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Ash-n-Bone · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:43 pm Post subject: I wish Bendis...

...would have expanded that Jigsaw storyline during his run. I know he's a Punisher villain but I really enjoyed his short time in the pages of DD. It's been a while since I read it but from what I remember he was a good mix of cold, creepy and crazy, and seemed like a perfect foe for Matt.

Would you guys like to see him back in future?

Daredevil24 · Humanity's Fathom Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Posts: 367

I'd like to see him back on Daredevil period

Francesco · Underboss Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 1307

assuming he gets back to how he used to write Daredevil and doesn't bring the style he uses nowadays in the other mainstream series, yes, I would like to see him write DD again.
but it must also be with a good artist to complement that style he used to have, someone like MAleev and Lark, and without the current cartoony archie comics style.

Mike Murdock · Golden Age Joined: 08 Sep 2014 Posts: 1750

What's the style he uses now?
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Ash-n-Bone · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:27 am Post subject:

Sorry guys, I should have been more clear. My question is would you like to see Jigsaw again?

Francesco · Underboss Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 1307

you're right.
then the answer is no because Waid would probably make him the umpteenth joke villain for DD to loudly laugh at and say how much of a D-lister he is.
You know, in order to show that Daredevil is no longer grim-and-gritty because it was getting depressing.

Foggy's Pal · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 11:41 pm Post subject:

This thread makes me excited to get to the BENDIS issues for our book club thread.

Mike Murdock · Golden Age Joined: 08 Sep 2014 Posts: 1750

I was going to bring that up when we get to that point. Having skipped ahead to Wake Up, I have no idea how it is humanly possible to review one issue per week with that. I feel like reviews will end up as a sentence or two and that's it. I get that there are hidden meanings that will do well to percolate and then discuss, but Bendis's reputation of decompressed writing is seriously understated (seriously, it will never be humanly possible to overstate how decompressed it is).

We can give it a shot, but I'm not sure how we can pull that off.
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Dimetre · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 5:11 pm Post subject:

Mike Murdock · Golden Age Joined: 08 Sep 2014 Posts: 1750

I disagree. It was intended as a tribute to Frank Miller, who often switched narrative perspectives. He had at least two stories told from Ben Urich's perspective.

The only difference is Bendis says "why tell a story in one issue when we can tell it in four." Otherwise, it would have fit in just the same.
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james castle · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 3:13 pm Post subject:

Mike Murdock · Golden Age Joined: 08 Sep 2014 Posts: 1750

Well, that one was never intended to be published as a Daredevil comic. It only was done that way to avoid a hiatus. Wake Up, on the other hand, was intended as a tribute to Frank Miller Daredevil comics, which would have stories where a secondary character was the protagonist instead.
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james castle · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 5:18 pm Post subject:

humanaccident · Flying Blind Joined: 10 Jul 2014 Posts: 26

Wake Up was terrible, I really don't care if it was a tribute or not, it was not a DD story and was typical of Bendis and his lack of ability to write the character so he just took him out of the picture. Another example of this is the story with that Silk guy overthrowing Kingpin, what was DD's invovlement in that one again? None, he was in it but you could lift him straight out and it would make no difference.

Anyway to the original question - sorry no to Jigsaw, he is a decent one shot villain but on a whole don't think he has the depth of character or the ability as a villain to really be a feature in a major story arc.

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