that he thought he couldn't bring anything new to the table with the same status quo, which is part of why he shook things up when he took over the books.
I also find it hard to believe that he doesn't care about the characters or doesn't do research. One of the delights of his work is seeing just how many classic DC Easter eggs he throws into his books. He clearly knows DC's history and even its more obscure characters, whether through his own love of the material and/ or extensive research.
I understand not liking or even hating Bendis' work (I love it but some of his choices are... not my cuppa tea) but allegations that he doesn't place tremendous care and love into his writing, especially currently, is just completely insane to me.