tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post4886107865810821821..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Meanwhile...Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-75576024474434065502007-11-30T19:19:00.000-08:002007-11-30T19:19:00.000-08:00It's OK Matt, it's not like I long to hear more of...It's OK Matt, it's not like I long to hear more of that word. You'll notice I have managed to not use the word itself or the euphemism. I just have no desire to. At the same time, it's silly to see a story on the news, and the newscasters say "N-word." I mean, it's the news! They're just reading off a prompter. They don't <I>mean</I> it any more than reporting news of Hurricane Katrina means that they support natural disasters.<BR/>From what I can tell, this is really just a joke from <I>Rush Hour</I>, and also from <I>Borat</I>: Clueless foreigner uses black language in an effort to sound "street," hilarity ensues. The only thing I would hold against Ennis is that he's not trying very hard. You could describe the entire series in much the same way.JohnFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339402431610031589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-9139062740078420102007-11-30T14:58:00.000-08:002007-11-30T14:58:00.000-08:00I'm with everybody on the N-word controversy (sorr...I'm with everybody on the N-word controversy (sorry, John), although I think this isn't really a comics issue, just something for people to get upset about. I don't think there's any need to give a word that much power, especially in this case, when it's obviously not meant as a racial slur or anything. In fact, it didn't even register with me when I read it; I didn't even remember that it was in the issue until I read Tucker Stone's comment (which was hilarious, and a pretty damn good take on the situation).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13867868039166531163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-73605749714803711462007-11-30T09:12:00.000-08:002007-11-30T09:12:00.000-08:00"Or would DC actually getting involved, making som..."Or would DC actually getting involved, making something like this “official,” just kind of ruin the spirit of it?"<BR/><BR/>I believe DC getting involved with something like this and requesting submissions skirts dangerously close to commissioning submissions. At least their lawyers have them convinced that a policy of "Hey, send us your work!" would constitute a contract for commissioned art from every rendom poster who submitted something. <BR/><BR/>It's too bad they can't draw more from the fans(wasn't Spidey's black costume fan-designed/inspired? I seem to recall a Comicbook Urban Legend about that...).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-40480018125944683862007-11-30T07:35:00.000-08:002007-11-30T07:35:00.000-08:00The Wonder Woman costume gallery was double-plus-g...The Wonder Woman costume gallery was double-plus-good, and timely, too, since I just finished a long rant about the "Wonder Thong".Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14337889899066280559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-56435296793100258282007-11-30T07:17:00.000-08:002007-11-30T07:17:00.000-08:00I've no issue with a writer of any color having a ...I've no issue with a writer of any color having a character say anything. There's a HUGE difference between a character's actions/words/motivations and the writer's actions/words/motivations. In well written stories (which I don't necessarily consider The Boys to be), dialogue tells you a lot about the character, but not so much about the writer.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, even if I disagree vehemently with the author's personal stances, that doesn't always prevent me from enjoying their work. Consider that, politically, I am as far from Doug TenNapel as possible, and probably fairly closely aligned with Judd Winick, yet I read all of Doug's comics and avoid Judd's work completely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-38962584378430084892007-11-29T18:35:00.000-08:002007-11-29T18:35:00.000-08:00Looking at that WW gallery, it seems like just abo...Looking at that WW gallery, it seems like just about every one of those costumes got rid of the bikini briefs in favor of something more practical. Memo to DC- we don't like the bikini briefs!<BR/><BR/><B>regault</B>- thanks for not writing "N-word" when relating that story. I hate when I see "N-word" being used, when we all know what it's actually referring to. It reminds me of when you're a kid and your parents spell out swear words when they're in your presence, so you don't hear them say the words out loud. <BR/>I'm not a child. I know when a word is being used in context and when it's not.JohnFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339402431610031589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-37821935168487060562007-11-29T16:34:00.000-08:002007-11-29T16:34:00.000-08:00My personal favorite Wondergirl costume was the on...My personal favorite Wondergirl costume was the one she wore for the last few issues of Young Justice and Graduation Day. She'd gotten rid of the excess kibble of her early costume, but they hadn't yet decided to whore her out to 40 year olds in a color that doesn't suit her.<BR/><BR/>My personal feeling on Wonder Woman is that any costume that ditches the granny panties for a skirt is an improvement. Ideally, I'd take the "manga" outfit in the runnerups and remove the boob window and make the costume less shiny.<BR/><BR/>The problem with Garth Ennis is he's capable of so much better than what he usually writes. He's not like Millar or Winnick who are only capable of writing crap, but too often he only brings his C game. The Batman-Nightwing parody arc of The Boys constructed a well thought out criticism of Winnick's "very special episode" writing from a content standpoint, then tossed it aside to go for more "Lol, Batman's gay." jokes.<BR/><BR/>Also, the "Kitchen Irish" page referenced gets reposted on 4chan fairly frequently. The Irish assassins are in a diner and one of them starts ranting about how they'd been the English's niggers for hundreds of years and he was tired of being everybody's nigger. Then he turns around and there's a bunch of black gangstas standing there watching him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-48260584897403497452007-11-29T15:42:00.000-08:002007-11-29T15:42:00.000-08:00I'm not qualified to determine whether or not Enni...I'm not qualified to determine whether or not Ennis's use of the n-bomb in The Boys is offensive or not, since I happen to be more caucasian than Powder, but I really don't think it should be seen as any sort of indication of how Ennis feels about black people. It was a white Russian character who speaks fairly broken English using it to describe Wee Hughie, so I took it to be an instance of one character simply repeating a bit of American slang he'd picked up without really understanding all the negative connotations the word brings. (It was rather gratuitous, however, but then again, damn near everything about the book is gratuitous.) Tabu has every right to be offended by it, since it's up to every individual person to decide for themselves what they deem to be personally offensive. But it seems to me that dropping books because a white writer uses the word is a bit of a knee jerk reaction, particularly in the case of Y: The Last Man. It doesn't seem as if he's taking into consideration the context in which the word is being used. IIRC, the instance he's referencing was in an issue where some rednecks called Agent 355 the word, and were soundly thrashed by 355 because of it. In that context, it doesn't seem gratuitous at all, at least to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-61711400444659096402007-11-29T14:51:00.000-08:002007-11-29T14:51:00.000-08:00loved that wonder woman gallery, thanks for passin...loved that wonder woman gallery, thanks for passing it on.Chancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226145896576592193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-63565297413021664612007-11-29T14:25:00.000-08:002007-11-29T14:25:00.000-08:00I sense that 5thdimensionalimpsinrefrigerators.com...I sense that 5thdimensionalimpsinrefrigerators.com cannot be far behind.<BR/>As far as Garth Ennis goes...<BR/>I think it is flat-out ridiculous to boycott an author over a word that is spoken by one of their characters. We have no evidence whatsoever that Ennis himself thinks of black people in such terms. Does Tabu think that Garth Ennis was getting some kind of secret thrill out of using n*****? I think that is extremely unlikely. What we're left with is a <I>character in a story</I> -it doesn't say anywhere that the author also feels this way. <BR/>When we start telling writers that they are only allowed to have their characters say "acceptable" or "approved" things, well we all lose out. There are some very bad people in these funny books we read, and they're not all going to wax poetically using the Queen's English. Are we not even allowed to have bad people say bad things? That is absurd.<BR/>Anyway, <I>The Boys</I> is terrible on its own terms. That's why I don't read it. Not because of the puerility of the language. Ennis' over-the-top cuss word usage has long been a bugaboo for me, but if he crafts a good story around it I can overlook the rest. This particular comic just isn't any good.<BR/>These are all, of course, just my opinions.<BR/><BR/>JFJohnFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339402431610031589noreply@blogger.com