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Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 13 Sep 2017, 11:46am
by Inder
While Marvel was busy turning Cap into a Nazi,




Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 13 Sep 2017, 11:50am
by Dr. Medulla
Superman: Blaming the victim. :naughty:

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 15 Sep 2017, 6:39am
by Dr. Medulla
Further to the Superman scene above, Fox News Fox Newsing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tod ... mg00000009

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 23 Sep 2017, 8:10am
by Dr. Medulla
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Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 24 Sep 2017, 10:19am
by eumaas

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 24 Sep 2017, 10:27am
by Dr. Medulla
And yet, not odder than a lot of Mark Trail strips …

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 27 Sep 2017, 1:32am
by Kory
I'm going to have a hard time staying on with Archie once Mark Waid ends his run.

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 06 Oct 2017, 5:18pm
by Inder

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 06 Oct 2017, 10:51pm
by Wolter
Inder wrote:
06 Oct 2017, 5:18pm
Yeah, that might be a last straw for me and Marvel. I'll read the old stuff, but fuck them sideways.

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 09 Oct 2017, 3:35pm
by Kory
Wolter wrote:
06 Oct 2017, 10:51pm
Inder wrote:
06 Oct 2017, 5:18pm
Yeah, that might be a last straw for me and Marvel. I'll read the old stuff, but fuck them sideways.
Update: Marvel announced that it "will not be proceeding with this partnership" with Northrop Grumman. It also sent us the following statement:

"The activation with Northrop Grumman at New York Comic Con was meant to focus on aerospace technology and exploration in a positive way. However, as the spirit of that intent has not come across, we will not be proceeding with this partnership including this weekend's event programming. Marvel and Northrop Grumman continue to be committed to elevating, and introducing, STEM to a broad audience."
Still...

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 09 Oct 2017, 7:24pm
by Wolter
Kory wrote:
09 Oct 2017, 3:35pm
Wolter wrote:
06 Oct 2017, 10:51pm
Inder wrote:
06 Oct 2017, 5:18pm
Yeah, that might be a last straw for me and Marvel. I'll read the old stuff, but fuck them sideways.
Update: Marvel announced that it "will not be proceeding with this partnership" with Northrop Grumman. It also sent us the following statement:

"The activation with Northrop Grumman at New York Comic Con was meant to focus on aerospace technology and exploration in a positive way. However, as the spirit of that intent has not come across, we will not be proceeding with this partnership including this weekend's event programming. Marvel and Northrop Grumman continue to be committed to elevating, and introducing, STEM to a broad audience."
Still...
Yeah, they can still eat shit. Although I might give Squirrel Girl an exemption.

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 09 Oct 2017, 7:30pm
by Dr. Medulla
I wonder how many of these awful missteps (to put it kindly), be it Cap is a Nazi or active whoring for the military industrial complex, are the result of Disney and octopus conglomerate pressures or just more of floundering of a comics biz whose market hold is declining. The movie and tv arms are cash cows, but none of the Marvel books are capturing my imagination these days.

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 09 Oct 2017, 8:26pm
by Flex
I think it's because nerds are the new Hitler Youth.

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 09 Oct 2017, 8:44pm
by Dr. Medulla
Flex wrote:
09 Oct 2017, 8:26pm
I think it's because nerds are the new Hitler Youth.
The last few years have especially made me think that Wertham does merit some reconsideration (not least of all because most comic fans only have a caricatured understanding of him). Skim any given comic book message board and you'll see crude, anti-social violent fantastists.

Re: Flex and Wolter's Den of Nerdly Awesomeness

Posted: 10 Oct 2017, 7:36am
by Dr. Medulla
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