Comments on: Green Arrow, Black Canary, and the Wedding Issue: AKA – Let’s destroy the viability of this franchise! http://www.girl-wonder.org/designatedsidekick/2007/09/22/green-arrow-black-canary-and-the-wedding-issue-aka-lets-destroy-the-viability-of-this-franchise/ One of many voices that speak out against problems of the portrayal of gender, sexuality and race in comics. I just happen to be a male, white middle class member of the primary comic book target demographic. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:14:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Timothy Liebe http://www.girl-wonder.org/designatedsidekick/2007/09/22/green-arrow-black-canary-and-the-wedding-issue-aka-lets-destroy-the-viability-of-this-franchise/comment-page-1/#comment-21248 Timothy Liebe Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:49:19 +0000 http://www.girl-wonder.org/designatedsidekick/2007/09/22/green-arrow-black-canary-and-the-wedding-issue-aka-lets-destroy-the-viability-of-this-franchise/#comment-21248 Steven - what you said, absolutely! Over on the <a href="http://girl-wonder.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3088#p54479" rel="nofollow">comments to Karen's entry</a> I mentioned that, as a long-time married man myself, I felt there were plenty of sources of conflict even in a loving marriage, and this was typical cheap bad writing. I also said some nice things about how Mike Grell handled GA and BC as a couple back in the Eighties, b/c at the time it really impressed both Tammy and I that here were superheroes as a genuinely adult loving couple living together, and everything that goes with it.... Best, <a href="http://spousecreature.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tim Liebe</a> Dreaded Spouse-Creature of <a href="http://www.tamorapierce.com/" rel="nofollow">Tamora Pierce</a> - and co-writer of Marvel's <a href="http://www.tamorapierce.com/marvel.htm" rel="nofollow">WHITE TIGER comic</a> (TPB out 9/26) Steven – what you said, absolutely! Over on the comments to Karen’s entry I mentioned that, as a long-time married man myself, I felt there were plenty of sources of conflict even in a loving marriage, and this was typical cheap bad writing. I also said some nice things about how Mike Grell handled GA and BC as a couple back in the Eighties, b/c at the time it really impressed both Tammy and I that here were superheroes as a genuinely adult loving couple living together, and everything that goes with it….

Best,
Tim Liebe
Dreaded Spouse-Creature of Tamora Pierce – and co-writer of Marvel’s WHITE TIGER comic (TPB out 9/26)

]]> By: notintheface http://www.girl-wonder.org/designatedsidekick/2007/09/22/green-arrow-black-canary-and-the-wedding-issue-aka-lets-destroy-the-viability-of-this-franchise/comment-page-1/#comment-21239 notintheface Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:49:45 +0000 http://www.girl-wonder.org/designatedsidekick/2007/09/22/green-arrow-black-canary-and-the-wedding-issue-aka-lets-destroy-the-viability-of-this-franchise/#comment-21239 You'll love my brief review of the Wedding special here: http://stars-and-garters.blogspot.com/2007/09/scene-from-making-of-green-arrowblack.html You’ll love my brief review of the Wedding special here:

http://stars-and-garters.blogspot.com/2007/09/scene-from-making-of-green-arrowblack.html

]]>