Comments on: Is Andy Diggle heading to Daredevil?

By: artiepants

artiepants — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:40:57 +0000

i will find this a bit of a sad change, Bru’s DD has been almost insanely consistant and Lark’s are is amazing month in and month out ~ i’ll even go out on a limb and say i like Bru’s DD MORE than his Cap!!!

but all good things must come to an end, and i get the feeling Bru may be getting deeper into Hollywood writing… or he may be getting too expensive for Marvel to keep him on a mid-tier book…

i’ve got nothing against Diggle, his Thunderbolts has been solid, but hasn’t exactly been thrilling me either ~ not sure i’d follow a change of creators on DD since it’s the creators i’m more into than the character…

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:26:13 +0000

Tim Vojta
March 14, 2009 at 9:08 pm
“Good lord I hope so. Daredevil has been unreadable for almost five years.”

Only if you have terrible taste.

By: Chuck McKinney

Chuck McKinney — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:05:45 +0000

If things are changing, Clay Mann would be an excellent choice for art!

By: FlyingFox

FlyingFox — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:35:11 +0000

Well, if Diggle does take over I’ll definitely be reading it. I had doubts when he took over Thundernolts but so far that comics hass been fantastic.

By: B Smithy

B Smithy — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:40:22 +0000

for crying out loud, will DC give some appropriate work to Diggle please!!

By: Mephisto

Mephisto — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:16:47 +0000

Hmm, I was sure that Marvel was going to give DD to Greg Rucka and Clay Mann after they both did fantastic work on the title this past year.

By: Lierson

Lierson — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:24:55 +0000

Hey, Anthony, during the 90′s they tried to get DD away from the dark noir hiring guys like Karl Kesel and Joe Kelly to give more of a swashbuckling feel.

Of course, it was not working and they gave the book to Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada…

By: Anthony W

Anthony W — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:13:49 +0000

Ah man. I thought the first post I made wasn’t going to show up. My bad.

By: Anthony W

Anthony W — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:12:32 +0000

whoops, meant to say “Daredevil”. I better get my rest.

By: Anthony W

Anthony W — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:11:03 +0000

“Good lord I hope so. Daredevil has been unreadable for almost five years.”

Don’t get your hopes up. Daredevid stories tend to fall into two categories.
1.Frank Miller
2. Wannabe Frank Miller.

Just once I would like a writer to say “Screw this wannabe noir Frank Miller stuff” and give us a Radical Departure from the norm. Shake things up.

By: Anthony W

Anthony W — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:00:22 +0000

“Good lord I hope so. Daredevil has been unreadable for almost five years.” Tim Vojta

Don’t get your hopes up. Daredevil stories tend to fall into two categories.
1. Frank Miller
2. wannabe Frank Miller.

Just once I would like to see a Marvel writer say “Screw this wannabe Frank Miller noir crap.” and give us a RADICAL DEPARTURE from the norm. Look at what Bendis did with the Avengers.

And how about getting an artist whose style isn’t so stiff, posed and lifeless.

By: Tim Vojta

Tim Vojta — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:08:49 +0000

Good lord I hope so. Daredevil has been unreadable for almost five years.

By: Trinko

Trinko — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:22:57 +0000

I love Ed Brubaker, but nothing lasts forever. He has to move on someday. And with the way Marvel plans ahead, this change could easily be over a year away.

By: Dreggor Gade

Dreggor Gade — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:32:13 +0000

Marvel has a smart business pattern of taking their top-selling books, recognizing what the team is on those books, letting them run on those books for quite a long time, and then eventually, at some point down the road, making a big change:

They put those teams that are selling the big books onto titles that are failing, titles that have very low sales numbers. And on the big books that were both selling well and being well done? They hand those books off to either new talent, rising stars, or old but famous hacks. The idea is that since the book is doing so well at that point, it will take the readers at least a six-issue arc to decide whether or not they like the new team on the book. And Marvel has made their money, whether the book is great or crap. It’s a great business plan.

I hope that Diggle does well with Daredevil especially after the Smith/Bendis/Brubaker run. I’m happy they’re not handing it to an old heavy-handed hack like they do so often (you know who I’m talking about) because it means the book still has high hopes.

By: Ian A.

Ian A. — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:09:10 +0000

Does this mean we get Jock on art?

Or at least covers?

By: Mark R. Campbell

Mark R. Campbell — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:38:03 +0000

“Another “unexpected villain”. What the reincarnated Hand assasin Karen Page…Jesus..leave the death cult ninja stuff alone guys! Lets try something new! Pretty please?”

Errm… do you have top secret insider information? Or are you just being completely random and dismissing something without the slightest idea of what you are talking about?

If it is the former, please: do tell! If the later: give it a rest.

By: Garrett Dollar

Garrett Dollar — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:30:04 +0000

Joe Q loves DD. I honestly think it’s the equivalent of a “teachers pet” at Marvel. If it wouldn’t be good, Joe wouldn’t let it happen (this only applies to DD unfortunately).

By: Josh Dies

Josh Dies — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:13:51 +0000

Well, this is just terrible news. Brubaker was the only one who could follow the Bendis run. DD is one of my favorite books and now I’m worried it’ll go to crap.

By: Matthew Stockfarleysolomonburger

Matthew Stockfarleysolomonburger — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:53:26 +0000

Another “unexpected villain”. What the reincarnated Hand assasin Karen Page…Jesus..leave the death cult ninja stuff alone guys! Lets try something new! Pretty please?

By: Flip Maker

Flip Maker — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:32:19 +0000

It’s pretty amazing how quickly Diggle’s profile has begun to grow while at Marvel. Adding Daredevil to his list of books would certainly help that along nicely. Hoping this happens and soon! Love the DIggle.