Let’s all just take a moment to appreciate the fact that the character DC brought in to make Batman seem straighter is now a lesbian.
A few months ago on 3 Chicks Review Comics we interview the fabulous Majorie Liu about here work in comics and the challenge of female led books prompted by the cancellation of X-23. She told us about a pitch she had done to Marvel with Mike Perkins for an all-female team. You can hear her talk about it here.
Yesterday BC posted some of the artwork that Perkins developed for the concept and it looks amazing. Here’s a glimpse:
Awesome characters. Terrific writer. And look at the art.
Marvel didn’t pick it up because they didn’t think it would sell.
Why is that?
… because I would make this. And frame it. And hang in my kids’ room.
I lie.
I would put it in my room. I mean look at the letter “o”.
And “W” .. And “P”.
Pattern available on Etsy.
There’s a cross stitch pattern that I started years ago and I realize now that this is meant to be the first only cross stitch project I’ll make.
Except I’d probably only finish Zatanna and Batman.
(But guys, they also have the casts of Buffy, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, and so many others! I’m dying RN.)
For some, the question seems born from genuine confusion and curiosity. Yet for others – for many others, I think, it’s not simply that they’re asking How Did You Do This Thing? What they’re really asking, I think, is this:
Why aren’t more men doing it?
Why is it that so many male writers, when trying to write strong female characters, fail?
Why do they default to a shorthand, lazy equation, where strong equals bitch?
So Spider-Man (Ultimate) is half-black, half-hispanic, and it’s a wonder that this is a thing that provokes discussion, but, it is, and it’s a weird world. It’s good, it’s new, and, sure, we’ve been here before, with minority Captain America, Iron Man, Superman, but this is different, somehow. David Brothers tries to get at the ‘why’ of ‘why is this good’.
Are we impressed because it’s Spider-Man? Because this is getting a national audience? Because Glenn Beck is mad? That’s gotta be a good sign, right?
It’s cool that Spider-Man is multiracial. And I hope that won’t even matter to some kids.
Crossover ‘Ship - Veronica Mars / Tim Drake (DC Comics)
A relationship founded on secrecy, suspicion, cheeky witticisms, cameras, costumes, and aliases galore.
“Doors Unlocked and Open” by Death Cab for Cutie
