Comments on: Black History Month ‘09 #22: Shake This

By: 4thletter! » Blog Archive » BHM09 Coda

4thletter! » Blog Archive » BHM09 Coda — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:00:54 +0000

[...] you don’t want to read this entire list, I asked around and apparently posts 22, 12, and 20 are pretty good. I also want to give special notice to this post on the official Atomic [...]

By: david brothers

david brothers — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:57:18 +0000

@catullus: You missed the point hard, boss. I think you should read again, take notes, and then post when you’re sure you get what I’m talking about.

I don’t recall complaining that someone being named “Black Lightning” is offensive, mostly because I think it’s corny, but no more corny than “Martian Manhunter” or “White Lightning,” an Impulse villain.

Nice try, though.

By: catullus

catullus — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:42:42 +0000

Ah, but if heroes were called “White”– what havoc that could cause. Why, look at DCs effort, in the 1970s, to have a black hero in a book, “Black Lightning”. If that had been “White Lightning”…

(Of course, many before have noted that “white” does not get included in the name of the superheroes, alas… hard to miss out the message that says to readers…)

By: Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Title: Black History Month ‘09 #22: Shake This

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:53:18 +0000

[...] Editor’s note: In honor of Black History Month, David Brothers took “every day in February to talk about specific aspect of black culture and comic books. It’s mainly focused on superhero comics, since that’s what I grew up reading and still makes up the bulk of my reading material.” The series ran through yesterday over at the 4thletter!, and David was gracious enough to let us repost some of them each Saturday in February. The one reprinted below appeared on the 4thletter on Feb. 22. [...]

By: Joseph from FBB

Joseph from FBB — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:30:43 +0000

Another great article Dave, that is something that’s rarely brought up.

Unfortunately Empowered is one of those books that make me feel like I’ve read a completely different book than everyone else. I keep hearing about compelling depth of characterization, etc…I see a book with terrible art and mediocre writing, that’s dealing with these issues on the level of a Saved by the Bell episode. Maybe that was harsh, like a mediocre episode of Static Shock with boobies.

Frankly, I feel that Carla Speed McNeil’s Finder deals with these issues in far more complex and surprising ways. Her art style is unpolished, (which works well for the series) and portrays sexual themes without resorting to hentai style imagery.