Bendis interviews Slott

[Doc Destruction]

That would be AWESOME.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Will this be in 80's montage style?

I live my life in '80s montage style. A really, really slow '80s montage.

 

[Darthphere]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Kg_w-0y_w

 

[Harlekin]

Y'know, as long as 'Phere paints my house I'm okay with it.

 

[Darthphere]

Would Bendis be Drago in this case?

 

[Mr. Green]

Bendis made a comment that it was unbelievable for the Hulk to have rampaged across America for years and never killed anybody. Although he didn't include the exact words in his Illuminati comic, the implied reason that the Illuminati shuffled Hulk off to space was because his rampages created a lot of damage and probably killed people. Slott maintains that the Hulk has never intentionally taken an innocent life and cites the fact that the comics never show him intentionally taking an innocent life as proof. He shot down Bendis' argument that it's ridiculous for the Hulk not to have killed by countering with the fact that it's ridiculous for many super-powered characters not to have killed, given the damage they create (Thor and Iron Man were examples given, if I recall correctly), but we believe that anyway so the Hulk shouldn't be an arbitrary exception.

YEAH! He had Iron Man asking, "How many THIS time?" like it happens all the time or something! Slott is right and Bendis doesn't even read Hulk anyway so it he shouldn't be allowed an opinion.

 

[R&B]

Speaking of Bendis, I rather enjoyed in Powers oversize hardcover, very cool concept

I'm ready for volume 2, whenever

 

[TheCorpulent1]

YEAH! He had Iron Man asking, "How many THIS time?" like it happens all the time or something! Slott is right and Bendis doesn't even read Hulk anyway so it he shouldn't be allowed an opinion.

Well, I'm fairly certain nobody can take his opinion away or anything. Plus, as Slott pointed out, the language is vague enough to interpret that issue however you want. For example, the Iron Man quote you supplied could have possibly been Tony asking how many blocks the Hulk damaged, how many buildings destroyed, how many people traumatized (not necessarily killed), etc.

 

[SpideyInATree]

This was really a great interview with Dan Slott. You really learned a lot about how he got into the business. That's crazy that he lied his way into Marvel, sort of, heh.

And I'm psyched about the fact that he's heavily interested in doing a Spidey ongoing. I really hope Marvel hears him and finally goes through with it. Because Dan Slott doing Spidey would be the ultimate cats pajamas.

 

[Anubis]

It all depends on how his big '07 project turns out. If that sells well, we may very well see Slott on a Spidey book.

 

[PWN3R]

Dan Slott did Power Rangers, I am always finding new respect for the guy!

 

[GNR]

It all depends on how his big '07 project turns out. If that sells well, we may very well see Slott on a Spidey book.

Plus,if it even comes out on time.Dan's known to be late,plus CW just fudged up Marvel's '07 schedule for sure.

 

[Darthphere]

Dan Slott is already working on time, Tom B already said so.

 

[gildea]

you know despite tom b's comments (and i'm sure its provable) I never actually noticed slott being particularly late.

 

[Dread]

Great interview. Amazingly, Bendis displays a bit of a rapport with Slott and comes off as much less smug than he usually is when he's doing other interviews. Not only is Slott a bit of a "fanboy", but he also has a wealth of experience with the industry that isn't immediately apparent until he does interviews. He's a very dynamic writer. I'm glad he's being included in these "Knights of the Round Table"-esque Creator Retreats and that he's back on schedule.

The one exchange that sort of defined things for me, although all of it was good, was one in which Slott claims that if he was given ASM, he'd "kill Debra Whitman off" to show that the tone won't be all jokey, and Bendis claims that sort of idea "didn't work well for him", to which Slott replies, "That's why I said Debra Whitman, and not Aunt May". ZING. I mean, you have to understand how they operate and what each "death" would mean. Losing a character as vital as Aunt May has been done usually for shock value and it would dramatically change the status quo of Spider-Man forever. That is the sort of thing that fans sometimes backlash against. It'd really rile them up and that's what Bendis and writers of his ilk thrive on doing. But Whitman is a death that could energize a story without changing the mythos FOREVER (or until a retcon resurrection). Slott isn't out to reinvent the wheel, or hammer a lot of nails into coffins trying. Plus he was on point about reaching a "status" where you are allowed to write certain things, whereas lower rung writers can't. "If you'd let me write that, I'd BE the next Peter David."

A great interview on both ends. And I hope this new title does well for Slott so one day he really can get on an A-list franchise book like MOON KNIGHT or AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.