Superman Comic Draws Criticism for Showing Torture a...
snowbogan
snowbogan
today in "comics are bad, actually", 12 pages of lois lane being graphically murdered in a children's comic
go rimbaud
my favorite part is all the dudes i saw on twitter defending it like "not all comics are going to be for kids maybe you should buy comics that are made for kids for your kids instead"
go rimbaud
when like, this is meant to be one of those comics
Robin
snowbogan
and the fact that that's only like half the issue
snowbogan
THIS WOULD ALSO BE SHITTY IN A REGULAR COMIC
𖦹 alan
boggles at this specifically and i dont even GO to comics mostly like. was this necessary. truly
snowbogan
also enjoy people treating tom king as a sacred cow
snowbogan
controversial statement of the day: tom king has been overrated from the beginning
Robin
GOD, RIGHT????
Robin
He's been garbage from the START
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makes such a face at this
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mistreating a female char for the purpose of highlighting fear or anxiety is such a tired, lazy trope also??
snowbogan
it's not as bad as straight-forward fridging but it's the same idea
snowbogan
(not helped by HOW OFTEN lois is fridged in superman elseworlds)
snowbogan
and like
snowbogan
"clark fears for his loved one" HOW INNOVATIVE AND NEW AND CLEVER, SUCH A HOT TAKE
snowbogan
HOW CAN YOU QUESTION TOM KING'S GENIUS
snowbogan
WE NEEDED THESE 12 PAGES TO GET THIS COMPLEX IDEA ACROSS
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I'd have to read the comic to see how graphic it is, but I bet you fifty bucks it's way more detailed than it ever needs to be
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and ia that it's not straight up fridging but it ranks up there on a list of sins
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I personally feel you can chart misogyny in comics really, really easily by looking at how lois is treated at any given time
snowbogan
having seen some of them, you are not wrong
SPOILER ALERT
Hmmm you know it’s odd, I’m getting this feeling of deja vu 
Sir Daye
Y i k e s
snowbogan
his response: "it's about the power of love"
SPOILER ALERT
It’s about the power of go fuck yourself
sea change
I don't think I even know what else Tom king has done tbh but I'm a fairly casual comics person
sea change
but what the fuck was he thinking
snowbogan
Tom King wrote the Vision miniseries, which was critically acclaimed but I personally wasn't very into. He's the one writing Batman, and thus the BatCat not-wedding. And he's writing Heroes in Crisis.
snowbogan
murder murder everywhere
Robin
I gave him I think 6 issues in Batman before I gave up
Robin
his characterizations were so bad to the point of parody
Robin
how anyone could stand his selina kyle was beyond me
snowbogan
batcat is hit or miss with me and HOO BOY WAS THAT A MISS
snowbogan
not even going into what he did with holly
Robin
I love batcat when done well. Just.
Robin
"done well"
Robin
I also wanted so much more from Gotham Girl
Robin
and just got tired tropes and angst
snowbogan
honestly i never thought I'd think we have Too Much Batfam but
snowbogan
gotham girl was pushing it for me
Robin
I think she could have been cool and different but she ene up so underused and....pointless. if the batfam is over saturated, new characters need to provide readers with a new angle and she fell so flat
Robin
ended*
snowbogan
like we finally have cass back, plus azrael, we have duke and harper, but instead of giving any of them more focus HERE'S ANOTHER NEW CHARACTER, AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO VERY INTERESTING THINGS WITH HER
snowbogan
having a meta in the batfam could have been interesting but then it wasn't
snowbogan
and now we have duke for that and duke is a better character so
snowbogan
dick and gotham girl were sweet, but like...we could have gotten more of dick and cass instead
snowbogan
who've barely interacted since eternal
snowbogan
but honestly at this point i just think tom king dislikes cass
snowbogan
"cass isn't in the flashforward to bruce's deathbed for IMPORTANT PLOT REASONS YOU GUYS"
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squints
Robin
laughs yeah all of this
Robin
I think tom king might be a decent writer with his own characters, but he's bad at writing characters that aren't his
Sir Daye
He wrote the new me miracle series and I was looking forward to reading it but now I am. Less so.