Posts Tagged 'Green Arrow'

‘AIDsy the Teen Sidekick … ‘ Really?

Published November 21, 2008 DC , In the news 2 Comments
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So, I’m reading AICN comic reviews and I came across Ambush Bug’s mini review of Green Arrow/Black Canary No. 14. I was blown away by this passage:

This issue seemed a bit rushed and unfinished. I don’t know if [writer Judd Winick's]  departure was a sudden thing, but that’s the way this issue reads. Sure I gave him flack for using Connor as a punching bag and getting splinters on his feet from the soapbox he was standing on by force-feeding AIDsy the Teen Sidekick on us, but when Judd focused on the action and super-heroing, this was a fun comic to read.

Really? Did he really use ‘AIDsy the Teen Sidekick’ to refer to character Mia Dearden, Green Arrow’s adoptive  daughter and young crime fighting partner, named “Speedy,” who is HIV positive? Yes, he did.

New Batman series looks like a Silver Age geek out

Published November 21, 2008 Animation & Cartoons , DC 0 Comments
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For those who don’t know “geek out” is my phrase for that odd combination of nostalgia and tingly excitement I feel when the elements pop culture I loved in my youth are updated in new and exciting ways.

THIS is one of those times: Continue reading ‘New Batman series looks like a Silver Age geek out’

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