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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 14:47:38 GMT -5
It is the weird dialog Bendis does when he has two characters having a conversation. He does it a lot. By this, do you mean the "talking heads" bit where the dialog is really long and the story does not move forward, and that the characters in play are "out of character" to long time readers who have read those characters for a long time in the series?   |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 5, 2018 15:04:49 GMT -5
Characters talking over one another, interrupting, while having long conversations that don't move the plot. It's a big element of his AKA Goldfish and Jinx, moreso than the Marvel stuff, though he does it there. In his letter pages, in Goldfish and Powers he used to drool over Mamet's work. Bendis' influences seem to be more from film than literature, which seems to be the case with a lot of his generation of writers. There's also some Robert Altman in that, if you ever watch his films (people talking over one another in dialogue sequences, in wide shots, especially crowd scenes).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 15:35:51 GMT -5
Well Eisner used to preach not having umbilical dialogue balloons in a single panel (i.e. not using a cord" to connect multiple dialogue balloons form the same character interspersed with dialog from another character in the same panel) so if you want to have an extended conversation on the page, it's going to take up multiple panels like that. Also from Eisner, conversations can reveal character and not move the plot forward and still offer value to the comic narrative as a whole (I'm reading Eisner/Miller right now and Will talks about these points often when juxtaposing his approach to Frank's and how he handles stories that are not plot driven but character driven, so there is some Eisner influence in Bendis' approach too (but he does wear his Mamet influence on his sleeve and he often cites Mamet when asked about stuff up and coming writers should read).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2018 15:37:50 GMT -5
At the retailers summit at C2E2 this morning, DC and Diamond announced that retailers have pre-ordered over 1 milluon copies of DC Nation #0, the 25 cent comic setting up Bendis Man of Steel mini and the No Justice event and over a half million copies of Action #1000 featuring among other things, Bendis first Superman story that will set up his runs, so early sales returns on DC's Bendis gambit are looking good.
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Post by james on Apr 6, 2018 7:31:50 GMT -5
What is a "David Mamet bit" and which title or titles did he do this sort of stuff? Thanks. It is the weird dialog Bendis does when he has two characters having a conversation. He does it a lot. YES!!! That and the fact that for me after about 8 issues I find that I've lost interest in his stories. Kind of like Stephen king's last 20 years of writing. Strong beginnings that just drone on and on and usually end in a ridiculous fashion. |
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