Windparadox
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I've been an avid comic book collector since my uncle willed me his collection of over 6,000 comics when I was a teenager. I have quadrupled the collection since and keep them in a special temperature/humidity controlled area I had built just for them. I don't have time to read even a fraction of what I collect but I also have CBR scans of every comic I own if I do decide to read any.
When I do read comics however, I do it for escapism and absolutely shun comics with a major social message, like with "American Chavez." Now Marvel has always had a social bend to them, (aside from the Golden Age comics) going back to the 60's and the Vietnam war. But it wasn't so in-your-face as the current run of SWJ Marvels, which as the article mentions, are all poor sellers and are being removed.
Since Disney bought out Marvel, I've noticed a steady decline in writing vs the social message they want to push and quite frankly, the comic buying public has stopped buying them. It's about time.
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"Retailers have been complaining to Marvel all year long about awful sell-throughs for the sociopolitically-charged (and basically full-Left leaning) comic books that have done little more than turn fans away from their favorite hobby. Well, reports have surfaced indicating that some of Marvel’s most notorious SJW comic books are getting canceled heading into the new year.
The website i09 is speculating that among the cancelled SJW comic books is America Chavez, a comic book about a strong, independent, inter-dimensional, lesbian Latina who doesn’t need a man. The comic book has been derided all across comic book fandom by actual comic book readers, but Chavez has been put front and center in the comic book and social marketing space by Marvel’s comic book heads". - Source
The website i09 is speculating that among the cancelled SJW comic books is America Chavez, a comic book about a strong, independent, inter-dimensional, lesbian Latina who doesn’t need a man. The comic book has been derided all across comic book fandom by actual comic book readers, but Chavez has been put front and center in the comic book and social marketing space by Marvel’s comic book heads". - Source
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I've been an avid comic book collector since my uncle willed me his collection of over 6,000 comics when I was a teenager. I have quadrupled the collection since and keep them in a special temperature/humidity controlled area I had built just for them. I don't have time to read even a fraction of what I collect but I also have CBR scans of every comic I own if I do decide to read any.
When I do read comics however, I do it for escapism and absolutely shun comics with a major social message, like with "American Chavez." Now Marvel has always had a social bend to them, (aside from the Golden Age comics) going back to the 60's and the Vietnam war. But it wasn't so in-your-face as the current run of SWJ Marvels, which as the article mentions, are all poor sellers and are being removed.
Since Disney bought out Marvel, I've noticed a steady decline in writing vs the social message they want to push and quite frankly, the comic buying public has stopped buying them. It's about time.
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