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WickedHate posted:I'm...actually Asian, you know... You might just be a vampire.
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Aphrodite posted:You might just be a vampire. Nah, she's just a teenager. Easy mistake, they both wilt in sunlight and don't drink... wine.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:46
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A mirror is out since Asians don't have reflections.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:57
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Aphrodite posted:A mirror is out since Asians don't have reflections. You're thinking about midgets.
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Sep 8, 2015 21:59
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Jerry Cotton posted:You're thinking about midgets. Now I'm confused, which one doesn't believe in science?
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Sep 8, 2015 23:59
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Old timey racism is weird as gently caress. Even though America was fighting both the Japanese and the Germans in WW II the Germans all look....well human, while the Japanese look like some weird subhuman group. I know that it was easier to play up stereotypes for a completely different ethnic group, but when every other comic has your character punching Hitler in the face you would think the artist draw the Nazis ranging from looking like regular people to literally supermen, and at the same time draw Japanese people looking like underground dwellers.
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Sep 9, 2015 00:00
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Rhyno posted:Now I'm confused, which one doesn't believe in science? Republicans?
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Rhyno posted:Now I'm confused, which one doesn't believe in science? Which midget?
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Madkal posted:Old timey racism is weird as gently caress. Even though America was fighting both the Japanese and the Germans in WW II the Germans all look....well human, while the Japanese look like some weird subhuman group. I know that it was easier to play up stereotypes for a completely different ethnic group, but when every other comic has your character punching Hitler in the face you would think the artist draw the Nazis ranging from looking like regular people to literally supermen, and at the same time draw Japanese people looking like underground dwellers. They look that way because many Americans actually believed that Japanese people all were short, had poor eyesight, and buck teeth, along with, of all things, inner-ear problems.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Which midget? I have it sorted out now. Midgets don't believe in science, Asians don't believe in magic.
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Weren't comics used as a tool to educate soldiers about how to tell fine, upstanding Chinese men apart from their Japanese nemeses?
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HitTheTargets posted:Weren't comics used as a tool to educate soldiers about how to tell fine, upstanding Chinese men apart from their Japanese nemeses? Racism as a cure for racism isn't something you see very often.
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HitTheTargets posted:Weren't comics used as a tool to educate soldiers about how to tell fine, upstanding Chinese men apart from their Japanese nemeses? You're thinking of illustrated pamphlets, but same difference really.
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Sep 9, 2015 00:51
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Lurdiak posted:You're thinking of illustrated pamphlets, but same difference really. Tintin and the Blue Lotus is basically this, though it was published before the war, but after the start Japanese occupation. It bends over backwards to not be racist towards Chinese people, including mocking it's own Caucasian character's stereotyped ideas. But then all the Japanese characters look like their from the old Fleischer Supeman cartoons.
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Sep 9, 2015 02:39
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Effectronica posted:They look that way because many Americans actually believed that Japanese people all were short, had poor eyesight, and buck teeth, along with, of all things, inner-ear problems. yet in reality the difference was Japanese people have longer intestines
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Unmature posted:Are there any stories where you spend a lot of time with J Jonah Jameson? I want to really get to know him outside the Bugle. This question looks to have been forgotten, but ultimate Jameson is best Jameson. Can't think of any issue numbers though.
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Skwirl posted:Tintin and the Blue Lotus is basically this, though it was published before the war, but after the start Japanese occupation. It bends over backwards to not be racist towards Chinese people, including mocking it's own Caucasian character's stereotyped ideas. But then all the Japanese characters look like their from the old Fleischer Supeman cartoons. But wasn't that partially down to the fact that one of the creators of Tintin at that time was in a relationship with a Chinese man at the time? I think I read about that a year or two ago. Like it is good to move away from racist depictions of people and stereotyping, but it could be tinged by the fact that it's because you don't want to offend your lover.
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Skwirl posted:Tintin and the Blue Lotus is basically this, though it was published before the war, but after the start Japanese occupation. It bends over backwards to not be racist towards Chinese people, including mocking it's own Caucasian character's stereotyped ideas. But then all the Japanese characters look like their from the old Fleischer Supeman cartoons. There's also the Shooting Star, published in 1942 during Nazi occupation, whose villain is an American Jewish capitalist. He was originally named Blumenstein but in later editions he was renamed Bohlwinkel and moved to South America, though apparently Bohlwinkel is also a Jewish name so  That book was my favorite when I was a kid, I loved the mushrooms and stuff, it's sad to learn it was pretty much nazi propaganda. They removed some of the really obvious antisemitism like two Jews wishing to bank on the end of the world. 
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Sep 9, 2015 10:55
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The Question IRL posted:But wasn't that partially down to the fact that one of the creators of Tintin at that time was in a relationship with a Chinese man at the time? Edit: looking through Herge's Wikipedia page, there's nothing to indicate he was gay or bisexual, it does mention that he cheated on how first wife with other women. Air Skwirl fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Sep 10, 2015 |
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Skwirl posted:He was influenced by by a Chinese exchange student he had become friends with, but that was more along the lines of him actually bothering to do some research on his subject matter, something that wasn't true when Tintin visited the Society Union, Belgian Congo, or America. From a bit of research, it's something that has been regarded/ speculated by his fans since the 1970's. It's based on an interview he did where he aparently described a book as being a " a story about love...I mean friendship." Of course it's possible it was also based on gossip or rumour mongering. http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2012/from-our-continental-correspondent-herge-was-gay-no-he-wasnt-who-cares/ Interestingly, another French comic creator has even written a graphic novel on this subject (which is how I think I found out about it.) http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/05/19/herge-and-his-chinese-communist-gay-lover/
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Skwirl posted:He was influenced by by a Chinese exchange student he had become friends with, but that was more along the lines of him actually bothering to do some research on his subject matter, something that wasn't true when Tintin visited the Society Union, Belgian Congo, or America. You mean the Soviet Union.
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The Question IRL posted:From a bit of research, it's something that has been regarded/ speculated by his fans since the 1970's. It's based on an interview he did where he aparently described a book as being a " a story about love...I mean friendship." What a world we live in. A guy says he loves pizza and people assume he's fat. A guy says he loves his friend and people assume he likes cock.
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Sep 10, 2015 08:33
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I sing this song because I love a man. I know that some of you don't understand.
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Sep 10, 2015 09:19
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Kurtofan posted:You mean the Soviet Union. Perils of phone posting.
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What is Terror, Inc. up to? Is he still functionally immortal and taking freelance jobs based on his bag o' body parts?
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I just finished The Long Halloween and loved the hell out of it, but about ten minutes after I put the book down I thought "wait - what ACTUALLY happens on NYE?" Did I miss something explaining it? The book keeps pointing out that Harvey's hair was wet but introducing a second killer doesn't seem to make any sense when the "victim" shows up later completely un-killed.
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Ryoshi posted:I just finished The Long Halloween and loved the hell out of it, but about ten minutes after I put the book down I thought "wait - what ACTUALLY happens on NYE?" Did I miss something explaining it? The book keeps pointing out that Harvey's hair was wet but introducing a second killer doesn't seem to make any sense when the "victim" shows up later completely un-killed. She misunderstood who the real killer was. Harvey just had wet hair.
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I'm pretty sure the writer has never been able to give a proper account of who killed who in that story.
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Lurdiak posted:I'm pretty sure the writer has never been able to give a proper account of who killed who in that story. Yeah, I like the book, but it's up their with "The Big Sleep" in terms of murdering people for narrative effect but not providing enough murderers.
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Hey was there was a storyline in 90s Captain America when he fights a bunch of super-feminists and gets captured and put in a tube to be turned into Miss Captain America or did I just dream this whole thing up?
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SynthOrange posted:Hey was there was a storyline in 90s Captain America when he fights a bunch of super-feminists and gets captured and put in a tube to be turned into Miss Captain America or did I just dream this whole thing up? Luckily he had some Hostess cup cakes in his pocket.
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SynthOrange posted:Hey was there was a storyline in 90s Captain America when he fights a bunch of super-feminists and gets captured and put in a tube to be turned into Miss Captain America or did I just dream this whole thing up? It happened!
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Sep 22, 2015 09:48
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When people talk about how they liked Gruenwald's run on Captain America, that isn't the poo poo they're thinking of.
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Sep 22, 2015 12:42
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Thank God that story wasn't simultaneous with Capwolf.
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Lurdiak posted:When people talk about how they liked Gruenwald's run on Captain America, that isn't the poo poo they're thinking of. It's exactly what they were thinking.
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Rhyno posted:It's exactly what they were thinking. It sounds like that storyline comes soon after "The Bloodstone Hunt", which was really good. I liked it when Cap had a girlfriend who could also do fighting adventures.
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prefect posted:It sounds like that storyline comes soon after "The Bloodstone Hunt", which was really good. I liked it when Cap had a girlfriend who could also do fighting adventures. He's had that almost consistently since the 90's with some brief random breakups here and there.
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Rhyno posted:He's had that almost consistently since the 90's with some brief random breakups here and there. Peggy Carter is cool, but she's not as cool as a reforming supervillain. (Even though Diamondback wasn't really "super", she was in the vicinity.)
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prefect posted:Peggy Carter is cool, but she's not as cool as a reforming supervillain. (Even though Diamondback wasn't really "super", she was in the vicinity.) Well Mark Waid brought Sharon arter back in like 1994 or so and she was a regular part of Cap's life for all of Waid's run and beyond. He was back with Diamondback for a stretch prior to Disassembled and from Brubaker to now he and Sharon have been together. Except now they are OLD.
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And even when he didn't, there's usually been a lady in the book that can fill the role platonically. Black Widow was practically a co-star in the book during Brubaker's run.
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