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[jmatonak]

I had a huge entry about comics, but I feel it was poorly written, and also huge.

Here are the bullet points.

1. I like female super-hero and super-villain characters.
2. Stop killing them, writers of super-hero comics.
3. If you don't want to write a character, you don't have to. They can be moved offstage in a non-fatal way.
4. It is perfectly okay to occasionally have a female super-hero who is peppy and quippy and doesn't take everything so damn seriously or angst about her place in the world on every page.
Spider-Man cracks jokes. Other heroes, even female ones, can crack jokes too.
6. I hereby threaten dire consequences if anyone tries to kill off Miss Martian from Teen Titans. Heads will roll. Oh yes.

Comments

[timeliebe.livejournal.com]

Five - thanks, I'm sort of out of the Batman loop lately! The only DC comic I'm regularly reading is BIRDS OF PREY, and was even before Tammy and I got to know Gail Simone online - though I've started w/ALL-NEW ATOM b/c Gail's writing it, and I find all the pop culture jokes really hilarious. (I also think Ryan Choi's a fun nonstereotypical Asian lead character, and don't get why Jenn (http://www.reappropriate.com/?p=605) and some other Asian bloggers are giving Gail a beatdown over it.) I often browse ACTION COMICS at Wegman's, and while I like it well enough it's not quite a "buy" for me.

It doesn't seem possible to you that you've been reading Tammy for 25 years! Think of how TAMMY feels about it, since she's been writing for that long! ;)

That's like the time Tammy's current Random House editor, Mallory Loeher, introduced herself to Tammy with a "Hi - I LOVED your books when I was a kid!" Tammy and I looked at each other and went, "We're not THAT old...are we...?"

Best,
Tim Liebe
Dreaded Spouse-Creature (http://spousecreature.blogspot.com/) of Tamora Pierce (http://www.tamorapierce.com/)
- and co-writer of Marvel's White Tiger (http://www.tamorapierce.com/marvel.htm) comic - #4 out now! :)