Girls With Comics

Holy shit, I can’t stand this series.

So far it has been a long, drawn out procedure. While Blackest Night was top notch amazing, this title is falling short. That being said, the spin-off series, are really well done.

Brightest Day: The Flash is GREAT so far.

Brightest Day: Birds of Prey is also wonderful!

Brightest Day: Green Arrow is superb.

And so on and so forth. Of course they all tie into the main Brightest Day title, and that’s just annoying. It’s expensive, and BD is just not good.

And that’s my bitching post of the day.

-Lauren

“Campaign For A Commercial-Free Childhood have launched a campaign to petition to the CEO of McDonalds with a letter that reads;

Your decision to hand little boys the horrifying spectacle of a man engulfed in flames or a menacing figure that explicitly spurs them to violence calls into question McDonald’s reputation as a family-friendly company. I urge you to end this promotion immediately.

The group state;

It’s bad enough that McDonald’s relentlessly uses junk toys to sell children on junk food. It’s awful that this giveaway continues the troubling trend of fast food restaurants promoting toys linked to violent PG-13 movies. And it’s terrible that McDonald’s, the leading distributor of toys in the United States, relentlessly perpetuates the worst gendered stereotypes with its Happy Meal giveaways. During the current promotion, boys get violent action figures with their burgers and fries, while girls are offered cutesy animals that, bizarrely, come with hand bags.”

There are a ton of evil’s in this world. People who are intolerant of others, people who kill for sport, and drugs. McDonalds itself is not without its faults. The food is gross and terribly unhealthy. McDonalds has been under fire for seducing kids to eat their food with the promise of a toy. Like I’ve said in the past, that goes back to irresponsible parenting. Your 4-year-old child doesn’t have money, but you do. If you can’t deal with a temper tantrum for saying no then you need to man the fuck up!

But no, this is about evil terrible Marvel characters. Oh my God! A man on fire! What are we teaching our children?! The Human Torch has been around since World War 2 (well, in various forms). Oh and this toy promotion was done some 15 years ago when these idiots yelling about it probably wanted the toys for themselves. OH MY. If you are incapable of teaching your child what is fact or fiction, you are a fucking nut job. While we’re at it, I blame Archie Comics for giving me a false impression of high school life. I thought for sure some red-headed guy was going to fall for me and another girl at the same time. Batman also made me believe my parents were going to be killed in a dark alley and I would have to avenge their deaths. That didn’t happen either, so fuck you DC.

What it boils down to is some irresponsible parenting, which is 99.9% of the time always the case.

-Lauren

(This is paraphrased, but you get the idea.)

Me: “Hello again. I have purchased from you before,and hopefully you will also consider this offer.  We think that this could possibly grade at a VG, so I hope you will consider offer this from us. Thanks.”

Dealer reply: “I consider such an attempt to influence my consideration of your offer to be not only ridiculous [as stated above YOU have NOT inspected the book], but a calculated and arrogant assertion that is completely without merit.”

IF YOU ARE POSTING ‘BUY IT NOW OR BEST OFFER’ THEN DO NOT BLOW UP. WE ARE NOT FINDING A CURE FOR CANCER. THIS IS THE COMIC BOOK BUSINESS. GET. OVER. IT.

Many of my friends ask me if it’s worth getting into collecting older comics. I always say no. The above is the reason why.

-Lauren

(**The “we” and “us” is my dad and I, who collect together.)