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Tweak says, "gimme your tots."

kingrockwell (kingrockwell) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-29 19:38:00

Current music:	Sparks ~ "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us"
Entry tags:	char: animal man/buddy baker, char: ellen baker, char: maxine baker, char: starfire/koriand'r, creator: chris batista, creator: gerry conway, publisher: dc comics, title: animal man

Hey guys, guess what book I'm dropping!

Which one bothers me more, that Ellen's calling Buddy on shit she'd have learned to deal with years ago, or that the shit she's calling on him has never been one of Buddy's things since, well, fucking ever?

It gets worse!

(sorry this scan is bigger and still looks shitty. this is why i don't like using my own scans)

I'm-- I'm really beside myself with anger right now. I found it jarring to find Buddy fighting supervillains to begin with when this mini started, but to completely change his role as a superhero only to set up fucking this is infuriating! Family always came first for Buddy! And Maxine, dammit, Maxine was supposed to grow up to be Animal Girl. :( :( :(

There's more bullshit with Cliff who's grown up to be a workaholic lawyer to be like his dad, but Conway essentially bulldozes all of Buddy' relationships with his family (which is what made him worth reading to begin with!) so he can give us this:

Fuck this book. You can see what I'm guessing might be Prismatik coming in on the last panel to beat them up, well let her have him! I don't give a shit anymore, I'd rather save the money for food.

And here I was gonna come on here to fanwank about the League of Titans (Dick's Nightwing again, and hardly looks the mid-to-late forties he should be, discuss) and the really poor color consistency (Clark' eyes can decide if they're blue or green (i almost wanted to think it was Kon, since it would've been fun if he got Lex's eyes, but no dice), Kory's eyes being yellow, and Cliff going blond sometime in the skipped fifteen years), but the book had to come and along and distract me, by sucking.

I'll give it one thing, Chris Batista brings it pretty fierce, but even he can't save this sinking ship.

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	aegof.livejournal.com 2009-07-30 02:19 am UTC (link)
	So does Starfire ever do anything besides kissin' dudes? I don't think I've ever seen her do anything that didn't involve her kissin' some dude. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-07-30 04:05 am UTC (link)
	Um. You know, I have the same question. D: (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	punishermax 2009-07-30 10:02 pm UTC (link)
	It's really really awkward for me because I read all her dialougue in the Teen Titans cartoon Starfire voice. So this is....a bit weird. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kenn_el 2009-07-30 05:24 am UTC (link)
	It's how Wolfman had her learn language (her brother, alas, seems to be capable of lip reading, as he's never seen doing the same), which was how he set up Dick and Kory. I assume Buddy is himself a cunning linguist. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kitty_tc_69 2009-07-30 07:16 am UTC (link)
	When we all know she should be kissing chicks, instead. (Reply to this) (Parent)

04nbod
2009-07-30 02:03 pm UTC (link)

Starfire always seemed defined by sexuality. Her storylines always revolve around sexual desire for her. Arranged marriages to protect Tamoran, her relationship with dick, her career as a model, now this. Not to mention her costume looks like S&M wear. People wonder why I have such a hatred for her character, its this. No matter how much she presents herself as a sympathetic character I cannot take her seriously as anything other than fanservice.

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	sistermagpie 2009-07-30 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	Reading this makes me realize why I had sort of a negative reaction to the "she's an alien so maybe she's not aging" thing. Because what do you do with a female character based on sexual desire who isn't in her 20s? It seems like a real admission that it's about fan-service rather than character. (Reply to this) (Parent)

freddylloyd
2009-07-30 07:40 pm UTC (link)

George Pérez comments: "And in creating the new Teen Titans, the one thing I enjoyed was the fact that of the three new characters we created, two of them were women. And one of them, Starfire, was definitely created for pure sex. The fact is she's sexy, she enjoys sex, and she makes no bones about it."

And:
"Q: Did you have a favorite among the Titans?
A: My favorite to draw was Starfire, because she was made for any young male artist to enjoy."

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