All-New X-Men #40 (2015)
written by Brian Michael Bendis
art by Mahmud Asrar & Rain Beredo
Great moment for the X-Men. Can’t be a metaphor about diversity without being actually diverse.
“Sex Criminals” fancasting for that 13-episode-per-season series run on Showtime or whatever network Universal decides that’s totally gonna happen, right? RIGHT?:
I keep thinking how much more powerful the Spiderman origin story would be if Peter Parker was an African American kid, whose Uncle Ben was shot by police while being arrested for a minor parking infraction. There is no formal investigation, and Peter decides to put himself on the line to prevent it happening again. He tackles the white crimes that go unpunished, punishes POC criminals fairly. He is the leveler, always fighting to be without bias, to be just. To protect people like his uncle.
This not only mirrors so much of what’s happening in America, but feeds right into the complex relationship between Spiderman, the authorities and the media.
Peter Parker is a brilliant student, awkward, a nerd, but is branded a thug, a gang member, a criminal, because of his appearance. The media latch on to that and misrepresent him totally.
The police, humilitated by the fact that he refuses to work with them and often punishes cops themselves for brutalizing innocent people, or guilty people who still deserve better treatment than they get, attempt to hunt him down.
I had to.
Such a brilliant idea.
When women scream, you wonder what’s wrong with them. When men yell, you get afraid about what they’re going to do.
A girl in my creative writing class said this in response to a story we read about witnessing intimate partner violence and it really fucked with my head because I’ve never, ever, ever, thought of it that way. (via astronomized)
SEX CRIMINALS 11 COMES OUT TOMORROW HOLY SHIT
This one took a long time due to many problems both legal and print-wise, but it’ll be out tomorrow and I’m so happy.
Look for the bags above on the stands! EVERY ISSUE is polybagged! Why? Because for the regular edition Matt and I sketched on 1000 SPECIAL COVERS and they’ve been mixed in with the regular issues! So, you have a roughly 1/20 chance of getting a dick doodle! If you go to your shop and these are not in bags that means the shop is run by assholes who tried to find the sketch covers and mark them up! Don’t buy your comics from assholes!
The other pink bag is the BRYAN LEE O’MALLEY XXX VARIANT. It is $4.69 and is one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. He is a good man and I love him.
Please share this with your “pals” on the internet so everyone knows!
Another arc of SexCrimz! Let’s go!
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