And throw a fit if you suggest they create something original instead of “updating for a modern audience” the works of better men. When Emilia Clarke made her comic book I remember Eric July was critical of her for the whole “I didn’t feel welcome in the comic book store as a girl” routine but I could at least respect that she made an original comic.
Amazon could’ve easily hired writers to make some garbage work fantasy but they are too lazy
A lot of IPs already have their own black characters that are original but the problem is they always flop.
Icon was to be the black Superman. He was created by DC and to be fair they carried him for a while before dumping him quietly. He was 100% for the blacks to have an original contender in the DCU along with top tier heavy hitters like Superman and Batman.
The problem was, the black community wasn't interested. They tried this again with Steel. Then they were pushing for a Michael B Jordan superman casting.
They only get interested when it's an established IP that gets color swapped and gifted to them. Build them anything else and they reject it. It's not about them having something to be proud of, it's about being proud of having taken it away from you.
I was going to go there too. Black characters are mostly horribly written. They're not just unrealistic, they're anti-realistic, even when written by the current SJW Marvel writers who claim to understand them.
White men & asian men make cool shit & everyone else steal it.
And throw a fit if you suggest they create something original instead of “updating for a modern audience” the works of better men. When Emilia Clarke made her comic book I remember Eric July was critical of her for the whole “I didn’t feel welcome in the comic book store as a girl” routine but I could at least respect that she made an original comic.
Amazon could’ve easily hired writers to make some garbage work fantasy but they are too lazy
A lot of IPs already have their own black characters that are original but the problem is they always flop.
Icon was to be the black Superman. He was created by DC and to be fair they carried him for a while before dumping him quietly. He was 100% for the blacks to have an original contender in the DCU along with top tier heavy hitters like Superman and Batman.
The problem was, the black community wasn't interested. They tried this again with Steel. Then they were pushing for a Michael B Jordan superman casting.
They only get interested when it's an established IP that gets color swapped and gifted to them. Build them anything else and they reject it. It's not about them having something to be proud of, it's about being proud of having taken it away from you.
These black characters pander to white audiences white values by blacks,
Anyone who’s lived around blacks know they don’t even remotely share these values.
I was going to go there too. Black characters are mostly horribly written. They're not just unrealistic, they're anti-realistic, even when written by the current SJW Marvel writers who claim to understand them.