I'm rapidly catching up on my backlog (yay!) and I really gotta say, I'm getting burnt out by all the crossovers. Catching up on Wolverine and X-Force and the whole X of Swords issues felt like such a sidestep, and didn't really push me to follow X of Swords.
Poor Al Ewing with Guardians of the Galaxy, had to write a tie in for Empyre, then resumed his storyline for 1 issue, to only then write another tie in for King in Black. It's moments like that that make crossovers more annoying than anything.
So I'm not surprised Ben Percy left Nightwing after having to go through the whole "Ric" Grayson editorial mandate. Kudos to him for his final Nightwing issue: literally burning down the house and the previous costumes as he goes away.
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@pariston_hill:
I also think is kinda petty, but I agree the "culture" of fixing art - that you find in tumblr and twitter - you find to have problematic content fo fit your view is not exactly a nice thing to due (in artist to artist relations).
Art is a thing that's a product of it's time, and a relation between artist, patron, content, intend and text and subtext of the piece. And as such has to be accepted as product of it's time, dispute the appearance of what can be called problematic content.
I agree that art should be seen within the context it was made, but as an explanation and not justification. Like when people keep bringing up that Lovecraft's writing was a product of its time, it doesn't really excuse the racism, just explains it. (extreme example, I know)
"Fixing" said art actually, imo, doesn't help address the problems. Should a pin-up style cover be used for a teenage comic book? Probably not, but it helps to sell to horny teenagers. Does "fixing" art helps to promote a healthy debate of sexualization and irreal idealization of male and female bodies in comics? No, you're just saying that those old white cis male author are pigs, sounding like a pretentious puritan police.
You didn't helped the industry to change, you didn't opened a good debate about the theme, you just gave said company and said artist free advertisement.
Ehh this feels like a slippery slope of "if it sells, it's fine", which is a capitalist angle that I don't care for. I don't see anything wrong with pointing out people as "pigs", and it's not out of being a puritan; I don't care if someone is drawn in a sexualized manner, and it seems unnecessary for MJ. Ugh gimme the variant cover, please.
It came across to me as a more interactive way to open the discussion, rather than just words. I can see how that's in bad taste, yet Campbell's punching down here.