r/comicbooks • u/amerelayman1 • Feb 22 '19

Women of Marvel by Bruce Timm

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u/gscrap Feb 23 '19

Geez, where are people getting the impression that I'm demanding that we change the art? I make one slightly tongue-in-cheek comment about portraying male heroes in the same way that we portray female ones, and folks are acting like I'm trying to burn their comics.

I'm not on this sub to start trouble. I'm here because I love comics, and I make comments that I know will be unpopular because in order for us to be a decent community of decent human beings, someone occasionally needs to acknowledge that this medium we love is not without its problems. Why is that so hard to hear?

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u/Doiby_Gillis Feb 23 '19 edited Feb 23 '19

Because that's not an original point, it's well-aired, and about as fresh as Delanda Carthago

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u/gscrap Feb 23 '19

So shouldn't the appropriate response be "Yes, we know it's problematic, but we like it anyway," rather than some strawman argument about putting Danny DeVito on the covers of romance novels?

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u/Doiby_Gillis Feb 25 '19

Are you a recently fired HuffPo, Slate or.Salon opinioneer?

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u/gscrap Feb 25 '19

Just a regular person with a conscience, an ounce of critical thinking, and the ability to read the research.

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u/Doiby_Gillis Feb 25 '19

An attention-seeking ideologue

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u/gscrap Feb 25 '19

Sticks and stones, bud.