I don’t read comix but this is a really great article as to why the new DC reboot is a terrible horrible no good very bad idea.
I’m so tired of this. Maybe don’t let your kid read comics that are clearly not for kids. Problem solved.
Also, this book is NOT the entire relaunch. There’s 51 other books. Maybe instead of blaming DC, people should take responsibility and stop being lazy parents.
Your kid probably shouldn’t be reading the other characters in this title either; Arsenal is addicted to heroin and Redhood’s entire original intent was to KILL Batman. Starfire boffing some dudes is your big concern? These people are idiots. There’s a teen titans reboot and a supergirl. Go have your daughter read those.
I’m not saying that Starfire’s character is suitable, I’m just saying it’s not DC’s fault if your kid reads it. Anyways, she’s no worse than Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, or countless others who are actually intended to entertain your daughter.
Parents who blame others for their poor parenting are not good parents. If you don’t read comics, you shouldn’t have an opinion.
This isn’t entirely about kids reading comics in my humblest of opinions (which, apparently doesn’t count because I don’t read DC. Maybe I didn’t express that well enough. I’m a Marvel girl.) This is about alienating an entire gender. DC is grasping at straws to try and expand their base, and with a reboot like this, it’s just not working.
The old books were accessible, even beyond the “target” audience, which is why a seven-year-old or even twenty-five-year-old female could read them and enjoy them. At no point was the article condemning the books for not being “child-appropriate” - it was, however, condemning them for character assassination.
It went beyond gender and age range and was able to be seen as a good work by people who normally wouldn’t be considered a target audience, and that was great. Now, it seems like a lot of that is lost. If DC had been trying to get me, a 25-year-old female, as a target, they certainly lost me.
The girl in the article’s biggest concern was that Starfire lost all credibility as a “hero.” Instead of being a kick-ass female, she just stands around doing nothing of merit.
But, again, that’s my Marvel $0.02.