Post by Supreme Overlord on Aug 22, 2014 17:46:03 GMT
Originally posted AUG 20, 2014 on FACEBOOK
okay. I should come clean on this.
I've been very vocal about who does and doesn't get hired to write minority focused books @ Marvel and DC (that's in the very odd instances when such books exist at all).
I was, in particular, pretty down on the notion of Al Ewing being tapped to write MIGHTY AVENGERS which is, let's face it, the BLACK AVENGERS & FRIENDS. Nothing against Ewing's work. I've quite liked it in the past, in fact, but he's 1) British and 2) white.
While, of course, I have nothing against either of these states of being, in this particular context I did think, "Really? This is the best guy to write the Black Avengers & Friends?"
I don't know if he's "the BEST" person to write it– not sure that can be determined, really– but, based on the book he's writing, he was definitely a good choice.
It's good. A rock solid super-hero comic featuring a predominantly black cast written by a writer who clearly did the necessary work to get the nuances of character, class and age right.
It's not right to castigate people for getting it wrong if you never point out when they get it right and Mighty Avengers is, very quietly, with no giant fanfare, getting it right.
I have no idea what the sales figures are; I'm hoping they're steady enough to keep it alive because, if it fails, that failure will likely be blamed on the "minority focus" rather than one of the many other factors that lead to the death of most fledgling comics.
It's a solid book, well drawn, well written and worth buying.
This doesn't mean the Big Two don't need to do a LOT more to bring in writers of disparate ethnicities and backgrounds but, for those non-white racists in the crowd, it shows that a good writer can make SOME of the points simply by writing well.
The larger issue remains, as I said, but this particular book is just a good comic book. I don't think it works as ammo for either side of the debate.
Now, if Ewing figures a way to give Monica Rambeau a PhD so she can be Dr. Spectrum I'll buy a hat so I can take it off to him.
Peace.
okay. I should come clean on this.
I've been very vocal about who does and doesn't get hired to write minority focused books @ Marvel and DC (that's in the very odd instances when such books exist at all).
I was, in particular, pretty down on the notion of Al Ewing being tapped to write MIGHTY AVENGERS which is, let's face it, the BLACK AVENGERS & FRIENDS. Nothing against Ewing's work. I've quite liked it in the past, in fact, but he's 1) British and 2) white.
While, of course, I have nothing against either of these states of being, in this particular context I did think, "Really? This is the best guy to write the Black Avengers & Friends?"
I don't know if he's "the BEST" person to write it– not sure that can be determined, really– but, based on the book he's writing, he was definitely a good choice.
It's good. A rock solid super-hero comic featuring a predominantly black cast written by a writer who clearly did the necessary work to get the nuances of character, class and age right.
It's not right to castigate people for getting it wrong if you never point out when they get it right and Mighty Avengers is, very quietly, with no giant fanfare, getting it right.
I have no idea what the sales figures are; I'm hoping they're steady enough to keep it alive because, if it fails, that failure will likely be blamed on the "minority focus" rather than one of the many other factors that lead to the death of most fledgling comics.
It's a solid book, well drawn, well written and worth buying.
This doesn't mean the Big Two don't need to do a LOT more to bring in writers of disparate ethnicities and backgrounds but, for those non-white racists in the crowd, it shows that a good writer can make SOME of the points simply by writing well.
The larger issue remains, as I said, but this particular book is just a good comic book. I don't think it works as ammo for either side of the debate.
Now, if Ewing figures a way to give Monica Rambeau a PhD so she can be Dr. Spectrum I'll buy a hat so I can take it off to him.
Peace.
