Quote (Goomshill @ Mar 22 2020 04:12am)
Hardtimes had a take on it that I'm sure PARD folks will enjoy.
https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/new-marvel-superhero-cuckold-wears-name-as-a-badge/Quote
In a press release this morning, Marvel Comics announced a new inclusive superhero named Cuckold, a 32-year-old man who can only shoot laserbeams at enemies if someone is “fucking his wife.”
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“We really wanted to inspire the next generation of superhero fans,” said creator Marty Barlow. “The thing about Cuckold is that he wears his name and abilities as a badge of honor. Most people think ‘cuckold, that’s a derogatory term.’ Not for Cuck. The way he sees it, he can only use his powers for good: saving the world and letting another man give his wife an orgasm.”
Quote (Skinned @ Mar 22 2020 06:53am)
Rest of them are just as bad seriously. That is just two of them. It's hilarious. Nobody wants this. Marvel has been catering to this fictional audience for years that even produces eye rolling in hardcore sjws like myself.
An audience that doesn't exist plus they keep giving A-B tier heroes to PoC and minority writers who come from mostly the Young Adult novel line who have NEVER worked in comic. How does it make sense to give a star character to a writer who has never written for a very visual medium? Even when you consider the whole diversity push and all, bottom line is a lot of comics coming out of Marvel are just bad in every way. Sometimes the writer just doesn't have even to understand basic comic layout and paneling, and somehow the editors are not even bothering to fix entry level mistakes. Too afraid to call out the newest PoC hire for their mediocrity?
Quote (Black XistenZ @ Mar 22 2020 09:28am)
I wonder when they will have enough from soaking up losses in the name of wokeness.
Never, the fans are wrong and bigots.
Besides sales being down year by year almost every single month for a couple years now, there's the coronavirus now. A lot of comic stores are going to close if people just stay home. A lot of comic stores are supplementing their sales with gaming nights and some other offerings. A lot of them can't even offer curbside pickups. I mean every year there's more and more comic store closing because Marvel forces shops to buy a minimum amount of their comics for them not to sell. This unforeseen blow with the thin margins are going to force some non trivial number of shops in the red or force those already at that point to close down permanently.
Also Marvel's marketing team keeps pushing diversity titles who often get cut short only to be tried AGAIN months later as another reboot and fail AGAIN with low sales. I'm looking at your Squirrel Girl ( lmao ) . Meanwhile you have titles overselling some big names but they can't grow because Marvel never promotes them, incredible really. It's like they really don't want to make money.
This post was edited by Helloween7 on Mar 22 2020 12:09pm