Tom Taylor Confirms Jon Kent Superman Criticism
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Superman: Son of Kal-El writer Tom Taylor talked about his comic run recently with AITP. Tom Taylor confirms a lot of the criticism fans have had about his take on Jon Kent as Superman. Jon Kent Superman sales dropped steadily after global news coverage of the character coming out as bisexual. Taylor confirms a lot of story elements aren't executed well to accommodate the news cycle. Sacrificing story execution for new coverage. He also talks bout why Jon Kent isn't traditionally heroic in Superman: Son of Kal-El. Tom Taylor confirms Jon Kent Superman criticism.
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What happened to Tim Drake broke my heart more. His character will never ever be the same. 30 years worth of character history retconned and destroyed to promote “the message”.
I guess they hate Chuck Dixon that's why they moved forward with destroying the characters he wrote like Tim Drake, Connor Hawke
and for sure they will make some changes to Dick Grayson sooner or later. .
That's what happens when a crappy writer chooses a back-up story to take a character who has had 30 years as a straight guy and most of that in a relationship with Stephanie Brown (aka Spoiler and Robin) and put him in a romantic relationship with another guy.
@@LigerFan , oh yeah, wasn't it some lady that made Tim bi for some dumb reasons, I forgot but it was for "representation" despite the history that contradicts it.
If DC comics makes it past the next 5 years, I can see theme sweeping a lot of this stuff under the rug if the head staff is changed… a MAJOR “if” mind you…
They will drop the “r” from his name
"Jon is empathetic and sensitive. That's much more powerful than punching supervillains in the face."
This. This right here, proves to me that Tom Taylor has not read many if any Superman comics, least of all "All Star Superman" and "What Ever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?"
A Superman without morals or empathy is just another General Zod.
precisely one of the best superman comic panels is when he talks down a girl from commiting suicide..
I wouldnt agree. I mean im all for an anti-hero version of a krptonian just not of the likes of zod or superman. But one who is rethinking of himself of wether or not he should carry out of the mantel of the S symbol. And will set out his own path and have a duo with damien who's training with the league of assassins could be both deadly and badass in using gritty tactics. But that is just me who would love to see that.
I don’t get your point. If he said Jon is those things then why are you commenting that he isn’t?
@@brandondelgado7731 I was thinking the same thing
@@brandondelgado7731 J Do's comment is referencing the fact that Mr Taylor is making an inference that Jon is compassionate unlike his father who just just punches things. He is disparaging the original to build up the new.
Jon Kent was better as a kid.
The problem is that all LGBTQIA+ characters behave the same, they seem more like robots than actual characters, if you read one, you read them all.
It's because the writers don't want to get canceled on twitter. So they write the characters without giving them any real adversity or challenges. It's all bs stories.
Yup. And worse they CAN'T do anything with them for fear of attack. Even legacy gay characters like northstar. Decades of being an arse hole dumped when he comes out cause they don't want to "offend". With creator bigotry being what it is we'll NEVER get a decent alphabet character.
That's because they aren't conceived as flesh and blood people, but as SJW sockpuppets.
Only exception was early New Batwomen
Well all recent ones, Midnighter and all that are ok
Tom Taylor’s break out video game/series, Injustice came out when the Boys & Irredeemable were already on the racks at Comic book shops. It was fashionable at the time to write a D-bag Superman. He tried the same ego trip with Superior Iron Man which was unreadable. Take that away, he really doesn’t have a good handle on characters.
@warwik Xio non canon elseworlds is a different story... hes writing a regular continuity with son of kal el
I actually loved his run on Injustice, but it’s a shame how hard he shills now. It seems like he fell into the trap of “subverting expectations” so often that the most interesting thing he could do is just tell a straightforward story.
Bad Man that depends…if you use DC as an acronym for destroying characters, I’d say he understands quite well!!😂😂😂
So basically he wanted to turn Jon Kent into Steven Universe...great, just great.
Keep speaking the truth brother. The only weapon against terrible writing! Like you said near the end with Clark and his relationships, they are in the background to strengthen and add more tension to the overall story. These people are just appealing to a market of shallow minded people.
Bisexual men have to deal with stereotypes about not being masculine, overly sensitive etc.
So having Jon Kent be the sensitive, pacifist hero, feeds into those stereotypes.
Midnighter (who's gay) isn't depicted as passive, or dare I say, even submissive.
No, he defies stereotypes and dismantles his opponents with ruthless efficiency (it's his whole deal).
Taylor has pretty much guaranteed that little boys won't want to play with the Jon Kent action figure.
You know, because of his aversion to all that action.
Midnighter was awesome and so was Apollo.
Most modern LGBT characters are just stereotypes...caricatures. it's like they don't truly know people in the community they think they're representing.
Facts. In fact midnighter is a badass in my opinion. I always bring up midnighter and apollo every time i talk comics and someone says something about how lgbt characters are written crappy. Those 2 break the stereotype of lgbt characters being kinda passive and weak in the sense that they dont like to fight. They go hard in the paint.
"Bisexual" means gay for the SJWs. It's their weasel way to retcon historically heterosexual characters as gay.
@@davidfrancisco3502 i mean a lot of times their sexualities weren’t directly mentioned, I would argue that people can come out later in life and realize they’re Bi. I do agree that a lot of these modern coming out stories are dogshit but I don’t really blame it on a “SJW agenda”, DC just thinks they’re gonna make money by doing this (which they sorta do).
Is time for Clark to go to Earth 3 and rescue the real Jon Kent, who is still a kid, from that prison Ultraman put him. I don't give a shit about this "son of Kal-El" wheteher he is from a parallel timeline or posible future.
No hate for Jon Kent but I rather have Clark as Superman.
It's sad to say this but same.
Me too.
He wants to write a slice of life, then he needs to surrender the book to someone who wants to write action. Nobody is interested in alphabet love stories, or love stories, being centered in an action medium.
To me this is THE central issue. No one wants STRAIGHT romance in superhero books, wtf makes anyone think alphabet ones will sell?
Its the wrong genre for this movement.
Yeah sure bud whatever you say.
Totally agree that the story should always come first. You can include any character you want with any background, and include those elements into the story, but they should not be the main focus of the story when the point of the story is meant to be action and adventure.
I read Star wars Doctor Aphra, which the main character is lesbian, and in the middle of the first series they have her fall in love with a female Imperial officer. In the battle of both of their groups of people and each other, Doctor Aphra out of nowhere kisses her and establishes that she likes her. It wasn't done in a funny cheeky way that could be hw the character gets out of being killed, but rather it felt extremely forced into the story like this is the point that these character needed to kiss and connect.
There was nothing to indicate to Aphra that this officer was also attracted to women (and in a world of aliens, that would be an even bigger assumption made by her...for all we know, the officer like rodians or twi'leks)). Nothing developed and grew to this moment. Just "we're trying to kill each other, kiss happens, and we go back to we might still be killing each other."
It was the most forced and awkward thing I have ever read, and it would have been that if the character were a straight man and woman. The sexuality had nothing to do with it. It just didn't make sense in the context of the story.
Stan Lee said this pretty much
It's almost as if Taylor is writing a Romance story in an Action/Adventure comic ;)
And not even a good romance
Dang. Nail on the head. Right there. Exactly.
Tom Taylor pointed out it's about being recognized for the misconstrued point rather than telling a good story anymore.
I can't see why a comic reader/fan would be interested in a series where nothing happens. This is escapism entertainment. The conflict and its resolution in a action entertaining manner is what the audience wants. Nobody stands in the shop, or talks with their friends, about how cool it was that the hero solved the problem by 'talking it out'. They wanna see their hero beat the villain in a cool and action packed manner as possible! They wanna be thrilled and blown away. Something they will remember. Issue after issue of talking problems to death does not secure a audience or fan base. That goes just as well for issue after issue of self exploration. Superman is supposed to be thrilling and exciting. You want self exploration go watch Dr Phil. WTF20.
They're, just few twitter types buy 1 issues and boast about it online which stop around end of 2021 hasn't trended since then almost like people just don't care about crap anymore.
I almost wish that Marvel never became as big as it did. As soon as a company becomes too big, marketing becomes more important than quality. It's the very definition of Selling Out. You saw it in WWE after it became public, you see it in the music industry, and you definitely see it in Marvel after their success in movies and acquisition by Disney.
I think the Disney sugar daddy did the more damage. Now they've no fear of bankruptcy and have free reign to publish crap no one reads but corporate can look on as good PR.
Not a fan of Tom Taylor's writing lately at all.
Hope DC is enjoying that exclusive contract they gave him 😁
I was right from the very beginning with this whole bisexual move for my boy Jonathan Samuel Kent super boy was forced.
If Tom Taylor wants to write comics that are more like sitcoms or YA dramas more power to him. Son Of Superman is not the book to do that. That's a good reason why Taylor is NOT a good writer. DC Editorial should've known better.
Wes, I know you’re trying to be diplomatic with your videos because you’ve been so critical of Tom Taylor/SMSOK, and I agree what you’re presenting here proves your points you’ve been making, but no matter what they do to improve the writing/story/character for Jon Kent I’m not interested in a bi/gay Superman. I’m just not gonna buy that and read it when I haven’t even read all of the Clark Kent/Kal-El Superman. I’d rather read those instead . In fact, I’d rather read Midnighter or Northstar before Jon Kent.
Is it his sexual preference that you're against or you're not a fan of other characters being superman because you associate that with Clark Kent? I'm just asking I'm not trying to cast any judgment on you or anything
@@DrakonR that's true preference does exist but as a black man I'd feel a kind of way about someone if they preferred not to watch or read anything starring black people. You get what where I'm coming from
@@DrakonR first off you don't know me or whether I am authentic. That's one of the problems with this day and age. I can't ask a question to just be curious without someone assuming some bait and switch thing? I don't know the guy but I know he likes comics and i bet you like comics too so in my book I have no issue with anyone here. I'm just curious on other people's thoughts on certain matters ,I honestly think it's good for people communicate. I'm not someone who would say shit in a post but wouldn't tell it to your face I'm not a child. If you don't get where I'm coming from you could ask to elaborate before judging someone.
@@DrakonR @Eddie Brock no offense taken, But If that triggers you then that's on you though. I do my best to not offend ppl but that's an impossible task today.
@@brianbenjamin653 Both! Lol. I don’t like gay romance, and I like Clark Kent better as Superman.
here's a thing Clark kent is actually returning to earth and is going to do a crossover with Son of kal-el which could be a 50/50 shot to help that series but frankly I have lost a lot of hope with son of kal-el a long time ago.
Vid coming first thing tomorrow.
@@Wes_From_TC ooh awesome and in fact speaking of that crossover I did do my own video as well on my channel on that news and its very interesting.
Yah I don't get the way they are selling the crossover .. Fresh from his time on warworld, he returns to earth ... Well what about Dark Crisis? DC is so freaking messed up
@@tejayschwartz7681 good question I wonder about that as well especially with dark crisis being in full steam ahead.
I'm hoping that when Superman returns to Earth and finds out his son plays for the rainbow team, he heads to the fortress of solitude and finds a cure for homosexuality in the Kryptonian archives.
Jon's love interest is not important. Superman is important. His fights, his adventures. I want Kal - El back. 🖖
Well Tom Taylor and DC was it worth embarrassing yourselves and damaging your characters for the alter of PC, which didn't help sales that much in the end?
Hey, I have a great idea! Instead of doing boring stories filled with action, adventure, and drama with stakes, how about we just make everybody gay and tell stories about them just being gay?
Wait, nobody is reading my stories? Why not? Well, it can't be that I infiltrated this space to take something away from people that they enjoy. Must be toxic fandom.
That Dreamer actor hit the nail on the head of why I can't stand any of the gay/trans/nonbinary/racial quota characters- they're not good characters, they're bad caricatures. I have gay/trans/non binary, and all races friends and it pisses me off to see them cheaply used and exploited for a quick cash grab by some of the worlds worst, most bigoted and toxic writers. And I don't give a fuck about the writers, just because they share identity traits with these characters doesn't mean they have the ability to actually write good stories or characters.
The absolute worst part is all these vindictive cunts who hate the medium, fans, genre, and legacy characters they're working with are giving all these groups a bad reputation in the eyes of many people they've been attacking, Guilt by association with their miserable, bitter, toxic asses is not something these ppl deserve.
As an adjacent point. Stracynski is the only writer you could ever sell me a book based just on the writer, no one else in 35+ years has impressed me enough to care before I flip the book open and decide if it's coming home with me. But it means I also never turned a book down because of an author, the story sells me or it doesn't.
Now I have a list of authors I won't buy. When the long time filthy casuals that never do cons or get to know any of the authors and behind the scenes drama are driven to write lists of ppl they won't buy your product from you done fucked up HARD.
When they talk about fifty issues is that the number of books written or the number of books sold?
They have absolutely ruined this character. I am done with DC. They have trashed the whole DC universe and will not get my money anymore.
DC destroyed when they let Bendis aged him.
Tom Taylor doesn't seem to understand what superhero comics are all about and what the audience wants from them. People want action, heroics, and adventure, not performative activism.
I would have been so much more interested in seeing a Jon Kent that was actually a young adult with Superman's powers instead of the perfected embodiment of the 2020 beta male.
All of this reminds me of MJ Bassett - She is a trans-woman and directs action movies and in interviews often complains about current heroes being watered down and just not badass anymore. Thank god she‘s doing the upcoming Red Sonja movie.
Superman’s actual power, the thing that separates and defines him is his humanity. It’s supposed to be aspirational (like all superhero’s). The most powerful hero of all is probably the most humble and ethical.
Having said that… the only situations that require a Superman are those that are basically existential threats which require lots of “BOOM, POW, ZAP!!!”
Why write super heros if you dont want them to fights lol
From watching Supergirl (don't ask me why), I could never figure out how Dreamer was supposed to be the ancestor of Dream Girl in the Legion. (Umm. Something was ah. . . missing to make that happen.) Then there's the whole name cringe element of Dreamer being a literal illegal alien. The character just embodied what the show's emphasis was.
Who has cash to spend on such trash, when inflation keeps on rising?
If the industry itself wants to get back on track with its books ,go back to the formula Stan Lee and others like him that made comics great all over the world. And as a devoted fan we demand that the characters that are established, remain established.
So did Tom Taylor write the story for the games or the comic of injustice? Thanks
He wrote the comics.
Tom Taylor ruins characters. After finishing all new wolverine, having her having a "no kill code". Makes no sense and doesn't fit.
The Tom Taylor series was just boring....had nothing to do with being Superman and more about being a teenage comic where life is the biggest adventure and virtual signaling to the Twitter mob look at what I did...which was break some creator's toy I didn't create....
Very boring 😴
The big beat moment will be when this book ends/gets cancelled. If Taylor wants to writ shojo stories he should fuck off to somewhere where he can do so with characters built for it.
Injustice wasn't even that good, Evil versions of our favorites had been done
- The Boys
- Invincible
- Crime Syndicate
Granted he was using the real characters while the others were mockeries but still the concept isn't new.
Either Discovery kills the comics division or we get a massive reboot (And NOT a sorta like Nu 52 was) with talented writers at the helm.
DC is fucked right now
Not only that but Injustice was pretty much Kingdom Come only with Clark embracing thr edgey, 90s antiheroism KC originally meant to critique. Both start with the Joker murdering people Clark cares about to kick start the plot but Injustice takes things to another level. The heroes that side with Bruce and Clark in Injustice are also similar to their teams in KC. While Dick remains loyal to Bruce in Injustice we still see the similar "Batman's son disagrees with him and sides with Superman" plot with Damian.
Clark will eventually be back! This garbage won't last. Jonathan might even get retconned away someday. It is not a stretch to one day have a story where it is discovered that this is not the real Jon Kent that returned from space. The real 10 year Jon could one day return and be written as he was most likely intended.
I have a vid about Superman returning dropping in less than an hour.
I haven’t been reading any DC and this will not bring me in either.
TT is a next level hack bruh lol
I love his Nightwing run. Dick needs familiar guest stars and ties to his Robin days while still growing. The one thing that I don't like is 'what would Tom do if he inherited 1 billion dollars'. There is great story present despite this. I am not familiar with the current crop of writers like I used to be so when I found out that the same guy was writing Nightwing and Son of Kalel I was mind-blown. Overall while a liberal agenda does exist it is balanced by conservative writing approach honoring his past and romance with Barbara in order to move forward.
Superman:Son of Kalel is nothing more than a liberal agenda soap box. It's not what we read comics for, that stuff belongs on MSNBC. I wonder how long it will take DC to revert Jon to his biological age.
Yeah I loved the nightwing run until it got into fear state and got away from the main story
I'm not a fan of retconning characters you didn't create into being gay like Iceman, Tim Drake, Star Lord and Jonathan Kent. Once they made these characters gay then that's really the only thing that gets emphasized about them. Wonder Woman was supposed to be bisexual from inception and if you don't believe it then research hee creator and the 2 women he lived with so Diana being bisexual didn't bother me as much
That's not in the comics, not till recent times.
@@spaceknight793 Wonder Woman's creator lived with 2 bisexual women and apparently he wanted to make her a lesbian or bisexual. Also he was into bandage and other freaky shit hence the lasso of truth. Making WW bisexual is just an homage to her original creator
@@nickamen mental gymnastics comment bro.
So with the fact that Tom Taylor used Jon Kent's coming out as a publicity stunt, if I were a member of the LGBTQ+ community i'd be upset and offended about a writer using that as a gimmick. It's like now when you see corporate companies jumping on the "Celebrate Juneteenth" bandwagon.....are they in genuine support of it or is it just a sales gimmick? Sadly in both cases it's probably the latter.
....what has Jon done?
For all his boldness, Taylor has made sure that Jon kent does diddly squat.
Like, for crying put loud, I still remember Jon asking Clark why didn't he do enough.
Kid, your dad started out as a boots on the floor, hard ass, champion of the people who took on the corrupt 1% and had the entire army going after him. He is currently fighting against a tyrant dictator while being stripped off his powers in a planet where the enslaved people hold that dictator in a high regard and treat him as a God.
Like, christ, even Supergirl and conner started out in a better way and they're popular, well received characters. You're just....like, holy fuck, imagine a Jon kent superman who actually goes into countries where the LGBTQ people are being jailed and it is illegal for them to be themselves (Taylor even said that he would do this at a point) and does some shit.
Imagine having a completely new dynamic with lex luthor. After all his years fighting against superman and after all this time, how would lex see his son? Hell, how would the well established superman villains of metropolis and the world move against someone who is inexperienced and doesn't know how to handle them?
So many ideas, yet we're getting a safe, by the numbers status quo storyline.
Jon being bisexual is not and should not be the problem. The huge problem is that the reveal is emotionally flat, the romance is forced, the love interest is not good, the relationship is unbelievable, but we're all expected to clap and cheer because it's two guys - horrible. This is on top of poor Jon being forced to age up and we lost all of that possible character growth from him.
It's a huge problem. Noone wants to read a book about two boys kissing.
WOW, this has amazing you really hit the nail so well has a person that is bisexual, you understand why Superman Son of Kal-el is just a okay or boring comic and when a actress understand more that the writter that is something that Tom Tauler should think about It, amazing video and analysis.
Comics are done they are not for the fans anymore
Sounds like a writer that needs to get out of comics and go write the next 'Dawson's Creek' or something. I'm not a writer, but it doesn't *take* a writer to figure out this is the wrong approach for the audience you're writing for. That is, if you actually *care* what your audience wants -- and I no longer take that as a 'given' in the comic industry anymore.
Can we please stop using THAT FUCKING PANEL? It makes me sick. You know which one I'm talking about.
Tom Talyor just needs to be taken off of all superhero comics.. put him on Archie.
Position: if one or both parties of a relationship are twinky fem-boys, this is not a representation of a gay male romance, because it is shoved into a safe stereotype, coding one or both of them as "the woman".
Jon Kent is dead...thanks DC!
This is The reason I by less and less comics every year. few of the "talent" at the big 2 deserve to be there. I've loved DC & MARVEL comics for 55 years. but main stream entertainment is now Showing me the door. I'm taking my cash over to the indies.
Wes, please, please, do a video on the sales numbers of the Pride month when they come out. I'm very eager to see how shit the numbers will be
Of course I will. Although I expect the anthologies from DC and Marvel to do reasonably well.
Enjoy Action Comics while we still can…DC just announced that Son Of Kal El and Action Comics will be crossing over… that hurts!
Really? 'cause I heard Superman: Son of Kal-El was crossing over with Dick Fight Island...😂
Doing it for the marketing opportunities = doing it for the publicity = virtue signalling
Yknow it's bad when the anons on /co/ can write better superman pitches than Taylor. Just saying.
Trashing Tom Taylor is a great activity to try to bring us altogether again after the drama of the last two days🤣🤣🤣
Current creators have NO BUSINESS touching anything from the "escapist/heroic" genres. Bout like hiring vegetarians to cook steaks.
No action in a Superman comic! Tom Taylor needs to go away
I read Superman Son of Kel-al and truly this isnt a good superman story. Tom Taylor saying that someone who doesn't use there fist to solve problems and instead talk about them is stronger than using strength. This like I assume mant others puts the final nail in the coffen that Tom Taylor doesn't know who hes writing.
Jon is sepreate than Clark because hes obviously not Clark. However he was still raised by Clark and would honestly take alot from Clark. Jon should be either a mirror and very similar to Clark in terms of morals and how and when to act in certain issues. Superman is a symbol as much as it is a character. Thus every superman who wears the mantle (mostly around Clarks lifetime as superman. Superman 3000 i believe is a good example) Jon isnt superman and its about how he handles things. The time i would like to point out is when batman rightfully warns Jon about Jay. Jons reactions is anger and holding back. Clark would never and not seeing Jon act like this makes no sense when you look at his parents.
Clark saves a Jumper. All star superman did great with the little girl he saved but the one i believe is better for my point is the jumper who he sat and watched and allowed to make the choice whether to jump. When Clark arrives he attempts to save the lady by starting as you would. The woman then refuses and asks to be left alone Clark in reponse says he will stay with her but if she wants to she can he just wants to be with her so she has someone else in her final moments. I believe a day goes by where the woman asks clark repeatedly why hes there still and clark giving the same answer over and over. At night she asks clark to ask the police to turn off the spotlight Clark says yes and heat visons the lights. The next day clark is still there waiting and when the woman finally goes off on clark for still being there she has her break through and clark talks to her about her situation and helps her find hope. At the end of this conversation Clark asks if the woman still wants to jump and she says no and asks him to bring her back down.
Beautiful writing in Clarks humanity truly what he represents and shows everyone one of us and the readers what we can be. Anyone can do what he did and save a jumper and help a persom find hope. My point being Jon doesn't reflect this hes too emotional at wrong times. His pacifist nature hasnt been written well so him punching stuff would help him more than hurt him. Whats missing from Jon is the humanity. As far as ive read its been awhile Jay his boyfriend is actively working with terrorist. Jon doesn't do anything but give his boyfriend a chance. It couldve been handle in a way of Jon trying to see why his boyfriend is workinh with them but also keep him from working with them anylonger. Jon is a horrible superman under Tom and one could only hope someone talented will come along and make him work.
I'm always surprised when people tout Taylor - he's at best a mediocre writer, I've never read a single thing of his that was even okay. I think if people could step back and set a given premise aside (like Injustice or DCeased) they'd see that he's overrated.
Not surprised.
I have no interest in this nonsense. DC needs help getting back being DC asap. They're destroying the greatest superhero universe.
I read the initial Dark Crisis stuff and no more. I just dgaf about forced gay characters I don't care about and have no interest in.
sad of you tom ... sad LOL You could did some Things with Jon... Now we gonna forget your entire tenure on this book we only gonna know you for " the Kiss "
The superheroes are coming to an end.
If you're going to normalize it, then normalize it. Being gay or bi in 2022 shouldn't be a bad thing. Write it, acknowledge it as a background issue the way it would be as a first girlfriend for Tim Drake Robin as an example, and move the hell on. Anything else is a publicity stunt.
Edit: I forgot what they did to Tim. Another example of terrible creative decisions...
Once again, HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GAY AT ALL!!!! PERIOD!! DC destroyed the character. Point blank
I love that in Dark Crisis, Williams has Jon Kent fight his ass off against lots of bad guys, throwing LOTS OF PUNCHES. My point being that a superhero with a writer refusing to have him throw a punch is the most ridiculous fkn thing I've seen in years. I'm very glad that title got cancelled and hopefully JK gets killed forever in some event.
You hit it right out the park with this one. Thats always been my biggest criticism with a lot of these new writers. They put agenda over storytelling which is sad for a lot of these books that have potential. And its sad that someone who isnt a comicbook writer understands how to write superhero comics better than said writers ( i use that term very loosely ).
That's the underlying issue in general. 9 out of 10 current Marvel and DC writers don't want to write a superhero book.
They see the gig as an extension of their social media persona and write about their political believes.
i use to buy $100 WORTH of dc and marvel comics a week..now....i'm lucky if i buy 1 book and thats usually a batman book.....i hate the woke shit
LGBT+ is not an identity…but man DC loves to make it everything the character is about… I would love an alpha male, super straight, all man character who didn’t speak and just trashed criminals left and right, stoic, low emotions…. because with the current crop of characters… this would be balance.
Watch The Northman.
Not homophobic but Daken is the only Gay character that's well developed. Unlike these other characters.
We covered the same article from somewhat different POVs, yet came to similar conclusions.
Interesting. 🙂
The stories are focused more around this crap than the main character being "super man". Actually, the character is an oxymoron. Being super is being super in MIND, BODY, SOUL and SPIRIT? Jon boy has the super body, but as has been shown in the stories, the rest is that of a little boy who doesn't know anything. He has no life experiences, to make him a man. I could also go into what someone said recently, as in "define a woman". Define a man in regards to this character? "IT" might have the parentage, and powers, but ZOD's son is more MAN. The story in LSH where "MON-el" is pissed beyond imagine about "superboy", i can understand. He's a ZOD and more so, he has a FAMILY, which is out of context with "super BOY". The introduction of this dreamer character, which i know nothing about, except it is a "DREAM GIRL" rip off, means what? The only thng that has been promoted about either of these characters is their sexuality, which, considering the venue and DC comics trying to connect with young people, is akin to propaganda. Trying to make "that lifestyle" normal. By all means, do so, and lose money.
Further, as to this lifestyle, i've been seeing a lot of youtube video about young people who went through the transitioning process early and as they entered in their 20's, are now de-transitioning, going back to how theywere born. Unfortunately, for some of them, the scars physically and mentallty run deep. For some people, it might just be there thing, but, from a comic perspective, brainwashing people to want to be this, drag shows or whatever, forcing the issue, is wrong for others. Jon Kent is neither "super Boy" or "super Man". What next, will he be dressing up as "Harley Quinn" or doing the transgender thing or some kind of secret thing?? What depravity can we expect next? Hero? HERO???? The real heroes are "FIREMEN" OR AMBULANCE PEOPLE" or " DOCTORS WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES, SAVING LIVES and not these theoretical wannabes who know absolutely JACK about medicine. Beg pardon for the rant. Thanks for posting.
The following video clip has character designs from "whatever" version they were on. Jon Kent, is not, nor wil ever he ever be capable of this level of sacrifice or love. He is playing a game, but "it" will never know, the writers of this character will never know, DC will never know. The justice league they want to put in plae is not capable of dealing with a threat like this, much less a "dark crisis". Re-read how they wrote the little super punk in dark crisis and you can tell. Super? He might have the powers, but he is less than a boi, even less than a child.
I guarantee all that press also caused some people to realize they didn’t want to read this comic.
Just like Tom Taylor’s interviews convince me more every time that I have no interest in reading anything he writes. They could have a new team up book where my 5 favorite characters all come together and team up for the first time ever…and if Taylor was writing, I’d probably skip it and try to avoid hearing about it, just so it didn’t damage my image of those characters I’ve loved for so long!!
I thought it was gonna be a forced LGBT thing but i gave it a chance and it turned out good what i can feel is truly being forced are the politics with borders, climate etc
Man DC does it again. First being slick in making Dream Girl into Dreamer with todays bull SJweenie crap. Wyatt's character is trying to ruin two form of medias with one bad recreation. Am I only one of the old school dudes that just get sick when they hear this crap? It sucks beacause I love comics but do not like where they are going in todays time because of the big 2. Sticking with indy & mangas. Screw IDW also. Your videos are money & time savers.
Taylor criticized Lois for all those things he says he likes about Jon what the actual hell.
I already guess the plot because it was gonna be obvious that Superman(Clark Kent)will return. Then Lex Luthor goes to jail. They’re was really no need to add dreamer into mainstream unless if it was done right but sadly it wasn’t . What could’ve been at least interesting is Lex Luthor running for president.
you should review i am batman #10, THAT was something, john riddley is kind of killing it in this issue imo
Deku could make a better Superman then Jon.
Six issues into a Superhero comic and no punches thrown? Does this dude even comicbook?! I remember when Superman punched a monster until he died. It was awesome.
7:40 I would argue that they should be integrated.
Look at manga. There ar a lot of queer stories that ar fully integrated into whatever genre they're doing.
Hear me out, I have a solution: Stop reading modern mainstream comics. Problem solved. It's all garbage, low-quality writing, completely unreadable.
We need to make a shirt WES WAS RIGHT.
YEah... A comic of superhero without any punching... Let's do a dbz and One-punch man season entirely like that!
Yeah. Are these people beggining to see why anime and manga are getting all the audience? Because they know what people want when they are buying their works. If people want a non-action hero, they go to OTHER TYPE OF COMICS/BOOKS. Just like people do with magical girls and detective manga
Meanwhile, Marvin and Wendy finished sweeping the floors at the empty JLA headquarters. Who will take Wonder Dog for a walk? Who will give public service announcements?
Can we just have something that is not about Alphabet people?
I cannot even look at Tom Taylor’s smug face…
This looks like job for Super Duper Man
Just garbage. It's sad. For nearly 40 years, I've bled DC. Now, I get angry just looking at their cover art.
Seriously? Let's be real for a moment here. Jon Kent was only there for woke points, he was nothing more than his sexuality. The comic focused on his gay partner, not on Jon Kent. Isn't it great that the title and character failed miserably? Go woke, go broke!
Just what nobody asked for