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[Freezasaurus]

Was I the only one who read Southern Cross?

Probably.

 

[Messi]

Probably.

I liked it

 

[Lashley]

They cancelled the Batgirl/Joker variant? Why?

 

[tim1138]

They cancelled the Batgirl/Joker variant? Why?

Because it made people uncomfortable and offended them and didn't fit the tone of the book at all. It was Albuquerque's decision.

 

[Freezasaurus]

They cancelled the Batgirl/Joker variant? Why?

Did they really? :O

Nudull, this is all your fault.

 

[Zombine]

Why?

 

[8BitsAtATime]

Lol I can't believe they canceled it.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Lol I can't believe they canceled it.

Caving to public opinion is DC's go-to maneuver these days.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Caving to public opinion is DC's go-to maneuver these days.

Sometimes, though, that's the right thing to do.

 

[Shin Johnpv]

Oh nice, Cameron Stewart was just announced as a guest for Cincy Comic Con.
Tony Moore puts on a hell of a show.

Here's the rest of the announced guests, dunno if anyone besides me and Korupt are in the area.

http://www.cincycomicon.com/Welcome.html

Please ask him to stop writing Stephanie in Barbara Gordon's body and just write Barbara Gordon.

 

[Messi]

Sorry guys

 

[PsychBat!]

No more Batgirl #41 variant. rafael albuquerque asked for it to be pulled

*sigh*

 

[GrandHarrier]

Caving to public opinion is DC's go-to maneuver these days.

"Public"

"Opinion"

 

[Zombine]

"Hey girl, I defended your honor. I bullied some artist on Twitter over a knee jerk reaction I had over a picture. You should date me because I'm a nice guy."

Lol

 

[Owzers]

on one hand, it doesn't reflect the tone of the book as stated, on the other hand, it's a variant cover and i don't like people complaining things out of existence.

I dunno, i would prefer the cover be released and DC is mocked for it.

 

[Cade]

"Hey girl, I defended your honor. I bullied some artist on Twitter over a knee jerk reaction I had over a picture. You should date me because I'm a nice guy."

Lol

I'm stealing this pickup line.

Cover had some issues but no more than anything really, stupid of DC to do this. Does Cave comics.

 

[GrandHarrier]

on one hand, it doesn't reflect the tone of the book as stated, on the other hand, it's a variant cover and i don't like people complaining things out of existence.

I dunno, i would prefer the cover be released and DC is mocked for it.

The Harley variants def reflected the tones of the books they were on. Same with the Monster of the Month and Bombshell ones.

 

[Lashley]

I thought it was a great cover tbf

 

[Messi]

The Harley variants def reflected the tones of the books they were on. Same with the Monster of the Month and Bombshell ones.

Do all the joker ones have the right tone?

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

"Hey girl, I defended your honor. I bullied some artist on Twitter over a knee jerk reaction I had over a picture. You should date me because I'm a nice guy."

Lol

I thought it was a great cover tbf

I liked it, too, but I'm not gonna pretend there aren't issues with it.

 

[Furyous]

DC Comics' Full June 2015 Solicitations

It's about time DC respected greatness

Spoiler

and provide us with more Terry McG. Is the Batman Beyond book technically a part of another timeskip due to Future's End or is there another reset in the middle?

 

[PsychBat!]

Can we go over the issues one more time?

And were they in any justifiable enough for the cover to be pulled?

 

[GrandHarrier]

Oracle, how did you become disabled?

I was [Redacted] ... born like this.

 

[PsychBat!]

LOL

 

[Serpentine]

99.99% sure those people would take the opposite stance on what you're suggesting

Too happy, right? I fixed it:

Spoiler

help i'm tired and can't photomanipulate today

I still don't know what Marvel was thinking with that exclusive. Had to pass on Venom, but the mold on that one is really good; the 3D tongue is great.

thank u cade, much better

Because it made people uncomfortable and offended them and didn't fit the tone of the book at all. It was Albuquerque's decision.

oh

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Since when does variant covers need to have the consistent tone? That's never the case. It's why they're....variants. Guess Skottie Young is out of the job. No more light hearted covers for those serious books.

Hell when marvel did marvel zombie cover month I doubt suddenly people thought every book was a zombie horror book.

And Cameron is shilling to keep his constituency happy on twitter. Enjoy your Steph batgirl book wearing a red wig.

 

[Zombine]

I would love to have that cover on my book.

99.99% sure those people would take the opposite stance on what you're suggesting

Edit: redacted. Avoiding the issue. Apologies.

 

[PsychBat!]

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY!

DON'T LET IT GET AWAY!

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Can we go over the issues one more time?

And were they in any justifiable enough for the cover to be pulled?

The way I see it that Barbara is defined by the whole Joker thing too much for some people's tastes. That's what I'm getting out of the situation.

As for the question, I don't know, and I wouldn't really care either way.

 

[Owzers]

I can understand Cameron's view though on not wanting that associated with his run.

 

[8BitsAtATime]

I can understand Cameron's view though on not wanting that associated with his run.

I think he doesn't understand how variants work....but ok.

 

[Messi]

I can understand Cameron's view though on not wanting that associated with his run.

I'd rather Cameron not be associated with the writing of Batgirl.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

I can understand Cameron's view though on not wanting that associated with his run.

I'd understand that if it was the main cover. Has anyone associated a variant to any comic run ever?

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

It's interchangeable. They defended the honor of a cartoon lady. Good job. I think the real thing we need to practice is gun safety. That could have discharged in her vagina. You can't give a vagina a wheelchair.

In case it isn't obvious, Zombine, I find this strawmanning really obnoxious. Can we please not do this in this thread?

 

[Filthy Slug]

Can we go over the issues one more time?

And were they in any justifiable enough for the cover to be pulled?

I feel awful for Rafael. Dude got stuck in a gross and shitty situation, and he's just a talented dude putting his own spin on a well known facet of DC's history. I don't know that this decision is going to further any positive movement for anybody but I guess we learned the internet can now bully legitimate artists and that nauseates me to my core.
E: Cam Stewart..beautiful art, dumb with words (in comics and real life)

 

[Zombine]

In case it isn't obvious, Zombine, I find this strawmanning really obnoxious. Can we please not do this in this thread?

Yeah I backed off. The situation just irritates me. So done with ComicGAF though. Later dudes.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Yeah I backed off. The situation just irritates me.

No worries. I wasn't following the thread that closely, but to be fair, Opto did seem to be a bit of a straw feminist type.

 

[Freezasaurus]

on one hand, it doesn't reflect the tone of the book as stated, on the other hand, it's a variant cover and i don't like people complaining things out of existence.

I dunno, i would prefer the cover be released and DC is mocked for it.

Things were better before social media. People would write letters ro complain, and by the time DC got them, "Oops! We already published it!"

 

[Owzers]

I'd understand that if it was the main cover. Has anyone associated a variant to any comic run ever?

Hmmm i don't pay much attention to variants really, but some match the book well. I started thinking of recent ones, did a search on those movie variants, this one stands out:

Sure, you could just pick any movie you want, but i think it's something quite special when done well. Now, associated it with a run? Probably not, but in the short term it can be distracting from what you're trying to do.

 

[Gambit 1138]

Wait I'm confused.Jim Lee said going forward there would be about 24 "core books" that took place in a tight continuity and about 24 that would take place in their own canon but I'm not seeing that in the June lineup. Justice League of America is out of continuity and Section 8 takes place on 90s DC Earth but where are the other twenty or so titles? I guess they can count earth 2 as well but it still doesn't add up.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Messi, I just want you to know...

I blame you for this.

 

[GrandHarrier]

Guys how does the Batgirl Purple Rain movie variant factor into all of this? Does it match the tone of the book?

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Guys how does the Batgirl Purple Rain movie variant factor into all of this? Does it match the tone of the book?

Messi, create a thread and well find out.

 

[Filthy Slug]

Messi, I just want you to know...

I blame you for this.

Same.

 

[tim1138]

Messi, I just want you to know...

I blame you for this.

I already blame Messi for everything.

 

[GrandHarrier]

Messi, I just want you to know...

I blame you for this.

We've been giving him shit on twitter. He has surpassed Kipp the Destroyer.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Wow you know you strike a nerve when even Waid hates to see the pulling of the cover. This could backfire on all the people wanting it changed.

https://twitter.com/markwaid/status/577649910138449920

 

[Sandfox]

After thinking about it for the last few months I'm really close to being done with DC for various reasons despite my love for books like Gotham Academy. They pretty much ruined all of the characters I used to like and very few of their new ongoings appeal to me.

Wow you know you strike a nerve when even Waid hates to see the pulling of the cover. This could backfire on all the people wanting it changed.

https://twitter.com/markwaid/status/577649910138449920

Waid better be writing AoA for SW lol.

 

[Freezasaurus]

We've been giving him shit on twitter. He has surpassed Kipp the Destroyer.

Kipp was like Wile E. Coyote trying to destroy the comics industry. Messi legit crushed Rafael Albuquerque's happiness.

 

[Cade]

Wow you know you strike a nerve when even Waid hates to see the pulling of the cover. This could backfire on all the people wanting it changed.

https://twitter.com/markwaid/status/577649910138449920

? That wasn't what his other tweets were saying at all