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sheryden

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Jun 21, 2006 17:26

I ran into a colleague today while I was in town. She's set to move to New York City at the end of the month. She's just finished her Master's degree, and is interviewing for some positions there. She told me that another of our peers has just been accepted to NYU. Initially, he was refused, but they reconsidered his application ( Read more... )

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swordpoker June 22 2006, 01:25:32 UTC

Jeez. And some people commend Marvel for being open-minded when it comes to those things. Riiight.

sheryden June 22 2006, 01:45:29 UTC

To be fair, many of the writers and artists at Marvel are open-minded. John Byrne, Allan Heinberg, Peter David... It's some of the editors and executives who present the homophobic image. In fact, the guy who wrote the Hulk story was an editor at the time (1980).

Over at DC Comics, the editors are much more in tune with the desires of their creators to accurately portray the gay community. In fact, they're making an effort to incorporate more gay characters into their books.

medicwarricklvr June 22 2006, 02:58:58 UTC

Icon Love! That is GREAT!

That's neat about the Marvel story. How long ago was it???

sheryden June 22 2006, 03:08:51 UTC

Speaking of icon love... I love your Danny!!

The Hulk story came out in 1980. I was really fortunate to find it. Obviously, it's really homophobic, but it'll be great for my thesis.

medicwarricklvr June 22 2006, 03:16:28 UTC

Ohhhhhhh, I'm totally loving Danny these days! After my last two e-mails from Carmine and how nice his little blip comments have been. I wuff him!!!

1980......wow..........that is completely cool. What are the chances huh??? LOL

sheryden June 22 2006, 03:26:41 UTC

It's great when the actors are as nice as we hope they are. Everyone says Carmine is really kind.

There weren't many gay characters in comics in 1980. Most of them were villains. Gay = bad, y'know. There's a 1984 issue of Captain America I'm trying to find. It features a nice, normal gay couple.

So how you doing? Everything good with you??

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arwynhalfmoon June 22 2006, 05:57:23 UTC

Hmmm. Interesting. And sad.

On a somewhat related topic, what are your thoughts on religious projections onto various comic book characters? (Superman as a Messianic figure, etc.)

sheryden June 24 2006, 17:32:17 UTC

I'm far too hungry to be answering this, but let's take a crack at it. I don't dislike religious projections if there is a purpose, and it's done well.

Superman bugs me on a number of levels. Tom Welling and Brandon Routh demand that I like Superman a bit. :p But given his near-unstoppable nature, I find that I can't always relate to him, and consequently, I don't read him. I like characters who are all-too-human. I don't read the books to see a Messianic superhero. Granted, there's something to be said for showing how normal people might react to Superman as if he's some kind of Messiah...but I wouldn't want to see that every week.

On the other hand, there was a great story in X-Factor about a kind of faith healer. One of the characters (Jamie Madrox) had the Legacy Virus, an AIDS-like virus that strikes mutants. The faith healer (Haven) tried to heal Jamie, but he died (apparently). Instead of admitting that she just can't heal everyone, Haven's explanation for Jamie's death was that the Legacy Virus was meant to be a ( ... )