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Black Panther / Storm, Shuri and the New Image of Black women in comics....
« on: May 30, 2008, 11:15:22 am »
It was relief to read BP #36 and see Shuri acting like a real woman, and BP and Storm interacting in a way that is rare in comics. How often do we get a realistic look at the conflicts that normal superheroes would have in thier personal lives? Given Storm's crazy adventures with the X-Men a missed phonecall could mean she's busy, she's DEAD, or she's trapped in another dimension. Either way, It's interesting to me that in the last year while the 'Sistas with white guys' trend has petered out on Television in Movies it seems to be moving into comics - or is it just me? Is this something that other pantherfans notice, that BP and Storm are the only black couple in comics, or is that just my black nationalist streak coming out during every wednesday comic pick up. Currently,
Batman is dating Jezebell Jet - (Don't get me started on the name)
http://community.livejournal.com/torchbearers/8074.html
Lily Hollister is Dating Harry Osborn and Flirting with Peter Parker
http://www.comicvine.com/lily-hollister/49653/
Miss Arrow was Dating Flash Thompson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Arrow
Is it just me or does it seem strange that none of these women are beautiful enough as just black women but have to have white or European styled hair (sistas haven't rocked the blonde thing since Venus and Serena back in the early 2000's) to be acceptable, or the fact that slowly but surely black men are being eliminated from Marvel comics as of late....(Bishop is essentially maimed, Nezhno is gone, Xavin and Crusader are skrulls masquerading as black men, and Rhodey has been disfigured)...Is this a new trend...Kill off the brothers and throw the sistas to the white guys... or am I just being paranoid now that Barak is the nominee....?
Batman is dating Jezebell Jet - (Don't get me started on the name)
http://community.livejournal.com/torchbearers/8074.html
Lily Hollister is Dating Harry Osborn and Flirting with Peter Parker
http://www.comicvine.com/lily-hollister/49653/
Miss Arrow was Dating Flash Thompson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Arrow
Is it just me or does it seem strange that none of these women are beautiful enough as just black women but have to have white or European styled hair (sistas haven't rocked the blonde thing since Venus and Serena back in the early 2000's) to be acceptable, or the fact that slowly but surely black men are being eliminated from Marvel comics as of late....(Bishop is essentially maimed, Nezhno is gone, Xavin and Crusader are skrulls masquerading as black men, and Rhodey has been disfigured)...Is this a new trend...Kill off the brothers and throw the sistas to the white guys... or am I just being paranoid now that Barak is the nominee....?