I mean, there has to be something, right? A guy like that (who I am certain is a decent human being) who wrote what is hands down one of the worst comics of the last decade with Ultimates 3 and the completely and utterly absurd Ultimatum doesn't just get handed the keys to the company car without having pics or video of the editor-in-chief doing something terrible, most likely sexual, in nature, right? Right?But, here we are, the day after Marvel and DC held their big retailer's summit and lo and behold, Loeb is writing not one, but two new high profile comics for Marvel. The guy really is becoming the Rob Liefeld of writers, no joke.
Show of hands, folks. Who the hell keeps buying his comics in turn telling Marvel you want to see more of his work? Someone has to be responsible for this.
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See, the problem is, Marvel keeps pairing Loeb with really gifted artists. People buy the books for the art, while hating the story, but a sale is a sale is a sale to Marvel, and that translates into "Jeph Loeb's books sell." Pair Loeb with an artist of his caliber, and no one on Earth would buy a single copy of the craptastic book that would be produced. (Oh, and I also blame Loeb for the shit-storm of mediocre blah that Heroes became shortly after its premiere.)
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it's not me! I've yet to read a Loeb story that wasn't drawn by Tim Sale that I liked. That has to say something for Tim Sale's storytelling ability.
And dude, DC is doing it too, there latest animated movie was based on his craptastic Superman/Batman series. Did anyone watch it yet? Maybe I'll go watch it and let you know if it's any good, I have been meaning to write something for you...
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