i'd love to have this full set. congrats on 100 posts! next goal... ranking in the wall of shame!This is my 100th post in this thread. How did it come to this.
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COMICS!!! |OT| March 2020 | According to Ireland, St. Patrick threw all the snakes out of ComicERA. He missed some.
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If you were excited for Animal Crossing, I think you should still get it (or whatever you were looking forward to) because everyone could use some form of escape or relaxation at this time.
It may feel like you have to stay on top of the developments, but it's largely something you can't control, so it can be a mental health benefit to check out when you can, as callous as that sounds.
I'm gonna stop checking the OT virus thread as much as I have been.
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So would I. Especially that Booster Gold fan-club shirt.
And Teenage Fansub look at what is coming to VOD early!
Sony to Release ‘Bloodshot’ Digitally Early
As movie theaters close around the country, Sony is the latest studio set to make a theatrical release available early. 'Bloodshot,' the new Vin Diesel film from Sony's Columbia Pictures, will be available for digital purchase March 24.
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So would I. Especially that Booster Gold fan-club shirt.
And Teenage Fansub look at what is coming to VOD early!
Sony to Release ‘Bloodshot’ Digitally Early
As movie theaters close around the country, Sony is the latest studio set to make a theatrical release available early. 'Bloodshot,' the new Vin Diesel film from Sony's Columbia Pictures, will be available for digital purchase March 24.
Yes! I know what I am doing this weekend.
Edit: Wait, 24th. -_-
You're in luck, Graphitti makes that shirt. I've had it for years now lolSo would I. Especially that Booster Gold fan-club shirt.
And Teenage Fansub look at what is coming to VOD early!
Sony to Release ‘Bloodshot’ Digitally Early
As movie theaters close around the country, Sony is the latest studio set to make a theatrical release available early. 'Bloodshot,' the new Vin Diesel film from Sony's Columbia Pictures, will be available for digital purchase March 24.
I actually bought some stuff this week myself for the first time in a while. Mostly just catching up on backlogged stuff I let sit while I took a break. And a good amount of manga for laid back reads for now.
And Teenage Fansub look at what is coming to VOD early!
Sony to Release ‘Bloodshot’ Digitally Early
As movie theaters close around the country, Sony is the latest studio set to make a theatrical release available early. 'Bloodshot,' the new Vin Diesel film from Sony's Columbia Pictures, will be available for digital purchase March 24.
I braved the movies for that one. No regrets!
I'll give it a watch. Doesn't surprise me they did this, since it bombed.So would I. Especially that Booster Gold fan-club shirt.
And Teenage Fansub look at what is coming to VOD early!
Sony to Release ‘Bloodshot’ Digitally Early
As movie theaters close around the country, Sony is the latest studio set to make a theatrical release available early. 'Bloodshot,' the new Vin Diesel film from Sony's Columbia Pictures, will be available for digital purchase March 24.
I'm not non-binary, but I am a lesbian, so it doesn't take too much effort for me to imagine this same situation and what I would be feeling if there was a lesbian character being called Snowflake by the same writer for the same reason.
Being a lesbian isn't the same thing as being non-binary (though they're also not mutually exclusive, and there can be overlap between the two), but all the same people hate us, and hate us for the same reason, which is not living within their gender norms. And both groups have been traditionally mistreated and ignored by Marvel. So I don't think I'm out of line here.
I don't actually have a single opinion on this that goes straight across the board. I think Safespace is a really dumb name in a bad way, but I genuinely love Snowflake as a name and would be thrilled if there was a lesbian character named Snowflake who stuck around. I'm way into that. And then Screentime, who isn't really part of that same conversation, is a name I find to be really dumb, but in a good way. It's the right kind of stupid.
I've read comics by Kibblesmith, and also followed him on Twitter for years, and I think there's a good chance this book will be something I like. I like him as a writer and as a public figure, and I would let that man crash on my couch if he needed to.
What actually sucks about this, in my personal opinion, is that for the groups being represented, this is probably most of the representation they'll find in Marvel or DC comics in 2020. I'll be curious to see how books other than this one pan out. Because the rest of that context will impact how I ultimately feel about New Warriors as the contents of New Warriors. The bigger picture matters. I'm not sure what else they have lined up for queer folks, but I know X-Factor is on my radar. I'm a big fan of Leah Williams.
Being a lesbian isn't the same thing as being non-binary (though they're also not mutually exclusive, and there can be overlap between the two), but all the same people hate us, and hate us for the same reason, which is not living within their gender norms. And both groups have been traditionally mistreated and ignored by Marvel. So I don't think I'm out of line here.
I don't actually have a single opinion on this that goes straight across the board. I think Safespace is a really dumb name in a bad way, but I genuinely love Snowflake as a name and would be thrilled if there was a lesbian character named Snowflake who stuck around. I'm way into that. And then Screentime, who isn't really part of that same conversation, is a name I find to be really dumb, but in a good way. It's the right kind of stupid.
I've read comics by Kibblesmith, and also followed him on Twitter for years, and I think there's a good chance this book will be something I like. I like him as a writer and as a public figure, and I would let that man crash on my couch if he needed to.
What actually sucks about this, in my personal opinion, is that for the groups being represented, this is probably most of the representation they'll find in Marvel or DC comics in 2020. I'll be curious to see how books other than this one pan out. Because the rest of that context will impact how I ultimately feel about New Warriors as the contents of New Warriors. The bigger picture matters. I'm not sure what else they have lined up for queer folks, but I know X-Factor is on my radar. I'm a big fan of Leah Williams.
Y'all gonna miss the experience of a theater full of people giving a collective uncomfortable groan at the Kobe reference they left in the movie.
The interview with the creator on CBR made my reaction to the NW characters more complex, but not necessarily more positive.
"The Psychic Twins are fully aware of the online connotations of their codenames. They see being superheroes as "a post-ironic meditation on using violence to combat bullying."
"Snowflake and Safespace are the twins," the writer said, "and their names are very similar to Screentime; it's this idea that these are terms that get thrown around on the internet that they don't see as derogatory. [They] take those words and kind of wear them as badges of honor."
Mmmm. I guess I see the point, but...no. The thing is something like "screen time" and "snowflake" both get lumped together as "millennial" insults, but they don't actually operate the same way, and shouldn't be treated the same way.
Also, obviously as someone who's not NB, I can't really speak to the issue, but the presentation of blue/pink and defensive/offensive powers seem to reinforce a sense of binary distinction, so sets up the counterpart to the brother character as a "sister" regardless of their gender identity. Which seems, ya know, bad.
"The Psychic Twins are fully aware of the online connotations of their codenames. They see being superheroes as "a post-ironic meditation on using violence to combat bullying."
"Snowflake and Safespace are the twins," the writer said, "and their names are very similar to Screentime; it's this idea that these are terms that get thrown around on the internet that they don't see as derogatory. [They] take those words and kind of wear them as badges of honor."
Mmmm. I guess I see the point, but...no. The thing is something like "screen time" and "snowflake" both get lumped together as "millennial" insults, but they don't actually operate the same way, and shouldn't be treated the same way.
Also, obviously as someone who's not NB, I can't really speak to the issue, but the presentation of blue/pink and defensive/offensive powers seem to reinforce a sense of binary distinction, so sets up the counterpart to the brother character as a "sister" regardless of their gender identity. Which seems, ya know, bad.
I have no idea what's going to happen at work but there's a non-zero chance I get furloughed at any point after Monday. But I'll likely be fine because of my savings and it seems pretty unlikely my job will dissappear before things can get rolled back up, but who knows. And apparently that's a "worst-case scenario" Still feels like my co-workers aren't taking it very seriously.
I have some extended family that work as chefs and they've already been laid off. So I feel guilty worrying about myself given my situation.
On the bright side I finally read comics and Amazing Mary Jane was really good!! Even with the "I had to throw something together because it extended past my initial plan vibes". Williams totally flipped Pete and MJ's dynamic and it was great to see.
I have some extended family that work as chefs and they've already been laid off. So I feel guilty worrying about myself given my situation.
On the bright side I finally read comics and Amazing Mary Jane was really good!! Even with the "I had to throw something together because it extended past my initial plan vibes". Williams totally flipped Pete and MJ's dynamic and it was great to see.
Surprisingly, Suicide Squad is doing it's part atm. Or not surprisingly since Tom Taylor's a good bloke.
I went to Physical Therapy today and was reminded that society isn't actually collapsing. It was nice.
One problem with the New Warriors naming thing is that most of the people it might concern just won't ever crack open a comic to see if the justification rings true.
You just can't promise nuance in this age because most people are only consuming on the surface of headlines and other people's accounts and opinions.
Face value is all that exists.
You just can't promise nuance in this age because most people are only consuming on the surface of headlines and other people's accounts and opinions.
Face value is all that exists.
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what I hate is that every single time something like that happens, it plays out in the exact same way: an announcement providing the bare minimum context, thrown out there like so much red meat for the usual culture warrior dipshits to pounce on, and while this barely does anything in the world of direct market comics, a lot of people online will get subjected to some levels of violence, because despite all claims to the contrary, Marvel doesn't really care
Tom Taylor is indeed a good bloke, and is also welcome to crash on my couch, but then we start getting into the need to actually have queer writers behind more of the representation and not straight cis white men.
But what I want there isn't to take those books away from Kibblesmith and Taylor, I just want more queer books in addition to those. I welcome allies helping with representation as long as they're representing us alongside us and not instead of us.
Marvel has a handful of queer writers on staff, and things are getting better. We'll see what the year brings.
I've kind of been on vacation from western comics since around October, so I'm missing a lot of the bigger picture around this. And then even when I was reading, I wasn't reading Runaways, because I'm a bad gay. What is the current state of queer representation at Marvel outside of this New Warriors thing?
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This was my thinking as well.
But I totally understand how NB people can be really put off by it. Theyve been wanting more representation in media and this is what they get from Marvel.
I have no idea if he got a mandate or not, but from the video, Kibblesmith gave me the vibe that he was genuinely into making up this weirdo thing.
I think there's something interesting to so bluntly jamming these guys into the landscape, instead of a gentle integration, hoping against hope that the comic world will be accepting.
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Off the top of my head, Immortal Hulk revealed that one of the main supporting characters is trans
I can buy that this was the result of his thought process for "a teen superteam in the 2020s", my problem is really more with the way this has been pushed out.
I've heard references to this, but is any of it overt and explicit? The example I saw was like a floor plan.in summary...
Bingo! And thy don't even have to try anymore. Screentime is kind of a cool concept but when he's on a team with Snowflake and Safespace it's way to on the nose to the point where it's more of a self parody then an effective taking it back.
Why do this to me? I've been waiting to finish this for years and I thought this could be my first week not buying anything.$17 for all of East of West? You'd he stupid not to.
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I'm still reading through War of the Realms and I totally get why people disliked it with it's millions of tie ins but its a really fun book. Daughterman Spidey is awesome.
the floor plan would also work as a summary as to how explicit it gets.
Not yet. It's just been stuff with the floor plan and some questionable dialogue between almost every mutant because they're too horny.
I'm just saying, they get zero credit for this if they're being so coy about it that you have to look at a floor plan closely to see it. That doesn't count as representation.
yus. that's my intended implication. i think marvel's shit at it. though to be fair, marauders does better.
It's very on-brand for Hickman to have queer representation in blueprints, though. That's the kind of detail you would include in a parody of Hickman.
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Hickman would make the entire comic infographics if he can get away with it
at least he made the mystique and destiny thing actually on panel
Speaking of X-men. Fuck beast in X-force. But man, the double page spread of the X-men all having fun and chilling is great, and really shows what Krakoa can really be about. Even so, there's the undercurrent of wrong throughout the issue with the starting "game", and whatever's going on with Domino even putting all the beast stuff aside
I didn't see it as flirting tbh, but close friends joking around. I say similar shit sometimes and I'm definitely not flirting
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So does Kibblesmith get chased away from comics from the backlash to New Warriors or Marvel editorial's handling of the backlash
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