Wednesday, December 07, 2011

I know what I want from my superhero comics

is that they closely resemble cable television dramas.
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4 comments:

Michael Hoskin said...

Of course, because you can do so much more with cable television standards and budgets! Comics is a pretty poor medium by comparison. No standards? Infinite canvas? Being able to do anything is the death of creativity.

11:50 AM
Nicholas Ahlhelm said...

I love the name of that post at Comic Alliance. I'm surprised no one has referred to Bendis as "Benis" before this.

10:20 PM
Will said...

To be fair, from the quote, Bendis is clearly talking about trying to provoke a particular emotional state in readers, one of excited, fast-paced tension. There's nothing in that quote about using specific television techniques or anything.

11:03 PM
Bella's owner said...

Well sure, but who wants to be fair to Brian Michael Bendis?

No, I know I took that completely out of context, and I do understand he was talking about a particular aspect of the TV experience. It just struck me as funny that he couched discussion of his run in a comparison to a TV show, particularly given the move/TV show feel of his writing.

7:37 PM

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