JMS IS a good writer

[hippy fascist]

A lot of people complain about JMS work on spider-man and fantastic four, lots of people have also been *****ing about the fact he's doing the new thor book. However they seem to forget that he's repsonsible for some of the best writing in the business.

Every writer has bad periods, hell I'm not gonna sit here and defend "the other", but people need to check out some of his other stuff before complaining so much

I recently picked up rising stars which was amazing, midnight nation was phenomenal and the original supreme power MAX series was awesome. If you want to talk about spider-man go back to the coming home era and you'll see that JMS saved this book from slipping into a far worse state than it's in at the moment.

My view is that to get the best out of JMS it has to be a limited story, leave him on a title for too long and he runs out of ideas, but then again the same thing could be applied to virtually any writer working today.

I guess what I'm saying is that people are too quick to judge based on a couple of books that are slipping in terms of quality at the moment. People forget that all writers have their ups and downs (kirkman's UXM anyone?) and personally I think that any writer should be judged on their entire body of work rather than a couple of recent runs.

Surely there must be some JMS fans out there? Make yourselves known god damnit!

 

[Kool-Aid]

Yarrrrrr

 

[Darthphere]

I like JMS, I think his FF was solid, even with Reed's crappy Uncle story. Sins Past was a mistake, everyone has their bad runs.

 

[The Question]

And if I recall, Sins Past wasn't JMS' idea. He was origionally going to have the twins be Peter's kids who were screwed up by his mutated DNA, but Joey Q made him change it.

 

[Kitsune]

And if I recall, Sins Past wasn't JMS' idea. He was origionally going to have the twins be Peter's kids who were screwed up by his mutated DNA, but Joey Q made him change it.

Okay, maybe all the Joey Q hatred is justified.

 

[The Leaguer]

JMS's run on Spider-Man, along with Ennis's Punisher, is really what pulled me into Marvel comics. Pretty much every other writer is why I stopped almost exclusively with Spider-Man and Punisher.

 

[Feature]

I like JMS' writing. He is good at characterization and dialogue, both dramatic and comical... his stories are another thing altogether. Sins Past, The Other, Book of Ezekiel... Although, much of that can be pinned on Joey Q, who is as fat an idiot as they come.

 

[Kevin]

I could have told you he was a good writer a long time ago. I still enjoy most of what he writes, I'm just bored with it now.

 

[Kool-Aid]

I like it and I liked Sins Past and I even liked the issues he did in The Other.

 

[Dodger]

He's a great writer but he does come of as a *****e.

 

[Darthphere]

How so?

 

[marcofthebeast]

I have heard a lot of bad things about JMS but then I picked the first two volumes of Supreme Power (MAX) and now I am intrested to see what he will be doing with Thor.

 

[hippy fascist]

I have heard a lot of bad things about JMS but then I picked the first two volumes of Supreme Power (MAX) and now I am intrested to see what he will be doing with Thor.

If you liked supreme power you should also check out rising stars. Similar territory but even better.

 

[The Leaguer]

Rising Stars makes Supreme Power look even worse than it already looks.

 

[deemar325]

Uhn..Supreme Power was awesome.

JMS just over stayed his welcome on Spidey.


That's the best I can do.


That hurt.

 

[hippy fascist]

Rising Stars makes Supreme Power look even worse than it already looks.

Have you read midnight nation? Of all his work that to me seems to be the best thing he's ever written. 10 issues of unadulterated awesomeness!

 

[The Leaguer]

Midnight Nation was pretty good, but JMS seemed to be shoving the fact that Laurel was supposed to be a badass down the reader's throat, and that kind of took me out of the story. Rising Stars was much better, I think. None of the characters were as unintentionally dislikable as Laurel was.

 

[hippy fascist]

Midnight Nation was pretty good, but JMS seemed to be shoving the fact that Laurel was supposed to be a badass down the reader's throat, and that kind of took me out of the story. Rising Stars was much better, I think. None of the characters were as unintentionally dislikable as Laurel was.

Matt kinda pissed me off. Such a dumbass

 

[Docker2.0]

JMS is an excellent writer. Sins Past wasn't as bad as people make it out to be, it just ended wrong & the Other........ I don't know, I like the powers upgrade but the story was just off. But as a writer, he's one of the top in my eyes. I've defended the guy for awhile and I felt like I was alone cause all people do is bash him, but glad to see some other people like his writings as well.

 

[The Leaguer]

Why? I thought his dramatic return in the third act was one of the most badass moments of the entire series.

 

[hippy fascist]

Why? I thought his dramatic return in the third act was one of the most badass moments of the entire series.

True but up until that point his whole: "I'll do what I'm told and never question it" attitude pissed me off. I agree about him waking up and smashing through the building though, completely badass!

 

[deemar325]

JMS is an excellent writer. Sins Past wasn't as bad as people make it out to be, it just ended wrong & the Other........ I don't know, I like the powers upgrade but the story was just off. But as a writer, he's one of the top in my eyes. I've defended the guy for awhile and I felt like I was alone cause all people do is bash him, but glad to see some other people like his writings as well.

He lost me with Sin'sPast. I can't deal.

 

[WeeZiTe]

I loved JMS's run on ASM up until Sins Past.. The best Spidey I read in a LONG time.

 

[The Leaguer]

I was completely impressed with the entire series. Each time time would jump forward 10 years, I would be disappointed because I was enjoying the previous era so much, but then I would immediately like the new era more.

 

[hippy fascist]

I was completely impressed with the entire series. Each time time would jump forward 10 years, I would be disappointed because I was enjoying the previous era so much, but then I would immediately like the new era more.

The twist at the end was very cool as well. So often in comics these days I can see these things coming about a third of the way into the arc but I didn't work out the ending till John and Randy has that conversation about John remembering the fireball. So nice to actually be surprised for a change.

I want to get the issues off e-bay eventually. At the moment I've got the hardcover which is a thing of beauty but for a book this brilliant I really want the issues.