Minorities and Other Issues in Comics Thread/Community IV

[marvell2100]

Just picked up my comics after my month long trip. Anyone else get the all black Variant cover for Shadowman?

Yup! Loving it!

[Brandon McKinnis]

Yup! Loving it!

My guy said he put the black one in my pile but if I wanted I could have the other one. Psh...like I was going to say I didn't want the cool ass all black one.

[SilverZeal]

he won't...he did it to help Oliver out, but he seems to be a face to face type of guy

Yeah...considering dat Digs was just created 4 d tv show d producers wudnt let Digs get all vigilante afterall der r still others like Red Arrow, Speedy, Black Canary, etc possibilities dat wud or may happen alot sooner dan Digs but we wud b VERY pleasantly surprised if he did go vigilante perhaps in another sitution where Ollie is in trouble while as Arrow(perhaps falls in2 an elaborate trap & is outmannd & outgunned so he signals 4 Digs assistance) & Digs now has 2 help in directly but still has 2 conceal his identity.

Again...yes, we now dis will not happen.

[marvell2100]

My guy said he put the black one in my pile but if I wanted I could have the other one. Psh...like I was going to say I didn't want the cool ass all black one.

I got lucky. There were two left when I got to my LCS.

[Moose100]

My guy said he put the black one in my pile but if I wanted I could have the other one. Psh...like I was going to say I didn't want the cool ass all black one.

Lol. Imma get that when I make my run in a few weeks.

How was it?

[skyvolt2000]

I've read Captain America before (mostly for Zemo; and I followed it while it was Bucky). But (to my knowledge) there is no comic (or area of comics) I boycott. Wanting to see more diversity; and diversity (or lack of) being a deal-breaker is two completely different things.

You do know there are folks with something called budgets that might not allow them to buy or read as many books as you. Also not every library or store carries trades that would allow someone to catch up.
So can we be respectful of that?

Besides if I wanted to read the X-books-I can go to the dollar bins and get those books cheap or FREE as some stores have started doing.

MANY are just tired of getting hopes up and getting disappointed. If Marvel wants any one’s support they have to earn it.
It gets tiresome that we can’t have black males (straight or gay) in books without there being threads complaining about them.

And I think it speaks VOLUMES that one guy on this team has a 30+ thread about them and he is in a team book. That many folks either have issues with him on the team or don't want him on the team because someone else has the same powers?

[Froggy]

Every once in a while you are reminded how eff-ed up the Kirkman verse is.

I call them reality checks for the Invinci-verse

Hello yourself Froggy. I finished issue 12 the other day and I'll be starting on 13 this evening after class.

@ Genki Sudo the 52 seemed to do the same thing to Blue Beetle, though his series lasted 16 issues. Anyway when I get the money I plan to get the pre52 Blue Beetle series off of Amazon.

Nice man, nice! I think the Holocaust issue (no 4?) always reminds me of Juice. It's one of my favorite issues from like the first ten, that and issues 10-12

[SilverZeal]

Cuming soon....& its no joke:

http://screenrant.com/twins-sequel-t...story-writers/

[RolandJP]

We know we r a little l8 on dis....

Record number of Hispanic and Asian (& black)voters head to the polls to help Obama secure second term - as his support among whites plummets
By Lydia Warren
PUBLISHED: 15:44 GMT, 7 November 2012
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ead-polls.html



Interesting...& kinda realy kool 2 c Obama win bcuz of diversity.

Did any1 here watch d documentary "OBAMA's AMERICA 2016"?

Thoughts on it frm those who hv seen, discussed &/or heard abt it.

6% BlACK REPUBLICANS.

I know one. My pops.

TO get him mad I used to play this when i would visit him. NSFW LANGUAGE

[marvell2100]

You do know there are folks with something called budgets that might not allow them to buy or read as many books as you. Also not every library or store carries trades that would allow someone to catch up.
So can we be respectful of that?

Besides if I wanted to read the X-books-I can go to the dollar bins and get those books cheap or FREE as some stores have started doing.

MANY are just tired of getting hopes up and getting disappointed. If Marvel wants any one’s support they have to earn it.
It gets tiresome that we can’t have black males (straight or gay) in books without there being threads complaining about them.

And I think it speaks VOLUMES that one guy on this team has a 30+ thread about them and he is in a team book. That many folks either have issues with him on the team or don't want him on the team because someone else has the same powers?

And thus the reason alot of people have given up on a comic that is supposed to be about diversity and acceptance and has very little to offer of either besides tokenism and lip service.

[Brandon McKinnis]

Lol. Imma get that when I make my run in a few weeks.

How was it?

It was okay. Pretty basic set up issue. I'm eager for the story to open up though.

[Genki Sudo]

Just picked up my comics after my month long trip. Anyone else get the all black Variant cover for Shadowman?

Yes and it's damn awesome

[Jabare]

So wat r ur thoughts on d progress & devt of d xcter Diggle frm Arrow tv series so far?

Promo of next wks ep...

This show is just a fresh of breath air for the CW network it really is. Much better than I expected it to be on all fronts. Diggle is a good character, and the main character is very good. The other supporting is growing on me to.

Supernatural's gotten stale, and killed off most of the cast outside of 4 characters over the years.

Vampire Diaries kills off all the minority characters except for Bonnie thats more of a plot device than just a character, not to mention how infuriating that show is. No one matters outside of Elena and her circle, everyone else can be killed without consequence or remorse.

Than everything else is some romance tween show

[Michael P]

It gets tiresome that we can’t have black males (straight or gay) in books without there being threads complaining about them.

You can't blame Marvel for that part, though. I mean, it's not Axel Alonso's fault the X-Board is a troll-infested shithole.

[skyvolt2000]

You can't blame Marvel for that part, though. I mean, it's not Axel Alonso's fault the X-Board is a troll-infested shithole.

That is true and I will give Marvel credit for at least trying despite Black Panther's journey into Diary of a Mad Black Woman with Storm. Even after that he is still around unlike Static who got laid to rest.

I mean if I work for Marvel and I see a unknown black teen is getting more attention than the book he is slated to be in because he's black.

I would have to worry is he that "toxic" that he might cost the book sales? Especially if we get more images of him doing anything.

Especially when you look at the writer who not only has black kids but the writer of the highest selling black (if not minority) lead book in comics.

Are we going to hear agenda chants with him like we did with McDuffie?

I mean if that book doesn't sale who gets the blame?


I did sort of go on a tangent in that X-book thread-What power does the black guy have?

The point AJA has been trying to make is can we see a black male in any Marvel appear in a book without fan complaints or being the things he posted.

Think about your favorite character. What made you attracted to that character in the first place? What was that one story that made you enjoy the character?
The request is write black characters with the same respect one would give to Peter Parker, Steve Rogers and any other nonblack male or female-no matter the sexual orientation.

If Christopher has the same powers as Elixir-SO WHAT??? They don’t have the same story or background.

If we went by that mindset we would not have Miles Morales, Spider-Man 2099, Johnny Storm, US Agent, Falcon, Venom, Spider-Woman, She Hulk, Superboy, Static, Living Lighting, Tim Drake, Barry Allen, Ted Kord, Hal Jordan, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Wally West, Donna Troy, Supergirl, Power Girl, Jaime Reyes, various gay heroes, Damian Wayne and so many others because if we already have one guy with those powers.
It does not matter if they have the same powers-what matters is the story!

Now to the question about black males in comics-
It has become a point of Marvel & DC having to justify using a black male for ANYTHING.
Because some people won’t stop complaining about them being used in books and attacking folks who ask about them being MIA in books.

You want proof-look at this thread! 30+ pages and all we have seen from him is the cover and being carried off by Cyclops. Where are the threads for the others? What about the girl like someone asked?

If I am working for Marvel and see this thread-I might go to the editors of the book and make sure he gets used more because he has gotten more attention than the rest of the team. I might add black guys to every team because they get more attention for the book than anything the creative team or Marvel does.

Did I overdo it?