10-16-2021, 09:35 PM
(Edited 10-16-2021, 09:36 PM by CellarDweller.)
(10-16-2021, 09:14 PM)Adam88 Wrote: I read about this, lots of people I know are all pissed over it. I think the reason is that they aren't aware it's not Superman, it's his son. And I think they feel like a lot of modern culture is destroying the things they once loved, which is understandable I suppose. I don't really care either way, but I also don't think OG characters who already have a well formed past and personality should be changed for inclusivity's sake. Just make new characters. The old ones are getting stale anyways, and it would assure much more creative liberty. Kinda like this Supermans kid guy or whatever (is he new? I dont know, I didn't read comics in school. I was the bully, not the nerd).
Saw pictures of him kissin' that pink haired guy though. Good taste right there. I'd break that pink one. Oh yeah.
Inclusivity in comics can be hard to achieve.
My own opinion, the "golden age" of comics was when the original characters were created. At that time, diversity was not a consideration, so the characters and the people who created them were white, straight men.
The first big push at diversity that I remember was in the late 70s with a cartoon called The Super Friends. A watered down, kid safe version of The Justice League, it had the big 5 heroes (Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Robin and Aquaman) and what I called the "second stringers" (Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Flash, Green Lantern, Atom).
The problem......all white. So a handful of new characters were created. A black man, a Japanese man, a Native American, and a Mexican man. The problem was their powers were ill-defined, and their names originated not from their powers, but from their ethnicity, so they were Black Vulcan, Samurai, Apache Chief, and El Dorado. Also added was Rima the Jungle Girl, from South America.
Sidekicks the Wonder Twins were also added, aliens from the planet Exxor, but they were given a darker complexion, so as not to add to all the white characters.
The newer characters in comics now are great, but since the comic industry is going downhill, many LGBT characters, and characters of color just don't get the attention the originals did. Therefore they don't catch on and appear less popular than the originals. I think most people may be hard pressed to name a black character, much less an lgbt one. I can think of Black Lightning, Storm, Vixen, and Black Panther.
However, I don't read a lot of new comics now, I don't have the time, so it could just be my ignorance on current hero characters.