Neil Polzinn of Litchfield, MN has noted a troubling development in comics of late:
Like I’ve said in my last blog, I am an avid comic book reader, and I am beginning to notice a disturbing trend in the “big two”(DC Comics and Marvel Comics), and that is an overload of crossover events. Simply put, a crossover event is something that brings characters from many different titles together, which usually involves the universe collapsing on itself.
Also in the “as others see us” dept is this news notes from the Scripps Howard News service:
Longtime comic book duo Green Arrow and Black Canary are engaged and will marry in September. “Weddings are a staple in comics,” Didio says. Their relationship has gone on for 30 years and has endured rape, infidelity and numerous breakups.
“Like I’ve said in my last blog, I am an avid comic book reader, and I am beginning to notice a disturbing trend in the ‘big two'(DC Comics and Marvel Comics), and that is an overload of crossover events.”
Hahaha. He’s just NOW catching on to this?
That’s like a headline from The Onion! Hilarious.
Gee, thanks, DiDio, for mentioning rape in that newbite. WTF? Here’s my chance to sell an otherwise happy event to Civilians, gotta make sure they know we got rape goin’ on in our comics!
Don’t laugh at Neil. He just woke up from a coma from the ’80s.
I believe the issue of the rape Black Canary was not the intended idea that most people have. I believe Mike Grell said there was no rape, only that most people interpreted it as such. Canary was shown as tied up and severly beaten.
I find the Scripps-Howard article confusing and distasteful, because it seems to imply that OLLIE beat up on Dinah! What exactly were they thinking when they wrote that line? No wonder I grew so tired of mainstream newspapers doing the comics coverage. They don’t know anything about how to write about the subject.