REP!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought Avengers: The Initiative was great. Maybe I'm bias since that was one of the first series I read as a regular thing once I started reading comics on a weekly basis, but I sure enjoyed that series. Still have just about the entire run from it (with maybe a couple issues missing from the beginning. (Though I'm a tad confounded that I never heard anything about him bringing back Komodo when he was writing that recent Lizard arc, especially since he created the character in the first place)

That said, while I know that Slott can be a good writer, that doesn't mean I feel a need to give him a chance with "Spock". I've been staying away from 616 Spider-Man since I heard about OMD (a handful of exceptions aside), so hearing about Spock gives me little reason to change that.

I have read Bru and Snyder and I do enjoy work by both of them. One a lot more than the other. That doesn't mean I can't also enjoy Dan Slott's comics. I do, quite a bit. He's a great writer.

So is Slott.
That's just dumb. If you can't make a point without resorting to hyperbole, I think you should reevaluate it.

I think I'll play an all Slott team this week.

"You cannot give Reputation to the same post twice."

Why not, darn it?

The first time I played at Emerald City Comic Con, I played a team from Slott's She-Hulk.

It included She-Hulk, the 2-Gun Kid, Awesome Android (Andy!), and the Pugliese pog. This, of course, was before the John Jameson piece came out.

Look, you folks want to enjoy Slott? Enjoy Slott. Don't let what I or anyone else say ruin your enjoyment of his writing. I'm just saying, in a way I am most comfortable with, that I am not a fan of Slott. Never have been, never will be. Nothing is going to change that.

I will argue that he, and most comic writers today, are not. It's just...with the exception of 4 "cape" books, it's all so terrible. Why's it all gotta be so bad?

I was more trying to be funny with it, but that's the problem with my delivery and the written word itself (you can't really hear one's tone through text on a computer screen, you know?).

I went with it and it flopped. It happens.

Oooh, and now you can team up Champion and Titania with the Power Gem too!

Joe, I just wanna let you know, those dice that you sent me, they roll SOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. My roommate hates those dice already.

Right on! I think they are chessex dice I got, like, 10 years ago for D&D.

Sweet. I may have to pick some more up.

Surprised at the hate for Slott in here. I've read some of his Spidey, and all of his Mighty Avengers and Avengers Initiative. Guy writes some good stuff.

Can the folks who do not like Slott elaborate on what they don't like? I'm not saying you have to like the guy's work, but as someone who understands the value of criticism I'd like to know what you don't like about it. I think pacing was mentioned, but that's a pretty vague thing to toss out without examples and counter-examples.

It's fine if you just don't like it and don't really have concrete reasons for it. But if you do have reasons, I'd like to know.

I guess I'd also like a longer list than 2 guys who supposedly write well, too.

For current ongoings:

Mark Waid
Matt Fraction
Jason Aaron
Brian Azzarello
Rick Reminder (I forgot about him. He's doing an amazing job on Venom. Every one in this topic needs to read this comic.)
Chris Yost (Forgot him, too. Just amazing what he's doing with the Scarlet Spider book. Definitely the best Spider-book on the market right now. Everyone should be reading this instead of that hot mess that Slott is writing)

That's it. Everyone else is mediocre or worse. I almost put Morrison on the list, but his Action Comics went from "awesome" to "boring and terrible." We'll see how it is once the run on Action is done and I'm able to sit and absorb it all at once.

(Note: I tend to hate everything that isn't "so amazing that it's a must read", so my list may be different than your's.)

(Edit: And yes, I do realize that I am very hard to please. That's why I don't want to be a parent; I'd ruin that poor kid.)