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Re: Offended? Tell Marvel.

Matt Algren — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:21:31 -0000

faboofour, you're being deliberately obtuse. Your "Not My Kink" argument is kind of out of place. Instead of hitting it point by point, let me just say this: If not wanting Hentai rape fantasies on the cover of books being marketed to nine-year-olds is wrong, I'm not interested in being right. The fact that you and your wife get off on power fantasies, S&M, B&D, or whatever else is entirely beside the point. Those are fine things to fantasize about, but none of them belong on the cover of children's books.

Secondly, this idea that Typolad can't have a problem with rape fantasies on the cover of children's books and simultaneously notice a gender bias is intentionally stupid. C'mon. Seriously.

Finally, you disagree with Typolad pretty abusively, your comments keep getting stuck in the spam filter (people actually still use Hotmail?), and yet they still show up after Typo's seen the content.

If he's "going Wertham" on us, how do you account for your arguments showing up at all?

Re: Offended? Tell Marvel.

Matt Algren — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:48:18 -0000

I'll say it once more, with feeling.

One can have more than one concern about an issue. Take this cover, for example. The cover's inappropriateness (because Marvel itself classifies the book as being appropriate for age 9) can exist simultaneously with another form of the cover's inappropriateness (removing the self-classification, and we still have a cover that unnecessarily sexualizes the damsels in distress in a particularly vulgar manner), and a third form of the cover's inappropriateness (further removing #2, and we still have a cover that presents three supposedly strong women as meek and helpless in the face of an attack in such a way as would never be considered if the three characters were men). That's three, and I haven't even gotten to the shittiness of the art, specifically the missing nipples and the oddly chosen impossible afro.

As for "FINALLY being honest" and your "looking out for honesty", don't be so quick to pat yourself on the back. Typo hasn't changed his argument from the beginning of this. I know you can scroll up yourself (though considering that you haven't done it before now, maybe you can't), but I'll toss in a quote from Typo's first post.

Iâ€™m not saying all comics have to be kid-friendly. Iâ€™m not even saying all super-hero comics do. Iâ€™m not saying we all need to bend over backwards so as to not offend someone. However, thereâ€™s such a thing as bending over backwards to offend people. There is simply no way that the cover is not offensive. None.

Itâ€™s time to say â€œenoughâ€. Not just on blogs and forums. In the comic store. I ask any of you who would normally buy this comic to not buy this issue. Show Marvel that no, sex doesnâ€™t always sell and yes, there is such a thing as bad publicity.

Marvel has a right to Free Speech, but so do we. Speak with your wallet, folks. Say no to this comic.

And then there's this bit from his reply #23:

Actually, â€œliberalâ€ trpe would be that this is artistic self-expression and should be defended.

Which I actually agree with.

I donâ€™t like it. Not saying it should be banned, just saying I find rape as a plot point in a book aimed at pre-teens and up to beâ€¦ tacky. I also find it hypocritical that theyâ€™d never tell the same story with male characters.

Re: Offended? Tell Marvel.

Matt Algren — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:40:53 -0000

Typolad was right. You missed the point, and I mean really missed the point.

I had a whole big response typed out, but then I realized that you clearly didn't read the last two. So why waste my energy on a third?

Bye.

Re: Wonder Woman Imitates Superman.

Matt Algren — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:49:57 -0000

Triple post? What, did you take Monica off Jonah's hands?

As for Wonder-Gills, wouldn't it have been easier to just have her wear a mask or stay in the jet or something?

Re: Paging Doctor Freud, Doctor Sigmund Freud to the comic shop….

Matt Algren — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:03:06 -0000

"Save this issue! You'll thank us when you hit puberty!"

Re: Paging Doctor Freud, Doctor Sigmund Freud to the comic shop….

Matt Algren — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:30:00 -0000

Wait so is he a bodyless brain thatâ€™s also a pirate or is he a pirate that steals brains?

Brain Pirate would suggest that a pirate made a conscious decision to steal brains, but a Pirate Brain is a disembodied brain of someone who was already a pirate.

(We obviously watch the same TV shows.)

Re: Every Time I See This, I Cringe.

Matt Algren — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:35:23 -0000

Yeah, there's no image. You're missing the close quotation mark at the end of the image location. That should fix the text, too. It's reading everything until your open quote from the [p class] as the image close quote.

Re: Into It.

Matt Algren — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:41:38 -0000

I did not need to see his O-face.

Re: MoCCA 2007 Art fest.

Matt Algren — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:45:43 -0000

A Jew, an Athiest, and a little girl walk into a bar. . .

Re: What Sexual Harris Meant.

Matt Algren — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:16:33 -0000

Wait, this is still the Golden Age WW?

No, this is a Silver Age story from WW 279, published in 1981. General Darnell dates back to almost the beginning, though he was a Colonel then. (Sensation #3/1942)

Re: Not Sure What Issue This is From.

Matt Algren — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:59:45 -0000

Looks like this is from THE X-MEN #18.

The early pages of the story are filled with pseudo-scientific gobbledygook. Magneto uses "magnetic attraction" to hypnotize the Angel's visiting parents. He uses his "matchless power" to build a mutant-making machine, to analyze and duplicate the Worthingtons' cells, and to start creating mutants to do his bidding and conquer the world. No more seeking out real mutants for him. Free will is such a bother, don't you know?

Re: NO! Anything but THAT!

Matt Algren — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:43:23 -0000

"Holy gosh"???

Re: From the Same Issue as The Last X- Panel

Matt Algren — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:08:10 -0000

Obviously the water that Ice Guy made the ice out of has a high iron content and Magneto is using that iron to push the ice. Although, if he were just moving the iron, that would probably break the ice, not just move it. I mean, it's kind of like trying to remove the eggs from a chocolate cake. So that would be a cool way for him to get Ice Guy out, but not how to keep him in.

I'm all out of ideas.

Happy Anniversary!

Re: Fashion Critique

Matt Algren — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:04:26 -0000

The placement of those bottom two circles is unfortunate. It's almost highlighting his crotch, but in such a way as to make it look smaller.

Re: Fashion Critique

Matt Algren — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:56:36 -0000

His foot does look a little Liefeldian.

Re: This Just Seems Silly.

Matt Algren — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:26:36 -0000

With his mechanical legs, he doesnâ€™t need a wheelchair.

He only uses his wheelchair to make people feel sorry for him.

The afghan on his lap really completes the pity play.

Re: Note!

Matt Algren — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:43:24 -0000

Did you realize that if you make a post and forward-date it on the date stamp, it won't show up on the blog until the time and date shown in the date stamp?

Or is that cheating?

Re: Killing Me Softly With His Touch

Matt Algren — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:41:29 -0000

In this panel we have an 'AARGH!' and a 'BAWAPP!'

I'm afraid to ask what the sound effects will be in the next panel.

Re: He Should Really ERA on the Side of Caution.

Matt Algren — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:23:55 -0000

My jaw literally dropped open when I read that. I think it's the *GRRRR!* that takes it past standard WWTT level.

Re: Why The Long Faces?

Matt Algren — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:08:14 -0000

The only explanation for the look on their faces is that Alex Summers apparently has something really, really offensive tattooed on his back.

Re: Neal Adams’ Layouts are Hard to Clip.

Matt Algren — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:08:56 -0000

Why is he shouting "VRAA"?

Re: Strategic Placement.

Matt Algren — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:43:55 -0000

"Mr. Nightcrawler, you are trying to seduce me."

Re: We Dodged A Bullet, Folks.

Matt Algren — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:25:54 -0000

Yeah, I let out a sigh of relief when I read that yesterday. I'm glad someone at DC still has/had control of his faculties.

Re: We Dodged A Bullet, Folks.

Matt Algren — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:13:31 -0000

You know, you’re not too old to be taken over a knee.

Quiet or Typo spank.

Re: The Iron Giant

Matt Algren — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:25:19 -0000

“SUPERMAAAAAN!”

Tears, every damn time.

The last "No following" just about gutted me.

And for balance, the dinner prayer had me belly laughing.