I see over at Instapundit that the Joker is now pregnant. I was directed to be outraged at this invasion of trans acceptance into the comic book world, but I'm not.
First, they weren't ever seeing me as a customer again anyway, so they have zero motive to play to my sensibilities. They can say whatever offensive or complimentary thing over there that they want, I don't care. I suppose that people who were deeply into the Batman/Superman genres of comics in their earlier lives might still consider themselves stakeholders in some way, and I concede there's something to that. But I'm not sure much is owed to long-past customers who are no longer paying the freight. Cosmopolitan was a literary magazine until the 60s, and I'm sure some people harumphed at the changeover then (did that happen quickly or slowly, does anyone remember?), but they had mostly stopped buying it beforehand anyway. So too here. DC Comics trying to sell product, and if people aren't buying they try new things.
Secondly, I see when I follow the link, he is turned female and made pregnant by an enchantress, and hijinks ensue, so that seems somewhat in the spirit of previous adventure comics anyway, especially as it is happening to a villain.
This reminds me of somebody I vaguely recall named Mxyztplk (just looked him up) who the writers brought in when they were out of ideas.
ReplyDeleteComics weren't that available when I was young. I was annoyed at the time.
Sounds to me like they are mocking the trans world.
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