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"I pitched this to DC for a laugh years back. The idea was that, like Death of Superman, we had Rape..."

““I pitched this to DC for a laugh years back. The idea was that, like Death of Superman, we had Rape of Wonder Woman; a twenty-two page rape scene that opened up into a gatefold at the end just like Superman did.””

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—Mark Millar

This is an actual quote.  That he said. 

Lois Lane is a dirty slut unworthy of Superman’s divinity and Wonder Woman should be raped.  For a laugh.  Oh haha.  Rape is so funny, Millar.

Honestly, how this man exists in this world without getting punched by every woman he meets is beyond me.  Horrible human being.

In another world, far beyond this one….Wonder Woman punches this guy in the face and then Lois writes a story about what it looked like when he got punched in the face.

Then, to finish it off, Superman punches him for slut shaming the love of his life and joking about how hilarious sexual violence would be against his best friend.

You know, for a laugh.

(via therearecertainshadesoflimelight)

I always find it funny when people forget that comic book writers (especially the ones at DC) are sick twisted people. Do you have any idea of how Wonder Woman came into conception? Someone getting their knickers in a twist over this better be a troll.

(via egonmancer)

Are you seriously arguing that being a bit into harmless kink and polyamory is on the level with joking about the sexual violation?

I know how Wonder Woman came into being. Probably better than you, you dismissive little fucker. It’s not on the same level as this. Aside from it being a rape joke, which is not funny, it’s equating a fight scene where a male hero struggles and fights back and ultimately stops an unstoppable monster at the cost of hgis life with a female hero enduring extended sexual violation and humiliation.

Marston had a little fun with subtext and parodying adventure tropes while doing a complete reversal of gender roles and giving us a woman who absolutely worked with the story roles that had up to then been given to men. Millar’s suggestion shows that he is not only boorish, twisted, and has little regard for the feelings of women, but that he is still mired in the misogyny that sees sexualized violence as something that happens to women and totally the counterpart in a woman’s story for a man’s heroic physical struggle.

It’s completely fucking different and you are a moron for equating a little consensual sexual nonconformity and winking at the adults in the audience with this complete surrender to misogyny.

Fuck you.

(via latkje)

Oh, Mark. Jesus.

:(

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speedforceorg:

Artist Oliver Nome (Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost) has been diagnosed with a brain tumor.  Being a freelance artist, he doesn’t have insurance, so he’s selling art to pay for the surgery.  You can help by donating or buying art here.

Reblogging…I wish him well!

Hi Gail, is there a reason Secret Six Depths TPB is so hard to find in a store? I always see the other volumes but this one is either out of print or just elusive.

It is out of print and expensive as **** on ebay and the secondary market. Even I don’t have copies anymore.

All I can suggest is the DC app, which has the entire set of issues and they look really nice, as well.

Sorry!

I Guess I Shouldn't Be Surprised

…by the ignorant, bigoted comments about this Alan Scott outing. I get that some people have objections for other reasons, but many are just plain obnoxiously homophobic.

I read worse, meaner ones…but this one really got to me, for some reason. From Facebook.

“I think what dc comics is doing is stupid. they are taking one of their oldest heroes the alan scott green lantern rebooting him as a young man on earth 2 and making him gay. i think its time to quit destroying the honor and integrity and morality of charactes who have been one way to try and get new readers from fringe areas like the gay community.”

WHAT THE FUCK.

So wrong on SO MANY LEVELS.

I hate everything, I’m going to be in the corner hating stuff.

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thehappysorceress:

Secret Six Pokemon by Andre Joshua Smith

Oh, NO!

Man, this is the kind of thing that justifies human existence!

FANTASTIC!

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hannivernatters:

gailsimone:

leg-godt:

DC Supervillain Minifigs - Wave 10 (Secret Six) | by levork

Wait. What?

THIS THING JUST CURED MY RICKETS.

Oh, MAN!

So that dude all the way over on the left…he’s a shark, then?

That’s King Shark. He’s a SHARK.

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leg-godt:

DC Supervillain Minifigs - Wave 10 (Secret Six) | by levork

Wait. What?

THIS THING JUST CURED MY RICKETS.

Oh, MAN!

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filmsfoodandfandom:

gailsimone:

letgrillbegrill:

Birds of Prey #57 (Gail Simone)
I cannot get over how much I love this damn comic. 

This arc was my first DC work. I had always loved the Black Canary, but as a female reader, I’m sure many of the male writers who had worked on her had no idea how painful it was to see her written as no more than a hostage SO often.

And she was always a wet blanket, Green Arrow’s Jiminy Cricket (until Birds of Prey and a few scattered appearances elsewhere). It used to just drive me crazy. But the hostage thing was the worst, it just killed me. They were always, always trying to make her an object, someone who needed rescuing. It was very frustrating.

So I thought, let’s break this stupid trope. Let’s destroy it and bury it and pee on the grave.

The idea was, have her get taken one last time. But the entire story, even in handcuffs, even with two broken legs in casts, she is the one making things happen, she manipulates and controls her captors, she has all the real power.

And then when it’s time to break out, she does it so hardcore that Green Arrow would pee his pants thinking about it.

I loved that. And OH MY GOD did we get hate mail those first two issues. People were sure I was betraying the character and my gender and all that stuff. The third and fourth issues showed where were were going and announced that Black Canary was no longer available for mushy sidekick and dishrag roles. The fun thing was, suddenly every book wanted to use her, wanted her to guest star. Other writers wanted to do guest issues of Bop. It made a big difference.

In a way, the success of rebadassing Black Canary led to the downfall of Bop…because she became popular and tough enough that the powers that be decided she should lead the JLA, and I had to let her go. But I got a rep as someone who could ‘rehabilitate’ characters and that’s been kind of a fun element to my career as well.

Sure enough, in her very first appearances outside of Bop, they made her a hostage again in the goofiest scene ever.

Sigh.

To be fair, Dinah was pretty damn awesome since the start of Birds of Prey. In one of Dixon’s first arc, Dinah and Catwoman get sent to APOKOLIPS and they hold their own against an army of Parademons!  I thought that Dixon did one hell of a job with those early BoP issues establishing both Dinah and Oracle as serious contenders in the DCU.

Oh, yeah, sorry, I thought that was clear. Bop had already changed her into someone to be reckoned with. We just took the next evolutionary step.

letgrillbegrill:Birds of Prey #57 (Gail Simone)I cannot get...

letgrillbegrill:

Birds of Prey #57 (Gail Simone)
I cannot get over how much I love this damn comic. 

This arc was my first DC work. I had always loved the Black Canary, but as a female reader, I’m sure many of the male writers who had worked on her had no idea how painful it was to see her written as no more than a hostage SO often.

And she was always a wet blanket, Green Arrow’s Jiminy Cricket (until Birds of Prey and a few scattered appearances elsewhere). It used to just drive me crazy. But the hostage thing was the worst, it just killed me. They were always, always trying to make her an object, someone who needed rescuing. It was very frustrating.

So I thought, let’s break this stupid trope. Let’s destroy it and bury it and pee on the grave.

The idea was, have her get taken one last time. But the entire story, even in handcuffs, even with two broken legs in casts, she is the one making things happen, she manipulates and controls her captors, she has all the real power.

And then when it’s time to break out, she does it so hardcore that Green Arrow would pee his pants thinking about it.

I loved that. And OH MY GOD did we get hate mail those first two issues. People were sure I was betraying the character and my gender and all that stuff. The third and fourth issues showed where were were going and announced that Black Canary was no longer available for mushy sidekick and dishrag roles. The fun thing was, suddenly every book wanted to use her, wanted her to guest star. Other writers wanted to do guest issues of Bop. It made a big difference.

In a way, the success of rebadassing Black Canary led to the downfall of Bop…because she became popular and tough enough that the powers that be decided she should lead the JLA, and I had to let her go. But I got a rep as someone who could ‘rehabilitate’ characters and that’s been kind of a fun element to my career as well.

Sure enough, in her very first appearances outside of Bop, they made her a hostage again in the goofiest scene ever.

Sigh.

Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal

Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal:

allyintraining:

transawareness:

The above article is an update.  Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost.  She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender.  She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.

Please, if you haven’t signed the petition, sign it, reblog it, ask your friends to sign it. We’ve managed to get 40K signatures for a pageant model, we’ve only gotten 11K for a little girl about to have her life ruined.  Lets get on the ball and spread the word.

Sign It.

We’re at almost 40,000 now! :D

A terrifying story…please read, sign, and reblog.