DC Comics Cancels Woke Bisexual Superman Series

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[–]Alienhunter糞大名 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

It's probably a mix of the progressive elements being the loudest, the majority of people not giving a fuck about comic books besides childish nerds and maybe art students.

Companies put out surveys and panels and shit only the Uber nerds and arty students will bother to participate. "We want more gay shit" they decry, but are they actually buying the comics?

Super hero comics have largely appealed to a male audience and they are essentially male power fantasies. Nothing wrong with that per say but when you try to make them something they are not it's gonna alienate your primary audience of children that don't wanna see boring smooch smooch romance and wanna see superman punching people and throwing them into the sun.

[–]LyingSpirit472 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Don't forget the "the average person doesn't know what's going on in the comics, they only care about the movie/TV show" (and they will usually have the classic character punching people.)

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Used to be, TV and movies have gone into the weeds now, but they've probably just milked out the superhero genre as far as it can go.

[–]LyingSpirit472 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Honestly, even if they've milked the superhero genre hard, you're never going to totally milk clean "it's handsome men and beautiful women in tight spandex beating each other up.'

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You gotta give me some time to get my energy back man the refractory period is killer after a 10+ year super hero bender.