Unwritten Duck

@Hawkeye446: First off great blog. There is a lot of hubbub as you say out there, but I am beginning to wonder if it just all boils down to "humans like sex" and we like to talk about it. If we don't talk about our own sex lives we talk about the sex lives of others whether they be fictional or real. Of course this doesn't mean we don't like to talk about other things as well.

As far as the comics go, I personally thought Catwoman was very well written and I enjoyed it, but it was just one penstroke away from pornography. I don't think anyone would be comfortable with their young child reading something with that amount of graphic content. There is a reason why comic stores have what is called "the top shelf" at least where I live. At the store I worked at I was told that if a kid picked up a comic and it had boobs or graphic detail in the form of language or physical depiction then the store could be fined. Comics that have that kind of detail get put on the top shelf usually to keep these comics out of the reach of small children.

With Starfire though, I think Fodigg said it best and echoed my sentiments on the matter.

@fodigg said:

However, the recent hubbub about Starfire wasn't about her being sexy, it was about her being a one-dimensional non-character sex doll, completely in opposition to her previous portrayals (which were also sexy and promiscuous but at the same time totally different in very important ways).

One of the big anticipations for this coming November is the release of Batman Arkham City. We have already seen that there are going to be several playable characters like Catwoman, Robin, and the most recently revealed Nightwing. In the comic fandom though, Jason has gained popularity and it would seem almost criminal not to feature him in some way. If Red Hood was featured though as a playable character or at least as one of Batman's adversaries how do you think it would affect the game and decisions to buy the game.

The controversy of that one panel has always seemed kind of thin the whole time. Though Razza has explained the concept to me earlier from the point of her view on this, I know that when I read that one line "breast size" was not what was going through my mind. It wasn't till I turned the page and saw Starfire hovering over destroyed tanks that gave me sort of a context clue as to what was being referred to by a "pair of 38s". I attempted to play dumb, but a later line killed that for me when I finally became aware that Kori could not remember a single thing about her past.

What I don't understand though is why would an author knowingly do this? As a writer myself I pour over my work before I publish it, so I find it hard to believe that the author would not notice a controversial line in his own work. Was it simply an attempt to get a character thrown out of a book or was it a middle finger to the female comic reading populace?

This looks awesome! I can't wait for this game. I'm going to be addicted for months!!!

@Munsu: LMAO!!!! XD

Though I agree that that is one path to prevent stuff like Starfire's reinvention it would just be a shame that characters like Jason Todd have to suffer for it. This is really Jason's first ongoing title that he's present in, and despite the controversy his character was actually one of the stronger points of Red Hood and the Outlaws #1. If people stop buying Red Hood and the Outlaws then the likely hood of Jason appearing in his own ongoing title again are reduced.

@Babs: I think I might try that because $5.00 a month for that looks like it would be a big money saver. Like I said earlier, I don't know enough about her to call myself a fan, so this seems like the better alternative.

@The Dark Huntress: I have part of Morrison's run. The Story lines I have collected are "Murder at the Mansion" and "Assault on Weapon X Plus."

@Babs: I've been looking into buying the trade for quite sometime. I'm just looking for a mean to get it for cheaper than it's $25 price tag.

I've never liked the X-men as a whole because not enough thought is put into each character and you have unequal representation. Even with my limited knowledge of the X-men I can say that I've never cared for Scott Summers, and that Emma Frost has always interested me, but I've never read anything that can give me a good feel for the character so that I call myself an Emma Frost Fan. If Emma leaving Scott will give fans another chance to become better acquainted with her then I definitely think they should split.