wderekr:

therearecertainshadesoflimelight:

This is gorgeous.  So much iconic imagery.  Moon.  Leg pop.    Pink shoe.  I can’t see the artist’s signature on this?  Who drew this?

The missing shoe is the best part.

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lilacsinthespring:

mayak46:

earthschampion:

I’m sorry, I just really need to talk about this. First, I was going to rate the new Superman movie a 3/5

Reasons for the first rating:

• New 52 (Brought it down to 4/5)
• Amy Adams as Lois Lane (dropped it to 3/5)

To start it off, I just want to say that I am not a fan of the New52, and I know many people (everyone I know who is a fan of DC Comics) is not a fan of the New52 either. Second, I have no personal hate against Amy Adams, I believe she is a very beautiful and very talented actress who will definitely make it far in her career, I just don’t believe the role of Lois Lane was made for her.

This is how I see and people have seen Lois for 75 years:

Lois Lane. Hard-headed, strong, sassy, sexy reporter. Dark hair, beautiful eyes (change from brown to blue, mostly those two colors). Does whatever she has to so that she will get a story. To me, Lois Lane isn’t a red-head peppy cheerleader, which is how Amy Adams can be most of the time. Amy Adams just isn’t what I picture as Lois Lane.

And another thing which has devastated me today, they changed Perry White. I do not want to sound racial, but Perry White is a white-male in charge of the Daily Planet. There was an African American male running the D.P. for a bit in the show, Smallville (and probably in the comics as well for a bit), but Perry White was always a white-male.

I just want to know why DC Comics is changing so much in the new movie, what was ever wrong with the old story line? I will admit, the new costume looks good, Henry Cavill looks like a great Superman, and Kevin Costner will be outstanding as Johnathan Kent, just as Russel Crowe will be a great Jor-El.

I…I just don’t know what to expect out of this movie anymore. I’m not a fan of changing something which was never broken.

I really really appreciate that you have a certain picture in your head and that is what you wanted to see on screen. I’ve been reading Superman comic books for almost 44 years. I’ve had a movie in my head for decades.

However, I think you are focusing on the superficial.

Also, you are missing an important Lois Lane of yesteryear. Noel Neill, .

Red hair. Lois also had reddish hair in the comics during the early 90s.

However, my bigger concern is with your comments that Perry White isn’t a white male. Why is this a problem? Just because he has been that way in previous versions doesn’t mean he can’t be a person of color in others. Why can’t he be black on this Earth?

A person’s character or abilities are not defined by color and I think it’s important to understand the value in diversity. It matters if the characters are true to the source, not if they are the same color, be it hair or skin.

You mention Smallville. Lana was Asian,Pete Ross was black which was a change from the comic books. Lois had almost blonde hair one season. Did that change the narrative? No.

I urge you to think about what you’re saying. I understand you are 17 and still growing. Perhaps this can be a moment of self reflection to think about why a person’s skin or hair color matters so much? What does it change if they aren’t white or have red hair?

Perhaps it’s also about understanding that your expectations are not what matters so much as the larger goal of expanding the definition of what these characters can look like.

As long as Lois behaves like Lois and Perry behaves like Perry, I don’t understand why it matters what color they are.

This. Color does not matter. We are all human. We bleed the same. To say you’re devastated (that’s a very strong word to use btw) that a character who is traditionally white is black is not “making you sound” like a racist.. It IS making you a racist.

Bolded by me.  The fact that one of the reasons you brought a rating down because Perry White does in fact make you a racist.  Just in case you are confused, racism is an institution created to promote and maintain white supremacy and white privilege.  You’re statements contribute to a society that already caters to white people in just about every social situation, including casting in film and tv roles.  The fact that Man of Steel took this opportunity to Racebend Perry White, a prominent  figure OF AUTHORITY in the Superman mythos, is an inspired bit of brilliant casting, as Laurence Fishburne is a brilliant actor along with the rest of the cast.  I’m still waiting to see who Harry Lennox is playing (and maybe in the sequel we can get some WoC up in there as well).

I hear you’re only 17, so I’m gonna give you a chance to really think about why you feel like this casting has robbed you in some way.  You *really* need to take some time and think about why the casting of this Black man bothers you so much when you haven’t seen a stitch of the film outside of the trailers.  Maybe when you come up with the answer, you will see why your opinions are problematic. 

birdstump:

Lois, Jimmy and Clark character designs, by Brittney Williams

Happy Mother’s Day, Ella Lane!

dcwomenkickingass:

While the Smallville TV show included a number of familiar DC faces, the two other members of the Trinity were not seen. But the the spinoff comic Smallville Season 11 has been fixing that. Batman made his debut in the comic last year and now in an upcoming arc, so will Wonder Woman.

Given how great Bryan Q. Miller is at writing female characters, I’ve very excited to see this. And then I read this from an interview Miller gave about the news:

For “Smallville,” I’ve tried to mine and exploit the characteristics that, to me, embody the best of any interpretation of Wonder Woman. Strength. Intelligence, Nobility. And, most importantly, Love. But when we first meet Diana, she isn’t being called “Wonder Woman” just yet. She’s got a very specific mission. There’s a very big reason that she left the island, which we’ll eventually cover. Does she have the bracelets? Oh, yes. Like you see on the cover. And pants, of course. Regarding the rest of her “traditional” look - something tells me she might find her way to a lasso and some armor by the time all is said and done!

Can’t wait! The first issue lands August 14

therearecertainshadesoflimelight:

amandadeibert:

Cat Staggs’ cover art. Wonder Woman appears in Smallville! Click here to read the interview with Brian Q. Miller. http://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/05/10/exclusive-smallville-season-11-wonder-woman/

This is absolutely beautiful and I am so excited about this.

I know alot of fans are nervous because they’ve been scarred and hurt by some of the truly troubling, sexist narrative choices that have been taking place in the new 52.   I understand.

But, try your best to put that aside and just really enjoy the potential for a great story about Diana.   For many, many years, Clark and Diana had a wonderful, special, inspiring friendship.  Their relationship was a testament to the idea that relationships between men and women really could be based on friendship and agape love rather than always having to end in sex.  It was a really beautiful thing with a positive message at the root about gender and relationships.

Under the pen of writers who understood them like Greg Rucka, Kurt Busiek, Joe Kelly and Phil Jiminez,  Lois and Diana were also portrayed as two powerful, strong women who cared a great deal about each other and treated each other with respect and dignity.  Lois Lane came to Diana’s defense on a number of occasions and Diana considered Lois a close friend.

I understand, people.  You are scarred.  Everyone is scarred by the clusterf*** of offenses that are taking place in the new 52 right now and the horrific way that both Lois and Wonder Woman have been treated.  Yes, it’s upsetting to see Jim Lee go on television and talk about “Team Lois” and “Team Wonder Woman”  and pit women against each other.  Yes, it’s pathetic that DC Comics operates under the assumption that women are interchangeable variables and that the way to keep stories “young” and “fresh” is to switch out the women as if they aren’t even people but are objects for male pleasure and consumption.  Yes, it’s upsetting and sad to see our two most famous female icons treated like objects and pawns.  Yes, the Injustice Gods Among Us game and it’s aftermath has added even more salt to the wound with it’s horrific treatment of both women. 

Being so angry about all of the above that you just want to spit?  I get that. Honestly, I’m there with you.  It’s gross. 

But it doesn’t have to be that way.  It wasn’t always that way.  So this is your chance to show DC Comics that you want to see a narrative where Diana  and Lois are treated with respect….where women are not treated like interchangeable variables nor as a way to keep things “new” and “fresh” by switching them out like chess pieces and pitting them against each other in mass media. 

This book has been a top selling since it’s debut because it’s a book that respects the Superman legend in a way that the new 52 does not.  Keep it a top seller.   Give it a chance.  Don’t hold Wonder Woman responsible for the sins of the men who run DC Comics.  They are to blame for what has been done with her just as they are to blame for what they have done to Lois.  Men are responsible for the clusterf*** that is Wonder Woman and Lois in the new 52.  So let the characters themselves rise above that in a chance for something positive. 

angy25:

Smallville 10x20 - Prophecy

#now that i have my rational not-awake-at-2am brain on i’ve actually realised how amazing this scene is. yes it is terribly sad - my best friend kleenex has been comforting me - but it actually made perfect sense. you would feel selfish for marrying superman, you would feel selfish for taking up time that he could use to save people and lois - the heroic doughnut that she is - thinks that her love for him is insignificant. of course she’s wrong; she is his strength, not his weakness but after walking a mile in clark’s shoes i’m not surprised she reacted this way. but this is the most flawless part: instead of running away like she has done before she hugs him and you get the sense that even if they ultimately decided that they couldn’t be together (which wouldn’t happen in a blue moon) they wouldn’t stop loving each other and they would still be best friends. so that scene killed me and i’m currently trying to find the parts of my heart that fell onto the floor but it’s just made me love them even more

dcwomenkickingass:

April 18 marked 75 years since Action Comics #1 landed on the newsstand. In that issue Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel introduced the world to one of the most important women in comics - Lois Lane (Superman made his debut in that issue, too). To mark this anniversary I’m chatting with some of her creators to get their thoughts on the character and her place in comic history.You can see the previous pieces here. Today’s thoughts about Lois are from writer and artist Jerry Ordway. Ordway was key creator in the early years of the post-Crisis Lois Lane. He was an artist and writer working on both The Adventures of Superman and Superman in the late 80s/90s including the issues where Lois chooses to marry Clark Kent.

So Jerry, what’s your first memory of Lois Lane?

My first encounter with Lois was in watching reruns of the 1950’s Superman TV show, with the fantastic Noel Neill. She was just so great and spunky as Lois. I was probably around 7 years old at the time.

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daggerpen:

Things Lois Lane does not envy Wonder Woman:

• Her friendship with Superman. Lois knows that they’re close friends and nothing more, and that her own relationship with Clark is deep and pure.
• Her power and respect. Wonder Woman has earned that and more.

Things Lois Lane does envy Wonder Woman:

• That goddamn lasso
• Why do you even need a truth lasso Diana
• Think of all the stories she could get with that thing goddammit