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tilly_stratford) wrote2011-02-04 08:53 am
tilly_stratford) wrote2011-02-04 08:53 am
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Please tolerate this being Tilly's Superhero Appreciation Blog at the moment
So I was at my local comic shop yesterday looking for something cheap to quell my illin' (but somehow they didn't have any of the five titles I was planning on picking up some day so in a moment of insanity and/or frustration I bought one of those super cheap Showcase collections of, er, Booster Gold. Booster Gold of all things!) when I looked over what Deadpool titles they had in.
Lord knows I love Deadpool, he was my first introduction to superhero comics and all but goddamnit Marvel.
I mean, I glanced at the cover of Lady Deadpool with some disbelief. I am forever convinced that Lady Deadpool was created solely so that comic fanboys can have a wank over Deadpool without those conflicting manlove feelings. It's just Deadpool with huge knockers, for chrissakes.
And why are they reprinting (the absolutely lovely) Cable & Deadpool as Deadpool & Cable? I mean, damn, do they think comic fans don't have the literacy or attention span to read past one five-letter name before they move on?
"Er, Cuh-Caa, er, Caaabe... Welp I guess there's no
Deadpool in this, gonna find something else!"
To make it even more confusing they've now retitled the current Cable series (which is supposed to be, uh, Cable-centric) Deadpool & Cable as well, only Cable is dead at the moment in that continuity (for all I know he might have been dead since 2007, I still haven't heard of a proper Deadpool/Cable reunion). So I don't know WTF.
To be fair it seems to be pretty heartwrenching at the moment though. I can appreciate a writer who realizes that Deadpool is more than just 4chan jokes. I'm going to have to see how this develops before I want to commit to it.
Lord knows I love Deadpool, he was my first introduction to superhero comics and all but goddamnit Marvel.
I mean, I glanced at the cover of Lady Deadpool with some disbelief. I am forever convinced that Lady Deadpool was created solely so that comic fanboys can have a wank over Deadpool without those conflicting manlove feelings. It's just Deadpool with huge knockers, for chrissakes.
And why are they reprinting (the absolutely lovely) Cable & Deadpool as Deadpool & Cable? I mean, damn, do they think comic fans don't have the literacy or attention span to read past one five-letter name before they move on?
"Er, Cuh-Caa, er, Caaabe... Welp I guess there's no
Deadpool in this, gonna find something else!"
To make it even more confusing they've now retitled the current Cable series (which is supposed to be, uh, Cable-centric) Deadpool & Cable as well, only Cable is dead at the moment in that continuity (for all I know he might have been dead since 2007, I still haven't heard of a proper Deadpool/Cable reunion). So I don't know WTF.
To be fair it seems to be pretty heartwrenching at the moment though. I can appreciate a writer who realizes that Deadpool is more than just 4chan jokes. I'm going to have to see how this develops before I want to commit to it.
