tjcoady
Hey, everyone
I was reading a comic today (The current volume of "The Punisher," issue 10), and I was getting more and more annoyed by something that was in the comic that was totally false. I thought about writing an e-mail or something like that, and then, something occurred to me that Marvel Comics used to do years ago.
I haven't posted on this forum in years, but I thought it would be a great venue for this idea.
Marvel used to do a thing called "No-Prizes," when a reader would spot an inaccuracy in their title, and then, rather than criticize the book, the reader would propose a solution that made sense- I think it's a fun idea, and engaging in that exercise is what made me stop thinking about writing an angry e-mail to Marvel, and instead decide to post this.
So, I'll start: the most recent issue of "Punisher" features an LAPD officer who is in the middle of being berated by a panel for her use of force. One of them remarks something like, "That's not what your button-cam shows!"
So, as someone who worked for a criminal legal office in LA, I know for a fact that, first of all, no shooting has ever been captured on a button camera, and second of, very, very few police actually even wear one- it's a new idea that is only being recently implemented through the LAPD. Among the police who actually do have them, it has never once been used, or even discussed in police-board hearings.
So, my proposal is a simple one: the Marvel Universe can be seen as about five years ahead of us, in most things. Whenever Tony Stark or Reed Richards finishes building a new invention, it's always something that is ripped from the pages of Scientific American or something like that as something that we are "a couple of years away from conceiving." It wouldn't be impossible to propose that if the Marvel Universe is that far advanced technological, it would be the same socially- they've been through enough shape-shifters, costumed detectives been unmasked, and so-on, to require police officers to wear button cameras.
Okay- now, everyone else's turn: the next time you see a major inaccuracy in a comic that would bug you, see if you can find a way you can make it logically in the comic-universe!
I was reading a comic today (The current volume of "The Punisher," issue 10), and I was getting more and more annoyed by something that was in the comic that was totally false. I thought about writing an e-mail or something like that, and then, something occurred to me that Marvel Comics used to do years ago.
I haven't posted on this forum in years, but I thought it would be a great venue for this idea.
Marvel used to do a thing called "No-Prizes," when a reader would spot an inaccuracy in their title, and then, rather than criticize the book, the reader would propose a solution that made sense- I think it's a fun idea, and engaging in that exercise is what made me stop thinking about writing an angry e-mail to Marvel, and instead decide to post this.
So, I'll start: the most recent issue of "Punisher" features an LAPD officer who is in the middle of being berated by a panel for her use of force. One of them remarks something like, "That's not what your button-cam shows!"
So, as someone who worked for a criminal legal office in LA, I know for a fact that, first of all, no shooting has ever been captured on a button camera, and second of, very, very few police actually even wear one- it's a new idea that is only being recently implemented through the LAPD. Among the police who actually do have them, it has never once been used, or even discussed in police-board hearings.
So, my proposal is a simple one: the Marvel Universe can be seen as about five years ahead of us, in most things. Whenever Tony Stark or Reed Richards finishes building a new invention, it's always something that is ripped from the pages of Scientific American or something like that as something that we are "a couple of years away from conceiving." It wouldn't be impossible to propose that if the Marvel Universe is that far advanced technological, it would be the same socially- they've been through enough shape-shifters, costumed detectives been unmasked, and so-on, to require police officers to wear button cameras.
Okay- now, everyone else's turn: the next time you see a major inaccuracy in a comic that would bug you, see if you can find a way you can make it logically in the comic-universe!