Minorities and Other Issues in Comics Thread/Community IV

[RolandJP]

Ang Lee isn't gay.

OH.

Well he is sensitive to gay issues. Props to him.

My bad.

[AgPhoenix]

Anyone here reading Saga? Is it a solid read? I think I'm going to drop Animal Man and Swamp Thing after Rotworld and that was one that sounded interesting. I'd also like a good non-superhero book, preferably something that would be easy to get caught up on relatively cheap (I saw issue#1 of Saga was like $15 so hopefully less than that).

Let me also chime in by saying "yes" to buying Saga. Saga isn't just merely a solid read, but it's the best new title on the major press level this year bar none. Excellent Writing, Great Art, Amazing Story, Impeccable Character Work and an amazing feeling of progression, Saga is fast becoming the stories that medium should be associated with first and foremost.

As for whether you should hold off to wait for the trade or pursue the floppies. I would do a combination of both. The first volume's storyline is almost complete and like FanboyStranger said it's coming out in October. One of the strategies that Image employs is that it'll release a trade a week before, or the day of the latest floppy coming out and if timing is on their side, the floppy continues right where the trade left off. If I were you I'd scoop up the first trade without hesitation, and if you're feeling confident, I get the latest issue if it comes out of the same day. You will not be disappointed.

[RolandJP]

Joined the SAGA party late. But I am enjoying it. Its whimsical, and not predictable.

2nd issue with the line about Magic, utilizing secrets and the secrets his mate gave were hilarious.

[Johnny P. Sartre]

Anyone here reading Saga? Is it a solid read? I think I'm going to drop Animal Man and Swamp Thing after Rotworld and that was one that sounded interesting. I'd also like a good non-superhero book, preferably something that would be easy to get caught up on relatively cheap (I saw issue#1 of Saga was like $15 so hopefully less than that).

Prophet, King City and Multiple Warheads.

[Johnny P. Sartre]

Movie never gets old

youtube.com/watch?v=WFY2kJ96jNY

[Brandon McKinnis]

Movie never gets old

youtube.com/watch?v=WFY2kJ96jNY

[Captain Clarkie]

Let's be a little more refined than that shall we?

[SilverZeal]

OH.

Well he is sensitive to gay issues. Props to him.

My bad.

Yeah...dindt he win an oscar 4 dat movie...uhm...Broken bak riders?

[StoneGold]

Because prejudice is prejudice, bigotry is bigotry. Blacks are at the fore front and are known for the Civil Rights fight to be seen as equal and were seen as lowly because of their race, something they were born as. Nowadays, queers are fighting for their civil rights and are still being seen as lowly because of how they were born and are being met with hate. I think you're missing the context of that post.

Overall, you wrote that better than I did.

[Ballard Blues]

The dictionary definition of racism is flawed if you ask me. Not surprising given the source.

Yeah...dindt he win an oscar 4 dat movie...uhm...Broken bak riders?

He won three for the film (Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score), but the only thing most people seem to remember the movie for in regards to awards is not winning Best Picture, so go figure on that *eyeroll*.

[Mr MajestiK]

Whywould he need to, COuld he not of simply said..well Hudlin kept Storm to himself, and thats why the X-office couldnt use her.

The Marriage is over. FINE.

But Im gonna point fingers at all persons responsible.

And the question I'm left asking is why we have to be so damned reasonable and accomodating all of the time?

The haters of the marriage never relented in the blind, rabid and unswerving hatred of T'Challa until they achieved their objective.

And let's not mince words here.

I'm talking about the faction Tom Brevoort mentioned in his recent statement on this subject.

What is it about T'Challa fans in particular and fans of black characters in comics that makes some of us so docile in the face of disregard on the part of publishers in addition to blatant prejudice on the part of some fans?

At what point do we begin to say NO! We're not accepting being discriminated against anymore.

I for one, am not prepared to dissapear into the night as Marvel get away with short changing fans like myself over and over again.

What about you lot?

[StoneGold]

So wat....u hv a problem against their established continuity?

4 ur information BP & Tchalla did met & had 4ther "untold adventures 2gether".......dis was in frakkin 1980 Marvel team-up #100(frakkin 32 years ago).

Den l8r in Priest's BP run about 10 years ago, den in sum Spiderman issue around dat time....den Hudlin.

As much as we believe d marriage made perfect sense...but Hudlin really shud hv NEVER retconed their 1st meeting but rather built upon wat Claremont & Priest hinted &/or showed of their(BP & Storm) past as kids.

Sigh, don't have patience to translate past the first sentence, but yes, yes I do. Just like I have a problem with the established continuity that Peter Parker's parents were spies. Or that Norm slipped the Goblin Glider to Gwen.


Just because it's established continuity doesn't make it good. And just to establish credibility, I had trouble with it when Priest mentioned it for the first time since the original Claremont story. Just like I had a problem with him bringing back Snap Wilson after a couple decades of everyone basically ignoring that Englehart storyline.

[Vibranium]

Yeah...dindt he win an oscar 4 dat movie...uhm...Broken bak riders?

Brokeback Mountain...it was adapted from a novel

at least have the common decency to look up the title of the movie and TYPE IT OUT CORRECTLY

but that would be asking too much wouldn't it? you're probably scared you'd catch "teh gey"

[7thangel]

you're out fucking order.

don't accuse people of something if you can't back it up. you have a problem with the way zeal posts, fine, leave it at that.

[StoneGold]

And the question I'm left asking is why we have to be so damned reasonable and accomodating all of the time?

The haters of the marriage never relented in the blind, rabid and unswerving hatred of T'Challa until they achieved their objective.

And let's not mince words here.

I'm talking about the faction Tom Brevoort mentioned in his recent statement on this subject.

What is it about T'Challa fans in particular and fans of black characters in comics that makes some of us so docile in the face of disregard on the part of publishers in addition to blatant prejudice on the part of some fans?

At what point do we begin to say NO! We're not accepting being discriminated against anymore.

I for one, am not prepared to dissapear into the night as Marvel get away with short changing fans like myself over and over again.

What about you lot?

Maybe because for a lot of it, you're projecting feelings on people they don't necessarily have?


There were a lot of reasons not to like the marriage. I didn't like it because it takes focus off T'Challa in his own book. Not to the point where I really cared too much one way or the other, but I didn't need the book to become Black Panther and Storm. And then you had the X-fans who were pissed off that it wasn't a Storm book, let alone a Storm and Black Panther Book, when T'Challa was still the main character.

Ever since Priest, T'Challa has been an enigmatic man of mystery. Storm tends to be the touchy feely type. If you're going to keep T'Challa an enigmatic man of mystery, having him married to Storm is a serious problem. Which could be why they tended to split them up when there weren't a bunch of other people in the room.