Jeff Lemire Takes Aim At "Green Arrow"

[Namtab]

The goatee is actually stylish among hipster liberal types, which is exactly what Oliver is supposed to be.

DC's argument is that facial hair ages the character. This is true of comics and cartoons.

I just think he needs to not be clean shaven. I liked the stubble he had going before Freddie took over. He at least needs lazy face stubble. Ivan Reis draws him with a douchebag sole patch and a short goatee on his chin.

That's just ridiculous -- I know more guys, 30 and below, that have facial hair than anyone older than that.

Personally, I'd never want to see the robinhood cap come back (hood works fine), but the Van Dyke, or something close to it, is Ollie.

[shingi70]

The comics industry is stupid when it comes to portraying youth.

Though one would argue having something as distinctive as a goatee would give out Ollie being GA.

Though that wpouldnt be a problem on the old or smallville universe.

[JasonTodd428]

I'm going to be cautious with this one instead of getting myself all hyped for it. That happened with Layman on 'Tec and that one turned out to be a rather bland and by the numbers book to me. I'm going to go into this one expecting only that it will be better than Nocenti was but nothing beyond that.

[DrSimonHurt]

That's just ridiculous -- I know more guys, 30 and below, that have facial hair than anyone older than that.

Personally, I'd never want to see the robinhood cap come back (hood works fine), but the Van Dyke, or something close to it, is Ollie.

I don't know if you're an artist or if you've ever drawn comics, but every line you add to a character's face ages them a year to ten years, depending on the placement. When you put facial hair on the character, it immediately ages them because you are adding line detail to regions of the face that are used to depict age, namely the creases at the sides of the mouth and chin.

It also tends to make teenagers look older in real life too.

If they're aiming for a young Green Arrow, their mindset is to update his golden age appearance while keeping him iconic. I've heard from inside sources that Dc isn't against the goatee being drawn on him down the road. He hasn't grown into it yet.