Comic Books
A place to discuss comic books of all types, from old to new, Big 2 to indie, and everything in between.
Floppies, graphic novels, compilations, omnibusses (omnibusi?) are all fair game.
There is only one rule:*
Comic Books is a no judgement zone.
You can talk all you want about how Rob Liefeld is trash, Bob Kane is an asshole, or Frank Miller and Dave Sim’s politics have made them toxic, that’s all good.
If, however, another user is LEGITIMATELY a fan of something you don’t like, that does NOT make them a lesser person. Attack the art for being bad, not the person for being a fan of bad art.
* I lied. There are TWO rules... No piracy. Cover shots? That's good. Interior pages, in moderation? Sure. Full books? Links to pirate sites? That's how we get things shut down. :(
I'm not saying it's been a problem, because it hasn't been.
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Marvel: Too many to name, but let's go with an oblique character — I read a lot of X-men before Bishop came on the scene. He was the first new black man to enter the fray in a long time in my reading of comic books. I'd never really liked Power Man/Luke Cage, nor did I have much contact with T'Challa / Black Panther or Rhodey/War Machine. Also, Nick Fury wasn't black yet. Wolverine is Canadian, but not black, and Storm is black, but grafted onto the same default "comic book beautiful woman" frame that almost all others were. So, Bishop made an impact on me at 14 that few other character introductions could. He was my example for the importance of representation. I actually looked forward to Hallowe'en that year.
DC: I never liked DC. Too saccharine. Too Star Wars. Not enough moral gray. To that end, my fave DC character is Amanda Waller. Uncompromising, unrepentant, and driven. Don't fuck with Amanda Waller. She would find a way to bury Batman.