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MOTW 03/18/15 - Auntie Monica's not ☠☠☠☠☠☠☠ laughing.

Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
edited March 2015 in Graphic Violence
Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #6 was pretty awesome this week.
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    SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    Did...did she have a whole power up sequence just to put on a coat?

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    Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    IIRC, her costume is energy made into matter, so she turned into energy and turned back to manifest her coat.

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    SatanIsMyMotorSatanIsMyMotor Fuck Warren Ellis Registered User regular
    I would've just put on a coat.

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    AutomaticzenAutomaticzen Registered User regular
    edited March 2015
    And change her hair. Can you change your hair just by thinking about it? No.

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    durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    It is pretty fucked up that they lightened Monica's skin significantly.

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    Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    Tmnt

    Noooo

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    KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    Can someone explain the Mighty Avengers spoiler? Like what's the significance?

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Have you read Nextwave?

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    PhillisherePhillishere Registered User regular
    Kyougu wrote: »
    Can someone explain the Mighty Avengers spoiler? Like what's the significance?

    It's very meta. Monica's character got revived in Nextwave, where they fought the Beyond Corporation. The continuity of the series has always been a bit iffy, although there have been plenty of references to it in other titles. The speech is riffing on that, from the perspective of someone who got semi-rebooted in a non-continuity title where some stuff stuck and some was waved off as jokey nonsense.

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    ManetherenWolfManetherenWolf Registered User regular
    The way I understand it, they have been hinting that the characters from Nextwave (Monica, Elsa Bloodstone, Boom Boom, and Machine Man) all believe it occured for some reason. But it didn't. Why this is the case no one knows.

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    KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    Ahh okay.

    Guessing the costume is her Next Wave version?

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    TransporterTransporter Registered User regular
    Kyougu wrote: »
    Ahh okay.

    Guessing the costume is her Next Wave version?

    YUP. Well, the coat is the wrong color, but basically yes.

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited March 2015
    I would say that it is reminiscent of the Nextwave costume, mainly the coat, hair, and headband.

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    durandal4532 wrote: »
    It is pretty fucked up that they lightened Monica's skin significantly.
    It is just that specific colorist

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    ManetherenWolf wrote: »
    The way I understand it, they have been hinting that the characters from Nextwave (Monica, Elsa Bloodstone, Boom Boom, and Machine Man) all believe it occured for some reason. But it didn't. Why this is the case no one knows.

    The issue seems to imply that
    the Beyond Corporation is related to the Beyonders. Like they're a splinter faction of jerk Beyonders who just like to mess with people. Like Mr. Mxyptlk, but more of them, and meaner.

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    TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    No shit? That's kind of a nice way to retcon it without really being a hindrance to the original or future stories.

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    Bobby DerieBobby Derie Registered User regular
    I love the fact that Nextwave, despite being officially unofficial, was so much damn fun that creators continue to try and cram it in there. Say what you will about Warren Ellis, but give the man carte blanche and you're almost guaranteed to strike gold.

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    durandal4532 wrote: »
    It is pretty fucked up that they lightened Monica's skin significantly.

    I doubt that was deliberate.

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    FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    DouglasDanger wrote: »
    durandal4532 wrote: »
    It is pretty fucked up that they lightened Monica's skin significantly.

    I doubt that was deliberate.

    It never is.

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    Well, sometimes it is.

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    Other times, there's poor communication and maybe subconscious racism, like that Mr, Miracle thing from the seven soldiers series.

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    Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    Well, sometimes it is.

    https://thenib.com/lighten-up-4f7f96ca8a7e

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Keith wrote: »
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    Well, sometimes it is.

    https://thenib.com/lighten-up-4f7f96ca8a7e
    Axel Alonso adressed this, he said the only reason Ron was asked was because he was just one of 5 artists working on the issue and the color he used was apparently noticeably darker than the other 4 artists so he was asked to lighten it so that the art would remain consistent throughout the issue

    Which doesn't seem that racist to me?

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited March 2015
    What I thought was interesting was that in the AiC column that responded to that piece, they include a page from Wimberly's story in that issue:

    http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=39962&disp=ilib&oty=1&oid=60378

    To my eye, she doesn't actually look noticeably darker there than she does in Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire's page here:

    http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=39957&disp=ilib&oty=1&oid=60378

    Or Ian Bertram and Ian Herring's page here:

    http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=39958&disp=ilib&oty=1&oid=60378

    However, I do think she looks oddly light-skinned in this page by Ariela Kristantina and Sonia Oback:

    http://www.comicbookresources.com/prev_img.php?pid=39956&disp=ilib&oty=1&oid=60378

    I think it's important to realize when you might have been racist without meaning to. Was the editor doing that here? Maybe. I thought that Wimberly's article was fairly good at not accusing anyone, but the insinuation that you might have been racist, even without meaning to, gets people on the defensive very quickly.

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    Psychotic OnePsychotic One The Lord of No Pants Parts UnknownRegistered User regular
    edited March 2015
    I love the fact that Marvel wont forget NextWAVE happened. Keeps the hope alive for a second season of NextWAVE.

    Now...NOW...reunite the team. Bring in the Captain, Tabitha, Elsa, and Machine Man for some epic ass kicking.

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