*Sees title* Yeah right. I'm sure the writer frequents Tumblr. *watches the video* What the hell? Straight people, definable personalities, fight scenes that don't end in one punch. What's happening?
Hmm, this reminds me that one of Geoff Johns' early stories, in the Flash, saw Wally West take down the Top in one kick. You could pretty much say that was an early case of SJW-style tactics in motion, circa 2003. The whole tale was very dumb, with the Top getting a power to screw up people's eyesight so they'd vomit; it was all disgusting shock value steps. One more reason I will never read Geoff Johns' work ever again, and don't get me started on an issue of Avengers he wrote in 2003 set in Las Vegas where Whirlwind tried to assault Wasp in a way I'd rather not describe.
The thing about “body diversity” characters is they are usually obnoxiously in your face. In this it just seems like its actually adding to the variety of character designs
Eh, I don't like to go assigning "left" and "right" to stuff, because it usually always makes people dig their heels with "us vs them" tribalism crap. Opportunist assholes will try to glob onto trends for personal gain. Ideologue zealots will try to radicalize and stamp out critical thinking of the same. This happens with every belief system and nobody should ever have their head so far up their own ass that they think it can't happen to "their side". Hell, I'm a progressive commie pinko who hates Trump, and even I can't stand this SJW nonsense. Think of it this way: if this was Christianity, SJWs would be The Catholic League or The Moral Majority.
1113 Cntrl Steven Universe has straight up lifted scenes (as homage of course) from anime like Utena and Dragonball. You can find videos that point out all the references and copied scenes.
Red pilled Steven Universe. I could get into it. Can't believe they depicted youthful heterosexuality as positive and normal (which is what most girls actually like). Based.
Daniel Crecca If I was an executive at CN I'll tell Rebecca Sugar to get rid of Beach City, their habitants with the sole exception of Greg. And focus entirely on the Diamonds and Gems homeworld story ark. Oh and also find animators that can follow animation model sheets for God sake!
Daniel Crecca Not only infuriating but also shocking. Having character height charts is one of the first things animators must learn and respect. Another thing that is also relevant is that Steven Universe will have a more broad audience if they got rid of all those Beach City episodes and went straight to the homeworld story ark. You can trust me on that, I recommended Steven Universe to a bunch of relatives that like that kind of Tv shows, they told me later that although the show concept was interesting, most of the early episodes were so random that they didn't hook them. Which is not surprising. Most of the people I know who like Steven Universe is because they are very interested in the mysteries surrounding the Gems homeworld and the War for planet earth.
Exactly, and let's face it, the most defining moment of the show was "Stronger than you", that's when most people became fans because it had action, an actual threat was introduced, the story seemed to finally have a direction...and now it's all singing and crying, with boring filler episodes and they just keep pushing the actual plot to the background and it makes me feel like they're just gonna wrap things up in a quick and unsatisfying way.
julio victor manuel schaeffer manrique Beach city and its citizens had outlived their usefulness. Aside for Lars and Greg they don't add anything interesting to the show. If I was the head writer of SU I would bring Yellow Diamond to earth and made her fight the crystal Gems with her troops wiping out Beach city on the process. Then put the citizens on a bus by sending them to Pink Diamond's human zoo for the rest of the series. Until the series finale.
The plot was began to be great when they started to focus on the Diamonds and the Gems plot, but then it goes back to slice of life with townies...? What? That really out me off. I honestly don’t care if the Creators are SJWs or not, the show doesn’t illustrate that one bit and the “lesbian” vibe isn’t thrown at your face, it’s subtle enough. I really enjoyed SU, so much that seeing Steven going back to see townies after leaving Lars alone stuck in a different planet was mind-boggling. And the size charts... I mean yeah, Peridot is the smallest thing ever now, but with the amount of screen time she gets, doesn’t really matter that much now.
What the hell? Why is this more interesting to me than some current A-list heroes right now? An actual team of likeable heroes fighting against villains. Even the insert comic at the end seems interesting enough. I would be totally fine with buying this for my nieces.
Jason Samedi Space Boy. The comic at the end, to me is pretty good. Had a heartwrenching beginning because she was forced to go with her parents to Earth, but I'm not going to say more. If you like scifi and romance, or your nieces do, have them read it.
*record scratch* *Teenage Wasteland starts playing* "Hi there. You're probably wondering how I got myself into this predicament. Well, it all started back in 2017 when I read a little comic called 'America Chavez.'"
I know this comic. It's basically a very Western take on mahou shoujo, a genre of manga about girl superheroes. This might explain why it's not complete garbage (though it's by far not the best representative of the genre).
Pedro Gomez I guess people that fine with Male and Female? Not that Cis stuff. No identity politics too. Also how am I an asshole? There's always a normal with anything.
Dark Horse is big in manga circles. They make some of the highest quality books, material wise. They also have the best translation staff this side of the Pacific imo. You should read Blade of the Immortal, Zack. I think it's right up your alley.
They don't make them, but license, translate and publish, tho I agree, I don't know how their translation are, but while having a small number of manga licensed the ones that are licensed by them are some huge manga, most notable Berzerk, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, ect. and Dark Horse mostly license Seinen manga, with a few Shonen or Shoujo title.
It's STILL The Norm, people trapped in fantasy land controlling publishing doesn't change The Norm, They're just pretending that their limited perspective of reality is the only acceptable or tolerable view point to express. Plummeting sales and the evidence of repeated failure or sjw 'stories' if you can call them that, show that the norm hasn't changed at all.
Hell, SIX years ago this was the norm in published stories. The whole online shit storm started around the times of the first Hunger Games movie and Anita Sarkeesian.
The movie is when I remember the whole phony grrrrl power trend starting. Before that, it was limited to total joke movies like the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raiders and Catwoman. It was also around the time that news started thinking that Twitter tweets deserved national reporting, which really fueled the whole SJW social media nonsense.
We all do. I do respect LBGT and POC rights, but having them shoehorned into EVERYTHING is driving me bonkers. If this isn't fixed civil rights for LGBT are going down the toilet and perhaps for good.
Sometimes it is nice to see what happens on the other branch of comics and seeing something like that has improved my mood, I mostly stay on the manga side of things, which currently and luckily has not been infected from SJW agenda, from what I lost checked.
Manga has it moments but Japan mostly does their own thing so stuff like feminism and SJW has a hard time catching on there. It's official translations of manga and dubs of shows where the SJW crap gets into it because an American company has to white knight itself and deem whats appropriate for English audiences.
Luke Smith give it some time Japan tends to be on the back end of the cultural river from the west so in about 2-10 years give or take more likely 10 as politics tends to flow far slower you will see the SJW nonsense seep it's way in unless they manage to hook the SJW bullshit onto the next big visual and genre revolution which will very quickly get snapped up by anime and manga eg like how quickly the Japanese took the cyberpunk asthetic brough about by The Long Tomorrow and various movies that inspired including Blade Runner.
michaelkeha no I think they will not do it, the country has a big trouble with birthrate, as they fill some of their artistic work with “Fuck, please” they will not like so much the idea of embracing an ideology that pretty much just hates men (being men a timportant, indispensable part of procreation, a fact ignored by most feminists)
It's prolly something Zack wouldn't be that crazy about lol it's a horror story set in a small town centered around a girl who's been cursed and turns into a werewolf. It follows her as she tries to root out who did it and why while coping with the atrocities she unwilling commits. Lots of monsters, body horror, blood and gore, basically everything that made 80's and 90's horror movies great.
Wiiman6186 I don’t know why but from what you’ve described you’re a comic remind me of a TV show called teen wolf, and before you say anything I’m obviously not referring to the movies, and instead of a girl it is a guy who gets turned into a werewolf and pretty much most of the first season is about hem trying to find the person who did this to him.
I just binged watch the first season of Cobra Kai and this review reminds why I enjoy stories like these. It's cos there's no identity politics, no agenda and no SJW bullshit. Just characters who have good qualities but are also flawed. The best part is we get to go along on their journey.
Cobra kai was awesome. I started watching out of pure nostalgia thinking I was probably not going to finish it and I ended up binging it in one sitting.
Wtf is a Zodiac Starforce? I'm getting your Jawbreakers book 50 dollar backer. Love Malin and EVS art and you're a great writer. You know your stuff, and also thanks for your service! My family fought from the Civil War til now. My youngest bro graduated at 19 from Ft. Benning and now he is in TX, at Ft. Hood. He is 3rd Calvary in the Striker Force part of the tank in the back. He will be going to Baghdad in 2 months. Also my gramps was in the Korean War Army Ranger so I have a lot of respect for you and your service. Also your great channel and been here awhile and before you know it you'll be at 100k subs.
I only picked up one copy of Zodiac Starforce about two years ago, really liked it, but then forgot about it because I don't read comics too often. I'm so glad you liked it, though, and now that I'm reminded it exists I want to go and find more copies :D It reminds me kind of a Sailor Moon set up, magical girls, kind of ridiculous, but fun and engaging :D
Taurus is represented by a bull, so I think her stout body type is appropriate. The villian reminds me of a recolored Keifer Sutherland from "The Lost Boys" (which isn't bad). The fight looks good, realistic. The heroes are injured, tired... Lol Flirty Leo... yeah, yeah, we're just friendly!
Definitely for a younger audience,but quite well-made. None of the dialogue hurt to read,on the contrary. The cover and the name both would normally set huge alarm bells ringing,the art style and name both could not be more Tumblr. If they manage to improve the art,I'd go as far to say this could be a bog seller for teen girls,it really is terrible in spots.That ship looks like a hair dryer.
*Reads title* Oh my God the end is nigh! Oh Dark Horse, I knew you let me down like Image has. What I want to see are powers based off their zodiac like Gemini can split into twins and tag team somebody, Leo has lion claws and fire (because the element of Leo is fire), Pisces with water element and can call upon sea life if she's in the ocean or lake like Aquaman, etc. I want to see that. Oooooooh my God my favorite comic, Space Boy is the name, got featured at the end! I thought it was just going to be on Webtoons forever.
I started watching Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 recently and everyone is either gay, an alpha chick or a beta male, except Heatwave, but he’s portrayed as an idiot. I realize different people are into different things, and the show is decent overall, but it definitely highlights what My boy says. Most obvious is lesbians aren’t automatically attracted to each other.
Season 4 of the Flash is pretty good. Episode 4? Which was about GRRll Power was cringey though. With the Flash the police Chief is a gay man. That’s alright, I don’t have a problem with that. But I don’t like when it’s a huge part of the show. We get it, gay people are a thing. But are they really that common? I know about four gay people, and one of them I didn’t know until it came up incidentally. I worked with Ross (not his real name) for a couple of years and had no idea he was gay. He’s just a guy, you know? I don’t care what he does in his free time. Who gives a crap? If he’s happy, eh, whatever. Ross earned my respect as a person, not as a gay person. That’s stupid. That said, he needs to watch Thundercats 2011 and he refuses to. I’m not cool with that. Otherwise, that’s my boy. Good people always have a place in my heart.
From Dark Horse!? The same company that is making those awful Legend of Korra comic full of identity politics!? WOW!!! I think the world is recovering that thing called "common sense."
Alt-centrist intellectual fence sitter I saw them once, they are very accurate in my opinion. I will always say that the greatest mistake from Nick executives was not bringing back Aaron Ehasz and his team of writers back.
"You can't freehand perspective" My freshman year college perspective class consisted of almost all freehand drawing, unless using correct real world perspective measurements. Yes, doing perspective guides free hand is completely possible. Just gotta follow steady hand techniques while drawing the guides.
When I see the cover, I think that the chubby girl in the foreground is not drawn chubby just for diversity. I notice that on her pants it's written Taurus, so I think there was more thought put into her design than just 'diversity', I would design a Taurus character heavier, because you don't see a frail skinny bull in real life, they're like wrecking machines, like tanks, and this girl looks like she can wreck. And she even has horn shaped hairstyle. That's just my guess, I saw this comic for the first time on this video. Sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker.
Were it me, I'd have just had her be a character who works out a lot and is only slightly overweight (say 20lbs). Could make for some interesting moments too, where she's frustrated that she needs to lose "a measly twenty pounds" but can't seem to do it and she doesn't know for sure if it's the second helping she had at lunch or a curse due to her powers.
Hey I've read part of that one flavors comic on Webtoons and it's really good. It kind of reminds me of The Jetsons if The Jetsons had higher stakes. Cool premise. Likeable, distinct, believable characters. Nice artstyle. Totally recommend.
@@haydenk9568 I like to think I'm a pretty average person, and I certainly enjoyed My Little Pony, in particular seasons 1 and 2. Spot-on songs, excellent animation, and a surprisingly good sense of humor. As long as you're moderate and don't make the cartoon a significant part of your identity, then I don't see it as being any more silly than liking, say, Courage the Cowardly Dog or the disgusting Ren and Stempy. (sp)
To be fair I'd rather have some muh body diversity girls thrown in there rather than having everyone with the same 3D model body. Also I really like that flamboyant villain, no homo.
...Am I the only one who thinks it makes sense the chic who represents a freaken bull is the big one???? Bulls are big animals man it seems to fit that the Taurus chick is a bigger girl.
Good to see. An actual superhero team that actually acts like heroes, they care about each other, they fight against villainy and even take into consideration their enemies' well-being. The best part is; they also react and act like human beings - flawed and imperfect, but good, virtuous and humane people. Faith humanity restored (tentatively).
I keep saying this to people, there is a reason why things are stereotypes in comics and stories because they work, they are iconic, and they connect people. Think about no matter how much the SJW lot that are currently infecting comics try to start off their stories with crap like 'YAS GIRL!' and 'Oh Hey there!' Those will never be as iconic as 'Previously on...' or 'Last time in..' or even to make it so much more simple 'Once Upon a Time.'
Not gonna lie, the cover is really appealing to me. The girls with the white hair are pretty hot not gonna lie 👀 *But it reminds of Steven Universe not gonna lie*
Back in the day there were some shows that looked a lot like this. There was this trend of making a girl show for every boy show around. It all started with *She-Ra Princess of Power* which was paired alongside reruns of *He-Man and the Masters of the Universe* . Then came *Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders* which was paired alongside reruns of *King Arthur and the Knights of Justice* . Then *Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic* which is the one I think it looks the most like this and oddly enough it was the only stand alone project, and finally there were the *Sky Dancers* which were paired alongside *Dragon Flyz* reruns.
The two girls of uncertain origin are Asian. The eyes, the one with not quite white skin and the other more yellowish, ones Northern or central Asian, the yellow one is South Asian. And now I have another book to put on my list of things I may buy for my daughter.
Complimented the folks involved and followed them on twitter. Genuinely nice people-no attacking fans or anything. The artist did her own interpretation of She-Ra...but not in 'I'm attacking everyone for not liking it-it was just her love for the design'... Like, seriously, if they're the future of comics, that's wonderful.
The last comic preview is called Space Boy! I highly recommend reading that it's so wholesome and warming. With great story ofc. You can read it for free in LINE Webtoon
This gave me strong mahou shojo vibes. And I think SJW/feminist comic book writers should take more inspirations from mahou shojo. It will make their comics bearable.
Space Boy has good characters and an interesting storyline. Also the creator, Stephen McCranie, is very respectful and appreciative of his fans! It helped me a lot when dealing with moving back to the U.S. Please read it and do a review! I would love to watch that.
Cool! I might get this!! Are you going to do anything for Free Comic Book Day? Im sorry if you've already answered this in a previous video, I'm new to this channel.
The "stable one-job nuclear family" was killed off by the fact that people now need at least 3 working adults per household to be above the poverty line. I know a lot of lazy women who would love to be stay-at-home mons but can't afford it.
Living in squalor is more of a Romanticism > Enlightenment trope, its often in hipster shit but not confined to it. And I wss legitimately happy that young girls have a decent comic to read!
I picked this series up couple years ago, it was in production during Steven Universes production so they don't draw inspiration from them. I also picked up a comic called Wolf (if you like unique colour contrast and art I definitely recommend it) and another called Rocket Girl which had those highly detailed backgrounds with that diversity flair. The last comic I picked up was a Justice League comic which I ended up cutting out the panels I liked and threw away. Pretty bland.
Honestly, read My Hero Academia. Sure it has the stereotypical high school setting, but the author actually writes about the implications of having a school for future superheroes and being targeted by villains. Plus, the main character and top hero have one of the best passing of the torch story lines in writing. And, given time, many of the background characters become fleshed out. And it handle a daddy issues storyline amazingly as well.
You made it clear you didn't like the art, and I'm not arguing your opinion, but some of those facial expressions were pretty damn good IMO. The runny mascara strangle face definitely evoked some sympathetic emotion for me and made me believe in the danger. Just some props were they are due I think.
11:38 *SPACE BOY!!!!* It's a really good comic on Webtoon, I'm surpised it's being advertised in a another comic, but the creator did mention it getting officially printed soon. It's really good and I recommend it to anyone
Fun fact, the comic that you read about the girl and space is a Webcomic on Webtoon called "Space Boy" I recommend reading it on Webtoon because the comic is so beautiful and cool :)
2:27 thats one of the funniest lines you ever said xD i was like: "what the fuck did he just say" and then the *needle scratch soundeffect* hit me so hard man! fucking lol
I have to say, if it weren't for the current generation of SJW shit, this comic would actually be nothing special at all. I can see your 'amazement'. Just think of it in the 90's. It would just be ... average. Sad, that this is the reality we live in, when 'average' is considered GREAT.. :(
read the entire series and it's good. Hell the token lesbian couple doesn't shove it in everyone's faces. They treat it like.... any other relationship, something SJWs fail to do. And Kim/Taurus did something I wish more heroes do. Tell her boyfriend she's a superhero thereby giving him a heads-up involving monster attacks. Also Libra had to deal with the fact that she's replacing a beloved deceased member of the British team. And prove herself to them especially to Virgo.
Let me rephrase. The issue with lesbian relationships in comics done by SJWS is...they make it 100% one or both ladies' character traits. They also have a tendency to act like only gay relationships are good and anyone who's straight must be some kind of bigot or is delusionally in the closet. Not here though. They introduce Lily fairly early and she and Savi start off as friends, only hooking up near the end of the first arc in a believable manner...well as believeable as demonic possession and then when broken by your soon to be girlfriend, you become a magical girl too. And in the second arc (which this comic is the climax of) their relationship is not the end all be all of their characters. Hell more focus is put on Lily trying to get use to her new role as Libra and proving she's a worthy successor to the previous Libra, who was a respected member of the UK team who died in the line of duty. On the straight side, Kim's relationship with her boyfriend Josh is Never treated as a negative thing. As I mentioned before she not only Told him she's Taurus, but the worse reaction we get is Molly gagging whenever they get too loveydovey. And hillarious Emma (the pink haired girl and leader of the team) dumped her soyboy boyfriend at the begining of the second arc....and hooked up with Jack/Leo, A FUCKING WHITE MALE TM! And a compadent at that! Is...that still allowed?
Spaceboy, a webcomic (what is on that first backup page/advertisement immediately following the main story) by Steve McCrain is on Webtoons, and it is legit, an amazing comic. Its a pallet cleanser if you need like- Nice Sincerity bc you are sick of cynicism or negativity. Great for kids. Also an openly Christian creator, stuff like that is OK on the Book publishing side of Comics. Which is also Where that Raina Telgamire woman reigns supreme and no one on this side of the industry has ever heard of her. I have an all ages comic myself and have been on both sides of the aisle. A lot more maturity on the book side thats for sure.
Not big on the style, but the color scheme is really nice. Seeing this stuff makes me happy. I've been feeling insecure about my own comic over this issue. I fear it comes off SJW-esc because of the headstrong androgynous girl and the fact that the male character is considered useless. I didn't think about it until it drew in quite a few readers who market themselves as various 'other' genders and sexualities. The average joe probably won't touch it with a 10-foot-poll, lol. As soon as the masculine characters start showing up and the romances all turn out to be hetero, my Tumblr-type readers will jump ship. Ah well. :P We're free to draw what we want in our little nooks of the internet.
I must be in triggered skeptic mode because I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop but it didn't and now I'm waiting for the next video where D&C goes "pyche yall, yeah i didn't show you X page and Y panel where THIS happens!"
It really says something when you have to go to an indie comic aimed at girls to find a better example of a Super Hero comic with straight people than you get from like Marvel.
Makini 90 I mean Thanos’ goal is wholly socialist in nature and that’s why you can relate to him, his heart is in the right place, he’s just insane and looked for the extreme way to deal with the injustices of life
*Sees title*
Yeah right. I'm sure the writer frequents Tumblr.
*watches the video*
What the hell? Straight people, definable personalities, fight scenes that don't end in one punch. What's happening?
Hmm, this reminds me that one of Geoff Johns' early stories, in the Flash, saw Wally West take down the Top in one kick. You could pretty much say that was an early case of SJW-style tactics in motion, circa 2003. The whole tale was very dumb, with the Top getting a power to screw up people's eyesight so they'd vomit; it was all disgusting shock value steps. One more reason I will never read Geoff Johns' work ever again, and don't get me started on an issue of Avengers he wrote in 2003 set in Las Vegas where Whirlwind tried to assault Wasp in a way I'd rather not describe.
Was it worst when bendis had logan assault spiderman woman in the shower cause he thought she was a skull?
Could they... be actually listening?
the creator of the story are Tumblr-users they just prefer making a story-first then poltics shoved into a comic
The thing about “body diversity” characters is they are usually obnoxiously in your face. In this it just seems like its actually adding to the variety of character designs
What is this? a superhero comic that has villains and heros acting like villains and heroes? i need to get this
In the first 80 seconds you hear something that you'll never, ever, EVER hear (ever) from SJWs:
"I was wrong."
dorpth actually people on the left admit they’re wrong all the time and change their perspective, it’s people on the right who refuse to do that
Eh, I don't like to go assigning "left" and "right" to stuff, because it usually always makes people dig their heels with "us vs them" tribalism crap.
Opportunist assholes will try to glob onto trends for personal gain. Ideologue zealots will try to radicalize and stamp out critical thinking of the same. This happens with every belief system and nobody should ever have their head so far up their own ass that they think it can't happen to "their side".
Hell, I'm a progressive commie pinko who hates Trump, and even I can't stand this SJW nonsense. Think of it this way: if this was Christianity, SJWs would be The Catholic League or The Moral Majority.
yeah, girls would easily identify with these characters, heck, every comic reader would, they are heroes that act like heroes, and normal people.
They pull swords from their chests, like in Revolutionary Girl Utena
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1113 Cntrl Steven Universe has straight up lifted scenes (as homage of course) from anime like Utena and Dragonball. You can find videos that point out all the references and copied scenes.
There also lefties I can’t be the only one to notice that
Red pilled Steven Universe. I could get into it.
Can't believe they depicted youthful heterosexuality as positive and normal (which is what most girls actually like). Based.
Daniel Crecca If I was an executive at CN I'll tell Rebecca Sugar to get rid of Beach City, their habitants with the sole exception of Greg. And focus entirely on the Diamonds and Gems homeworld story ark.
Oh and also find animators that can follow animation model sheets for God sake!
Daniel Crecca Not only infuriating but also shocking. Having character height charts is one of the first things animators must learn and respect.
Another thing that is also relevant is that Steven Universe will have a more broad audience if they got rid of all those Beach City episodes and went straight to the homeworld story ark.
You can trust me on that, I recommended Steven Universe to a bunch of relatives that like that kind of Tv shows, they told me later that although the show concept was interesting, most of the early episodes were so random that they didn't hook them. Which is not surprising.
Most of the people I know who like Steven Universe is because they are very interested in the mysteries surrounding the Gems homeworld and the War for planet earth.
Exactly, and let's face it, the most defining moment of the show was "Stronger than you", that's when most people became fans because it had action, an actual threat was introduced, the story seemed to finally have a direction...and now it's all singing and crying, with boring filler episodes and they just keep pushing the actual plot to the background and it makes me feel like they're just gonna wrap things up in a quick and unsatisfying way.
julio victor manuel schaeffer manrique Beach city and its citizens had outlived their usefulness. Aside for Lars and Greg they don't add anything interesting to the show.
If I was the head writer of SU I would bring Yellow Diamond to earth and made her fight the crystal Gems with her troops wiping out Beach city on the process.
Then put the citizens on a bus by sending them to Pink Diamond's human zoo for the rest of the series. Until the series finale.
The plot was began to be great when they started to focus on the Diamonds and the Gems plot, but then it goes back to slice of life with townies...?
What? That really out me off.
I honestly don’t care if the Creators are SJWs or not, the show doesn’t illustrate that one bit and the “lesbian” vibe isn’t thrown at your face, it’s subtle enough.
I really enjoyed SU, so much that seeing Steven going back to see townies after leaving Lars alone stuck in a different planet was mind-boggling.
And the size charts... I mean yeah, Peridot is the smallest thing ever now, but with the amount of screen time she gets, doesn’t really matter that much now.
What is this Tom Foolery?!
I... I think I like it...
Yellow Flash no telling man but good that it’s here
A non sjw comic that is actually doing diversity right
Good ol' Dark Horse!
Saving the Day ;)
Same for me mostly for the Hellboy universe.
What the hell? Why is this more interesting to me than some current A-list heroes right now? An actual team of likeable heroes fighting against villains. Even the insert comic at the end seems interesting enough. I would be totally fine with buying this for my nieces.
Jason Samedi
Space Boy. The comic at the end, to me is pretty good. Had a heartwrenching beginning because she was forced to go with her parents to Earth, but I'm not going to say more. If you like scifi and romance, or your nieces do, have them read it.
*record scratch* *Teenage Wasteland starts playing* "Hi there. You're probably wondering how I got myself into this predicament. Well, it all started back in 2017 when I read a little comic called 'America Chavez.'"
I know that. I went with "Teenage Wasteland" because that's what people commonly refer to it as. They also call it "CSI: Miami theme song."
I'm afraid you've entered the zone Zack.
THE TWILIGHT ZONE!!!
Aspie Gamer *the danger zone
I know this comic. It's basically a very Western take on mahou shoujo, a genre of manga about girl superheroes. This might explain why it's not complete garbage (though it's by far not the best representative of the genre).
You know, as an teen girl, I'd totally read this and I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy it too!
You say “living in squalor”, but I like to call it “Brooklyn-based”.
Six of one, a half-dozen of the other.
D&C not roasting on a book what do you know. Can you imagine the day where you can have the best of both worlds because they listen to their audience?
I wouldn't have known with that cover.
Glad you are here D&C!
Alt-centrist intellectual fence sitter that cover looks good, what about it?
Wait is a comic that is actually okay with normal people? WHAT KIND OF DREAM IS THIS?!
Pedro Gomez I guess people that fine with Male and Female? Not that Cis stuff. No identity politics too. Also how am I an asshole? There's always a normal with anything.
Gay and lesbian people are normal people.
Someone Something well you made it sound like gay,lesbian,bi,trans etc. people aren’t normal in your previous comment.
Annathelurch I meant people with identity politics. I don't care what your sexuality is. It can be whatever you want.
Dark Horse is big in manga circles. They make some of the highest quality books, material wise. They also have the best translation staff this side of the Pacific imo. You should read Blade of the Immortal, Zack. I think it's right up your alley.
Their translations of Hellsing and Drifters are fucking terrible.
He'll never read manga, even when he's been payed to do it
All the hard work has been for him. Dark Horse even kept the book flopped in the collected editions they have now.
He’ll never read My Hero Academia. Despite it being everything he wants. Action, real comedy, real hero work, no SJW stuff...etc.
They don't make them, but license, translate and publish, tho I agree, I don't know how their translation are, but while having a small number of manga licensed the ones that are licensed by them are some huge manga, most notable Berzerk, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, ect. and Dark Horse mostly license Seinen manga, with a few Shonen or Shoujo title.
10 years ago, this was the norm. I hope it becomes the norm again.
It's STILL The Norm, people trapped in fantasy land controlling publishing doesn't change The Norm, They're just pretending that their limited perspective of reality is the only acceptable or tolerable view point to express. Plummeting sales and the evidence of repeated failure or sjw 'stories' if you can call them that, show that the norm hasn't changed at all.
Into the Deep Well very well said.
Hell, SIX years ago this was the norm in published stories. The whole online shit storm started around the times of the first Hunger Games movie and Anita Sarkeesian.
The movie is when I remember the whole phony grrrrl power trend starting. Before that, it was limited to total joke movies like the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raiders and Catwoman.
It was also around the time that news started thinking that Twitter tweets deserved national reporting, which really fueled the whole SJW social media nonsense.
We all do. I do respect LBGT and POC rights, but having them shoehorned into EVERYTHING is driving me bonkers. If this isn't fixed civil rights for LGBT are going down the toilet and perhaps for good.
Hearing our boi Zack ACTUALLY liking a comic geared towards girls honestly makes my day.
Rae Vero he only likes it because he perceives normal stuff as ‘winning in the culture war’, insane, paranoid people are like that sometimes
[Telekinetically delivers the book to Mim Headroom]
Sometimes it is nice to see what happens on the other branch of comics and seeing something like that has improved my mood, I mostly stay on the manga side of things, which currently and luckily has not been infected from SJW agenda, from what I lost checked.
Manga has it moments but Japan mostly does their own thing so stuff like feminism and SJW has a hard time catching on there. It's official translations of manga and dubs of shows where the SJW crap gets into it because an American company has to white knight itself and deem whats appropriate for English audiences.
Luke Smith give it some time Japan tends to be on the back end of the cultural river from the west so in about 2-10 years give or take more likely 10 as politics tends to flow far slower you will see the SJW nonsense seep it's way in unless they manage to hook the SJW bullshit onto the next big visual and genre revolution which will very quickly get snapped up by anime and manga eg like how quickly the Japanese took the cyberpunk asthetic brough about by The Long Tomorrow and various movies that inspired including Blade Runner.
michaelkeha no I think they will not do it, the country has a big trouble with birthrate, as they fill some of their artistic work with “Fuck, please” they will not like so much the idea of embracing an ideology that pretty much just hates men (being men a timportant, indispensable part of procreation, a fact ignored by most feminists)
SJW writers: Marvel, I don't feel so good...
Vultiidsah The Memelord only acceptable use of that phrase
I hope Dark Horse is making a comeback...I'm hoping to pitch my comic with them soon. :)
Wiiman6186 explain the plot
It's prolly something Zack wouldn't be that crazy about lol it's a horror story set in a small town centered around a girl who's been cursed and turns into a werewolf. It follows her as she tries to root out who did it and why while coping with the atrocities she unwilling commits. Lots of monsters, body horror, blood and gore, basically everything that made 80's and 90's horror movies great.
Wiiman6186 well if Dark Horse won't publish it I sure as hell will.
Wiiman6186 I don’t know why but from what you’ve described you’re a comic remind me of a TV show called teen wolf, and before you say anything I’m obviously not referring to the movies, and instead of a girl it is a guy who gets turned into a werewolf and pretty much most of the first season is about hem trying to find the person who did this to him.
I just binged watch the first season of Cobra Kai and this review reminds why I enjoy stories like these. It's cos there's no identity politics, no agenda and no SJW bullshit. Just characters who have good qualities but are also flawed. The best part is we get to go along on their journey.
Cobra Kai is for everyone imo, especially for those who loved the Karate Kid.
Cobra kai was awesome. I started watching out of pure nostalgia thinking I was probably not going to finish it and I ended up binging it in one sitting.
Wtf is a Zodiac Starforce? I'm getting your Jawbreakers book 50 dollar backer. Love Malin and EVS art and you're a great writer. You know your stuff, and also thanks for your service! My family fought from the Civil War til now. My youngest bro graduated at 19 from Ft. Benning and now he is in TX, at Ft. Hood. He is 3rd Calvary in the Striker Force part of the tank in the back. He will be going to Baghdad in 2 months. Also my gramps was in the Korean War Army Ranger so I have a lot of respect for you and your service. Also your great channel and been here awhile and before you know it you'll be at 100k subs.
*Record scratch*
*Freeze frame*
Yup, That's me, your boy Zack. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.
I only picked up one copy of Zodiac Starforce about two years ago, really liked it, but then forgot about it because I don't read comics too often. I'm so glad you liked it, though, and now that I'm reminded it exists I want to go and find more copies :D It reminds me kind of a Sailor Moon set up, magical girls, kind of ridiculous, but fun and engaging :D
Taurus is represented by a bull, so I think her stout body type is appropriate. The villian reminds me of a recolored Keifer Sutherland from "The Lost Boys" (which isn't bad). The fight looks good, realistic. The heroes are injured, tired...
Lol Flirty Leo... yeah, yeah, we're just friendly!
Seems Darkhorse is gonna live up to their name if they keep this up.
Definitely for a younger audience,but quite well-made. None of the dialogue hurt to read,on the contrary. The cover and the name both would normally set huge alarm bells ringing,the art style and name both could not be more Tumblr. If they manage to improve the art,I'd go as far to say this could be a bog seller for teen girls,it really is terrible in spots.That ship looks like a hair dryer.
Samuli Olki what’s wrong with the artstyle?
Pedro Gomez Just looks a bit lazy and unfinished. The backgrounds are pretty bad. Maybe the artist will improve and tighten things up.
Samuli Olki I’d say if they can bring the overall artstyle of the comic to the level of the cover they’re gucci.
Pedro Gomez I agree.
*Reads title* Oh my God the end is nigh!
Oh Dark Horse, I knew you let me down like Image has. What I want to see are powers based off their zodiac like Gemini can split into twins and tag team somebody, Leo has lion claws and fire (because the element of Leo is fire), Pisces with water element and can call upon sea life if she's in the ocean or lake like Aquaman, etc. I want to see that.
Oooooooh my God my favorite comic, Space Boy is the name, got featured at the end! I thought it was just going to be on Webtoons forever.
I started watching Legends of Tomorrow Season 3 recently and everyone is either gay, an alpha chick or a beta male, except Heatwave, but he’s portrayed as an idiot.
I realize different people are into different things, and the show is decent overall, but it definitely highlights what My boy says. Most obvious is lesbians aren’t automatically attracted to each other.
Thank God I dropped that first season.
Season 4 of the Flash is pretty good. Episode 4? Which was about GRRll Power was cringey though. With the Flash the police Chief is a gay man. That’s alright, I don’t have a problem with that. But I don’t like when it’s a huge part of the show. We get it, gay people are a thing. But are they really that common? I know about four gay people, and one of them I didn’t know until it came up incidentally. I worked with Ross (not his real name) for a couple of years and had no idea he was gay. He’s just a guy, you know? I don’t care what he does in his free time. Who gives a crap? If he’s happy, eh, whatever.
Ross earned my respect as a person, not as a gay person. That’s stupid.
That said, he needs to watch Thundercats 2011 and he refuses to. I’m not cool with that. Otherwise, that’s my boy. Good people always have a place in my heart.
From Dark Horse!? The same company that is making those awful Legend of Korra comic full of identity politics!?
WOW!!! I think the world is recovering that thing called "common sense."
Roy Pander Watch E;R's series con Korra.
Alt-centrist intellectual fence sitter I saw them once, they are very accurate in my opinion. I will always say that the greatest mistake from Nick executives was not bringing back Aaron Ehasz and his team of writers back.
"You can't freehand perspective"
My freshman year college perspective class consisted of almost all freehand drawing, unless using correct real world perspective measurements.
Yes, doing perspective guides free hand is completely possible. Just gotta follow steady hand techniques while drawing the guides.
Eve la Renaissance: I know what you mean. Once you get a feel for it, you get more organic line weights.
I was just listening to Waka Flocka Flame. He's the only other person I know who goes hard in the paint.
Zack, are you secretly Waka Flocka Flame?
Also from Dark Horse: Empowered! Read it! She is literally the queen of anti-SJWisms! She was anti-SJW before it was a thing!
Private Eye - En Retrospectiva being an anti-SJW activist is a very sad pathetic thing to be.
When I see the cover, I think that the chubby girl in the foreground is not drawn chubby just for diversity. I notice that on her pants it's written Taurus, so I think there was more thought put into her design than just 'diversity', I would design a Taurus character heavier, because you don't see a frail skinny bull in real life, they're like wrecking machines, like tanks, and this girl looks like she can wreck. And she even has horn shaped hairstyle. That's just my guess, I saw this comic for the first time on this video. Sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker.
Were it me, I'd have just had her be a character who works out a lot and is only slightly overweight (say 20lbs). Could make for some interesting moments too, where she's frustrated that she needs to lose "a measly twenty pounds" but can't seem to do it and she doesn't know for sure if it's the second helping she had at lunch or a curse due to her powers.
Hey I've read part of that one flavors comic on Webtoons and it's really good. It kind of reminds me of The Jetsons if The Jetsons had higher stakes. Cool premise. Likeable, distinct, believable characters. Nice artstyle. Totally recommend.
Kassquatch Watch So...DC's Jetsons, then?
Taurus is thicc. And those bangs are to die for.
I can say for sure that this comic isn't for me... But this certainly would work for anyone who likes girl power comics. My only complaint is the art.
MLP has a VERY divers fan base I can see this doing the same.
100% autism is not very diverse.
@@haydenk9568 I like to think I'm a pretty average person, and I certainly enjoyed My Little Pony, in particular seasons 1 and 2. Spot-on songs, excellent animation, and a surprisingly good sense of humor.
As long as you're moderate and don't make the cartoon a significant part of your identity, then I don't see it as being any more silly than liking, say, Courage the Cowardly Dog or the disgusting Ren and Stempy. (sp)
8:10 I swear I pointed at the screen and cheered in approval. I did not feel this kind of good in months.
That was an ad for Space Boy by Stephen McCranie! I wasn't expecting to see that here; highly recommend! Plus it's on webtoons
This is what happens when someone does the change they want to see other than bitching online.
OMG I thought this was a bit piece on my fav comic next to paper girls my bad *hides mallet behind back>_>*
*hit. sigh >_>
To be fair I'd rather have some muh body diversity girls thrown in there rather than having everyone with the same 3D model body. Also I really like that flamboyant villain, no homo.
...Am I the only one who thinks it makes sense the chic who represents a freaken bull is the big one???? Bulls are big animals man it seems to fit that the Taurus chick is a bigger girl.
alownlion not just you
Ah that's good XD I was worried there for a min
Good to see. An actual superhero team that actually acts like heroes, they care about each other, they fight against villainy and even take into consideration their enemies' well-being. The best part is; they also react and act like human beings - flawed and imperfect, but good, virtuous and humane people. Faith humanity restored (tentatively).
That moment when heterosexuality is so rare in comics that I legit go into shock
The comic advertised with people having flavors is grime a webcomic called space boy. In case anyone is interested
I keep saying this to people, there is a reason why things are stereotypes in comics and stories because they work, they are iconic, and they connect people. Think about no matter how much the SJW lot that are currently infecting comics try to start off their stories with crap like 'YAS GIRL!' and 'Oh Hey there!' Those will never be as iconic as 'Previously on...' or 'Last time in..' or even to make it so much more simple 'Once Upon a Time.'
Not gonna lie, the cover is really appealing to me. The girls with the white hair are pretty hot not gonna lie 👀
*But it reminds of Steven Universe not gonna lie*
Space Duck what about any of that is a bad thing?
One thing is for certain: Space Duck doesn't lie.
It's a sign of the times when average, normal interactions are the shock feature on a comic book.
Back in the day there were some shows that looked a lot like this. There was this trend of making a girl show for every boy show around. It all started with *She-Ra Princess of Power* which was paired alongside reruns of *He-Man and the Masters of the Universe* . Then came *Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders* which was paired alongside reruns of *King Arthur and the Knights of Justice* . Then *Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic* which is the one I think it looks the most like this and oddly enough it was the only stand alone project, and finally there were the *Sky Dancers* which were paired alongside *Dragon Flyz* reruns.
The two girls of uncertain origin are Asian. The eyes, the one with not quite white skin and the other more yellowish, ones Northern or central Asian, the yellow one is South Asian.
And now I have another book to put on my list of things I may buy for my daughter.
Complimented the folks involved and followed them on twitter. Genuinely nice people-no attacking fans or anything. The artist did her own interpretation of She-Ra...but not in 'I'm attacking everyone for not liking it-it was just her love for the design'... Like, seriously, if they're the future of comics, that's wonderful.
Kinda sounds like Dark Horse wanted to separate themselves from the pack of indies by not being SJW trash.
I loved the old Dark Horse Star Wars comics. Another lifetime.
The last comic preview is called Space Boy! I highly recommend reading that it's so wholesome and warming. With great story ofc. You can read it for free in LINE Webtoon
I hope that this comic book series becomes successful because of every last reason you just mentioned.
This gave me strong mahou shojo vibes. And I think SJW/feminist comic book writers should take more inspirations from mahou shojo. It will make their comics bearable.
The art style reminds me of what you would see on Saturday morning cartoons, around the early 90's. Could see it following Thundercats.
Space Boy has good characters and an interesting storyline. Also the creator, Stephen McCranie, is very respectful and appreciative of his fans! It helped me a lot when dealing with moving back to the U.S. Please read it and do a review! I would love to watch that.
D&C I love when you do videos on comics that are doing it right. Thanks for this. I've got a lot of good recommendations from you.
Cool! I might get this!! Are you going to do anything for Free Comic Book Day? Im sorry if you've already answered this in a previous video, I'm new to this channel.
Because of the one girl's hair I legitimately thought the book's title was "Zodiac Starforce?".
The "stable one-job nuclear family" was killed off by the fact that people now need at least 3 working adults per household to be above the poverty line. I know a lot of lazy women who would love to be stay-at-home mons but can't afford it.
Dude, thanks for showing us this!
Visually appealing, various body types with clever and no obnoxious designs. Appealing writing with no unwanted agendas. This comic is candy :3
Living in squalor is more of a Romanticism > Enlightenment trope, its often in hipster shit but not confined to it. And I wss legitimately happy that young girls have a decent comic to read!
I picked this series up couple years ago, it was in production during Steven Universes production so they don't draw inspiration from them. I also picked up a comic called Wolf (if you like unique colour contrast and art I definitely recommend it) and another called Rocket Girl which had those highly detailed backgrounds with that diversity flair. The last comic I picked up was a Justice League comic which I ended up cutting out the panels I liked and threw away. Pretty bland.
Honestly, read My Hero Academia. Sure it has the stereotypical high school setting, but the author actually writes about the implications of having a school for future superheroes and being targeted by villains. Plus, the main character and top hero have one of the best passing of the torch story lines in writing. And, given time, many of the background characters become fleshed out. And it handle a daddy issues storyline amazingly as well.
You made it clear you didn't like the art, and I'm not arguing your opinion, but some of those facial expressions were pretty damn good IMO. The runny mascara strangle face definitely evoked some sympathetic emotion for me and made me believe in the danger. Just some props were they are due I think.
11:38 *SPACE BOY!!!!*
It's a really good comic on Webtoon, I'm surpised it's being advertised in a another comic, but the creator did mention it getting officially printed soon. It's really good and I recommend it to anyone
Fun fact, the comic that you read about the girl and space is a Webcomic on Webtoon called "Space Boy" I recommend reading it on Webtoon because the comic is so beautiful and cool :)
This channel is great! Love your content
2:27 thats one of the funniest lines you ever said xD i was like: "what the fuck did he just say" and then the *needle scratch soundeffect* hit me so hard man! fucking lol
dude checked my funds...getting jawbreakers lost souls, havent been this excited to get a comic in six years.
I have to say, if it weren't for the current generation of SJW shit, this comic would actually be nothing special at all. I can see your 'amazement'. Just think of it in the 90's. It would just be ... average.
Sad, that this is the reality we live in, when 'average' is considered GREAT.. :(
read the entire series and it's good. Hell the token lesbian couple doesn't shove it in everyone's faces. They treat it like.... any other relationship, something SJWs fail to do. And Kim/Taurus did something I wish more heroes do. Tell her boyfriend she's a superhero thereby giving him a heads-up involving monster attacks. Also Libra had to deal with the fact that she's replacing a beloved deceased member of the British team. And prove herself to them especially to Virgo.
Cosmic Mind where in comics does a lesbian relationship get shoved in everyone’s faces
Pedro Gomez have you not read America Chavez. Or webcomics terms sinfest
Cosmic Mind uh no I haven’t read America Chavez, but I’m pretty sure she just is in a lesbian relationship.
Let me rephrase. The issue with lesbian relationships in comics done by SJWS is...they make it 100% one or both ladies' character traits. They also have a tendency to act like only gay relationships are good and anyone who's straight must be some kind of bigot or is delusionally in the closet. Not here though. They introduce Lily fairly early and she and Savi start off as friends, only hooking up near the end of the first arc in a believable manner...well as believeable as demonic possession and then when broken by your soon to be girlfriend, you become a magical girl too. And in the second arc (which this comic is the climax of) their relationship is not the end all be all of their characters. Hell more focus is put on Lily trying to get use to her new role as Libra and proving she's a worthy successor to the previous Libra, who was a respected member of the UK team who died in the line of duty. On the straight side, Kim's relationship with her boyfriend Josh is Never treated as a negative thing. As I mentioned before she not only Told him she's Taurus, but the worse reaction we get is Molly gagging whenever they get too loveydovey. And hillarious Emma (the pink haired girl and leader of the team) dumped her soyboy boyfriend at the begining of the second arc....and hooked up with Jack/Leo, A FUCKING WHITE MALE TM! And a compadent at that! Is...that still allowed?
Cosmic Mind I get what you’re saying but some people like D&C take saying ‘“gay people are valid” as “straight people aren’t”
They look like they're about to break into an aerobics routine at any moment, but the action is decent.
You had me at the hero says half her monologue and is shot in the face.
So Power Rangers meets Steven universe with a dash of Jem and the holograms? Sounds neato.
Spaceboy, a webcomic (what is on that first backup page/advertisement immediately following the main story) by Steve McCrain is on Webtoons, and it is legit, an amazing comic. Its a pallet cleanser if you need like- Nice Sincerity bc you are sick of cynicism or negativity. Great for kids. Also an openly Christian creator, stuff like that is OK on the Book publishing side of Comics. Which is also Where that Raina Telgamire woman reigns supreme and no one on this side of the industry has ever heard of her. I have an all ages comic myself and have been on both sides of the aisle. A lot more maturity on the book side thats for sure.
Dude! That comic they were advertising at the end is called Space Boy. It's actually an online comic I've been reading for a while. It's not trash.
Not big on the style, but the color scheme is really nice.
Seeing this stuff makes me happy.
I've been feeling insecure about my own comic over this issue. I fear it comes off SJW-esc because of the headstrong androgynous girl and the fact that the male character is considered useless. I didn't think about it until it drew in quite a few readers who market themselves as various 'other' genders and sexualities. The average joe probably won't touch it with a 10-foot-poll, lol.
As soon as the masculine characters start showing up and the romances all turn out to be hetero, my Tumblr-type readers will jump ship. Ah well. :P We're free to draw what we want in our little nooks of the internet.
I really enjoyed it. I’m hoping that they’ll make a follow up.
Good old Dark Horse, now get back to making Predator comics. The dark lord needs his fix.
I must be in triggered skeptic mode because I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop but it didn't and now I'm waiting for the next video where D&C goes "pyche yall, yeah i didn't show you X page and Y panel where THIS happens!"
It really says something when you have to go to an indie comic aimed at girls to find a better example of a Super Hero comic with straight people than you get from like Marvel.
Dark Horse with the Bionicle license was my jam when I was in 5th grade.
'90s shoutout to the artist Paulina Ganucheau, well done!
Thing is and we saw this in the recent issues ot Teen Titans that SJW characters can make good villains lol
Makini 90 I mean Thanos’ goal is wholly socialist in nature and that’s why you can relate to him, his heart is in the right place, he’s just insane and looked for the extreme way to deal with the injustices of life
Saddening that nowadays showing straight relationships is kinda shocking.
Lemonastic Laifu that’s actually just D&C’s alarmist anti-gay propaganda brain talking, lots of comics still feature plenty of heterosexual relationships alongside homosexual ones
Space Boy (the book advertised at the end) is a good book. Been reading it on Webtoon for a while now. Good stuff!
That horsepower comic at the end was on Line Webtoon a little while ago, it's pretty nice and good for kids, recommended
2:28 *Jass Music stops*
We have broken throw to the other side, from insanity to hyper-sanity.
My favorite thing is that the large girl isn't fat; she just has a lot of muscle.
Makes sense for her to be Taurus.