#Comicsgate - The Culture Wars Hit The Funny Books!

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Emperor Julian said:
Fun question how much of the sales do they really think go out to American minorities? Considering they're asking 5-8 dollary doo's from poor people for each short, ad ridden comic and only sell in niche stores I'm guessing you actual sales are still made of white dudes with cash to burn.

I've mentioned this before but I really think Marvel needs to look at UK sales if they want to actually sell to black people and mexicans, because no matter how woke you are, you're always going to loose out to groceries when you charge 8 dollars for a 15 minute read.
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Woke privilege is charging $8 for a 15 minute read about marginalized people who could never afford to pay that.

Kidhero99 said:
These are they peers you are cozying up to Fat Joe.
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If my "peers" were men who send pictures of their hairy assholes to strangers on the Internet, I wouldn't want their respect. I'd want better peers.
 
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I hope Joe realizes he's saying the opposite of what his underlings are saying in the sense that they value peer acceptance over a financially successful product. You run a business, not a club who you pay shit anyways.

AnOminous said:
Woke privilege is charging $8 for a 15 minute read about marginalized people who could never afford to pay that.
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It's a dead horse but many of the "marginalized" replacements of recent years don't really have much in common with the groups they're supposed to "represent" and people just ignore when it's pointed out. Most of them lack personal struggles, are in a financially alright place, and generally have more powerful people looking after them.

Miles Morales "representing" black kids being a prime example. Most "marginalized people" don't go to a boarding school for smart kids, are comfortably middle class, a parent who has decent standing with one of the most powerful organizations on Earth, other capes looking out for him, alright social life, and no reason to be a hero besides "That's what you're suppose to do, right?"

I know some hack would probably try "fixing" that after it's pointed out and make it worse but that's not my intent. Just....they should "Check their privilege" themselves. People who get fucked by society aren't zany "trendy" teenagers with dads who can legit get the government to bail them out of whatever issues pop up.
 
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Jub-Jub said:
View attachment 547684 https://twitter.com/ErikJLarsen/status/1043920626015133696 http://archive.is/23Lcx

View attachment 547686 If SJWs didn't have double standards they wouldn't have any at all.
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Hmmm? Perhaps I’m reading too much into this, but is it not reasonable that directing any insult using the term “Rag” at an Arab or Middle Easterner would be taken in much the same way as directing any comment involving a monkey or ape at a Black Person? The “ Cum” makes the comment truly vile. The “Rag” ads the racial overtones. Of course there is an effective way to test this theory. Have Erik Larson go out on the street and call some random black dude a “Cum Monkey” and gauge what happens.
 
RodgerDodger said:
Hmmm? Perhaps I’m reading too much into this, but is it not reasonable that directing any insult using the term “Rag” at an Arab or Middle Easterner would be taken in much the same way as directing any comment involving a monkey or ape at a Black Person? The “ Cum” makes the comment truly vile. The “Rag” ads the racial overtones. Of course there is an effective way to test this theory. Have Erik Larson go out on the street and call some random black dude a “Cum Monkey” and gauge what happens.
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But "cum rag" makes a lot more sense in a non-racial context, e.g. "happy sock." I've used (and heard used) "cum rag" a lot of times, and I never heard of it having a racial connotation before today.
 
Ponderous Pillock said:
So what we're coming to the conclusion of here is the 1990s Comics Book Collapse.... the companies learned absolutely nothing.
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Now, now - they sort of did. I mean, look at the lack of foil, holographic, puffy, or lenticular covers!
 
Krokodil Overdose said:
But "cum rag" makes a lot more sense in a non-racial context, e.g. "happy sock." I've used (and heard used) "cum rag" a lot of times, and I never heard of it having a racial connotation before today.
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And it probably doesn’t. But once you start defining all communications and insults as “dog whistles” don’t be surprised when someone spins that around back at you.
 
Joe Quesada has had nothing but bad ideas and rode Marvel into ever dwindling sales. Why the fuck is he still employed. Talk about failing upwards.
 
RockVolnutt said:
Miles Morales "representing" black kids being a prime example. Most "marginalized people" don't go to a boarding school for smart kids, are comfortably middle class, a parent who has decent standing with one of the most powerful organizations on Earth, other capes looking out for him, alright social life, and no reason to be a hero besides "That's what you're suppose to do, right?"

I know some hack would probably try "fixing" that after it's pointed out and make it worse but that's not my intent. Just....they should "Check their privilege" themselves. People who get fucked by society aren't zany "trendy" teenagers with dads who can legit get the government to bail them out of whatever issues pop up.
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That’s part of the appeal of Peter Parker when he was younger. Anyone could relate to him because of his circumstances. Dead breadwinner making your financial situation unstable, guilt from a moment of in-action, sadness/mourning a dead relative, love troubles, becoming responsible not just for yourself but also for another family member and all that while in high school. Arguably there is a ridiculously small demographic that can’t identify themselves with Peter Parker or his struggles.

You know what? I must have wrote the above while drunk or something. Obviously the best written characters are the ones that only lesbian Muslim trans-women of color in wheelchairs with numerous mental illnesses can identify with.

Water-T said:
Now, now - they sort of did. I mean, look at the lack of foil, holographic, puffy, or lenticular covers!
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RockVolnutt said:
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I barely needed to do some digging:
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So now Marvel's literally learned absolutely nothing from the Comic Book Crash of 1996.

Nice.
 
RockVolnutt said:
Blander minority replacements and Drumpf sperging is the 2010s answer to the 90s leather jackets and giant guns.
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Oh no. The 90's had a spate of blander replacements. That have thankfully largely vanished into the sands of time. Thunderstrike. X-Man, etc. The most shocking and hilarious thing is what happened to oh so many of those gold foil hologram lenticular cover books back then. When Capital City Comic Distributors collapsed and was acquired by Diamond at "Fire Sale" Prices, Capital Cities massive warehouse full of comics was pretty much worthless. Something like 100,000 sq feet of comics. All the absurd cheesy 90's gimmicks. So they all got donated to the Milwaukee Fire Department to use as fuel in their Fire Training Exercises. They'd put pallets of comics in the training buildings and light them up. They used this for years. Nobody wanted them otherwise (which tells you something cause firemen will never turn down anything "Free")
 
RodgerDodger said:
Oh no. The 90's had a spate of blander replacements. That have thankfully largely vanished into the sands of time. Thunderstrike. X-Man, etc. The most shocking and hilarious thing is what happened to oh so many of those gold foil hologram lenticular cover books back then. When Capital City Comic Distributors collapsed and was acquired by Diamond at "Fire Sale" Prices, Capital Cities massive warehouse full of comics was pretty much worthless. Something like 100,000 sq feet of comics. All the absurd cheesy 90's gimmicks. So they all got donated to the Milwaukee Fire Department to use as fuel in their Fire Training Exercises. They'd put pallets of comics in the training buildings and light them up. They used this for years. Nobody wanted them otherwise (which tells you something cause firemen will never turn down anything "Free")
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That sounds like the secret origin of Rich Evans...

("And the smoke from all that fire transformed one man...")
 
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