Ariella Drake ([info]arielladrake) wrote,
@ 2007-11-28 19:46:00
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Entry tags:human: ranting, media geek: comics, society: queer

Open Letters: Comics Edition
Reference: Here (spoilers for Batman and the Outsiders #1).

Dear Chuck Dixon,

I'm not going to comment on most of the issues, because you've constructed some kind of wacky constructed-reality in your head where apparently it's clever to make jokes about oppressed classes of people and try and paint queer folks as special breed of oversensitive precious-pants, and I'm quite comfortable here in actual reality where it obviously makes you an asshole. So I'm going to go with the other question.

What part of 'Batman is the world's greatest detective' do you not understand? Batman, who is obsessed with studying absolutely everyone, in the course of looking at who's going to be on the team, is magically cured of this obsession (and detective-level observation skills, apparently) when it is likely to allow him to tell the difference between a friendship and a relationship? Seriously, are you so fucking incompetent a writer that you have failed to understand such a key aspect of Batman's character? Or are you just projecting your own ignorant baggage onto Batman, which, well, still makes you an incompetent hack who doesn't understand Batman.

You seriously expect us to buy your shite?

no love,
me.

Reference: (from the linked post) "Was this scene calculated to get precisely the reaction it got here? You bet. Did DC run the page it ran in the previews to get a lather on the knee-jerk fans always ready to go to the hate bucket? OH yeah.
Was all of this discussed in advance interrupted with much giggling? Uh huh."

Dear DC,

Uh, did you forget that the point of preview pages wasn't to piss people off but, um, to make people want to buy your shite?
Or are you still, in your financial floundering as an industry, still trying to act as though you're too good for the money of people who expect a little more from you?
Still, feel free to plead with the demographics you're pissing off about how much you'd like us to give certain titles another chance.

me.


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[info]polrua
2007-11-28 12:13 pm UTC (link)
I know this is tangential, but I kinda miss the days when Batman would use his detectiveness to solve crimes instead of spy on his friends and team-mates.

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[info]arielladrake
2007-11-28 08:45 pm UTC (link)
Batman solve crime? Pshaw. What kind of wacky talk is that? :P

(ie, there's another of the reasons I only read Batman on teh intertubes.)

(Also, I'm still waiting on a copy, but there's an indie comic called Headlocked about wrasslin' that looks kinda cool.)

(Also, I've yet to see it, but JERICHO. Actually, that will get a separate post, because I'm a sad fangirl.)

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[info]polrua
2007-11-28 11:07 pm UTC (link)
(1) Dan DiDio. Not one of my favourite people. Gr.
(2) It's not bad. A little straightforward but pretty good.
(3) Aw yeah. He's a SEXY BEAST, BABY!

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[info]sigelphoenix
2007-11-28 04:36 pm UTC (link)
So ... when one is trying to prove that one is not homophobic, is the smartest course of action:

a) attempting to write a thoughtful portrayal of queer characters
b) avoiding such until you get your heterosexist shit together
c) enacting a "clever" bait-and-switch designed to antagonize your queer and queer-friendly audience so that you can feel superior, and continue to prove to people that you take neither homophobia nor queerness seriously?

Yeah, Dixon. Yeah.

Thanks for filtering out the crap for us, Jen - it was a lot more pleasant to read the pages after getting to see your awesome rant.

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[info]brown_betty
2007-11-28 07:54 pm UTC (link)
Chuck's new take on Batman: he's really dumb!

Bold and innovative direction, there, Chuck.

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