Re: Comics: Too risque and political agenda?

"Marc-Oliver Frisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Should (superhero) comics strive to say something timely and relevant and push
> the envelope, or should they be content with telling inoffensive, black & white
> stories about Good People beating up Evil People in a Good World?
> 
> I agree with Stan Lee and vote for the former.
> 
> -- 

The question, though, is where you draw the line.  I have no problem
with comics tackling real-world issues (in point of fact, I'm more
than a little uncomfortable with the way conservatives always seem to
be portrayed as buffoons), and I have no problem with the characters
having adult relationships.

But I have to question how timely and relevant it is for me to know
the exact sexual positions two characters (of any orientation) use, or
for characters using language that seems totally out of character for
them, merely for the sake of being "edgy" or "kewl".

And, as much as Grant Morrison disparages the 80s, this whole debate
started, IIRC, with an 80s book--specifically, The Panel, in which
Nightwing and Starfire are shown in the same bed.

j.

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