Squirrel Girl Appreciation

[the4thpip]

I am really hoping that this dark, depressing, make-me-wanna-slit-my-wrists era of Marvel Comics is gonna come to an end with Squirrel Girl capturing a Cosmic Cube and setting things right.

"Daddy? No more angst."

[Westgarth J]

On one hand, you have moon-sized giants eating the life energy of planets and alien gods who love the Grim Reaper's physical avatar who return from death itself to fight people with radioactive blood that grants them spider-like abilities and men dressed in chain-mail flags who were frozen in ice for decades and woke up with no ill-effects in the modern age of Fantasticars and Helicarriers. And then, on the other hand, where things are completely improbable and silly and not at all realistic, you have a woman in a silly costume beating up another person in a silly costume, or using martial arts to beat up common criminals.
Squirrel-Girl apologists obviously know nothing about how comics and fictional universes where anything can happen are supposed to work.

I liked it when Sentry pulled that woman's head off because that's what real superheroes would do!!1

[stubarnes]

The kool-aid tastes of hazel nut.

Stop it. I swore I would not sig anyone on this site. You are going to make me break my vow.

[Alan2099]

Any universe that has characters like Punisher and Ghostrider that are just so serious their faces would shatter and fall off if they went withint ten feet of a smile needs somebody like Squirrel Girl to help balance things out.

And she beats cosmic threats. With squirrels. How is that NOT Awesome?

Plus she's borken into mainstream! Sure it was a really short one, but she has made a cartoon apperance. That's more than alot of marvel characters can say.

She had a quick apperance on the 2006 Fantastic Four cartoon where she tried out for the team. Sadly, the FF choose She-Hulk over her.

[esc0]

Speak for yourself! This is when I fell in love with her:





Comics should be FUN.


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I partially agree with that but I also need my grim and gritty too. Too much of one thing gets boring fast.

[TheLegendaryFan]

I may be such a big Squirrel Girl fanboy that a future me has already written a You know you read to much Squirrel Girl when... list, but I don't like her to be a legitimate hero. I mean, much of her charm is her ambiguous place in the 616 continuity, so why sacrifice it?

Speak for yourself! This is when I fell in love with her:


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Even while angry she's adorable. And I agree with her, so very much.

[Nyssane]

Y'all should join this oldie but goodie facebook group: Squirrel Girl is the Greatest Superhero

SQUIRREL GIRL FANS UNITE!

[Alan2099]

I partially agree with that but I also need my grim and gritty too. Too much of one thing gets boring fast.

Agreed, but I think the grim and gritty stuff works best as the exception to the rules. People like Ghostrider and Punisher were cool back because they weren't like other heroes, now they could probably stick 'em with the Avengers and nobody would notice.

In short. More fun , less grim and gritty.

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I liked it when Sentry pulled that woman's head off because that's what real superheroes would do!!1

...So you think Superboy Prime is a "real superhero" then? :rolleyes:

[Gitaroo_Dude]

Agreed, but I think the grim and gritty stuff works best as the exception to the rules. People like Ghostrider and Punisher were cool back because they weren't like other heroes, now they could probably stick 'em with the Avengers and nobody would notice.

In short. More fun , less grim and gritty.

Grim and gritty is fun.

[Nightstar1441]

Grim and gritty is fun.

In this economy - Grim and gritty is more fun than trying to find work.

It makes ya feel better because you get to read about people's lives that are worse than yours

[stubarnes]

Y'all should join this oldie but goodie facebook group: Squirrel Girl is the Greatest Superhero

SQUIRREL GIRL FANS UNITE!

Most assuredly so. Group joined, Squirrel Girl Mandala found:

http://fullbodytransplant.wordpress....-girl-edition/

Word.

[Grico]

In this economy - Grim and gritty is more fun than trying to find work.
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Joined the Squirrel Girl Group. I kinda of wish Marvel would do more lighter/comedy series as a whole. We barely scratch the surface for comedy hero books while they have gone to the well SO many times for grim and gritty with all the bases/variations covered over and over.

[Gitaroo_Dude]

Joined the Squirrel Girl Group. I kinda of wish Marvel would do more lighter/comedy series as a whole. We barely scratch the surface for comedy hero books while they have gone to the well SO many times for grim and gritty with all the bases/variations covered over and over.

If people would actually buy them, I'm sure Marvel would make more.

How many people actually bought the recent Hellcat mini? Or Agents of Atlas? Or Nextwave?

[Grico]

If people would actually buy them, I'm sure Marvel would make more.

How many people actually bought the recent Hellcat mini? Or Agents of Atlas? Or Nextwave?

How well were any of these marketed? Where was it suggested that they were funny so people knew to even buy them? You can say no one buys them, that's fine, but Marvel hasn't tried very hard to explore the comedy market. Not that either company has been good at expanding the market in any direction really.