Poor Tom King

Now that DC FUCKED him do you think he’ll leave to go work at Marvel once his contract ends?

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Probably.
Wasn't he originally going to move over to Steve Rogers Captain America, while Nick Spencer was doing FalCap?

Fuck King

I hope he moves on to doing creator-owned work.

He fucked himself by wasting a 100 issue run and an entire event miniseries on trying to perform self-therapy and assuming any living being would care to see him project his problems onto various superheroes.

Either Cebulski will get him, he'll move entirely to Vertigo or indie

They should put him on a wally west book

He should do indie work in an isolated universe where he can accurately determine powerlevels and without uprooting character personality.

>assuming any living being would care to see him project his problems onto various superheroes.
Holy hyperbole Batman
He wrote the best selling mini of 2018 so clearly people do

You honestly think Marvel would want him after he ranked Batman so badly that Immortal Hulk sold more?

Hope he comes back, I’d like to see him write Howling Commandos or Moon Knight

Yes, King and Bendis should go back to ruining Marvel instead of DC. And take Willow Wilson and Kelly Sue DeConnick with them.

And people have clearly gotten sick of it, as he's ramped up the self-reflection.

Obviously they will put him on Immortal Hulk because there's so much trauma for him to squeeze PTSD out of.

You really sit on Yea Forums telling people their hyperbolic statements are hyperbole?

How long has he got left on his contract? 3 years?

12 issues isn't a mini you faggot ass casual.

I think it’s 5 year contract so closer to 2

Okay maxi you dumb cunt

Naw, DC really really, REALLY wanted the kind of “star power” that Bendis brings to comics, that’s why they are giving him their two most iconic and longest running series. I’m sorry DC bro, I wish it wasn’t so, but DC is never letting Bendis go short of him snorting cocaine off Dido’s bald head

Then he didn't sell the best selling maxi either.

>anons dumb because I'm a casual who doesn't know what words mean
Nah. You just tried to make a factual statement and you don't even know what you're talking about.

At this point, Bendis would need to be caught on tape killing a transexual hooker while screaming "I AM THE GRAND WIZARD NOW, BITCH" for there to be even a chance of him getting fired. The man has connections thicker and stronger than the Golden Gate bridge cables.

Did Didio sends his goons to beat him up?

>Didio
>goons
Good god I wish I could see these clowns. Nobody in the comics industry has goons. Maybe steranko but he'd never use em.

>you think he’ll leave to go work at Marvel
Why would Marvel want him? They don’t want everyone in their universe to be suicidal or have PSTD? And they sure as hell don’t want Spider-Man to cut his wrists.

He also ruined Batman (DC’s once biggest book) so badly that it fell below 100K and was beaten by Hulk. Even Heroes in Crisis sold less than Metal and Doomsday Clock.

Morrison probably has some animated golems or something to use for muscle

>Dan sent his elite strike force to punish Tom King
>they know he's ex-CIA so whatever methods they employ, they can't be seen nor can it be connected back to Dan The Manslayer DiDio
>one night, King is hammering away at the script for Batman #85
>the power cuts out suddenly
>valuable work is lost
>King grabs an AR on instinct and heads down the stairs in pitch darkness
>small slivers of moonlight peak through half opened curtains
>King's eyes adjust to the darkness and begins to make out shapes
>the sofa, the coffee table, the TV, the XBoxOne, his kids' toys
>everything remains undisturbed, but also quiet
>he knows it's a break-and-enter because the neighbors have their lights on and his house has the most advanced wiring he could've afforded
>this is a job
>there's a shuffling sound, like something was being skinned
>King brings up the rifle at the source, but it soon stops
>the light from the kitchen windows reveals nothing but familiar shapes and the white tiles on the floor
>King advances, praying to whatever god may exist that his family remains safe through all of this
>more shuffling, and then more, from all sides, ahead, behind, left, right
>King spins around, but finds nothing
>they're playing with him and they have the advantage
>there's nothing left to do but press on
>King closes his eyes for a few seconds and inhales deeply, slowly, letting the adrenaline run its course and allowing enough time for his rational mind to kick in
>finally, he's ready
>he steps off of the shag carpet and onto the tile floor
>the world loses itself
>King loses himself
>up is left, down is there, here is never, nothing makes any sense (as if it ever did)
>and then pain through his skull, his back, his ribs and his knee
>the lights turn on, three men in black with white faces and red lips all grin at him and laugh
>before King can shoot them, they split and escape into the night
>King looks down and sees
>he slipped on a banana peel

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Wachaaaa

Why the fuck would DC want Bendis? Their world is beyond our comprehension. Believe nothing, reject nothing, for their motives and means are as foreign to us as a combustion engine is to an ant.

I am god!

Please I’m begging you DC let him finish his run I understand it’s divisive, but it’s meant so much to me I’ve been feeling suicidal since I heard the news last night.

He shouldn’t have wasted so many issues on filler. Also the suicide PSTD fetishes were annoying.

Entirely different fucking thing and no he didnt you fucking idiot.

Yes he did you fat bitch n word!

I hope he nooses himself

>he had the best selling mini!
>he literally didnt, 12 issues isnt a mini
>okay so he had the best selling maxi!
>no he didnt. Factually he didnt.
>NO FUCK YOU HE DID

How about you cite your bullshit, slick. Is it because you cant?

Tom King should eject from DC as soon as possible. Imagine spending years of your life on a title, winning multiple awards for your writing, and being ejected come the culmination of everything you've worked for by a selection of people in suits who don't deserve to be anywhere near comic books.

The most insulting decision made by comics executives in years -- and that's saying something. One of the top talents in the industry treated like garbage.

Hey Tom, still salty?

And then Kinghater will stop hating him.

He'll get another book, they are legally obligated to give work to him

This. It's fucking insane that anybody can think 85 issues isn't enough. Maybe if 25-50 and 60-70 weren't the definition of filler he might have done something worth while.

Likely not.

>The most insulting decision made by comics executives in years
Nah. You just don't like Superman so what they did with him doesn't matter to you.

They kicked tomasi and Gleason off after they saved Superman from his garbage ass new 52 runs and then kicked them off before 50 just so they could shill Bendis IN ACTION COMICS 1000! The first 1000th issue ever and the last thing in it will always be the Bendis ad right after clark gets stabbed in the fucking chest.

If you think removing a writer after 85 issues is disrespectful let alone more disrespectful than that you're a complete and utter faggot who is obsessed with king.

This man served his country so some respect. I don’t care if you don’t like his Batman run that was uncalled for.

Fuck off retard. Morrison and Pak did better Superman than Tomasi and Gleason. Eat shit and die.

I won't miss him.

>user doesn't know how contracts work
No, they aren't. Just as Antonio brown wasn't legally obligated to be played in the last game of the week last season on a much more expensive contract.

The "exclusives" simply mean they can't go write for marvel and that there may have been a bonus up front or to their page rate. It doesn't mean "they have to roster him on a book." The same goes for Bendis. The thing that gets them bad on books is not wanting to "waste" the investment of expensive contracts. Just like why the steelers needed to move AB rather than sit him for a season like Layveon Bell.

You clowns need to watch more sports or even just google contract law.

lol Morrisons was garbage literally the worst issues he's ever written. Pak was complete garbage.

It seems I was right, you likely never liked Superman before 2011 and haven't liked him since.

IM BEGGING YOU DONT DO THIS DC PLEASE DONT DO THIS

Now, I am a big fan of Tom King’s run on the series, a feeling I know is not shared by everyone. But I have admired the authorial voice, the experimentation with storytelling and form, the ticks. It’s my favourite Batman and I was down for the ride.

Cancelling his run with twenty issues to go, even if sales have softened, ignore the surge that City Of Bane and Year Of The Villain was likely to bring the title, and the long term benefit of having a hundred plus issue run which can be collected and republished as one big storyline for years, decades, centuries to come. I do think it is short sighted of DC Comics. Maybe they can do the same with 85 issues of Batman and a couple of years worth of Catwoman, if that is indeed what happens. But right now it feels like DC have cancelled Watchmen with issue #9. Or Omega Men with issue 6. Or Top Ten Season Two with #6. They did the last two by the way, though reversed the middle one.

In many ways, Tom King’s Batman is a quixotic storyline, about a broken, damaged man, who knows he should stop. His love, his family, his father, all point out how he can only be happy if he stops. And if he is happy he can’t go on. But he does, rejecting his own happiness for his own drive, tilting at all the windmills that Gotham has to offer. And in some ways that is also Tom King’s run on Batman, a planned-for 100 issue run on a mainstream superhero comic has never been attempted before. Let alone one that makes sixties camp a key recurring feature while simultaneously plumbing the depths of humanity, layering separate storylines upon each other that combine with real surprise, and even brings in Elmer Fudd. What’s more quixotic than even attempting such a thing??

Last game of the season.*

85 WASNT THE DEAL HE NEEDS 100 THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST RUN OF OUR LIVES PLEASE DC MAKE THINGS RIGHT WITH KING TELL HIM YOUR SORRY DO THE RIGHT THING

Someone draw this

>literal BC copypasta
Why?

THIS MAN IS A HERO HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY FAITHFULLY PROTECTING ALL OF US FROM ISLAMIC TERRORIST THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS LET HIM FINISH THIS IS THE MOST UNPATRIOTIC THING YOU COULD DO

>right now it feels like DC have cancelled Watchmen with issue #9
I disagree. Having read through Watchmen again relatively recently, I can say it would be a greater loss had Watchmen not been completed as in 12 issues that series had more substance than King's Batman did in twice as many issues.
King seemed to have a broad outline planned ahead of time, but no specific plan for each arc. Watchmen felt planned out, if not on paper, then in Moore's mind with Gibbons adding in details as necessary.

>comparing two things that have nothing to do with each other to make a point

Talking about clowns- sorry, retard.
There is no fucking contract in show biz that doesn't include a minimal of gigs guaranteed.

Now why is that? A couple of years ago it was pretty common for the majors of hollywood to give long, exclusive contracts to some directors to not make them work for years. Carpenter was one of those, for example.

The thing blew and since then every contract has to guarantee that artist signing it isn't going to fall into oblivion.

Learn something about the things you want to talk about, or just go see some half naked dudes running around on a play field, fucking faggot.

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ALL THE TIME AND MONEY SPENT INVESTED IN THIS AND YOU FUCK US LIKE THIS YOU FUCK KING LIKE THIS THIS IS AS BAD AS WHEN YOU FUCK TOMASI ON SUPERMAN FOR FAGGOT BENDIS STOP DC JUAT STOP

You’re responding to a block quote of rich Johnston

>literally making shit up just to stick it to an user
You’re an idiot if you think publishers are guaranteeing publishing. Honestly, you’d have to be retarded to think this.

100 ISSUES TO GET TO WEDDING AND THEN WE DONT GET WEDDING I WANT WEDDING WE WERE TOLD TO READ 100 ISSUES AND WE D SEE WEDDING HOW CAN WE SEE WEDDING IF THERE ISNT 100 ISSUES

DC can’t you see this man grieving? Why are you doing this to your most loyal customers?

Pak & Yang > Tomasi & Jurgens
DCYou > Rebirth
fuck you faggot

THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE RUN IN WHICH THE BAT FAMILY ACTUALLY BECAME A FAMILY DC YOU HATE FAMILY BECAUSE YOUR LONELY LOSERS BUT YOU DONT HAVE TO BE JUST LET KING FINISH

YOUR NOT GOING TO HAVE BENDIS TAKE OVER UNTIL AFTER ISSUE 100 ANYWAYS SO JUST LET KING FINISH PLEASE AND STOP HURTING HIM WHY THE FUCK IS HE ALL BEAT UP YOURE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES

>THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE RUN IN WHICH THE BAT FAMILY ACTUALLY BECAME A FAMILY
>Shoots Dick in the head and makes him forget his family
>Turns Batman into an abusive parent
>Tries to sabotage Bruce and Alfred's father-son relationship
>Shoves in a black kid that seriously has less emotional connection with the rest of the family than fucking Clayface
Tom King doesn't understand what a family is.

I’m pretty sure he hates families (and children) and considers them weakness given Heroes in Crisis.

Lol sucks bro thia is what happens when you get attached to severely OOC writing. Go read better Batman stories.

I don't like jurgens I don't know why you faggots always act like he matters. If they gave Bendis just action I wouldn't have cared.

Other than that I don't really give a fuck about your opinion which I've clearly stated above I'd likely disagree with. And just like that loser above crying about king you need to accept that you enjoy out of character stories and that sucks for you.

Maybe he should have had them marry in the 50tg issue instead of chucking everyone?

>chucking
>chuck
>Charlie
>Charlie Brown
>Charlie Brown and Lucy
Checks out.

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Bye felicia

This

Mental illness the post

Not an argument.

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It’s time

Please

I hope not. He just needs to do indie comics from now on because he can't write a good cape comic to save his life.

King on The Punisher
that way he can go all out with ''muh PTSD''

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>The most insulting decision made by comics executives in years -- and that's saying something. One of the top talents in the industry treated like garbage.
I think giving him Batman is already a mistake

>Fuck off retard. Morrison and Pak did better Superman than Tomasi and Gleason. Eat shit and die.
Pak a better Superman? fuck you bitch

>I’m pretty sure he hates families (and children) and considers them weakness given Heroes in Crisis.
He is father of 3 kids. Dude has serious mental problems

I read somewhere that the Spawn montly is lookinf for a good writer.

Can't wait to Read his x-men
>I love you cyke
>I love you too Marv
>Take care Cyke
>I'll do Marv, you know what I like the most, Marv?
>What is it Cyke?
>We make a great team Marv
>i know Cyke

Cope more.

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I'd believe Jim Shooter has goons if he didn't look like he'd strangle you personally.

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King is good

I know the perfect project for him: a twelve issues maxi-series about Speedball returning to being Penance. He and Robbie kill themselves at the end.

Shooters a G

Let’s give Tom a thing

THIS

Mos Def

LMFAO bootlickers

>THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE RUN IN WHICH THE BAT FAMILY ACTUALLY BECAME A FAMILY

I know this is bait but didn't Bruce just knock Tim's teeth out in the most recent issue?

Who hurt him wtf his batman is really bad but violence is never the answer

Cool

King is the king

He understands more than you. He married his own mom and had kids with her.

Really?

This it though. This is why he is really fired.
>King: Dan Didio, I'm CIA.
>Dan: I'm glad you had Batman stay alone
>King: Shouldn't he and Cat remain friends?
>Dan: In the name of drama, they are not friends.
>King: Get ready to rumble, I'm going in. The writing plan I filed with DC mentioned Bat, Cat, but only one wedding.
>Dan: Whoever stops DC heroes from achieving happiness gets to stay in my company.
>King: Will you pay me to write a second wedding? It's what the fans would want.
>Dan: Lotta loyalty for an irate fan. The last wedding didn't fly so good.
>King: The fans want to have them married next.
>Dan: It doesn't matter what they want. What matters is our sales.
>King: As if you can talk. Nobody cared who Sideways was until the Superbro crossover. If I leave DC, would you die?
>Dan: It would be extremely painful...
>King: You're a big guy.
>Dan: ...for you.
>King: Well, congratulations, you got yourself Bendis'd. Now what's the next step in your master plan?
>Dan: Crashing your run on Issue 85. With no more weddings!

Nananananananananananana, Bendis!

Reporter: How would you describe Bendis, off the record?
Deepthroat: He's one of our more.. fragile, creatives

Could we troll Bendis to insanity?

Riveting pottery

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You mean your self-insert Batman? Cuz that's not Batman. He's a crime-fighter, you have to have a tough mind-set for the job. It's not easy, which is why you can't write him like that. He's a pretty strong-willed and independent character. The fans like to think that he's broken and damaged because he's morally ambiguous, not psychologically damaged. His whole Batman persona is about him over-growing his fear of losing his parents. He's not whiny and angsty like King's B-man.

Grow up.

>Fuck off retard. Morrison and Pak did better Superman than Tomasi and Gleason. Eat shit and die.
Bendis pls you sucks.