Netflix Cancels Critical Race Theorist Hustler Ibram X. Kendi's "How to be an Antiracist Baby" Cartoon Show<br>Oh, and Also: Batman's Gay Now

Netflix Cancels Critical Race Theorist Hustler Ibram X. Kendi's "How to be an Antiracist Baby" Cartoon Show
Oh, and Also: Batman's Gay Now

Before getting to that: When is Discovery/Warner going to cancel DC Comics?

DC Comics is dying. Its one gimmick is to announce a new character is Suddenly Gay every week.

The one character you'd've thought they'd have never made Suddenly Gay is Batman, the only character they have who reliably sells merchandise and comics and movie tickets.

Well, you'd've thought that.

But you'd've thought that wrong.

Because everyone is now gay in the DC Comics Universe.

Including, now: Bruce Wayne/Batman himself.

Not content to make Robin gay, Superman gay, Alfred gay (in a different chronology), Poison Ivy gay, Harley Quinn gay, Starfire gay, Vixen gay, etc., etc., etc., DC has just gone full LGBT YOLO! and had a young Bruce Wayne, while going "around the world" getting "instruction" in the various "skills" he needs to "beat up men" in the "night," leaning in for a smooch with a hot Latin guy who's "training him."

Now I know what you're thinking: Surely this is just another Wishful Thinking bit of nonsense from Clickbait bloggers. Surely DC wouldn't make Bruce Wayne gay.

Well... I don't think it's clickbait. It's open to interpretation, but I definitely believe DC intends this as the interpretation.

And they released these panels as a teaser to sell the upcoming comic. They knew people would talk about these panels. They intended it.

So you tell me.

Is this suggesting that Bruce Wayne is bisexual? I mean, look at them here. And the dialogue -- from a woman, no less.

"Gentleman -- am I... interrupting anything?"

And the eyelashes. They have eyelashes like Disney Princesses.

The only word I can use to describe these two smoldering joyboys' Lash Game is: fierce.

So there you go. Batman is now gay too.

That's not an alternate chronology or an Elsewhere. That's flashback in the main universe's Bruce Wayne's history.

Anyone left? Is Killer Croc safe or are we going to find out that he holds Raves down in the sewer?

On to Netflix, which is actually attempting an emergency readjustment.

When your stock price falls 30% and you're slated to lose two million subscribers, you take a look at the Virtue Signaling racist crap you're spending money on and you say, "Nah."

Among those pricey shows ordered in the Era of Plenty? A cartoon based on noxious racist Ibram X. Kendi's "book" about how to... how to lecture white babies about their White Privilege and status as oppressors.

Netflix has pulled the plug on several animated projects, including "Wings of Fire," from executive producer Ava DuVernay; "Antiracist Baby," a series aimed at preschoolers; and "With Kind Regards From Kindergarten," a film tailored to youngsters.
The streaming service also scrapped "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You," a documentary intended to serve as a companion piece to "Stamped From the Beginning, which is a hybrid documentary and scripted feature that delves into race in the United States. "Stamped From the Beginning" is still moving forward and is currently in post-production.

If I had to guess: "Stamped From the Beginning" is a much, much cheaper show. Not only is it live action, which is already cheaper than animation, but it's also a mix of talking-head documentary, which is very very cheap, with some light "scripted" parts which will just be vignettes.

My guess? They decided they couldn't cancel all of the Ibram Kendi nonsense without being called "racisty racists who racist" so they said, "What's the cheapest piece of shit we have from this idiot that can keep in production?"

Sources at Netflix stress the decisions not to move forward with these projects were creative rather than cost related, meaning they would have taken place regardless of the company's slower revenue growth.

That's kind of even more of a knock, isn't it? That's like telling a girl you're breaking up with, "It's not that we want different things in life, it's just that I don't find you attractive or likable."

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"Antiracist Baby," based on antiracist scholar Dr. Ibram X. Kendi children's book of the same name, was imagined as a series of animated vignettes set to music for preschoolers.

It was "imagined"? Really? Because I don't see much imagination there. "We'll run some cartoons with music, and it'll be for little kids!"

Wow, what a pitch! Will the cartoons have bright colors, too?

Kendi also wrote "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You," which will no longer run in tandem with the adult-skewed "Stamped From the Beginning." Those three projects were being made to examine racism for audiences of all ages.

Just cradle to grave, racism, racism, racism.

Netflix will continue funding stuff that people might actually like to see, like a Jurassic World and Kung Fu Panda cartoon. Which I assume will not be entirely about White Supremacy and Systematic Oppression (for preschoolers!).

I'm glad that Ava DuVernay is getting her heavily-gilded wings clipped: Ava DuVernay, a woman who had one hit, which was itself overpromoted, and has been given one deal after another, almost all of which have failed. She runs the "non-profit" ARRAY company, which specializes in placing "diverse" people in roles and staffing positions, and collects a lot of money for various projects. And while it's a "non-profit," the principles in a "non-profit" don't "work" for free!

She's really riding this George Floyd Guilt Train to undeserved wealth.

Discovery/Warner just cancelled "Naomi" on the CW, which DuVernay was producing, after just half a season. Naomi is one of DC's new, terrible heroes, who is basically just a Superman ripoff character, except, plot-twist, she's a black teenaged girl.

Superman is a bad character to ripoff. His powers are not all that interesting -- they were original 65 years ago, but now people just take them as the jokey, "generic" superhero powers.

They're also too strong, which makes him very hard to write for.

So why create an overpowered Superman clone?

For a simple reason: Because the virtue signalers at DC, and Naomi's creator, the white liberal Brian Michael Bendis, have one other trick, besides turning characters gay, and that is inventing derivative characters who are race and gender swapped versions of iconic legacy characters.

And they wanted to be able to say "the strongest and most powerful character in the DC Universe is not Superman, it is a teenaged black girl named Naomi."

Which is what they did began claiming.

In a stunning new display of her powers, Naomi just proved she's the current Justice League's strongest hero, as she just unleashed abilities she didn't even know she even had. In Justice League #74 by DC Comics, Nabu instructs Naomi that she can manipulate magic, putting her in a class all of her own among her fellow heroes on the superteam. She uses her newfound powers to take down one of the most terrifying threats in the DC Universe.

And no one cared. Because no one who's not 1, between 8 and 11 years old and 2, currently in a geek argument about superhero power levels has any interest at all in "who's the most powerful" superhero.

Hey, remember when Marvel decided that all it would take to make Captain Marvel super-popular was to make her the absolute strongest and most stunningest and bravest character ever?

So DC, which is even stupider than Marvel because they do all the same shit as Marvel after Marvel does it, and after they see Marvel fail while doing it, also decided to make Naomi super-popular by just saying she was the most powerful character ever, stronger than Superman and full of super-powerful magic that she didn't even know about too, just so they could say, "Our strongest hero is a black teenaged girl."

So they made a nothing character last year and gave her Superman's powers -- plus all of Shazam's powers -- but none either character's legacy, history, or historical impact.

Which is important stuff.

And then they rushed out a show for her, which promptly failed, because... who the hell is Naomi? Who cares?

They made her up last week. Here, I just made up a character. His name is Robert and he's Super-Gay and he can shoot Fabbo-Rays out of his eyes with the searing power of a billion pink suns. He's a Triple Omega Level Mutant and he can kill all of the DC Universe without even trying and also that's his thing, he doesn't even try. He gives no effs on a Cosmic Scale.

Also, he likes chai.

I can see a real "Will they/won't they" thing with Batman, seeing that they're both gay.

Give me a show on the CW. I'd like him to be a major player the next Justice League movie. I'm very proud to have created this diverse and exciting character that will bring needed Representation to the DC Universe.

Can we get some of these Netflix executives and put them in charge of the DC portfolio?

100 Riddle me this Batman:
Well groomed and wealthy,
Hangs out with young boys,
Folsom Street's the answer to:
"Where does he get those amazing toys"
Posted by: Bitter Clinger

Posted by: Ace at 03:30 PM

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1 Meh

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at May 20, 2022 03:32 PM (hWaIR)

2 ZOD.

Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 03:33 PM (Q/6pY)

3 People aren't going to care about streaming services they had to cancel in order to afford food.

I also see that those small businesses that the government couldn't destroy with the wuhan flu are going to be done in by $10 gas and 50% more expensive groceries. Nobody will be going to restaurants, bars, or shops.

Maybe fuel will get so expensive, that we'll need mail in voting in the fall.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 20, 2022 03:35 PM (5kI0z)

4 CW didn't just cancel Naomi. Now that they are looking to sell, the only supers they brought back for the fall season were The Flash (which will be ending soon) and Superman and Lois, with Stargirl still undecided on (b/c it airs in summer). The 3 least woke shows (not saying they aren't woke, too, but they are nothing compared to the others)...

Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 03:35 PM (exHjb)

5 It's gay and racists all the way down.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 20, 2022 03:35 PM (3NKiY)

6 Is that dude wearing mascara?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 20, 2022 03:36 PM (3NKiY)

7 "EVERYTHING IS GAY!"

"Even our stuff?"
-Middle Class Women

"NO! YOUR STUFF IS NOW TRANNY!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 03:36 PM (LvTSG)

8

Why is it always just black people that get these superpowers?

Kinda weird.

Next up: The Sopranos with Tony played by a gay black guy.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at May 20, 2022 03:36 PM (XnbJC)

9 PS - They are trying out a Gotham Knights show, so they are trying something Batman-esque. Wokeness on that show still TBD, but Batwoman's folks are not getting carried over...

Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 03:37 PM (exHjb)

10 Holy Crap!

Posted by: Holy Crap at May 20, 2022 03:38 PM (glGDV)

11 Batman didn't need any help to become gayer.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 20, 2022 03:38 PM (5pTK/)

12 C'mon, Bruce Wayne and Burt Ward looked pretty fucking gay even in 1968.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 03:38 PM (uia9V)

13 So Hulk isn't an uncontrollable monster in a Jekyll/Hyde situation whose master has to maintain composure lest he murders everyone and destroys entire city blocks (what a fantastic premise - great job killing it, guys), and Batman, the world's greatest detective, eats feces for sexual pleasure.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The left killed Roe V Wade when they removed shame from society at May 20, 2022 03:38 PM (/pPvq)

14 So DC, which is even stupider than Marvel because they do all the same shit as Marvel after Marvel does it, and after they see Marvel fail while doing it, also decided to make Naomi super-popular by just saying she was the most powerful character ever, stronger than Superman and full of super-powerful magic that she didn't even know about too, just so they could say, "Our strongest hero is a black teenaged girl."

At least this one will have a butt.

Posted by: DaveA at May 20, 2022 03:38 PM (FhXTo)

15 Netflix will continue funding stuff that people might actually like to see, like a Jurassic World and Kung Fu Panda cartoon. Which I assume will not be entirely about White Supremacy and Systematic Oppression (for preschoolers!).

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I'd bet that the woke kids programming is some of the worse performing stuff on Netflix.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 03:38 PM (LvTSG)

16 Ignore them and maybe they will die

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2022 03:38 PM (2JoB8)

17 When referring to "The Batcave" Batman will now have to specify which one.

Posted by: Surfperch at May 20, 2022 03:39 PM (0/7EM)

18 My daughter was given the "Wings of Fire" stuff by my sister.

And... of course it contains ALPHABET propaganda. OF COURSE it does.

Nothing can be safe from THE MESSAGE anymore.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 20, 2022 03:39 PM (N1tpc)

19 Is that dumb Supergirl still on CW? I could look it up obviously, as I'm just screwing around on my phone while waiting for a haircut, but the thing is, I just don't care even to that extent.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 20, 2022 03:39 PM (fuRsR)

20 So Robin is the bottom?

Posted by: wth at May 20, 2022 03:39 PM (v0R5T)

21 They need to cancel about 90% of the rest of the content and start over

Posted by: NCKate at May 20, 2022 03:39 PM (2oJif)

22 Superman, as much as I love him, is a boring superhero in traditional story sense. He works best when you go into the messianic stuff or give him a villain on his scale (which is hard to do. Even 20 years ago, Superman had god-like power.)

Batman has more interest, because like Rorschach, he can be hurt. There is that sense of danger to/for him.

One of the big tells with the Woke idiots is that they keep making Superman like characters and then wondering why no one gives a shit. It is not just the horrible writing, but if your character is invulnerable, it causes issues. It was one of the things with the gay superman, his boy lover was also invulnerable- so you cannot even put the characters loved ones in danger. How in the fuck do you generate story tension with this set up, you morons?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 20, 2022 03:40 PM (3NKiY)

23 (Cute 'Batman' outro)

"WHAT'S THIS???! THE UNCAPED CRUSADER MOUNTED BY A JOKER WITHOUT A RAINCOAT?!! A POSTERIOR SURRENDER?!? TUNE IN NEXT TIME.........SAME BAT TIME, SAME BAT CHANNEL!!!!"

(outro, fade to clueless USAF officer who lives with hot blonde who lives in a bottle)

Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 03:40 PM (Q/6pY)

24 C'mon, Bruce Wayne and Burt Ward looked pretty fucking gay even in 1968.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 03:38 PM (uia9V)
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Eh, the show was campy, and it was supposed to be.

By the way, I recently found a mashup of all the stars who made window appearances in Batman. It's pretty funny.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 20, 2022 03:40 PM (5pTK/)

25 When did we decide to change the word "conman" to "scholar?"

Posted by: Thatch at May 20, 2022 03:40 PM (qWceQ)

26 Actually out of all the superhero characters Batman would be the most likely gay one. No girlfriend, hangs out with young guy, psychological damage from murdered parents, always upper class, lives double life. They only missed liking musicals and sparkly things.

Posted by: azjaeger at May 20, 2022 03:40 PM (ZnHiM)

27 funny thing In the imaginary world the LEFT has to make women the most powerful and all the men are gay simps.

In the real world we all live in, the LEFT needs transgender men(pretend women) to crush real women in all sporting events. Its vitally important that they do this, even supporting transgender men raping actual women, and shaming actual women that don't want to have sex with transgender men.

Posted by: joe fingerblaster at May 20, 2022 03:40 PM (W+TLY)

28 Ambiguously Gay Duo

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Wynette at May 20, 2022 03:40 PM (oc1LF)

29 Oh, and Also: Batman's Gay Now

Ace

Just one more small step to Batman was grooming Robin, and that's okay.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (v31Ye)

30 Wow that art is terrible

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (KZzsI)

31 Wait, does Bruce Wayne's proclivity for "Young Wards" make him the Gay Jeffery Epstein now?

Posted by: Surfperch at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (0/7EM)

32 That batman stuff looks like some kind of Japanese yaoi crap. I've heard yaoi is mostly bought up by Japanese young women. Kind of the female version of busty lesbian porn I guess.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (XlZ2m)

33 Also willowed because it's bullsh*t and I don't want any morons falling for it:
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Speaking of chicken, I saw a new trick yesterday.

Breasts cut in half. Half meaning half thickness. When you look at the package and it's $7, your brain sees four chicken breasts. It's not. It's two, sliced in half, and purposely arranged so that the cut side is on the styrofoam and the "breast" side is facing out.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - The left killed Roe V Wade when they removed shame from society at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (/pPvq)

34 Because everyone is now gay in the DC Comics Universe.
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BREAKING NEWS: DC Comics Universe is expected to be fully de-populated in about 90 years.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (fs1hN)

35 I can't tell you how many times I told Batman to suck a dick, little did I know.

#TeamJoker

Posted by: The Joker at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (Brzvi)

36 Remember, they canceled the Bright 2 movie a few months back, too, before the earnings report about the lost subscribers and prediction of more.

I think they've been predicting this for a little bit, cutting back on things here and there. Bright 2 was probably going to be really expensive (I imagine pre-production costs were already in the tens of millions), and now it's time to just go at the dead weight with a wrecking ball.

I have noticed that Cuphead hasn't been cancelled yet, though. So, that's nice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (LvTSG)

37 Didn't do it justice...

"Same Bat tiiiiime, saaaaame Bat channel!"

Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (Q/6pY)

38 Guys a homo.

Posted by: Tulsi Gabbard at May 20, 2022 03:42 PM (v0R5T)

39 I'm sure there is a lot of slash fiction of Batman being gay, but if DC goes this route, they will be burned to the ground in the resulting tumult.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2022 03:42 PM (oy+hI)

40 Well... at least Robin is not Ghey... That guy smashing his Stelter into his Brown Starfish might be though

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at May 20, 2022 03:42 PM (flINI)

41 19 Is that dumb Supergirl still on CW? I could look it up obviously, as I'm just screwing around on my phone while waiting for a haircut, but the thing is, I just don't care even to that extent.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 20, 2022 03:39 PM (fuRsR)

Nope - it's gone.

Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 03:42 PM (exHjb)

42 The Ambiguously Gay Duo!

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 03:42 PM (XlZ2m)

43 So Batman is a switch hitter? The Dark Knight likes Park Night?

The first hint was the nipple chestplate.

Posted by: 29Victor at May 20, 2022 03:42 PM (BJKQV)

44 Breasts cut in half. Half meaning half thickness. When you look at the package and it's $7, your brain sees four chicken breasts. It's not. It's two, sliced in half, and purposely arranged so that the cut side is on the styrofoam and the "breast" side is facing out.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - The left killed Roe V Wade when they removed shame from society at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (/pPvq)

Man, those tranny doctors are relentless.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 20, 2022 03:42 PM (fuRsR)

45 Well come on guys ... he flounces around in a cape!

Posted by: Paladin at May 20, 2022 03:43 PM (wVcNm)

46 They need to cancel about 90% of the rest of the content and start over

Posted by: NCKate

They could buy and broadcast the History channel's documentaries from the nineties, and make a fortune.

The History channel won't show them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 20, 2022 03:43 PM (5kI0z)

47 29 Oh, and Also: Batman's Gay Now

Ace

Just one more small step to Batman was grooming Robin, and that's okay.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (v31Ye)

I see you've read the last decade of fanfiction.

Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 03:43 PM (exHjb)

48 Batman did dance the batusi, which was quite gay.

Posted by: Biergood at May 20, 2022 03:43 PM (FQWHA)

49 Nooded.

Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at May 20, 2022 03:43 PM (MkuC5)

50 Naomi spelled backwards is SJW.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 20, 2022 03:43 PM (R8uWY)

51 Anne Hathaway as Catwoman was pretty damn good. And I am usually a Black Cat and Mary Jane Watson (Busty redhead model) kind of guy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 20, 2022 03:44 PM (3NKiY)

52 Ace, I read your "Hey, remember when Marvel decided..." sentence in Az's voice.

Posted by: GibsonGirl at May 20, 2022 03:44 PM (KXY4V)

53 Babies have no volition. The can't be "racist." Bigotry requires choice and babies can't make those choices.

Oy vey. This was *real?*

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 03:44 PM (DU+/6)

54 Wow that art is terrible
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 20, 2022 03:41 PM (KZzsI)

I don't know from comics, but I thought so too.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 20, 2022 03:44 PM (DRSnL)

55 You should see Batman's reading list, a lot of Lindsey Graham writings.

Posted by: The Bookworm at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (Brzvi)

56 And just like that Batman has the short beard just like every other soyboi.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (56+8G)

57 Was looking forward to hamburger on the grill and it's been thunderstorm coming
Posted by: Skip

It just finished raining here. Had some thunder, but it was kinda meh.

I've farted louder than that.

Posted by: JT at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (arJlL)

58 >>> My daughter was given the "Wings of Fire" stuff by my sister. And... of course it contains ALPHABET propaganda. OF COURSE it does.

Nothing can be safe from THE MESSAGE anymore.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 20, 2022 03:39 PM (N1tpc)

Gay dragons, yep. My daughter grew out of it last year thankfully.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (XlZ2m)

59 My "give a fuck" meter concerning comics bottomed out about 50 years ago.

Posted by: jwest at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (/BlEx)

60 Holy anal prolapse Batman!

Posted by: Robin at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (LH/l6)

61 dun-uh dun-uh dun-uh
dun-uh dun-uh
Batfag
Batfag
Batfag

Posted by: andycanuck (Jtln5) at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (yikp0)

62 And all Naomi had to do was Believe in Herself. The powers were in her all along.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (fycbr)

63 I just made up a character. His name is Robert and he's Super-Gay and he can shoot Fabbo-Rays out of his eyes with the searing power of a billion pink suns.

I can see no way this goes wrong here on AOSHQ. Dignified and restrained, that's us.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (ZsR3z)

64 Batman did dance the batusi, which was quite gay.
Posted by: Biergood at May 20, 2022 03:43 PM (FQWHA)

Oh, come on! John Travolta did that dance in Pulp Fiction, and John Travolta's not...
Well, OK. I guess you got me there.

Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (FJYfm)

65 DC Comics is dying. Its one gimmick is to announce a new character is Suddenly Gay every week.
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That's a lousy gimmick. Even if it were shocking, it would only work a couple of times before people start yawning. Except it isn't shocking, it's annoying and disrespectful to characters that people actually like, making it a loser of a strategy anyway. Woke folk don't read comics. This has always been stupid.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (DU+/6)

66 The first hint was the nipple chestplate.
Posted by: 29Victor at May 20, 2022 03:42 PM (BJKQV)
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Eh, when you're drowning in a bad movies, a bad costume choice is merely a teacup of liquid in the whole experience.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 20, 2022 03:46 PM (5pTK/)

67 DC Comics need to get into to Tentacle Porn. Maybe feature a character suffering from Human Tree Man Syndrome who battles a Giant Monitor Lizard that eats humans with its long nasty tongue? An squad of octopi that viciously rape smll Japanese women. With a story like this you get a yuge audience and it has nothing to do with the twigs and berries. The Tee Shirts Sales would be gold.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 03:46 PM (uia9V)

68 So it'll be like "Look Who's Racist Now" with John Travolta's voice dubbed over some stunt baby?

Posted by: I M Simpleton at May 20, 2022 03:46 PM (jQBOW)

69 Maybe our societal obsession with superhero stuff beyond the age of 15 was... misplaced.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 03:46 PM (fycbr)

70 "It's another riddle, Robin! 'What do you call a man who is a fan of what 'taint?'
(Robin smacks fist into glove) "It's a puzzler!"
"To the Bat-Cave, Robin"
(Car, dust, ivy-covered cave, Bat-Computer)

"BAT-COMPUTER! What do you call a man who is a fan of what 'taint.?"
(Chirpchirpchirp. Printed chit).
FAG
"A fag, Robin---because a man who is not a fan of taint is a fan...of ASS. Or...BALLS."
"Zounds, Batman!"

(blahblah)

Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 03:46 PM (Q/6pY)

71 65 That's a lousy gimmick. Even if it were shocking, it would only work a couple of times before people start yawning. Except it isn't shocking, it's annoying and disrespectful to characters that people actually like, making it a loser of a strategy anyway. Woke folk don't read comics. This has always been stupid.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (DU+/6)

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"I've got it, guys! This time, the girl is the hero!"
-James Cameron ~~1984~~ 2019

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 03:46 PM (LvTSG)

72 C'mon! It was Batman and Robin, not Batman and Batgirl. Are we really the only ones seeing this? Of course he had to be gay! And what's with the tights?

Posted by: DC Comics at May 20, 2022 03:46 PM (aXxgO)

73 If Jack Kirby were alive, he'd stab all of these motherf***ers through the heart with his dip pen.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2022 03:47 PM (oy+hI)

74 Holy anal prolapse Batman!

Posted by: Robin at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (LH/l6)

Want to see my Bat Cave?

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at May 20, 2022 03:47 PM (OgrpQ)

75 Wasn't Harley Quinn always gay, like from the Batman Animated Series days where she was introduced, before the current woke era?

Posted by: Flyguy at May 20, 2022 03:47 PM (dpJ62)

76 Sources at Netflix stress the decisions not to move forward with these projects were creative rather than cost related, meaning they would have taken place regardless of the company's slower revenue growth.
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Yeah, that's salt in the wound. It's also probably a lie, but that's secondary.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 03:47 PM (DU+/6)

77 New Batman suit will have a codpiece like and armadillo shell.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 20, 2022 03:47 PM (xPJvm)

78 Only the beginning.

Posted by: Transgender Batman! at May 20, 2022 03:47 PM (I2/tG)

79 "Now batting for the other team..."

Posted by: 29Victor at May 20, 2022 03:47 PM (BJKQV)

80 I'm Dr Kink. I can read the kink in the mind of a woman and show it to her.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 20, 2022 03:48 PM (J8LnB)

81 Diddle me this, Batman! When is a president not a president?

When I suck Putin's dick but call Trump a loser!!!

Posted by: The Diddler at May 20, 2022 03:48 PM (yikp0)

82 Batgirl - Yvonne Craig. Very Nice. Any other 60s TV shows she appeared in?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 20, 2022 03:48 PM (fs1hN)

83 My daughter was given the "Wings of Fire" stuff by my sister. And... of course it contains ALPHABET propaganda. OF COURSE it does.

Nothing can be safe from THE MESSAGE anymore.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 20, 2022 03:39 PM (N1tpc)

Gay dragons, yep. My daughter grew out of it last year thankfully.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (XlZ2m)

That's one of Rick and Morty's perverted but funny episodes.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Wynette at May 20, 2022 03:48 PM (oc1LF)

84 77 New Batman suit will have a codpiece like and armadillo shell.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 20, 2022 03:47 PM (xPJvm)

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*masturbating furiously*
-Joel Schumacher

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 03:48 PM (LvTSG)

85 I'll cure him of that shit.

Posted by: Julie Newmar at May 20, 2022 03:48 PM (v0R5T)

86 In a stunning new display of her powers, Naomi just proved she's the current Justice League's strongest hero, as she just unleashed abilities she didn't even know she even had. In Justice League #74 by DC Comics, Nabu instructs Naomi that she can manipulate magic, putting her in a class all of her own among her fellow heroes on the superteam. She uses her newfound powers to take down one of the most terrifying threats in the DC Universe.
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Get that bitch a kryptonite injection, stat.

Superman is already too powerful, which is why kryptonite is a thing. Gotta do something or else every story is just "Superman yawns and then wins."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 03:49 PM (DU+/6)

87 Can't be long before they do a reboot of Friends starring all our favorite superheroes.

Batman: I don't know Superman, could you BE any more gay?

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 03:49 PM (fycbr)

88 Yeah, that's salt in the wound. It's also probably a lie, but that's secondary.

Probably? Perhaps in the sense that water is probably wet.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2022 03:49 PM (ZsR3z)

89 Look, people, I have a bunch of genres of weird shit I like but I'm going to be honest:

The Western superhero crap is so perfectly suited to being morally corrosive that I can't help but wonder whether it was intentional rather than just a product of misguided (and later, insulated) creators.

Look at human history - both actual history of human cultures, and the didactic myths and stories those cultures authored. It's all well and good to be concerned about the corrupting influence of power or to see the judicious use of mercy as a tool in the toolbox... but with the Western comic book superhero we're reduced to sniveling, navel-gazing moral cowardice. Like Trudeau-esque "if you kill your enemies, they win" level crap.

It's disgusting. And people excuse it for reasons of nostalgia - and because they don't yet see what this is doing.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at May 20, 2022 03:49 PM (ai0yS)

90 75 Wasn't Harley Quinn always gay, like from the Batman Animated Series days where she was introduced, before the current woke era?
Posted by: Flyguy at May 20, 2022 03:47 PM (dpJ62)

Ummm, no...she was Joker's girlfriend in her origin...

Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (exHjb)

91 I don't watch ANY movie or TV show based on comic books.

Occasionally I'll think maybe I'm just being a hard-ass about it, so I'll try to watch one. The latest was the new Batman movie. I made it about 10 minutes and decided it sucked, just as I expected.

Exactly the same result as the last one I tried to watch, which was The Joker.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (sWM8x)

92 San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving Holy Communion due to her pro-abortion stance

https://fxn.ws/3sKFYxS

Posted by: bonhomme at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (i0wNm)

93 C'mon, Bruce Wayne and Burt Ward looked pretty fucking gay even in 1968.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 03:38 PM (uia9V)

On the set, Adam West and Burt Ward were fucking anything that entered their trailers.

Posted by: Roy at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (Ti+Tv)

94 I'm wondering how sparkly the bat mobile will be.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (Qhnrt)

95 Speaking of ghey superhero fiction, which comic book outfit is going to ghey-up and super-up Joe Biden as the scourge of Moscow right before the election, complete with him staring down Putin and the Russian army while wearing those stupid aviator glasses?

Posted by: Thrawn at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (Rl7KJ)

96 Post was a little too over the top gay, then I mentioned Yvonne Craig, then Julie Newmar shows up. Let's keep this trend going.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (fs1hN)

97 What is the point of making all the kids gay. I mean besides sterility, and zero population growth.

People are money. Literally demand. Its what creates wealth. If you lose people demand falls, supply falls too with less workers. its just bad.

Yes I know there are a lot of unproductive people. It doesn't really matter. One Steven Jobs or One Elon Musk makes up for a lot of slobs. The more people you have the more chances you get to have a producer. and no you can't get rid of just the non producers

Posted by: well that's it then at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (AjIke)

98 ...and I like show tunes.

Posted by: Transgender Batman! at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (I2/tG)

99 >>Woke folk don't read comics. This has always been stupid. Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 03:45 PM (DU+/6)

Adults don't read comics. I only picked 'ZOD' for the same reason Mickey Spillane explained that Mike Hammer drinks beer: "Because I can't spell cognac." It's easy to spell, and ZOD can't spell cog-nack. Sometimes, after enough gin, Zod can't spell beyur.

Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (Q/6pY)

100 Riddle me this Batman:

Well groomed and wealthy,
Hangs out with young boys,
Folsom Street's the answer to:
"Where does he get those amazing toys"

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (v31Ye)

101 So they made a nothing character last year and gave her Superman's powers -- plus all of Shazam's powers -- but none either character's legacy, history, or historical impact.

Which is important stuff.
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It's only important if you like piddling shit like "character" or "story" or "plot" or "motivation" or the like. If what you're into is racial politics, though, all that crap is superfluous.

Sadly, your audience probably *is* in to that stuff. Whoops. Whoopsie.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (DU+/6)

102 Can't be long before they do a reboot of Friends starring all our favorite superheroes.

Batman: I don't know Superman, could you BE any more gay?

Superman to Robin: How you doin'?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (ZsR3z)

103 How many issues before, in the trip down memory lane, Bruce "helps" Robin discover his true identity?

Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (Yr4Df)

104 Batgirl - Yvonne Craig. Very Nice. Any other 60s TV shows she appeared in?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Yeah, I had a crush on her. Oh, and my first bout with pure lust as a young man was seeing Julie Newmar in that Catwoman suit.

Posted by: Biergood at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (FQWHA)

105 We are on the last season of ozark. After that we will cancel Netflix. Had it since the beginning but done.

Posted by: NCKate at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (2oJif)

106 Well, his real name IS Bruce.

Posted by: wth at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (v0R5T)

107 Good to know Maggie Gyllenhaal was just a beard. Now casting her makes sense.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Wynette at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (oc1LF)

108 @82

>>Batgirl - Yvonne Craig. Very Nice. Any other 60s TV shows she appeared in?

She was in a Star Trek episode as a green girl, no not that green girl, but a green girl none the less.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (oy+hI)

109 San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving Holy Communion due to her pro-abortion stance

https://fxn.ws/3sKFYxS
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Bout time.

Posted by: well that's it then at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (AjIke)

110 Wait, does Bruce Wayne's proclivity for "Young Wards" make him the Gay Jeffery Epstein now?

For this to happen, not only will gays have to convince themselves that statutory rape is still rape when between two males, they’ll have to convince the white left of this, too. Which will be more difficult, because the left believes that all of their constituents are inferior or criminal, and usually both.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (U+Oxn)

111 Out of the Bat Closet!

Posted by: wth at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (v0R5T)

112 110 Wait, does Bruce Wayne's proclivity for "Young Wards" make him the Gay Jeffery Epstein now?

For this to happen, not only will gays have to convince themselves that statutory rape is still rape when between two males, they’ll have to convince the white left of this, too. Which will be more difficult, because the left believes that all of their constituents are inferior or criminal, and usually both.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (U+Oxn)

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Male on male grooming is a moral good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (LvTSG)

113 They made her up last week. Here, I just made up a character. His name is Robert and he's Super-Gay and he can shoot Fabbo-Rays out of his eyes with the searing power of a billion pink suns. He's a Triple Omega Level Mutant and he can kill all of the DC Universe without even trying and also that's his thing, he doesn't even try. He gives no effs on a Cosmic Scale.

Also, he likes chai.

I can see a real "Will they/won't they" thing with Batman, seeing that they're both gay.
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Three years ago, Ace, and this *would* have been a show on the CW (assuming you gave him a lesbian sidekick with a trans sister) and you'd probably have won a pity Emmy to boot.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (DU+/6)

114 It's been almost two decades now, but I still can't believe grown men read comic books. I didn't even like them when I was a kid.

Posted by: radar at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (aCYZU)

115 Don't let Batman take you to the jail in the Bat Cave, THERE IS NO JAIL IN THE BAT CAVE! There's only sadness.

Posted by: The Riddler at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (Brzvi)

116 93 C'mon, Bruce Wayne and Burt Ward looked pretty fucking gay even in 1968.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 03:38 PM (uia9V)

On the set, Adam West and Burt Ward were fucking anything that entered their trailers.
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That was just a beard.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (uia9V)

117 Look at human history - both actual history of human cultures, and the didactic myths and stories those cultures authored. It's all well and good to be concerned about the corrupting influence of power or to see the judicious use of mercy as a tool in the toolbox... but with the Western comic book superhero we're reduced to sniveling, navel-gazing moral cowardice. Like Trudeau-esque "if you kill your enemies, they win" level crap.

It's disgusting. And people excuse it for reasons of nostalgia - and because they don't yet see what this is doing.
Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at May 20, 2022 03:49 PM (ai0yS)

Batman's refusal to kill the Joker has led to countless deaths. And yet, the Joker breaks out of Arkham again, and Batman insists on not killing. At some point, you just have to admit that Batman's the bad guy.

Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (FJYfm)

118 Those utility belts had nothing in them regarding chastity.

Posted by: Roy at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (Ti+Tv)

119 It pisses me off that there have always been stories, myths, historical narratives, of dudes joining up and fighting together, traveling together overcoming obstacles together, its a classic theme from before there was writing. Even the whole modern road trip thing. Of course, you could take any of it and make a gay fanfic. You are destroying more than whatever thing you think you're gaining.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (XlZ2m)

120 >>Oh, and my first bout with pure lust as a young man was seeing Julie Newmar in that Catwoman suit.
Posted by: Biergood at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (FQWHA)

...and when the Batgirl motorcycle crossed the screen in the opening credits, you knew you were in for 22 minutes of commercially-interrupted endocrine rush.

Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 03:53 PM (Q/6pY)

121 Captain Marvel: What is the DEAL with all you fairies? And also online shopping. What's up with that? Your click a few buttons, next thing you know some clothes show up. It's the opposite of shopping. The clothes come to you. It's reverse shopping.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 03:53 PM (fycbr)

122
Netflix will continue funding stuff that people might actually like to see, like a Jurassic World and Kung Fu Panda cartoon.

Are Pandas black or are they white?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 20, 2022 03:53 PM (63Dwl)

123 Ace: "His name is Robert and he's Super-Gay and he can shoot Fabbo-Rays out of his eyes with the searing power of a billion pink suns. He's a Triple Omega Level Mutant and he can kill all of the DC Universe without even trying and also that's his thing, he doesn't even try. He gives no effs on a Cosmic Scale.

Also, he likes chai."

Now you're just being silly.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 20, 2022 03:53 PM (aXxgO)

124 Yeah, I had a crush on her. Oh, and my first bout with pure lust as a young man was seeing Julie Newmar in that Catwoman suit.

Pffffft.

Posted by: Young Archimedes Gazing Upon Barbara Eden at May 20, 2022 03:53 PM (ZsR3z)

125 I told you all several weeks back that the new Young Justice (Season 4) was the same way.

I miss the silver age comics that my mom threw out LONG AGO....

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at May 20, 2022 03:54 PM (CCL41)

126 114 It's been almost two decades now, but I still can't believe grown men read comic books. I didn't even like them when I was a kid.
Posted by: radar at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (aCYZU)

Actually, my Dad got me into Iron Man back in the late 80s. He read it when he was in the Army. I liked the character. I got out in the early 90s because, women, college, other stuff. Plus the art really went down hill in that part of the decade. Never really went back.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 20, 2022 03:54 PM (3NKiY)

127 114 It's been almost two decades now, but I still can't believe grown men read comic books. I didn't even like them when I was a kid.
Posted by: radar at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (aCYZU)

And thus why you don't read them as an adult.

It might shock you that grown women, and not just grown men, read comics, too.

Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 03:54 PM (exHjb)

128 Comics now all target kids for grooming.

I don't wanna live in this world anymore -- They Might Be Giants

Posted by: Regular joe at May 20, 2022 03:54 PM (nnp+f)

129 Two hour wait to clear check in NICS just now. Went to pick up new gun and this.

She said there must have been some big gun shows opening up all around the country this afternoon, to have it be this bad.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 20, 2022 03:54 PM (KiBMU)

130 Well, hetero/ homo is a sliding scale. If you aren't 100% hetero, then you are homo. So, everyone is a homo. It works the same for trans. If you aren't 100% cis, then you are trans. So basically everyone is trans and gay.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 20, 2022 03:54 PM (R8uWY)

131 >>You are destroying more than whatever thing you think you're gaining. Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (XlZ2m)

There are still books.

Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 03:54 PM (Q/6pY)

132 Posted by: Biergood at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (FQWHA)

{bump it}

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 03:54 PM (fycbr)

133 114 It's been almost two decades now, but I still can't believe grown men read comic books. I didn't even like them when I was a kid.
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Same here. I did like the illustrations for Prince Valiant. Never really read it but just looked at the drawings. I was maybe 6 at the time. Same deal with Classics Illustrated Comic books.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 03:55 PM (uia9V)

134 DC Comics need to get into to Tentacle Porn. Maybe feature a character suffering from Human Tree Man Syndrome who battles a Giant Monitor Lizard that eats humans with its long nasty tongue? An squad of octopi that viciously rape smll Japanese women. With a story like this you get a yuge audience and it has nothing to do with the twigs and berries. The Tee Shirts Sales would be gold.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 03:46 PM (uia9V)
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Why on earth? If you want tentacle porn, there's plenty already available. Just ask Kurt Eichenwald if you need help finding it. At this point, even if DC were to try to cross over into tentacle porn, they would just make it about gay love between transtentatcled magic aliens.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 03:55 PM (DU+/6)

135
Batman's refusal to kill the Joker has led to countless deaths. And yet, the Joker breaks out of Arkham again, and Batman insists on not killing. At some point, you just have to admit that Batman's the bad guy.
Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (FJYfm)

Which is why I love the Burton Batman, even with all his problems.

Nolan Batman: "No guns, no killing" (but maybe he won't save a baddie from a falling train)

Burtin Batman: "Watch as I mow down all these Joker gang motherfuckers with my Batplane, and blow up an Axis chemical plant too!"

Posted by: Thrawn at May 20, 2022 03:55 PM (Rl7KJ)

136 I wondered how they were going to sneak in a product placement for Astro Glide

Posted by: Squid at May 20, 2022 03:55 PM (mrdgj)

137 I'd watch the Robert Supershow

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 20, 2022 03:55 PM (w0NJk)

138 124 Yeah, I had a crush on her. Oh, and my first bout with pure lust as a young man was seeing Julie Newmar in that Catwoman suit.

If someone could've pulled me out of Julie Newmar they'd have to crown them the King of England.

I apologize, that was distasteful.

Posted by: Where are my ping pong balls? at May 20, 2022 03:55 PM (Yr4Df)

139 If anyone needs a fun comics series to read, the "Batman '66" series from a few years ago was a trip for an adult and for kids...making for good family reading...

Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 03:56 PM (exHjb)

140 I miss the silver age comics that my mom threw out LONG AGO....

My parents didn’t throw out any of my comics, because my dad remembered all the comics he owned as a kid, and threw out, that were now worth so much money.

Of course, few of my comics appreciated that much because they were printed in the millions and everyone kept them. But the OMNI magazines and computer magazines, on the other hand, those got thrown out. By everybody. So they’re collectible.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2022 03:56 PM (U+Oxn)

141 I'll cure him of that shit.
Posted by: Julie Newmar
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Need some help from across the Pond??

Posted by: Emma Peel wearing the black leather outfit at May 20, 2022 03:56 PM (yikp0)

142 Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 03:40 PM (Q/6pY)

LOL

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 20, 2022 03:56 PM (vN+oL)

143 Kurt Cobain predicted the future of the white, hetero male.

What else should I be?
All apologies
What else could I say?
Everyone is gay
What else could I write?
I don't have the right
What else should I be?
All apologies

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 20, 2022 03:56 PM (v31Ye)

144 The Watchmen had tentacle ... well not porn exactly

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 20, 2022 03:56 PM (w0NJk)

145 "97 What is the point of making all the kids gay. I mean besides sterility, and zero population growth.

People are money. Literally demand. Its what creates wealth. If you lose people demand falls, supply falls too with less workers. its just bad.

Yes I know there are a lot of unproductive people. It doesn't really matter. One Steven Jobs or One Elon Musk makes up for a lot of slobs. The more people you have the more chances you get to have a producer. and no you can't get rid of just the non producers

Posted by: well that's it then at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (AjIke)"

It's selective.

If you don't like your peasants, you get yourselves some new peasants. There are billions of third world dirt farmers who'd be happy to sign up as a new peasant class here.

Extreme wealth is a positional good; it's value is partly determined by who and how many elses have it, not how much they have OF it. It's a tool, and once you've obtained the requisite amount of power using it - which was the entire point - getting more of it isn't a concern. Whether you have a billion dollars or a hundred billion means nothing when you're top dog.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at May 20, 2022 03:56 PM (ai0yS)

146 Yeah, I had a crush on her. Oh, and my first bout with pure lust as a young man was seeing Julie Newmar in that Catwoman suit.
Posted by: Biergood at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (FQWHA)

Julie Newmar was great, but also kind of liked the curves on the Eartha Kitt Catwoman...

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at May 20, 2022 03:57 PM (CCL41)

147 Dropping in to praise the sidebar. Sovereign default: just like Covid except it's a *real* threat.

Now to read the content

Posted by: Hands at May 20, 2022 03:57 PM (786Ro)

148 If Catwoman is upset about this news, I'd like to offer her emotional support and companionship.

Posted by: wth at May 20, 2022 03:57 PM (v0R5T)

149 >>130 Well, hetero/ homo is a sliding scale. If you aren't 100% hetero, then you are homo. So, everyone is a homo. It works the same for trans. If you aren't 100% cis, then you are trans. So basically everyone is trans and gay. Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 20, 2022 03:54 PM (R8uWY)

Your math. It is...
(pokes at fire with stick, gnaws on bone)
...troubling.

Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 03:57 PM (Q/6pY)

150 The one character you'd've thought they'd have never made Suddenly Gay is Batman, the only character they have who reliably sells merchandise and comics and movie tickets.

Heh. This hits close to home. Follow me on this, or just skip past. Either way.

My old man, Boomer to the Nth degree, is all in a knot about NLI and college football. Because, and I quote, "It'll ruin the last thing I love on television". He wants NLI - kids getting to sell their own services - stopped because he just needs his Saturday in the fall programming.

Let 'em kill Batman. Let 'em draw him sucking a dick. Part of existing in this screwed up time is quite liberating for me. Because they can't kill a brand or institution that I can't live without. I don't exist - day to day - with brand identity as my hill to die on. The more they kill, the more I don't need. It's like picking weight out of a pack on my back.

But that's a tough sell for Boomers. Picking the brand is a big deal for that bunch.

Posted by: Glowie is the new Troll is the new Conspiracy Theorist at May 20, 2022 03:57 PM (24FPz)

151 Same here. I did like the illustrations for Prince Valiant. Never really read it but just looked at the drawings. I was maybe 6 at the time. Same deal with Classics Illustrated Comic books.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 03:55 PM (uia9V)

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I mean, I enjoyed the hell out of The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes when I was younger. I just never got into superheros at all. Fantasy anything was never my bag - wasn't a sci-fi fan, or swords-and-sorcery stuff. What I read in my youth about almost always fell into two categories, war or sports.

Posted by: radar at May 20, 2022 03:57 PM (aCYZU)

152 Julie Newmar gets credit, because, well, original batman, but, Michelle Pfeifer, wowza.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 20, 2022 03:57 PM (5pTK/)

153 How are the fags not insulted that--despite having the best and brightest writers (just ask them)-- they still can't come up with an authentic popular super hero?

Instead, the best they can do is slap a new coat of Gay! paint on an old beat up jalopy.

Running Faggot, Running Free never made it past Kids in the Hall, sadly

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 20, 2022 03:58 PM (Zf0+a)

154 148 If Catwoman is upset about this news, I'd like to offer her emotional support and companionship.
Posted by: wth at May 20, 2022 03:57 PM (v0R5T)

Support.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 20, 2022 03:58 PM (3NKiY)

155 61 dun-uh dun-uh dun-uh
dun-uh dun-uh
Batfag
Batfag
Batfag

Posted by: andycanuck
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I am sure that your social credit score just dipped quite a bit from that post alone. Funny though, Ace level funny and wicked.

Posted by: whig at May 20, 2022 03:58 PM (Iq9dF)

156 Superman’s powers were original 65 years ago? Heck, try 84 years ago. Debut was 1938.

Posted by: javk crevalle at May 20, 2022 03:58 PM (iSjbz)

157 Soon, a pedophile super hero.

By then, the writers will be making more money writing in a airline travel magazine about traveling in Venezuela.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 20, 2022 03:58 PM (J8LnB)

158 San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving Holy Communion due to her pro-abortion stance

https://tinyurl.com/r3nh3nwm

Posted by: redridinghood at May 20, 2022 03:58 PM (NpAcC)

159 Kurt Cobain predicted the future of the white, hetero male.
........

Then he died.

Posted by: wth at May 20, 2022 03:59 PM (v0R5T)

160 Soon, a pedophile super hero.

Groom Lantern

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 20, 2022 03:59 PM (v31Ye)

161 158 San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving Holy Communion due to her pro-abortion stance

YES!!!! wow! great news!

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 20, 2022 03:59 PM (w0NJk)

162 Archbishop Sal is going to suddenly have any minute piece of dirty laundry discovered and aired out

Posted by: A dude in MI at May 20, 2022 04:00 PM (/6GbT)

163 Well... I don't think it's clickbait. It's open to interpretation, but I definitely believe DC intends this as the interpretation.

Obviously. The coloring is all shades of pinks and purples. C'mon man.

Posted by: Hands at May 20, 2022 04:00 PM (786Ro)

164 Production companies aren't making films/comics for audiences. They're making them for awards.

The LGB crowd gives out a lot of awards, and I'm sure they look good on a shelf.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 20, 2022 04:00 PM (p+1gI)

165 Then he died.
Posted by: wth at May 20, 2022 03:59 PM (v0R5T)

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When Courtney had him whacked. Still believe that.

Posted by: radar at May 20, 2022 04:00 PM (aCYZU)

166 Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at May 20, 2022 03:57 PM (5pTK/)

Michelle was beautiful but Julie was special. She was even something else on Bewitched. Captivating. One might even say... bewitching.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 04:00 PM (irezo)

167 @159

>>Then he died.

Technically, he blew his brains out with a shotgun.

Then he died.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2022 04:01 PM (oy+hI)

168 "Gentlemen... am I interrupting anything?"

-- The waiter on Barry and Michelle's honeymoon.

Posted by: Hands at May 20, 2022 04:01 PM (786Ro)

169 147 Dropping in to praise the sidebar. Sovereign default: just like Covid except it's a *real* threat.

Now to read the content
Posted by: Hands at May 20, 2022 03:57 PM (786Ro)

At least in the end, there will be only chaos. So I've heard anyway.

Posted by: Thrawn at May 20, 2022 04:01 PM (Rl7KJ)

170 When Courtney had him whacked. Still believe that.

Posted by: radar

I think being married to her was enough.

Posted by: The Riddler at May 20, 2022 04:01 PM (Brzvi)

171 Wow, somebody big did some serious buying to bring the Dow up 500 points to break even at the close.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 20, 2022 04:01 PM (5kI0z)

172 Technically, he blew his brains out with a shotgun.

Then he died.

some of us think he died first

then ..someone blew his brains out for him

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 20, 2022 04:01 PM (w0NJk)

173 167 @159

>>Then he died.

Technically, he blew his brains out with a shotgun.

Then he died.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2022 04:01 PM (oy+hI)

Think I found your problem.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at May 20, 2022 04:01 PM (3NKiY)

174 Unbelievably, the Archbishop of San Fran announced Nany Pelosi will no longer be allowed at Communion.

Not sure why the Church reversed the previous policy, but good on him.

Posted by: Deaf, Dumb and Blind Man at May 20, 2022 04:02 PM (jaNSQ)

175 "I mean, I enjoyed the hell out of The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes when I was younger. I just never got into superheros at all. Fantasy anything was never my bag - wasn't a sci-fi fan, or swords-and-sorcery stuff. What I read in my youth about almost always fell into two categories, war or sports.
Posted by: radar at May 20, 2022 03:57 PM (aCYZU)"

You would not be alone if it was simply because your subconscious bullshit detector kept pinging.

I love sci-fi and fantasy. I *loathe* heroes in the Batman mold, superpowers or not

Batman's superpower isn't money, it's being morally obtuse.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at May 20, 2022 04:02 PM (ai0yS)

176
Out: Suddenly Susan
In: Suddenly Gay

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 04:02 PM (irezo)

177 >>Batgirl - Yvonne Craig. Very Nice. Any other 60s TV shows she appeared in?

She was in a Star Trek episode as a green girl, no not that green girl, but a green girl none the less.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2022 03:51 PM (oy+hI)

Was she the criminally insane girl in the 'one remaining prison' in the Federation (except the ship has a brig with many cells) where they are trying out a treatment for a ship captain gone mad and of course get captured by the lunatics?

Pulls a dirk on Kirk explaining when she's caught "He is my lover so I *must* kill him!" Sensible enough

Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 04:02 PM (eoQWY)

178 >>158 San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving Holy Communion due to her pro-abortion stance Posted by: redridinghood at May 20, 2022 03:58 PM (NpAcC)

Grandstander; she'll go elsewhere (if she goes at all). When that faith excommunicates all celebrants who minister to those who violate The Club Rules, then membership will mean something (caveat: written by a non-member qualified to throw tomatoes from the gallery)

Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 04:02 PM (Q/6pY)

179 Know anyone who hangs out with a guy named Robin that's not gay?

Posted by: Braenyard at May 20, 2022 04:02 PM (vW9Vw)

180 I predict Archbishop will clarify his remarks soon.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (R8uWY)

181 The SNL sketch in the sidebar is absurdly bad.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (DU+/6)

182 "Stamped From the Beginning" is still moving forward and is currently in post-production.

Tramp-Stamped From the Beginning: The Kamala Harris Story

Posted by: Hands at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (786Ro)

183 #155 In grade school we had an argument over whether it was Batman or Batfag in the opening theme so I thought it might have been a North America-wide schoolkid debate!

Posted by: andycanuck (Jtln5) at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (yikp0)

184 I mean, I enjoyed the hell out of The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes when I was younger. I just never got into superheros at all. Fantasy anything was never my bag - wasn't a sci-fi fan, or swords-and-sorcery stuff. What I read in my youth about almost always fell into two categories, war or sports.
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The two comics that I would buy and read were Sgt Rock and Sgt Fury. I only did this between 6 and 7 and then moved on to staring at the covers of Argosy type men's magazines with NAZIs and busty women being restrained.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (uia9V)

185 >>> You are destroying more than whatever thing you think you're gaining. Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 03:52 PM (XlZ2m)

There are still books.
Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 03:54 PM (Q/6pY)

I don't read much comics anymore and mostly books. But there is this need among people to gay-up characters in established literature. Even historical works where people claim various guys were actually gay for each other. Like there's this latent homosexuality that's always building between every man throughout time. That's also a theme with the left, that hostility towards grooming and public in-your-face displays are really born from repressed homosexuality.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (XlZ2m)

186 Nancy's minions will now report the archbishop touched them when they were kids

Posted by: NCKate at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (2oJif)

187 Pulls a dirk on Kirk explaining when she's caught "He is my lover so I *must* kill him!" Sensible enough

Posted by: Oldcat
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Also see Crazy/Hot matrix.

Posted by: whig at May 20, 2022 04:04 PM (Iq9dF)

188 Production companies aren't making films/comics for audiences. They're making them for awards.

The LGB crowd gives out a lot of awards, and I'm sure they look good on a shelf.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm

I noted a couple of weeks ago that Chariots of Fire won the academy award for best picture in the early eighties. It would not be allowed for consideration now.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 20, 2022 04:04 PM (5kI0z)

189 I never really got into comic books. But as I've expanded my literary horizons, I can respect the medium for it's unique storytelling style.

The people who are turning out this garbage don't understand the conventions and traditions of the genre any more than they do for science fiction, fantasy, pick a genre.

All they want to do is insert *THE MESSAGE* and story be damned.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2022 04:04 PM (YIVH2)

190 185 Like there's this latent homosexuality that's always building between every man throughout time. That's also a theme with the left, that hostility towards grooming and public in-your-face displays are really born from repressed homosexuality.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (XlZ2m)

========

No, Frodo and Sam cannot be good friends. They have to be secret lovers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 04:04 PM (LvTSG)

191 You would not be alone if it was simply because your subconscious bullshit detector kept pinging.

I love sci-fi and fantasy. I *loathe* heroes in the Batman mold, superpowers or not

Batman's superpower isn't money, it's being morally obtuse.
Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at May 20, 2022 04:02 PM (ai0yS)

There's a lot of Military Sci Fi that is adapted from war stories you might like, though they aren't often moral paragons.

There's even a series modeled off the Master and Commander series taken to the future by David Drake

Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 04:04 PM (eoQWY)

192 181 The SNL sketch in the sidebar is absurdly bad.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (DU+/6)

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It isn't just bad, it's also incredibly lazy

Posted by: radar at May 20, 2022 04:04 PM (aCYZU)

193 the decisions not to move forward with these projects were creative rather than cost related, meaning they would have taken place regardless of the company's slower revenue growth.
That's kind of even more of a knock, isn't it?

Exactly. It's like turning down free samples at Costco.

Posted by: Hands at May 20, 2022 04:05 PM (786Ro)

194 Unbelievably, the Archbishop of San Fran announced Nany Pelosi will no longer be allowed at Communion.

ehh I mean, is it really that big of a deal? I say we let it slide. She seems nice.

Posted by: Pope Francis at May 20, 2022 04:05 PM (j5Tg0)

195 The LGB crowd gives out a lot of awards, and I'm sure they look good on a shelf.
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Might want to clean them thoroughly before putting them on the shelf.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:05 PM (uia9V)

196 It isn't just bad, it's also incredibly lazy
Posted by: radar at May 20, 2022 04:04 PM (aCYZU)
++++
Yeah, it's pretty perfect. It ticks every possible "bad" box.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 04:05 PM (DU+/6)

197 This isn't that shocking, in the 80s, Ron Clay and Terry Minors used to do a BatGuy skit on FM radio.

Alfred - "Robin, look at all those flakes on the Bat Cape. He needs some Head and Shoulders".

Robin - "OK, Alfred, how do I give BatGuy shoulders".

Their arch enemy was The Reamer.

Posted by: Glowie is the new Troll is the new Conspiracy Theorist at May 20, 2022 04:05 PM (24FPz)

198 Michelle was beautiful but Julie was special. She was even something else on Bewitched. Captivating. One might even say... bewitching.
_________________________

Julie Newmar completely owned the catwoman character. She was remarkable in a way that no other actress has been able to match. She really made you stand up and take notice.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 20, 2022 04:06 PM (fs1hN)

199 Nancy's minions will now report the archbishop touched them when they were kids
Posted by: NCKate

I wonder how many others in the Archbishop's flock need to be told the same thing.

Next stop excommunication for Nasty P.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 20, 2022 04:06 PM (56+8G)

200 194 Unbelievably, the Archbishop of San Fran announced Nany Pelosi will no longer be allowed at Communion.

ehh I mean, is it really that big of a deal? I say we let it slide. She seems nice.
Posted by: Pope Francis at May 20, 2022 04:05 PM (j5Tg0)

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Funny, but Francis is always anti-abortion. It's the one thing about him I like.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 04:06 PM (LvTSG)

201 Well, I grew up in the age of candy stores on every corner that sold jerked a mean egg cream, sold penny bazookas and comic books.

Every kid read comic books.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 20, 2022 04:06 PM (oy+hI)

202 I predict Archbishop will clarify his remarks soon.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (R8uWY)
........

I hope Doocy asks our new first ever black and gay woman WH press secretary about this.

Posted by: wth at May 20, 2022 04:06 PM (v0R5T)

203 A friend of mine always said everyone he knew named Bruce was gay. Of course, my friend is gay so he is biased in that way. I knew one kid in school who was apparently not gay, but did have a chiseled face like a comic book superhero.

Posted by: Baldy at May 20, 2022 04:06 PM (RtHaO)

204 In grade school we had an argument over whether it was Batman or Batfag in the opening theme so I thought it might have been a North America-wide schoolkid debate!
Posted by: andycanuck (Jtln5) at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (yikp0)

The real issue for mister bat was not homosexuality but pedophilia and grooming

Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 04:07 PM (eoQWY)

205 Although I should say in regard to Superman’s powers they did get upgraded in the forties. Before that he was a lot like Philip Wylie’s Gladiator with a side of Doc Savage. And I mean a lot like.

Posted by: javk crevalle at May 20, 2022 04:07 PM (iSjbz)

206 Scrubs did the bromance thing the best.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Wynette at May 20, 2022 04:07 PM (oc1LF)

207 Superman’s powers were original 65 years ago? Heck, try 84 years ago. Debut was 1938.

Superman didn’t exist until he appeared on I Love Lucy in 1957.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2022 04:07 PM (U+Oxn)

208 Okay, on that SNL sketch in the sidebar, there's something that just caused me to question reality. It's one of those "same planet, different worlds" or "one movie, two screens" things.

The comments thread underneath it are all about how hilarious and well-written and original it is.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 04:07 PM (DU+/6)

209 "I don't read much comics anymore and mostly books. But there is this need among people to gay-up characters in established literature. Even historical works where people claim various guys were actually gay for each other. Like there's this latent homosexuality that's always building between every man throughout time. That's also a theme with the left, that hostility towards grooming and public in-your-face displays are really born from repressed homosexuality.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (XlZ2m)"

Well there is, and has honestly always been, a pretty solid market for that among women. That helps keep some of this afloat.

One of the reasons the progs are so hostile to tamping down public displays is because historically that's been a very effective solution to helping everyone actually mind their own fucking business and get along. See: Victorian freakyness juxtaposed with everyone keeping a public lid on it. They left doesn't want people to get along, they want to destroy shit for their own benefit.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at May 20, 2022 04:07 PM (ai0yS)

210 It's OK with me if Harley Quinn is a lezbo.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 20, 2022 04:08 PM (FVME7)

211 Even historical works where people claim various guys were actually gay for each other. Like there's this latent homosexuality that's always building between every man throughout time. That's also a theme with the left, that hostility towards grooming and public in-your-face displays are really born from repressed homosexuality.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (XlZ2m)

Remember the kid that would see another kid playing and then go steal his toy for absolutely no reason?

That's the Left. They want to knock over your blocks and take your toys and watch you cry. That's their fun.

The veneer of tolerance, affirmation and acceptance is a grown-up (sort of) version of I'm Not Touching You.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 04:08 PM (irezo)

212 All this talk about Netflix's problems and comic books reminds me of an EPIC fisking of an article by Larry Correia. It was posted earlier today in the MR, I think. (sorry, I forget who posted it)

https://tinyurl.com/bdhfwnpx

He wrecks the author of this article, as she complains about the fact that men won't read the stuff she likes. Meanwhile Larry is highly successful because men DO like what he writes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2022 04:08 PM (YIVH2)

213 These writers just watched "The I'm Gay Now" scene from Saving Silverman.

Posted by: Tasty Burger at May 20, 2022 04:08 PM (N/oGZ)

214 >>>Before that he was a lot like Philip Wylie’s Gladiator with a side of Doc Savage. And I mean a lot like.

Man of Bronze vs. Man of Steel?

I don't see it.

Posted by: ace at May 20, 2022 04:08 PM (0G13K)

215 That makes me happy to hear that bigoted grifter Kendi didn't get his projects approved. Granted he's a multi millionaire at this point, but any little slap on the wrist is a good thing.
"Antiracist Baby" What bunch of bs!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2022 04:08 PM (Ut+C0)

216 Poison Ivy gay, Harley Quinn gay

Poison Ivy is a Deep Green, Human hating Enviro-NAZI...come on you know she's going Lez if for no other reason that to show daddy just how daring she is.

And Harley Quinn is literally nuts. Her two character traits are nuts and hot. Oh, and with a Nanny Voice.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 04:09 PM (ESjRY)

217 I mean, I enjoyed the hell out of The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes when I was younger. I just never got into superheros at all. Fantasy anything was never my bag - wasn't a sci-fi fan, or swords-and-sorcery stuff. What I read in my youth about almost always fell into two categories, war or sports.
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The two comics that I would buy and read were Sgt Rock and Sgt Fury. I only did this between 6 and 7 and then moved on to staring at the covers of Argosy type men's magazines with NAZIs and busty women being restrained.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (uia9V)

How dare you leave out the Howling Commandos?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 04:09 PM (eoQWY)

218 But there is this need among people to gay-up characters in established literature.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 04:03 PM (XlZ2m)

That's published criticism or revisionism. Festung Zod is filled with books that were published--and cannot be altered--that address the human condition. Homosexuality is incidental. No published work is subject to subsequent alteration, and those who read the originals with different eyes because some tenured mediocrity says to "queer every interpretation" deserves to remain dumb.

And, in the popular vernacular, "submissive."

Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 04:09 PM (Q/6pY)

219 I don't read much comics anymore and mostly books. But there is this need among people to gay-up characters in established literature. Even historical works where people claim various guys were actually gay for each other. Like there's this latent homosexuality that's always building between every man throughout time. That's also a theme with the left, that hostility towards grooming and public in-your-face displays are really born from repressed homosexuality. Posted by: banana Dream
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Inversion is a sign of evil because it opposes what is true, what is good, what is beautiful, and what is reality via substitution.

Posted by: whig at May 20, 2022 04:09 PM (Iq9dF)

220 Even historical works where people claim various guys were actually gay for each other.
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There's a large contingent in literary criticism that accepts as established fact that Huck Finn was hot for N***** Jim.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 20, 2022 04:09 PM (sWM8x)

221 San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is barred from receiving Holy Communion due to her pro-abortion stance Posted by: redridinghood at May 20, 2022 03:58 PM (NpAcC)

BREAKING NEWS OF THE NEAR FUTURE --Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone was removed as Archbishop and sent to administer to the sick and poor in the Diocese of Lagos Nigeria on Monday.....

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2022 04:09 PM (mR6Gs)

222 How dare you leave out the Howling Commandos?
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Never heard of them. When was this published?

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (uia9V)

223 >>> It's OK with me if Harley Quinn is a lezbo.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 20, 2022 04:08 PM (FVME7)

Harley is a jokersexual. the end

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (XlZ2m)

224 That makes me happy to hear that bigoted grifter Kendi didn't get his projects approved. Granted he's a multi millionaire at this point, but any little slap on the wrist is a good thing.
"Antiracist Baby" What bunch of bs!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 20, 2022 04:08 PM (Ut+C0)

You have to remember that a toddler is the one group these idiots think they can dominate. Which shows what they know about actual toddlers. They'd eat him for lunch

Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (eoQWY)

225 What's despicable about Pelosi is that she stays in the Church. The Church is pro-life. She's pro-abortion. The Church calls homosexuality and trannyism sins. Nancy thinks they should be celebrated.
I have friends, even a couple family members, who share her beliefs, and felt strongly about them, SO THEY LEFT THE CHURCH. Why is she staying around? Does she think she's going to straighten out the Catholic Church? Hit the road, lady. As a Catholic, I'm obviously not a fan of Martin Luther, but the guy had the decency to leave.

Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (FJYfm)

226 If anyone is wondering why any of this matters, really try and check out a handful of videos by RJ at The Fourth Age channel on youtube.

He's been pumping out philosophically-based (in both senses ) vids for a few years describing why this is happening, and why it's so damaging in terms of Western civ and culture. It's not just dumb, juvenile frippery; it's part of the Left's attempt to erase beauty, truth, and reason.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (IEa8U)

227 There's a large contingent in literary criticism that accepts as established fact that Huck Finn was hot for N***** Jim.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 20, 2022 04:09 PM (sWM8x)

And who can forget Abraham Lincoln's BFFWB , the (excellently-named) Joshua Speed....

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2022 04:11 PM (mR6Gs)

228 Apparently, one of my dad's frat brothers is a bishop now. Not just in the same frat in different times, but in the same frat house at the same time.

https://kcsjcatholic.org/start/bishop/

That guy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 04:11 PM (LvTSG)

229 How dare you leave out the Howling Commandos?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 04:09 PM

Let us not forget Weird War Tales.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 20, 2022 04:11 PM (314Jc)

230 He wrecks the author of this article, as she complains about the fact that men won't read the stuff she likes. Meanwhile Larry is highly successful because men DO like what he writes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Thanks for the link, a good fisking by Larry Correia is always worth reading.

Posted by: whig at May 20, 2022 04:11 PM (Iq9dF)

231 These people just love to stick their peckers in shit.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 20, 2022 04:11 PM (2GBqZ)

232 How dare you leave out the Howling Commandos?
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Never heard of them. When was this published?
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (uia9V)

The Sgt Fury comic I read once was titled "Sargent Fury and the Howling Commandos". They were his crew, at least at that time.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 04:11 PM (eoQWY)

233 I just assumed comic book Batman has been sucking the D like it would bring back his daddy for the past decade.

I can't remember the last time I gave a shit about Batman besides Lego Batman. I think I checked out mentally midway through Dark Knight Rises? Anyways, go to Arkhaven.com because all the cool kids are talking about Shade.

Posted by: trev006 at May 20, 2022 04:11 PM (Lo2B3)

234 I guess the retconning old literary characters as gay is really nothing more than the old "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" thing

Posted by: radar at May 20, 2022 04:12 PM (aCYZU)

235 So they made a nothing character last year and gave her Superman's powers -- plus all of Shazam's powers -- but none either character's legacy, history, or historical impact.

so... we should cook up a "re-release" of forty years of naomi "back issues", claiming there were much too stunning and brave to print at the time, but now society has advanced to the point where they can be seen?

Posted by: dc executives, taking notes at May 20, 2022 04:12 PM (sGtp+)

236 You have to remember that a toddler is the one group these idiots think they can dominate. Which shows what they know about actual toddlers. They'd eat him for lunch
Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (eoQWY)
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Now THERE'S a comic book idea I can sink my teeth into! (pun intended)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2022 04:12 PM (YIVH2)

237 As a Catholic, I'm obviously not a fan of Martin Luther, but the guy had the decency to leave.
Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (FJYfm)

I didn't leave The Church. The Church left me.

Posted by: ML at May 20, 2022 04:12 PM (mR6Gs)

238 How dare you leave out the Howling Commandos?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 04:09 PM

Let us not forget Weird War Tales.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 20, 2022 04:11 PM (314Jc)

I paid a buck every month for GI Combat, when I was a kid. Because that comic was worth it.

Posted by: Glowie is the new Troll is the new Conspiracy Theorist at May 20, 2022 04:12 PM (24FPz)

239 I read tons of comics when I was a kid but they were Archie and Richie Rich. I think I stopped when I was 10 or so.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Wynette at May 20, 2022 04:12 PM (oc1LF)

240 235 so... we should cook up a "re-release" of forty years of naomi "back issues", claiming there were much too stunning and brave to print at the time, but now society has advanced to the point where they can be seen?
Posted by: dc executives, taking notes at May 20, 2022 04:12 PM (sGtp+)

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Yes. Print millions of copies of each. Millions.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 04:12 PM (LvTSG)

241 Official DC art of Wayne kissing another man: zero
Official DC art of Wane kissing Catwoman

LENTY
The great thing about hiring fan fic writers is that it's easy to herd them back on the trail or fire them

Posted by: Hurricane567 at May 20, 2022 04:12 PM (Jyd1R)

242 BiBatman. Really?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at May 20, 2022 04:13 PM (VdGjU)

243 Investor alert...

The Dow is today tied the longest weekly losing streak record, equaling 1932.

Nasdaq also now has the longest losing streak since the 2001 crash.

Brandon delivers.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, Break The Teachers Unions at May 20, 2022 04:13 PM (jaNSQ)

244 Inversion is a sign of evil because it opposes what is true, what is good, what is beautiful, and what is reality via substitution.
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I read Styron's Nat Turner Diary novel and found the homosexual nonsense just that, nonsense. You telling me a black slave on a Virginia platation can't find cooch but can lead a slave rebellion cuz he sucks dick. Not buying it. When I run into this with a book I just assume the author is a fag. Or at least a very repressed fag.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:13 PM (uia9V)

245 So they made a nothing character last year and gave her Superman's powers -- plus all of Shazam's powers -- but none either character's legacy, history, or historical impact.

uh huh...I see

/furiously taking notes.

Posted by: Kathleen Kennedy at May 20, 2022 04:13 PM (ESjRY)

246 >>> 18 My daughter was given the "Wings of Fire" stuff by my sister.

And... of course it contains ALPHABET propaganda. OF COURSE it does.

Nothing can be safe from THE MESSAGE anymore.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 20, 2022 03:39 PM (N1tpc)

Wait, what? I read the first five books of that series to my kids a couple years ago and there was absolutely zero woke bullshit in them. No gay dragons, just a fun and enthralling adventure story for kids. I was actually looking forward to the Netflix show.

Posted by: Caiwyn at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (+dHQK)

247 I have friends, even a couple family members, who share her beliefs, and felt strongly about them, SO THEY LEFT THE CHURCH. Why is she staying around? Does she think she's going to straighten out the Catholic Church? Hit the road, lady. As a Catholic, I'm obviously not a fan of Martin Luther, but the guy had the decency to leave.
Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (FJYfm)

I have friends who left the RCC because they found out one of their children is gay

Both Episcopalians now.

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (mR6Gs)

248 Unbelievably, the Archbishop of San Fran announced Nany Pelosi will no longer be allowed at Communion.
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I think what will happen is a lot of high profile "catholics" in the diocese will stop giving $$$s and maybe even make a show about not going to communion. Some parishes that are near break-even in operations will have some difficulties with the lower contributions. Churches will see an uptick in vandalism. Some pastors will beg the archbishop to drop it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (fs1hN)

249 When is Pelosi coming out of the closet?

Posted by: torabora at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (uz0br)

250 243 Investor alert...

The Dow is today tied the longest weekly losing streak record, equaling 1932.

Nasdaq also now has the longest losing streak since the 2001 crash.

Brandon delivers.
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Putin's Fault.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (uia9V)

251 The straight steal from Doc to Supes was the Fortress of Solitude along with the “man of tomorrow—protean genius!” vibe. Gladiator had the strength/invulnerability angle. Too much of my life has been spent on this stuff, I admit. Steranko natters on about it in History of the Comics. Batman is a pulp swipe too.

Posted by: javk crevalle at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (iSjbz)

252 I read tons of comics when I was a kid but they were Archie and Richie Rich. I think I stopped when I was 10 or so.

Pretty sure Veronica and Betty are officially lez now. And Jughead is probably black.

Posted by: Obligatory at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (ESjRY)

253 Joshua Speed....

Who was thin as a rail, thus giving Abe the nickname "rail splitter".

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (hWaIR)

254 Funny thing is that SNL's Ambiguously Gay Duo would not pass muster. Nor would "It's Pat."

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 20, 2022 04:15 PM (xPJvm)

255 Mom was right - way back in the 1960s. Comic books will rot your brain.

Way to go, mom.

Posted by: Archer at May 20, 2022 04:15 PM (gmo/4)

256 Even historical works where people claim various guys were actually gay for each other.
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Guess which historic figures that it's not a question they were gay that they don't mention?

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Wynette at May 20, 2022 04:15 PM (oc1LF)

257 I would love to see someone do some DeepFake redo's of the Little Rascal's shows, except with Ibram X. Kendi's face put in place of Buckwheats. Other than that keep it all the same.

Or they could use Cornel West's whole head, since he's already got Buckwheat's hair. I suppose Ibram Kendi would make a better Step'n'Fetchit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 20, 2022 04:15 PM (trdmm)

258 nanananana nananana
BI-MAN!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 20, 2022 04:15 PM (DU+/6)

259 I have friends, even a couple family members, who share her beliefs, and felt strongly about them, SO THEY LEFT THE CHURCH. Why is she staying around? Does she think she's going to straighten out the Catholic Church? Hit the road, lady. As a Catholic, I'm obviously not a fan of Martin Luther, but the guy had the decency to leave.
Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (FJYfm)

Because once you leave the Church, you leave behind all of the bully pulpit and automatic cred. It's nonsense, since nobody believes she is a good Catholic, but there you have it.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 20, 2022 04:15 PM (LOVUx)

260 Guess which historic figures that it's not a question they were gay that they don't mention?

Me?

Posted by: Elagabalus/Barack Obama at May 20, 2022 04:16 PM (ESjRY)

261 Funny, but Francis is always anti-abortion.

Can't touch them kiddies if you kill them in the womb.

Posted by: Fabulous Frankie at May 20, 2022 04:16 PM (ppBhU)

262 When is Pelosi coming out of the closet?
Posted by: torabora at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (uz0br

I would prefer her in the closet.

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at May 20, 2022 04:16 PM (VdGjU)

263 I saw this last week and closed my eyes and said surely this can't be real.

Posted by: BruceWayne at May 20, 2022 04:16 PM (MGB5H)

264 Ambiguously Gay Duo was reasonably clever and fucking funny. Of course it wouldn't fly today.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 04:16 PM (DhezQ)

265 When is Pelosi coming out of the closet?
Posted by: torabora at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (uz0br)
........

Soon as she untangles her breasts from the shoe rack.

Posted by: wth at May 20, 2022 04:16 PM (v0R5T)

266 201 Well, I grew up in the age of candy stores on every corner that sold jerked a mean egg cream, sold penny bazookas and comic books.

Every kid read comic books.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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little red paper tubs of Spanish peanuts for a nickle, pull the thread and it would cut the tub open.

Posted by: Braenyard at May 20, 2022 04:16 PM (vW9Vw)

267 Pretty sure Veronica and Betty are officially lez now. And Jughead is probably black.
Posted by: Obligatory at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (ESjRY)

That just changes the fantasy of picking Veronica or Betty to something else.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter Wynette at May 20, 2022 04:16 PM (oc1LF)

268 Cordileone sounds a lot like Corleone.

Just sayin', Nancy....

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2022 04:16 PM (mR6Gs)

269 Dr Fredric Wertham published "Seduction of the Innocent" back in the 1950s, in which (among many other things) he claimed that Batman and Robin were gay partners. This led congressional hearings on the comics business; in defense, publishers created the Comics Code, which governed comic books into the 80s. Of course, one can claim that Wertham, good Viennese psychiatrist that he was, saw everything in terms of sex; but in a sense, DC is simply making Wertham right retroactively.

Posted by: Nemo at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (S6ArX)

270 Erie magazine had fantastystical women wearing thongs from the future.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (J8LnB)

271 Howling Commandos?

Listen to the howling in the Chappaqua woods!

Posted by: torabora at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (uz0br)

272 Unbelievably, the Archbishop of San Fran announced Nany Pelosi will no longer be allowed at Communion.

The Archbishop of San Fran is a Dominican and takes no crap.

Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (LOVUx)

273 So they made a nothing character last year and gave her Superman's powers -- plus all of Shazam's powers -- but none either character's legacy, history, or historical impact.
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As I mentioned above, the writers of today's comics have ZERO understanding of the conventions of the genre. Which means their stories are pathetic. All that matters is *THE MESSAGE*.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (YIVH2)

274 As kid wasn't into comic books much, but as late teen did get Heavy Metal magazines regularly., but it was more a adult comics.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (2JoB8)

275 Episcopalians

Ma called 'em limp wristed Catholics.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (hWaIR)

276 272 The Archbishop of San Fran is a Dominican and takes no crap.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (LOVUx)

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The new bishop of Charleston is Haitian. I have yet to see him in person (he was installed a week ago).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (LvTSG)

277 232 How dare you leave out the Howling Commandos?
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Never heard of them. When was this published?
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (uia9V)

The Sgt Fury comic I read once was titled "Sargent Fury and the Howling Commandos". They were his crew, at least at that time.
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You are right. I just looked them up. I'd forgotten the Howling Commandos. Jebbus, it was only 61 years ago. Fuck me.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:18 PM (uia9V)

278 I new this fag was too buff. Plus he wears makeup.

Posted by: Fat Batman at May 20, 2022 04:18 PM (v0R5T)

279 Funny, but Francis is always anti-abortion.

Can't touch them kiddies if you kill them in the womb.
Posted by: Fabulous Frankie at May 20, 2022 04:16 PM (ppBhU)

C'mon, man

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2022 04:18 PM (mR6Gs)

280 247 I have friends, even a couple family members, who share her beliefs, and felt strongly about them, SO THEY LEFT THE CHURCH. Why is she staying around? Does she think she's going to straighten out the Catholic Church? Hit the road, lady. As a Catholic, I'm obviously not a fan of Martin Luther, but the guy had the decency to leave.
Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (FJYfm)

I have friends who left the RCC because they found out one of their children is gay

Both Episcopalians now.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (mR6Gs)

You can "be" gay in the Catholic Church.
You just can't "act" on that impulse in the Church without sinning.
This distinction is enormous and important.

It goes right along with all the other "crosses to bear" that folks aren't allowed to act on (but it's not sinful to "have")...

Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 04:18 PM (exHjb)

281 How dare you leave out the Howling Commandos?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 04:09 PM

Let us not forget Weird War Tales.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Enemy Ace
The one with the haunted tank

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (FVME7)

282 In the actual story, Wayne uses the stunt to manipulate the other guy so he steal something from his coat pocket via distraction. But DC is certainly gaybaiting.

Posted by: Dr. Titanium Whitey, J.D. at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (i6shs)

283 Unbelievably, the Archbishop of San Fran announced Nany Pelosi will no longer be allowed at Communion.

Realistically, does the demon possessed alcoholic Pelosi ever attend a mass?

(other than a black mass)

Posted by: Reuben Hick at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (AHeqJ)

284 Pretty sure Veronica and Betty are officially lez now. And Jughead is probably black.
Posted by: Obligatory at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (ESjRY)

Do they let Archie watch?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (VdGjU)

285 I knew one kid in school who was apparently not gay, but did have a chiseled face like a comic book superhero.
Posted by: Baldy at May 20, 2022 04:06 PM (RtHaO)

It's gay noticing that.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (Qhnrt)

286 I'm obviously not a fan of Martin Luther, but the guy had the decency to leave.
Posted by: Wally

He didn't want to fight the existing hierarchy and left; but, he was also right in that all of his precepts were later found to be correct by the RC church.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (56+8G)

287 280 You can "be" gay in the Catholic Church.
You just can't "act" on that impulse in the Church without sinning.
This distinction is enormous and important.

It goes right along with all the other "crosses to bear" that folks aren't allowed to act on (but it's not sinful to "have")...
Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 04:18 PM (exHjb)

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To be greedy is human and understandable. To steal other people's stuff is a sin and should be condemned. Similar principle.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (LvTSG)

288 Episcopalians

Ma called 'em limp wristed Catholics.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (hWaIR)

Aren't they Church of England but Hold the England?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (eoQWY)

289 so... we should cook up a "re-release" of forty years of naomi "back issues", claiming there were much too stunning and brave to print at the time, but now society has advanced to the point where they can be seen?

Yes. But that’s work, so you won’t. When done well this can make an amazing story. Moore is a master of it. But story is not the point for the person you’re satirizing, and work is even less of a point.

Take a look at Moore’s Promethea. That’s something that could easily be latched onto by the left and turned into a very successful product if they believed what they were saying about lack of representation. They don’t. They’re ellipsis’s toy stealers. It not only isn’t enough that there be representation alongside traditional works, that’s not even the point.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (U+Oxn)

290 Brandon delivers.
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~~Putin's~~ Trump's Fault.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (uia9V)
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FIFY

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (YIVH2)

291 >>> The Dow is today tied the longest weekly losing streak record, equaling 1932.

Nasdaq also now has the longest losing streak since the 2001 crash.

Brandon delivers.
------------
Putin's Fault.
Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (uia9V)

It ended up at parity for the day. At the last moment of trading almost.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (XlZ2m)

292 The Archbishop of San Fran is a Dominican and takes no crap.
Posted by: tcn in AK, Hail to the Thief at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (LOVUx)

========

The new bishop of Charleston is Haitian. I have yet to see him in person (he was installed a week ago).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 04:17 PM (LvTSG)

A Dominican and a Haitian walk into a Papal Conclave....

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (mR6Gs)

293 Lincoln was gay!

Posted by: Log Cabin Republicans at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (uz0br)

294
Antiracist Baby?

This is... wow. "Creepy" is a word I could use. "Soviet," too. Perhaps "soulless," or "sad," or "bleak." "Regimented." "Conformist." "Dull." "Predatory." "Manipulative."

Lotta words.

Posted by: Ugh at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (o0I+B)

295 Only two comics I read as a kid were Smokey Stover and Krazy Kat and Ignatz because they had cool names and Ignatz threw bricks.

Posted by: dartist at May 20, 2022 04:20 PM (+ya+t)

296 (I know Dominican is an Order)

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2022 04:20 PM (mR6Gs)

297 So here comes the hit pieces on Musk right on cue

Posted by: It's me donna at May 20, 2022 04:20 PM (bs+z0)

298 Bat manbun.

Posted by: Fat Batman at May 20, 2022 04:21 PM (v0R5T)

299 237 As a Catholic, I'm obviously not a fan of Martin Luther, but the guy had the decency to leave.
Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (FJYfm)

I didn't leave The Church. The Church left me.
Posted by: ML at May 20, 2022 04:12 PM (mR6Gs)

An incident in Luther's life makes me think of today's DC. As a young man, Luther was having a crisis of faith, and he decided to make a pilgramage to Rome to see the heart of Christendom and have his faith renewed. He later wrote that what he found shocked him; the grossest immorality of all kinds among the clergy there, which got worse the higher up the position. Also, the clergy in Rome openly laughed about not actually believing any of the stuff they sold to all of the stupid peasants out in hinterlands. Luther said it was this incident, more than any other single one, that drove him to break away.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 20, 2022 04:21 PM (trdmm)

300 I think what will happen is a lot of high profile "catholics" in the diocese will stop giving $$$s and maybe even make a show about not going to communion. Some parishes that are near break-even in operations will have some difficulties with the lower contributions. Churches will see an uptick in vandalism. Some pastors will beg the archbishop to drop it.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 20, 2022 04:14 PM (fs1hN)
******
I am Catholic and my priest is fearless. Before the election he told us that if we voted for the Democrats we are just as guilty of supporting abortion and will have to face God for doing so on judgement day.
Needless to say but, I love my priest.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 20, 2022 04:21 PM (NpAcC)

301 I looked up the Riverdale TV series and...

Archie is Samoan
Betty's actress is a bisexual reiki nut...though she is blonde and Caucasian
Veronica is now hispanic and a Mary Sue
Jughead isn't black, but his actor is a BLM foot licker

Posted by: Obligatory at May 20, 2022 04:22 PM (ESjRY)

302 I'm obviously not a fan of Martin Luther, but the guy had the decency to leave.
Posted by: Wally

He didn't want to fight the existing hierarchy and left; but, he was also right in that all of his precepts were later found to be correct by the RC church.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (56+8G)

So what do say Scandis? Let's just let byegones be bygones, eh?

Posted by: The RCC at May 20, 2022 04:22 PM (mR6Gs)

303 DC is being torn up and rebuilt by the newly purchased part of Warner Brothers and the main people resonsible for this fatberg of diversity trash are being turfed out. Sadly, they're keeping Snyder in charge of the movies, which is a hilarious mistake, but the comic book side, everyone is being changed. Especially Jim Lee, who is an amazing artist but a really terrible CEO.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 20, 2022 04:22 PM (KZzsI)

304 I think Discovery chief Zaslav has ignored DC til now because he has bigger fish to gut. But if they want to screw with the parts of the portfolio that still make money (Batman), then old Sauron is going to give them a hard look.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at May 20, 2022 04:23 PM (wBpKf)

305 297 So here comes the hit pieces on Musk right on cue
Posted by: It's me donna at May 20, 2022 04:20 PM (bs+z0)

I wrote earlier today that the best Tweet of the Week by far was Elon Musk, yesterday, asking "If there is a scandal about me, PLEASE call it Elongate!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 20, 2022 04:23 PM (trdmm)

306 304 I think Discovery chief Zaslav has ignored DC til now because he has bigger fish to gut. But if they want to screw with the parts of the portfolio that still make money (Batman), then old Sauron is going to give them a hard look.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at May 20, 2022 04:23 PM (wBpKf)

========

"Go...make that profitable!"
-Best case scenario

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting the system with Kobayashi at May 20, 2022 04:23 PM (LvTSG)

307 I am Catholic and my priest is fearless. Before the election he told us that if we voted for the Democrats we are just as guilty of supporting abortion and will have to face God for doing so on judgement day.
Needless to say but, I love my priest.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 20, 2022 04:21 PM (NpAcC)

NoVa priests are, too...maybe it's Benedict's leftover influence (and Francis continuing it on the life issue) or Trump showing up at the March for Life, but priests have gotten way braver in the last few years about actually telling their congregations that yes, abortion, aka the murder of 100% innocent life, is the biggest evil in the world...

Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 04:24 PM (exHjb)

308 Does anyone remember the Trots and Bonnie cartoons in National Lampoon? Bonnie always made me horny looking at her. She had such a fuck me appearance to her. I never read them, I just looked at Bonnie and wanted to fuck her.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:24 PM (uia9V)

309 A Dominican and a Haitian walk into a Papal Conclave....
Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2022 04:19 PM (mR6Gs)
.......

and the Pope says:
"Great. My cigar rollers are here."

Posted by: wth at May 20, 2022 04:24 PM (v0R5T)

310 nood

Posted by: It's me donna at May 20, 2022 04:24 PM (bs+z0)

311 The Dow is today tied the longest weekly losing streak record, equaling 1932.

Well Joe Biden can't fulfill his wish to be like FDR without a Depression, right?

Posted by: JoeF. at May 20, 2022 04:24 PM (mR6Gs)

312 Needless to say but, I love my priest.
Posted by: redridinghood

You definitely have a winner.
Congrats.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 20, 2022 04:24 PM (56+8G)

313 he was also right in that all of his precepts were later found to be correct by the RC church

Well, other than that stuff about justification by faith

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 20, 2022 04:24 PM (KZzsI)

314 then old Sauron is going to give them a hard look.

You know a politically correct take on LotR must be coming.

Where poor Sauron is peacefully teaching the orcs the joys of socialism and buttf*cking when then evil Westerons steal his cockring and his boyfriend Gollum.

Posted by: Obligatory at May 20, 2022 04:24 PM (ESjRY)

315 Some parishes that are near break-even in operations will have some difficulties with the lower contributions. Churches will see an uptick in vandalism. Some pastors will beg the archbishop to drop it.

First parish that lightens up a little bit on the dress code, and starts encouraging and embracing rough men bringing broken families on the weekends and hanging around through the week with a baseball bat will make up that difference in contributions. That parish will thrive.

One thing I am seeing - and I'm certain of this - the blind faith in ideology is dying. Gen X never accepted it, but we just stick to ourselves anyway. Millenials are getting older, and they're hungry for something other that this empty existence. Gen Z wants to fight, and they want to be led.

There is an opportunity here for religion to make a comeback. But it won't be the New England WASPy flavor.

Posted by: Glowie is the new Troll is the new Conspiracy Theorist at May 20, 2022 04:25 PM (24FPz)

316 Martin Luther *is* a better Catholic then most of the RCC leadership today.

But, again, as they say, very low bar.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 04:25 PM (ESjRY)

317 255 Mom was right - way back in the 1960s. Comic books will rot your brain. Way to go, mom.
Posted by: Archer
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Archer, you should have left some illustrated classics comic books scattered around your room with your stash of Sgt Rock, Mad magazine, etc. hidden.

Posted by: whig at May 20, 2022 04:26 PM (Iq9dF)

318 293 Lincoln was gay!
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He was literally Putin. Putin is not gay, though.

Posted by: Puddin Head at May 20, 2022 04:26 PM (uia9V)

319 299 237 As a Catholic, I'm obviously not a fan of Martin Luther, but the guy had the decency to leave.
Posted by: Wally at May 20, 2022 04:10 PM (FJYfm)

I didn't leave The Church. The Church left me.
Posted by: ML at May 20, 2022 04:12 PM (mR6Gs)

An incident in Luther's life makes me think of today's DC. As a young man, Luther was having a crisis of faith, and he decided to make a pilgramage to Rome to see the heart of Christendom and have his faith renewed. He later wrote that what he found shocked him; the grossest immorality of all kinds among the clergy there, which got worse the higher up the position. Also, the clergy in Rome openly laughed about not actually believing any of the stuff they sold to all of the stupid peasants out in hinterlands. Luther said it was this incident, more than any other single one, that drove him to break away.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 20, 2022 04:21 PM (trdmm)

I've stood in the tower where ML was given his diet of worms.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at May 20, 2022 04:26 PM (Qhnrt)

320 Captain Lung Crunch and his boy wonder Pregnant Dude.

Posted by: Max Power at May 20, 2022 04:26 PM (k7+BO)

321 The phrase "The Cathedral" comes from the fact that the media and universities are more simpatico and pulling the same direction than either the Catholics or the Protestants.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 20, 2022 04:26 PM (44ww/)

322 You know a politically correct take on LotR must be coming.

well, yes. The Silmarillion or whatever. It sounds like utter trash.

I'm keeping Netflix for Sandman. Because I hate myself, apparently.

you know .. there are some pretty interesting female DC heroes that haven't gotten their own show yet ...

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 20, 2022 04:26 PM (w0NJk)

323 To paraphrase Syndrome from The Incredibles:

"When everyone is ghey, nobody will be."

Posted by: Sharkman at May 20, 2022 04:26 PM (z2QPc)

324 Looking at the sidebar about snl and men. There's this piece of crap billboard I have to pass on the way to work, I don't know what it's trying to sell or care, making fun of "dad dancing" showing some spastic freak in tight girl jeans, arms and legs splayed out. If this dad is striking that pose it is because my crotch has caught on fire and I'm getting it to a fire retardant. Or I'm out of cover and avoiding enemy fire, a serpentine pattern will follow.

FU billboard people. A hate the sign a lot. A say FU every time I drive by. I feel a little better then. Not great, but better.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 04:27 PM (XlZ2m)

325 you know .. there are some pretty interesting female DC heroes that haven't gotten their own show yet ...

Raven as a peaceful non-binary POC (purple) witch who is oppressed by the evil cis-het patriarchy...who secretly worship her dad?

Posted by: Seriously I could write this stuff at May 20, 2022 04:27 PM (ESjRY)

326 First parish that lightens up a little bit on the dress code, and starts encouraging and embracing rough men bringing broken families on the weekends and hanging around through the week with a baseball bat will make up that difference in contributions. That parish will thrive.

those are the catholic parishes here. newly arrived families.

I guess it's good. I'm still a fan of TRYING to dress nicely for church, tho.

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 20, 2022 04:27 PM (w0NJk)

327 325 you know .. there are some pretty interesting female DC heroes that haven't gotten their own show yet ...

ME! I'm talking about ME!

I mean not really me but the nom de plume here

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 20, 2022 04:28 PM (w0NJk)

328 As kid wasn't into comic books much, but as late teen did get Heavy Metal magazines regularly., but it was more a adult comics.
Posted by: Skip

they made a compendium of some of my favorites. ranxerox and lubna is now a multi volume set.

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (UgAdJ) - at May 20, 2022 04:29 PM (UgAdJ)

329 The left is really going to regret pissing of the richest man in the world.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2022 04:30 PM (ZLI7S)

330 those are the catholic parishes here. newly arrived families. I guess it's good. I'm still a fan of TRYING to dress nicely for church, tho.

That's a fine thing. Just never forget, some folks in there really are wearing the best they can afford.

It'll be a cold day in Hell before I go back to church. I just don't fit. But I'm pro church, in a sense. Kind of.

Posted by: Glowie is the new Troll is the new Conspiracy Theorist at May 20, 2022 04:30 PM (24FPz)

331 M

Posted by: Mozam at May 20, 2022 04:38 PM (ea+OK)

332 My ideal superhero would be a guy who can repair the rotting boards on our wooden deck on the back of my house and who smokes the ultimate pork butt without having to get up at 5 am to light the charcoal, oh and is rich without having to have a job. I would introduce him to my girlfriend so she would stop bitching at me.

Posted by: Mozam at May 20, 2022 04:42 PM (ea+OK)

333 Oh sure, next they'll make Turkey Volume Guessing Man a homo or something.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at May 20, 2022 04:48 PM (xPJvm)

334 Join the adventures of "Scatman and Throbin" as they battle through the Tenderloin in Frisco.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 20, 2022 04:53 PM (iDcra)

335 I suppose the original Batman wasn't really gay even if he was banging the gay Robin. WAM! BAM! Thank you BatMAN!

Posted by: G at May 20, 2022 04:58 PM (8UYDR)

336 Yeah, sorry. "Romantic moment with a friend" is not how "bisexual" works FFS.

If you're a man and you're having a "romantic moment" with your male friend, you're GAY, not "bisexual"

Posted by: deadrody at May 20, 2022 04:59 PM (SnywI)

337 Bruce Wayne and his Butler Alfred Pennyworth

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 20, 2022 06:10 PM (wGqjj)

338 You'd also have to retcon quite a bit more than Catwoman to make Wayne fruity in the booty. Vicki Vale? Zatanna? Talia? Magpie? In Batman Beyond Barbara Gordon revealed that after Tim Drake Robin went solo things got complicated.

Posted by: hurricane567 at May 20, 2022 11:51 PM (LJVc4)

339 100 Riddle me this Batman:

Well groomed and wealthy,
Hangs out with young boys,
Folsom Street's the answer to:
"Where does he get those amazing toys"
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at May 20, 2022 03:50 PM (v31Ye)

You go, Bitter Clinger!

Posted by: m at May 21, 2022 02:13 AM (ZpkZT)

340 (False) dichotomies still rule, then. If we limit our brains to either sides of the fence, with a very large 'grey' area. Think bigger.

Posted by: Chiello at May 21, 2022 11:52 AM (/RwH6)

341 You can't fool me.
BLM = Kill Whitey
CRT = Kill Whitey
DEI = Kill Whitey
Anti-Racist = Kill Whitey
Are you beginning to see a theme here?

Posted by: Jonah Kyle at May 21, 2022 12:01 PM (R4j1g)

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Netflix Cancels Critical Race Theorist Hustler Ibram X. Kendi's "How to be an Antiracist Baby" Cartoon ShowOh, and Also: Batman's Gay Now

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Netflix Cancels Critical Race Theorist Hustler Ibram X. Kendi's "How to be an Antiracist Baby" Cartoon Show
Oh, and Also: Batman's Gay Now