Comments on: Random Thoughts/Connections on Marvel NOW! and Race http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/12/12/random-thoughtsconnections-on-marvel-now-and-race/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:55:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: arab dating usa http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/12/12/random-thoughtsconnections-on-marvel-now-and-race/comment-page-1/#comment-809537 arab dating usa Sun, 05 May 2013 09:07:31 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34583#comment-809537 Great work! That is the type of info that are meant to be shared around the internet. Shame on the search engines for no longer positioning this publish upper! Come on over and seek advice from my web site . Thanks =) Great work! That is the type of info that are meant to be shared around the internet. Shame on the search engines for no longer positioning this publish upper! Come on over and seek advice from my web site . Thanks =)

]]> By: Jacquelyn Michel http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/12/12/random-thoughtsconnections-on-marvel-now-and-race/comment-page-1/#comment-777398 Jacquelyn Michel Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:40:50 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34583#comment-777398 Such readers might not own the Marvel characters, but if their tastes have to be satisfied, they do have some control over them. Such readers might not own the Marvel characters, but if their tastes have to be satisfied, they do have some control over them.

]]> By: Logan http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/12/12/random-thoughtsconnections-on-marvel-now-and-race/comment-page-1/#comment-777246 Logan Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:21:48 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34583#comment-777246 Are we still talking about this? Look as a non-white male living in America I can honestly say that I'm used to the idea of entertainment not perfectly reflecting my life. A character being white or non-white doesn't affect whether I buy that particular book or not. The story is why I pick the book up, not the race of the main character Are we still talking about this? Look as a non-white male living in America I can honestly say that I’m used to the idea of entertainment not perfectly reflecting my life. A character being white or non-white doesn’t affect whether I buy that particular book or not. The story is why I pick the book up, not the race of the main character

]]> By: Tyler http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/12/12/random-thoughtsconnections-on-marvel-now-and-race/comment-page-1/#comment-777097 Tyler Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:59:32 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34583#comment-777097 I think this is going out of your way to criticize something, especially something that looks more of a problem at first glance than when you actually look deeper. Lest we forget Uncanny X-Force, headed up by a black woman and an asian woman (and a short canadian). Or Young Avengers, headed up by a Latina woman and a gay couple. Or Fearless Defenders, featuring a black woman and a Native American woman. OR Astonishing X-Men, featuring not only an interracial gay marriage, but a first arc strongly revolving around a Vietnamese woman, whose cast features a hispanic woman. A black man is heading up the Secret Avengers relaunch. Avengers is diversifying its cast immensely, and Wolverine and the X-Men is one of the most diverse casts in comics. The diversity is there, people just might not want to look for it in order to throw stones. Also, you scoff at Marvels solo non-white leads, which is 2, but my my count in the Feb solicitations, DC has 3 by my count (Batwing, Green Lantern, and Katana. I dont read any of the New52, so correct me if i'm wrong). That's only 1 more. I think this is going out of your way to criticize something, especially something that looks more of a problem at first glance than when you actually look deeper.

Lest we forget Uncanny X-Force, headed up by a black woman and an asian woman (and a short canadian). Or Young Avengers, headed up by a Latina woman and a gay couple. Or Fearless Defenders, featuring a black woman and a Native American woman. OR Astonishing X-Men, featuring not only an interracial gay marriage, but a first arc strongly revolving around a Vietnamese woman, whose cast features a hispanic woman. A black man is heading up the Secret Avengers relaunch. Avengers is diversifying its cast immensely, and Wolverine and the X-Men is one of the most diverse casts in comics. The diversity is there, people just might not want to look for it in order to throw stones.

Also, you scoff at Marvels solo non-white leads, which is 2, but my my count in the Feb solicitations, DC has 3 by my count (Batwing, Green Lantern, and Katana. I dont read any of the New52, so correct me if i’m wrong). That’s only 1 more.

]]> By: Steven R. Stahl http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/12/12/random-thoughtsconnections-on-marvel-now-and-race/comment-page-1/#comment-777001 Steven R. Stahl Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:56:56 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=34583#comment-777001 Marvel's dependence on readers who treat characters as fantasy objects, or form fetishes for them, has obvious implications for diversity. How many white guys fantasize about being black or female? Such readers might not own the Marvel characters, but if their tastes have to be satisfied, they do have some control over them. SRS Marvel’s dependence on readers who treat characters as fantasy objects, or form fetishes for them, has obvious implications for diversity. How many white guys fantasize about being black or female?

Such readers might not own the Marvel characters, but if their tastes have to be satisfied, they do have some control over them.

SRS

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