Green Lantern 0: Now With More Racefail

[neo_prodigy]

Comments

[mroctober]

The gun is inane, stupid looking, and racist.

[boston_pobble]

First, I always feel a little...trollish? lurkish? amateur (ish)?...when I comment on comic posts because you know I don't read them. BUT! I'm gonna anyway on this one...

1. WTF *flail* WTFF?????
2. My first thought was "why does he look like he's mugging me?"
3. My second thought was "but why does he need a gun in the first place?" He has the ring thingy.
4. When the lady who doesn't read comic books knows your character better than you do, you done fucked up.

[boston_pobble]

I like it, and I'll take it. Thanks! :)

[neurotic_rat]

The cover itself and how they designed the character was already a huge, dead giveaway that this comic was going to be racist and stereotypical as hell. Ski mask, gun and Arabic tattoo? Yeah, that is SUCH a 'positive' representation of a Middle Eastern-American! *facepalms*

[kittenmommy]

I guess I didn't really notice the ski mask and gun; most superheros wear masks of some kind, so my brain kind of "skipped over" it. And the gun... I guess it should have occurred to me that Green Lantern doesn't need a gun. So yeah, FAIL on my part.

And the tattoo? OMG.

[underlankers]

First good chance to use my new icon, and rightfully so. Seriously, these people do this deliberately. Anyone who doubts this at this point is in the "none so blind as those will not see" category.

[jeliza]

Damnit. Having only heard it mentioned I was all excited. Guess it's a good thing I hadn't told the comic shop to add it to my box yet.