On his own board *shivers*. He's probably gonna delete it anyway. Oh and all those fans are calling Mack an artistic genius as well.

I flipped through the issue yesterday and I'm pretty sure the last pages are an Alan Davis montage. But it's "okay" cause Mack posted this super long nonsensical explanation that still credited absolutely no one. Apparently you were MEANT to guess the HOMAGES because it's a Skrull themed issue. Nevermind that Hugues comic belongs to DC and not Marvel.

If you ask me, this whole incident just reaffirms my conviction that Marvel's being run by a bunch of fanzine making posers.

Paulo wrote: Those are some of the most egregious examples of swipes ever.

And if you check the whole thread, some of those panels are even reused up to 3 times. That surprised face shot of rainmaker gets milked for 3 panels containing absolutely NOTHING but that drawing.

This wasn't done by a child, this was done by a respected pro on a top book, with a top page rate probably, disgusting. What a joke. Bendis shouldn't even be allowed the right to cast judgement on anything anymore.

QUOTE: Apparently you were MEANT to guess the HOMAGES because it's a Skrull themed issue. Nevermind that Hugues comic belongs to DC and not Marvel.

Yeah, wth?  That explanation doesn't fly at all.

This would all be pretty funny if it weren't so not funny.

Chad wrote: ...I hate him as a human being...

I'm just curious, what has Bendis done to make you hate him as a human being?

Way to truncate the sentence so it only says what people want to pick up on. I said, specifically, "Every time I read anything he's (Bendis) has written, I hate him as a human being."

And I should probably say, "Oh, I'm sure he's a great dude, got a hot wife and nice-looking kids and a nice home, and he's successful...good for him. More power to him. I just don't like his work."

But no...when I read his work, I hate him irrationally, like I hate the flu, and "American Idol", and those choky smoker's voices on women that make them sound like they're about to cough up a ovary. I hate Bendis as the brand name behind some bullshit work in superhero comics. Let loose the hounds on that guy.

Chad, have you ever read Bendis' own stuff, like Jinx or Goldfish?  I suspect you might like that stuff more.

I wanted to read TORSO too. I suspect Bendis working on a kind of HIS KIND OF WOMAN detective melodrama would work well, as he has the rhythm (if not the smarts) of Howard Hawk's staccato speech patterns. So if Bendis was continuing the adventures of the 87th Precinct in comic book form, I could see it working.

But who the hell really enjoys his superhero stuff unless you're of the mindset that it's worth your hard-earned cash to see superheroes do mundane shit like talk on cell phones and jabber on about their feelings. Frankly I feel physically ill knowing people love their superheroes to be as trite and petty and superficial as they themselves are.