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J. Crew Guy ([info]j_crew_guy) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2011-09-29 07:22:00
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The DCnU: Now with more fail than ever!
Backstory: DC Comics has rebooted their entire universe with the DCnU and "The New 52", with 52 first issues of their titles, including Action Comics and Detective Comics. And new versions of familiar characters. Some of them more different than others. This has been... controversial to say the least. But where the fail has really hit the fan has been with DCnU!Starfire and Catwoman.

DCnU!Starfire is basically a scantily-clad wish fulfillment object in the first issue of Red Hood and the Outlaws #1. DCnU!Catwoman had sex with Batman at the end of Catwoman #1.

Comics Alliance's Laura Hudson has a well-written, well thought out response.

And another well-written response from a female fan.

A 7-year-old girl responds to the new, sexed up Starfire.

Shortpacked! does the math.

What does DC Comics have to say for themselves? "Pay atention to the ratings."

Edit: [info]thisfishflies reminds me that if you value keeping your blood pressure low, you should avoid reading the comments with those links.

And [info]spawn_of_kong points out Linkara's reactions to these changes (and others) for those who are interested.

Edit #2: [info]anarchicq says there's a survey being done by DC. But they only want to hear from certain people.

Patton Oswalt ragequits buying/reading DC after an encounter with a "New 52" survey taker in his local comic book store.

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[info]kedase_derragar
2011-10-05 06:55 am UTC (link)
On the flip side of this whole debacle, while DC's been running superhero comics into the ground, webcomic author Aaron Diaz (of Dresden Codak, one of my favorites) has been busy lately doing the exact opposite:

He started out with his personal list of the top ten best and top ten worst superhero and supervillain redesigns.

Then he decided to put his (considerable) design skills where his mouth is, and designed new costumes (and in some cases, full story reboots) for five historically mistreated characters, including Starfire and Wonder Woman (along with a bonus link to a short Batman reboot he did a few months ago. A couple days ago, he did a fantastic Justice League revamp, and just today he posted a short little comic illustrating the problems with cleavage exposure starring Power Girl and Wonder Woman.

Long story short, I wish this guy was in charge of DC.

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[info]dragonsong12
2011-10-05 03:25 pm UTC (link)
You know, I'm not even much of a fan of Aaron Diaz or Dresden Codak, but I still gotta give these links two thumbs up. I'm not 100% in love with ALL his redesigns, but I like the thought behind them regardless.
...and if Dr. Strange looked like that, I'd be a MUCH bigger fan!

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[info]ecchaniz0r
2011-10-09 04:59 pm UTC (link)
I concur (somewhat late lol). He's mistaken kink for obsession in re: Wonder Woman's creator and bondage, which is kind of snort worthy, and he's neglected to get into all the other details (e.g. the creator's wife's and mistress's input) and ideas that went into her origins which IMHO gets into slightly hinky, irritating territory... but that's some dang solid design work there.

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[info]varethane
2011-10-11 03:08 am UTC (link)
....I want to read stories about his version of the Justice League...

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[info]hallidae
2011-10-11 09:43 pm UTC (link)
I'm down with most of them (actually, I really like that Doctor Strange), but as I've said in other places, it bugs the utter crap out of me that people constantly pick on Ms. Marvel when it comes to these redesigns. In a metatextual way, is it an unfortunate costume? Yes, especially when certain artists insist on drawing the cut of the legholes as up to her waist. However, this right here:

"It’s just so tacky, and tells us nothing about the character."

Is dead wrong. Carol and her friend Wasp designed that costume together. It was a bonding experience. A confidence experience. Carol likes that costume because it was something she helped make, something she had decisions in, rather than something that was handed down to her by a higher power like her original Kree uniform was. The fact that this isn't well-known outside of Carol fans is a fault of the writers, true, but considering Diaz is acting like he's all well-researched in this, he should know it.

Do I like Ms. Marvel redesigns? Hell yes! Most of them are really awesome! But I wish people would stop being dismissive of the character's actual feelings about the costume in question, and then claim that they're doing right by the character. I mean, it's not like Carol hasn't had to put up with that kind of shit from the canon writers for years or anything, can fandom not do it too?

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