I remembered that I own a del.icio.us account, and started collecting links for an infrequent DS round up
Comics related Links Wrap Up
- Blog@Newsarama » Cartoon Network confirms ‘Batman: The Brave and the Bold’
The Brave and the Bold featuring the new Blue Beetle, the old Batman, and a somewhere in between Green Arrow. Now, can they find female cartoon characters to round out the pack? As awesome as going straight to the new Beetle is for having a Mexican-American character, how about a female lead in the show as well?
- Lesbian Gamers: Morgan Gray & Racial Stereotyping in Games
Coverage by Lesbian Gamers of an interesting interview highlighting the structural similarities in how companies justify excluding groups from gaming content. I’ve heard a bunch of those arguments explaining why comic books characters have to look the same
- Occasional Superheroine:
Female Superhero Comic Book Readers Desire “Good Storylines”. Yes, yes they do - amazing conceptual breakthrough not yet grasped by the major labels - story lines could be the revolution in comics that Liefield was for pouches.
Not quite so comics connected, but still in the broader feminism movement category, (for which this blog is aiming to belong)
- Shakesville: It’s Right There in the Name
We’re supposed to apologize and admit that they’re right, suppress our real feelings to keep the peace. We’re supposed to show them just how far we can bend. Oddly enough, though, that’s not how things work on a feminist blog
Finally, props to to InternetDuctTape.com and the Delicious Links Builder for turning this sort of list blogging after from pain to glory in numerous really complex YahooPipes! steps and one straightforward page.
It’s a world of laughter
A world of tears
It’s a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There’s so much that we share
That it’s time we’re aware
It’s a skrull world after all
There is just one moon (maybe)
And one golden sun (possibly)
And a smile means
Friendship to every one
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It’s a skrull world after all
It’s a skrull world after
It’s a skrull world after all
It’s a skrull world after all
It’s a skrull, skrull world
It’s been alright for some in the recognition of vegetables and fruits to over look the plight of the Wolf Peach (Lycopersicon). But have you ever spared a thought for those in the shadow of both fruit and vegetable?
Whilst my fellow bloggers will be outraged at the portrayals of violence against fruit in webcomics and the suffering of vegetables in manga, they go oddly silent at the sight of pizza. Little more than munching and grunting sounds are ever heard on the issue of the rampant slaughter of the wolf peach kind in the name of pizza toppings.
Not today though.
From out of the shadow of fruits and vegetables shall step the tomato.
It will not be forgotten by the Designated Sidechefkick.
Source: WikipediaMarvel has a problem.
The symptom of the problem is the blog/Live Space called Marvel_B0y.
Further symptoms of the problem are present in Graeme McMillan ’s post and the responses over at Newarama.
Assume for a moment that Marvel B0y is not spin. Assume the blog genuinely is written by a disgruntled employee seeking to expose the inner core of Marvel. The response from the comic book reading, blogging and bb posting public has been cynical, dismissive and regarding it as a Marvel stunt.
How bad is Marvel’s stock with their fanbase if the immediate reaction to the MarvelBoy blog was to assume viral marketing spin?
I think the answer is: Right now, it’s very bad.
From the current Skrull-a-moment “Who do you trust? (NOT YOU BENDIS!)” campaign, which followed on from One More Day (of Bad Ideas made print), and a host of other niggling behaviours by Marvel’s heirarchy, they seem to be burning the faith of the paying fan base. Even little things like having Tony Stark win in the Civil War (ps, my Skrull tip for the season: the dead Captain America was really a skrull), or producing a bad interface to hobble the online distribution of comics thus negating what should have become the iTunes of comics all add up.
The assumption that Marvel Boy is skrull guerrilla marketing campaign shows that passionate fans on the internet are distrusting Marvel to the extent that they’re assuming that this ‘expose’ of Marvel is a cynical promotional pitch for the Skrull Crossover. That people are assuming Marvel suck that much to sink that low is a bad sign for the company, and for its possible future. The company needs to earn back trust to the point that people don’t assume a blog slagging off the company is done to boost sales figures.
Also, if Marvel B0y is the real deal, how much would it bite to be constantly assumed to be a sock puppet of the organisatio you’re trying to slam?
Cheryl Lynn, you are a genuis.
This awesome is awesomely awesome. Inspiredly awesome. Lynn’s post over at Digital Femme brings true awesome with the maths of…
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