stevie, but talking about comics

dick grayson = you kick miette like football

when you're at a point where you're publishing comics with worse, less substantial representation of black characters than you were in the 90s or 2000s, i feel like, and now maybe this is crazy, but i feel like maybe you should at least acknowledge that you have an issue

i open a comic. i go “she wouldn’t do that.” i close that comic. i open a comic. i go “get this writer off of this solo run immediately.” i close that comic. i open a comic. i go “is it that hard to see women as people.” i close that comic. i open a comic. i go “this issue is beautifully written and illustrated, i’m so glad this is one of my hobbies!” i close that comic. i open a comic

devastating: most misogynistic comic book writer you know accidentally made a really compelling female character

you all really hate chuck dixon huh

devastating: most misogynistic comic book writer you know accidentally made a really compelling female character

I'm the sideblog :))

rlly fascinating phenomenon to me is when a character is extremely popular, and that popularity seems understandable enough because they've got something interesting going on, and then you look at the fandom and realize 99% of their fans don't actually care about engaging with any of the things that make them interesting and instead seem to be fans of an imaginary milquetoast version that exists solely for ship and/or angst content and is so far removed from the canon character they might as well be an unrelated OC at this point

Do they like him for the Intriguing Details or do they like him because He Is The White Guy

arti was a dear friend to me, and he also wrote fic for dc comics, including one of my favorites of all time (above all things be glad and young). if anyone would like to read his works (please do, they're wonderful and you can catch a glimpse of him through them), you can find his ao3 here.

readcomicsonline getting nuked is bad for all the obvious reasons but also its insane considering those artists/writers confessions that they get sent pages with the readcomicsonline banner at the bottom bc dc and marvel dont have any kind of internal reference or register for most shit. shooting themselves in the dick