If yall aren’t aware there was a recent interview Chuck Dixon did where they were talking about comics and the guy mentioned pandering to a female audience has been one of the things that have ruined comics. Third wave feminism to be exact. Dixon talked about his girls used to read comics like Archie, Little Lulu, romance comics, etc. He then mentioned that his sisters read Green Lantern because they thought Hal Jordan was cute (I can’t judge because I had every cd and now every album of Fiona Apple downloaded because I thought she was beautiful).
Some people took that to mean “see girls read comics” when he was essentially saying that if you make comics that cater to what girls/women like you can sell to them. Manga has proved this along with countless YA novels. For whatever reason Superhero comics and Sci-Fi don’t appeal to women in large numbers but that doesn’t seem to stop the IPs from sunken costs.
Ah you were in the service? What was your MOS?
Yea, Air Force from 99 to 04. I mainly did a lot of personnel/administrative stuff but the best part was when I was temporarily assigned to the hazardous waste cleanup unit. I wish I had stayed in or at least the reserves or guard after I got out. My dad was Air National Guard for 22 years and brother and sister were in military. Goes back to a 4x great grandfather who was in revolutionary war. So I felt it was my turn.
More than you asked for. Sorry. I assume you were in the Army or Marines? Since you used the term “MOS”
Ha, I was hazmat too, still am in my civvie job. It's fun but by God does it suck being in one of those Saint Gobain suits.
Yeah, Army. Satellite systems engineering, signals jamming and experimental weapons. I'm from a longstanding military family too, going back to the early 1700s. Way back there's a British navy captain from the Napoleonic Wars.
For my part I joined later in life, and I'm glad I got out. The military... isn't what it once was. The pride and spirit is gone and all the bullshit remains.
I’ve heard that sadly. They are running off the very people they need. Cool about the British Naval Captain! I saw some of that through my small amount of European ancestors but haven’t done a deep dive into those branches yet
Oh that's not the best part. My family line is small and the Soviets almost wiped us out, but we're direct descendants from a Renaissance master.
And yeah, anyone who the military needs right now is avoiding it like the plague, or in my case waiting for civil war with baited breath.