Interesting...

[lithera]

http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/News/08/14/gay.comics.ap/index.html

Well, I'd been thinking about picking up Green Lantern for a look anyway...

*adds that to list of comic books to looks at and decide if I want them or not*

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in brightest day, in blackest night...

[archeon.livejournal.com]

blech...

I've been reading Green Lantern since issue one and I hate Judd Winick... his stories are crap and this has all of the markings of "A very special episode of Different Strokes" only without Dudley being ass-raped by the bicycle shop owner... (apparently before he got his job working at WKRP)

I really don't give a shit if this guy was on the Real World and his life was "touched" by his gay room mate... the man can't write his way out of a paper bag...

these sensationalist things always bug me, it's really preaching to the converted, anyone reading and praising this is going to be tolerent anyway, those out there practicing hate aren't going to read this and even if they did I hardly think what Winick passes off as a story is going to open anyone's eyes or change their point of view...

you should go buy the trades of the Steve Englehart run before you read the Winick issues...

Re: in brightest day, in blackest night...

[lithera.livejournal.com]

It sucks then? I was thinking of giving it a try, sicne I've recently started liking Green Lantern a lot more. I'll look into the Englehart stuff and stick to my JLA for now.

I'm trying to decide what Spidey title to pick up.

Re: in brightest day, in blackest night...

[archeon.livejournal.com]

sucks may be harsh, but compared to the stuff that came before... it really is a let down... because the character is cool in his own right and I've stuck with him for all these years I'll keep getting it, though I'm anxiously awaiting the day when a new writer takes over.

if I were you I'd spend my money on Hawkman... or JSA... those two books are excellent

Re: in brightest day, in blackest night...

[lithera.livejournal.com]

*nods* Cool. I'm really enjoying JLA right now. It's good.

I'll look at JSA and Hawkman....

[mistergone.livejournal.com]

From the CNN article: "X-Men characters Mystique and Destiny had an implied lesbian relationship..."

They were lesbians? No, couldn't be.

Shit, implied? The only thing they never showed was Destiny droppin' trou... thank God.

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

[jameel.livejournal.com]

Well, if Claremont had had his way, Destiny would've been Nightcrawler's mother, and Mystique would've been his father. Wacky, huh?

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

*ponders*

You know that doesn't bother me as much as it probably should.

[jameel.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty cool, personally. It would just mean that Mystique's a very good shapechanger, and that Destiny occasionally liked the man-lovin'.

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yeah. I think it's pretty sweet. It's just one of those things that takes a few moments to really percolate through.

[jameel.livejournal.com]

Speaking of comics, did you pick up JLA this week? No wonder we couldn't ID most of the characters....

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

I'm going to pick it up tomorrow.

Are they completely obscure?

[jameel.livejournal.com]

Not completely, no. Without spoilers, though, I can tell you that there's at least one character there who's debuting a brand-new costume....

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[lithera.livejournal.com]

Cool. I'm looking forward to picking that one up tomorrow. That one and quite a few others.