Lack of racial diversity in comics a problem?

Started by Dinalfos4 pages

Which would be a shame. And a slap in the face of reason.

Yeah, but it's too.... race-e 😆

Pardon the pun

😆 that was bad. The fact they are talking to Hudlin about this issue shows this magazine is not very smart. Hell, Hudlin is one of the reasons certain comics aren't selling well. Not to mention the shit writing in CW and other problems. Hell, Annihilation is the only good thing in Marvel currently. Even JLA, which I like alot, isn't doing as well IMO. Sure, IC was awesome, but this 'Tornado's path' arc is pissing me off. Racial diversity is a red herring, they're just trying to cover up that the writing has gone to shit and they won't admit it's their own damn fault comics aren't selling well.

"Take Marvel Comics, home to such super-powered luminaries as Spider-Man, Captain America, Wolverine and the Fantastic Four."

It's funny, they mention Cap. a few times, yet fail to recognize that he JUST DIED.

i guess Captain America is black ermm

and in other news....

"Somehow, in this medium people are so out of touch with popular culture that they don't understand that black culture is popular culture."

when was it ever "cool" or "hip" to read comics?ermm

"He adds that Marvel is committed to keeping the book alive, even if it means ignoring low sales figures.

"If we can't have the Black Panther as a major player in the Marvel Universe then we're not doing our job. This isn't affirmative action – it's just the facts. This is a character that we feel has legs, and if it takes an extra commitment to making that be the case, then so be it."

so, the book def. sucks, but you are keeping it alive because you think you HAVE to have an African American (or in this case African) SuperHero in the front lines?

😐

this article is 😘

Here you go Mr. Hudlin.

Originally posted by NiñoAraña
It's funny, they mention Cap. a few times, yet fail to recognize that he JUST DIED.

They don't go into story detail at all in the article. So it'd actually be weird if they DID mention Cap just died. Not to mention it would be unnecessarily blurting out a spoiler.

I kind of wish people would take a hint because the day the comic came out there were all kinds of "CAP JUST GOT SHOT AND NOW HE'S DEAD" threads. What if I wanted to be surprised? Jerks.

its kind of f ****ed up in north america race relations is still being boiled down to a black and white issues, wht at about latinos and asians, and middle easterners? i think they should be repped too.

Originally posted by manjaro
its kind of f ****ed up in north america race relations is still being boiled down to a black and white issues, wht at about latinos and asians, and middle easterners? i think they should be repped too.

No one cares about them, duh.

Originally posted by Nataku8188
No one cares about them, duh.

ROFL 😆

Originally posted by Nataku8188
No one cares about them, duh.
😆

Obvoulsy I agree they should be repped, but its just the way you said it.

Originally posted by Swanky-Tuna
They don't go into story detail at all in the article. So it'd actually be weird if they DID mention Cap just died. Not to mention it would be unnecessarily blurting out a spoiler.

I kind of wish people would take a hint because the day the comic came out there were all kinds of "CAP JUST GOT SHOT AND NOW HE'S DEAD" threads. What if I wanted to be surprised? Jerks.

sorry i usually use spoiler tags, guess i was pissed

Originally posted by Validus
Pretty funny. I was reading the article and saw Hudlin's name so I skipped to the next paragraph. 😂

I caught his name while I started reading the article and just closed it right after.

Originally posted by NiñoAraña
sorry i usually use spoiler tags, guess i was pissed

Who doesn't know about Cap yet?

Seriously, thats like saying you don't know about Batwoman being a lesbian

Originally posted by Grimm22
Who doesn't know about Cap yet?

Seriously, thats like saying you don't know about Batwoman being a lesbian

I didn't know that

The thing is, and i think this needs to be pointed out, that the large majority of comic readers are young white males, and they're the key demographic comics are aimed towards (as in young males, regardless of colour, it just so happens that the white ones are the majority), and what people like hudlin (i love boomerang, but he's a tool) fail to realise is that if the character is written well, it wont matter a damn whether the character is black, white, orange or green...

as somebody said, this is just an excuse...

having more black or asian characters won't make comics better, having more well-written characters will, be they whatever colour they are...

Originally posted by manjaro
its kind of f ****ed up in north america race relations is still being boiled down to a black and white issues, wht at about latinos and asians, and middle easterners? i think they should be repped too.

Well it is unlikely that an American based company is going to portray many middle eastern characters as they know there is the possibility people will associate them with the current climate of us westerners over there killing men women and children. (Brits and Americans alike, neither side of the pond is exempt from this atrocity). Plus it's not like any of those countries are facing Civil War themselves, just not of a superhero or registration act kind ✅

I almost feel like making a full rebuttal to this. But it seems like everyone is pretty much in agreement about the ridiculousness of it...

I can't believe there are people being paid to indoctrinate others with this type of racial BS.

But, if Hudlin is right about other media being mostly Black, then wouldn't it be perfectly ok for comics to be mostly white? Sounds like Hudlin wants all entertainment companies to be like BET and only have whites on as cops and uneducated buffoons.

I hate Hudlin, simply because he's blatantly racist and uses his own race to climb further up the corporate latter. It's like, this douche-bag talks about how much he loves the black people but he's a head honcho on a BET, that channel plays videos that makes us look like thieves and gangsters 24/7. BET is worse than the Klan when it comes to pushing steriotypes about black people.

I just....hate...Hudlin...so much....so, so much.

Originally posted by long pig
But, if Hudlin is right about other media being mostly Black, then wouldn't it be perfectly ok for comics to be mostly white? Sounds like Hudlin wants all entertainment companies to be like BET and only have whites on as cops and uneducated buffoons.

I hate Hudlin, simply because he's blatantly racist and uses his own race to climb further up the corporate latter. It's like, this douche-bag talks about how much he loves the black people but he's a head honcho on a BET, that channel plays videos that makes us look like thieves and gangsters 24/7. BET is worse than the Klan when it comes to pushing steriotypes about black people.

I just....hate...Hudlin...so much....so, so much.

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Originally posted by Donkey Punch
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Ah, ya got me there.