MARVEL HAS CROSSED THE LINE

COMICS ARE GIVING ME A MIGRAINE...



THOR'S A WOMAN?

MISS MARVEL IS A MUSLIM?

CPT AMERICA IS BLACK?

GREEN LANTERNS GAY? 

ARCHIE ANDREWS GETS SHOT AND DEFENDING A NEO- HIPPIE, GAY WAR VET?

THE ORIGINAL NICK FURY WAS WHITE!??!

WTF MARVEL AND THE OTHER PUBLISHERS! WHY DON'T YOU GET IT ALREADY? STOP SCREWING WITH OUR BELOVED HEROES. IF YOU WANT AN AGENDA DRIVEN HERO THEN CREATE A NEW ONE!BUT YOU WONT BECAUSE YOU CANT. THAT'S RIGHT...I SAID YOU CANT. THE PROBLEM WITH MARVEL AND THEIR ILK IS THAT IN ORDER TO DRIVE THEIR P.C. AGENDA THEY ARE FORCED TO USE THE TOP SELLERS AND MOST EASILY IDENTIFIABLE HEROES TOPUSH THEIR AGENDAS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T WRITTEN AN INTERESTING NEW HERO IN DECADES. THE GENIUS THAT CREATED CPT AMERICA (THE GREAT KIRBY/ SIMON TEAM)WAS PUSHING AN AGENDA TOO. AMERICANISM AND AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM. BUT THE AGENDA DIDN'T DRIVE THE STORY, THE STORY DROVE THE AGENDA. THEIR TOP PRIORITY WAS 'CREATE A WINNING STORY FIRST'. THE AGENDA WAS WRAPPED IN THERETO BE SURE BUT THE STORY CAME FIRST.


THIS IS NOT SO TODAY. 


TODAY ITS MORE IMPORTANT TO THE EDITORS AT MARVEL THAT CAP IS BLACK THEN HE
HAVE ANY REAL MEAT IN THE STORY. ITS MORE IMPORTANT THAT MS. MARVEL IS A
MUSLIM THEN BE INTERESTING. ITS MORE IMPORTANT THAT THOR IS A WOMAN THAN BE
RESPECTFUL TO THE CULTURE THAT SPAWNED THOR!
THIS IN ITSELF IS STRANGE AS THE VIKINGS WERE ABOUT AS PRO-WOMAN AS ANY
CULTURE ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT. THEY HAVE WARRIOR WOMEN BUILT INTO THEIR
MYTHOS ALL READY! FORGET THE YEARS OF ESTABLISHED CONTINUITY... WE WANT THOR TO BE A TRANS-GENDERED WAR GOD! SO NOW YOU'RE ASKING "WHY DIDN'T MARVEL SIMPLY WRITE SOME DRIVEL ABOUT ONE OF THEM?
BECAUSE OF AGENDAS.

BECAUSE THEIR AGENDA IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN STORY.

FOR YEARS NOW I'VE HEARD THEM PREACH THAT THEY ARE THE STEWARDS OF THESE CHARACTERS. THE "GATEKEEPERS OF THE MYTHOS" AND THAT'S WHY THEY CAN'T ALLOW THESE CHARACTERS TO SLIP INTO THE VOID OF "FAIR USE". 


COMICS HAVE BEGUN TO SINK INTO THE BLACK HOLE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND ARE TOTALLY VOID OF THE INTERESTING AND DIVERSE CHARACTERS THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE. THE WRITERS HAVE KILLED THE INCENTIVE TO BUY THEIR TRIPE AND WONDER WHY SALES SLUMP. 

AS FOR ME... I'LL TAKE MY MONEY AND CHERRY PICK THE STORIES THAT ARE STILL GOOD. MAYBE I'LL FIND SOME GOOD NEW STORIES... ONES THAT THE WRITER ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT. WELL CRAFTED GEMS, WRAPPED AROUND HEROES THAT ACTUALLY STAND FOR SOMETHING.





LIKE THIS ONE...

WITH FETID BREATH, ALLIENGANGER WAITS IN THE DARKNESS FOR NEW COMIC BOOK DAY...