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goshdarnspam2010-07-14 10:22 am
terra) wrote in goshdarnspam2010-07-14 10:22 am
Alex goes to the comic shop, pt 2
So sometimes I post on those giant comics messageboards. It can be cool, I've had discussions with creators/had Ed Brubaker tell me to stop being so continuity-obsessive, but oftentimes it reminds me what a cesspit of racism and misogyny the comics fandom can be. Like, yesterday, when I stumbled upon this gem of a post:
Yeah, this guy is confirmed not a troll, and several people either flat-out agreed with him, or parrotted his general thesis in slightly less blatantly offensive terms. (It's not that Sue can't lead because of her gender, it's because she's too much like a overemotional adulterous single mom!!) A fair number of sane people pointed out...you know, that this stuff is crazy sexist. But it just reminded me that one of the (many) reasons women are underrepresented in comics is because quite a few comics fans are misogynist toolbags. And one thing I can personally do to help counter this phenomenon is to buy a ton of comics featuring the ladies.
tl;dr rec me some comics involving womenfolk
Marvel is loaded with strong and aggressive SuperHeroines. The negative quality of the Sue Storm's leadership is that portraying her as aggressive and extremely powerful makes her just another Marvel SuperHeroine. Some of us old timer guys still think that Sue is most effective when she emphasizes her traditional feminine qualities that she excelled at during the Silver Age (or should I say "Golden Age" of Stan and Jack), such as crying, screaming, acting afraid, being a wonderful mother, looking gorgeous, having to be saved by the men a lot, etc.
Yeah, this guy is confirmed not a troll, and several people either flat-out agreed with him, or parrotted his general thesis in slightly less blatantly offensive terms. (It's not that Sue can't lead because of her gender, it's because she's too much like a overemotional adulterous single mom!!) A fair number of sane people pointed out...you know, that this stuff is crazy sexist. But it just reminded me that one of the (many) reasons women are underrepresented in comics is because quite a few comics fans are misogynist toolbags. And one thing I can personally do to help counter this phenomenon is to buy a ton of comics featuring the ladies.
tl;dr rec me some comics involving womenfolk
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American Vampire: A young female movie extra inthe 1920's is eaten by vampires and thrown in a ditch, but survives. Now she's a vampire, and she's going to kick their mother fucking asses.
Planetary: Jakita Wagner is the strongest member of the team. Whenever they need to fight anything, everyone else basically moves a safe distance away do she can slaughter, which she enjoys. She also enjoys jumping out of planes and dating old men. Bonus: the villains are the reverse evil Fantastic Four, and they meet Batman.
Secret Skull: a hideous, ugly skeleton stalks the night killing bad guys in gruesome ways. Turns out it's a she. Secret Skull is now making appearances in Mystery Society (#2 out today).
Top 10: Has multiple examples of strong females, particulary Jack Phantom, who is also a very vocal lesbian, and not even the lipstick kind.
Tank Girl: do I even have to...?
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Do you have a reccommended starting point for Tank Girl?
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>>I was sorta worried American Vampire was just...you know, a Twilight cash-in project<<
Nah, Stephen King would never do that. The worst you'll get from him is a Jesus allegory.
Tank's been collected in a lot of trades now, but actually the continuity of the whole series is pretty loose (that's part of it's charm: sort of like what reading a comic on a three day bender might be like), so you can start anywhere.
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I will definitely put all this stuff on the list. And yeah, that's really a good thing to know about Tank Girl, thank you :)
I'm just skeptical of vampires on the whole these days I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE because I love them, but. I mean, even Jubilee is a vampire.
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I also heart vampires and werewolves. I wish someone would make a kick-ass werewolf comic, but so far: no. No they all suck.
>>even Jubilee is a vampire.<<
Iiiiiiii do not really follow X-Mens anymore please tell me this is a joke?
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...Beck save me.
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It's an older Wildstorm series getting a limited run reboot today. It's basically the plot of the show "Eureka", except instead of scientists, the town is populated by retired superheroes/villains and their families, and instead of Jack Carter, the sherrif is a lady, who refuses to swear.
Watch out for falling Stormwatch.