I mean, what else could I add here about American history? About white supremacy and how it manifests itself in mass media?
Category Archives: comics
Score One For Taking It Too Seriously :)
Wow! Glad for him that worked. 🙂
I Got Mine…….
…..and I’d love to tell you a story about how hard it was to get, but my-home-away-from-home, Big Planet Comics in College Park, had quite a bit of them when I came by. Only one-to-a-customer, though.
Obama The Nerd :)
This post shouldn’t make me feel good about being a nerd/dork, but it does anyway! LOL! 🙂
Happy Waiting For………
…..The Legion of Superheroes to show up on “Smallville” early next year… Exactly one month from today, in fact.  🙂
DECEMBER 22ND UPDATE: Loved this new trailer! 🙂
A Female Black Panther!
Hmm….so the title comes back in February 2009 with a female Panther. Being that it’s comics, I guess all I can say is, “Well, let’s see how this goes.” I just hope that this time it won’t take 38 issues for Hudlin to get it right.
The Three Presidential Debates, In Summary :)
Special thanks to Greg Adamo for showing me this!
Trailer Time!
Although I will never be a fan of Reginald Hudlin’s first arc (see my comments at the bottom of this link), I admit this trailer (check the interview below it)—a word-for-word, scene-for-scene adaptation of that story’s first few pages—had me quite excited.
He’s greatly improved (I really liked BP 38), but to be honest, I’ve always thought that Hudlin’s Panther work would make better movies and television than comics. But I think it’s more about me being too old to read modern Marvel Comics. Judging by the first issue, the writer who replaced Hudlin for the current arc made the BET exec seem literary in comparison. 🙂
One-Word Review Of "The Dark Knight"
Masterpiece.
P.S. I’m off to see it tomorrow for the THIRD time, but I’ll see it again with anyone who wants to see it.
How To Tell If You've Created A Stereotypical 1970s Black Superhero
You know you’re bored when you finally find an article in your apartment that you’ve been (thinking about) searching for FOR YEARS. 🙂 I finally found this blurb in my old copy of the 100th anniversary issue of Wizard magazine, published eight years ago. Something to think about while we’re all enjoying “Hancock.” 🙂
Black Power!
Ten easy steps for making a genuine stereotypical, borderline offensive, 1970s Black superhero.
1. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL! Make them Black. Seems obvious, but nobody included that on the memo for “Blackhawk,” and look where that went.
2. ALWAYS BET ON BLACKÂ Â The character MUST be called “Black” something, like Black Goliath, Black Lightning, Black Panther, etc., to offset how all the white heroes’ names start with “white,” like…..uh……..
 3. DRESS FOR SUCCESS When designing the costume, pepper freely with high collars, plunging V-necks and chains. And the Afro’s a must.
4. TALK THE TALK Aside from a healthy dose of “jive turkey” and “brotha,” give your new crimefighter a believable ethnic catch phrase, like “Sweet Christmas.”
 5. WALK THE WALK Make ’em good and angry, so they’ll lash out at billboards and fences and stuff when they’re talking to themselves.
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6. UP WITH PEOPLEÂ Unlike guys like Superman and Aquaman, they’re one of the people. Have the grocer give him an apple when he walks by.
7. STAY GOLDENÂ He might act all tough and grouchy, but beneath that hairy, V-necked chest beats a heart of gold. Unless The Man gets in his way, that is.
8. DO THE TIMEÂ Â Give him a criminal background, just like Superma…uh, no, like Batma…er, no, bad example. Like Iron M–ah, maybe we should move on to #9.
9. SLUM IT UPÂ These guys are rarely members of the Avengers and JLA. They’re more likely private investigators, ex-thugs for hire, social workers, stuff like that.
10. FUBUÂ The stories have to have the air of authenticity to them: the situations the characters find themselves in because of who they are, their day-to-day problems and struggles they must hear. You need somebody who can relate to these issues. Get somebody white to write it.
Copyright (c) 2000 by Wizard magazine.
P.S. For more on Black superheroes, you should check out this and this and this.
2010 UPDATE: Enjoyed reading this.
