I should know better

So thanks to the When Fangirls Attack linkblog I once again attempted to read some posts by Mad 360 Scott. No I'm not providing him with a link. If you want to share my headache, you can find him pretty easily on your own. And as always I regret it...

1st he has a "humorous" piece on the Marvel Adventures: Avengers issue that guest stars the Agents of A.T.L.A.S. And his "funny" point is that its sexist because it has Namora in it. And her original Golden Age comics had some sexist tropes in them. Er...ok? I think his "joke" is that comics fandom feminist's can find sexism anywhere so really there isn't any and aren't they silly? I don't know. Maybe he actually thinks the comic is sexist and is harmful to kids? Except even he says its supposed to be funny....

Then on his regular Yahoo blog he shows that his weird statistics (which mostly consist of just throwing up bunches of meaningless numbers and lists) that "disprove" comics misogny don't bother him when he uses them to "disprove" anti-gay trends in comics. And he's gay so he CAN'T be anti-gay. Because he founded a Gay League thing about comics, even though he then admits that he frequently disagrees with the other people who founded the group because he "disproves" homophobia in comics. Or something. Honestly my eyes start glazing over whenever I try to read his arguements...

Plus he takes a mild, but cheap, shot at pomobarney for only doing silly posts on comics and never "serious" discussion on gay themes on his blog. Except of course that he does. And in fact the most recent was a fairly serious gay-themed post. Plus he's start up the Comic Gays linkblog for gay issues in comics, sci fi and fantasy...

So basically, I KNEW his posts would make me angry. KNEW I'd just get upset and it will potentially lead to internet drama. And I still I clicked through. My theory is that I'm an idjit and enjoy mental pain. Oh well, another excuse to use the Puppet Angel icon...

Edit: And Scott you've got your own blog to argue with people. Thanks for making it so I had to look up the ban function for the first time in 3+ years. Learn to deal with an near anonymous stranger on the internet not liking you...

Sunday Trade: Minx take 3

This week, lets go over the two most recent books from DC's minx line.


Good As Lily
Written by Derek Kirk Kim, Art by Jesse Hamm, Letters by Jared K Fletcher

What the minx line has most reminded me of, are teen movies. With the better ones (Re-Gifters being a Hughes classic or the like. Good As Lily still has that feel to it, but adds a kind of time travel element to it that gives it a more unique feel. After her 18th birthday Grace Kwon is visited by 3 versions of herself. Herself at six, twenty-nine and sixty. Which adds to the difficulty of the standard high school rivalry, the crush on the handsome teacher and the best friend she doesn't notice romantically. Plus of course Lily from the title. Her older sister who died of meningitis at the age of eight. And who still haunts her parents. Kim crafts the story well and Hamm's pencils capture the story perfectly. But without that taste of the different Good As Lily would be pretty good. But with it, it becomes great...



confessions of a blabbermouth
Written by Mike & Louise Carey, Art by Aaron Alexovich, Letters by John J Hill

Mike Carey (who wrote the previous minx book Re-Gifters) co-wrote this one with his 15 year old daughter. Who is already an editorialist for the London Metropolitan Archive and is working on a novel. Alexovich recently won my heart with a fill in issue of Fables, and his cartoony style fits this book perfectly and adds a certain sweetness to it all. confessions of a blabbermouth is about Tasha a teen blogger whose single mom starts dating romance writer and single father Jed Hazel. Which leads to Jed's daughter Chloe being thrust into all aspects of Tasha's life. At school, at home and even on the school yearbook committee. And after Chloe's newspaper editorial is published, where she mercilessly mocks bloggers and seemingly Tasha specifically, Tasha retaliates. In whats a pretty evil manner, especially at the high school level...

Though Tasha at least does end up feeling guilty over her revenge and works to make amends for it. As well as to help Chloe and Jed with their somewhat broken relationship. Chris Sims, of the Invincible Super-Blog, makes a point in his review that Jed, the main villain of the story, doesn't really get punished much and in fact doesn't even try to make ammends for the crap he pulled. Which sadly is what all too often happens in life. Whats important, I think, is Tasha and Chloe's ability to grow beyond it and move forward with their life...

While Good As Lily is probably the best of the line so far, with Re-Gifters and confessions of a blabbermouth Mike Carey is so far the stand-out writer...

After the Thin Man

Ugh. What a disappointment. All the background characters spend their time mugging for the camera and chewing the scenery. Hell, even Jimmy Stewart overacts in it. And then the final reveal for the murder mystery makes no sense. Myrna Loy is still a hottie though...