You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?

Early ,'Objects In Space'


Other Media 2: It's Astounishing!

Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!

Please use spoiler font for new releases until after the weekend following release.


§ ita § - Dec 01, 2012 4:18:50 pm PST #4430 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm seeing a lot of "Don't you know satire when you see it???" defences, and, well, if your satire is indistinguishable from an impression, how is it my fault that I don't know you'd never say something about fucking the gay out of a lesbian or slutty teenaged mothers in REAL life? Where's the satire flag?


Tom Scola - Dec 02, 2012 5:50:16 am PST #4431 of 5059
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

The Hawkeye Initiative.


§ ita § - Dec 02, 2012 6:15:21 am PST #4432 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Poor sweetie. I would have chosen Nightwing, but talk about low hanging fruit.

In the fuckable hero poll results (I'm pretending the commentary doesn't exist--the list isn't anything I haven't done in my head (and sometimes online) most (If not all, not sure I'm going back to check) of the pictures of women are the normal leading with the butts and boobs/spines don't do that you can find in pretty much every DC/Marvel comic with a toss of a dart, but the men are quite unsurprisingly in powerful poses, not "Paint me like your French girls" we know and love--except Nightwing, He's got his back (His ass-who am I kidding? I might not be able to draw a focal point (don't ask why that came out as foecal), but I can spot 'em from pages away.

His firm, rounded, athletic ass is staring at you (it's at eye level), while he turns to talk over his shoulder, saying something entirely unmemorable.

Thank you D/C for trying to balance the scales. The playing field isn't remotely level, but with every new Nightbuttocks shot you're doing your bit.

That is the motivation, right?

In my head, Namor is the one-man Marvel Chippendale squad --is that accurate? If not, who is the man candy that gets posed for with the parallel androphile lechy gaze?


Steph L. - Dec 02, 2012 6:26:33 am PST #4433 of 5059
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

The Hawkeye Initiative.

Ahahaha, that's awesome.

Nightwing is, perhaps, the only character who is canonically able to do those poses, because of the flexibility and the acrobatics and the whatnot. Mostly the whatnot.


amych - Dec 02, 2012 7:32:36 am PST #4434 of 5059
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I believe "whatnot" translates to "fangirls". And I'm seriously okay with that.


sj - Dec 02, 2012 3:24:19 pm PST #4435 of 5059
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Has anyone here read Mighty Skullboy Army? link Amazon says 12 and up, but I'm wondering if anyone thinks it would be inappropriate for a 10 year old? I picked up a reprint from my local comic store the other day, but I can return it if I need to.


Kalshane - Dec 02, 2012 6:03:27 pm PST #4436 of 5059
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

Thank you D/C for trying to balance the scales. The playing field isn't remotely level, but with every new Nightbuttocks shot you're doing your bit.

I was playing Nightwing in Arkham City awhile back and the girlfriend stopped in the middle of what she was doing and commented on his fanservice-level. She had no point of reference for the character (I'm pretty sure this was prior to his appearance on Young Justice) but he immediately caught her attention.


§ ita § - Dec 02, 2012 6:59:25 pm PST #4437 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Nightwing is, perhaps, the only character who is canonically able to do those poses

The things I'm thinking about are open to all--it's just that he's the only XY choosing so. This accompanied the fuckable list, and the other one that grabbed my attention this week is this. Whoa, dude. Warn a girl before throwing around your package like that.

As far as the canonically bendy goes, Spider-man is clearly more flexible than most of the Marvel universe, and you can tell that on every cover, but it's less sexualised that Nightwing clenching his glutes for the camera. There's clearly an air of other in with him, but if the DC artists only wanted to make Dick seem flexible, there's some male gymnast room inbetween zero and porn.


Kalshane - Dec 08, 2012 5:23:11 am PST #4438 of 5059
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

A friend of mine just posted to Facebook that she's watching the 60s Batman show and that she feels that it's a truer representation of the character. She feels the Nolan movies tried to hard to modernize him.

Excuse me while I pick up the pieces of my detonated head off the floor.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 08, 2012 8:31:46 am PST #4439 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Well, the comics in the 60s were pretty wacky, so a case could be made that the show reflected the source material of the time.