I am becoming known as that ridiculous guy around the DC Boards that thinks Geoff Johns is a racist, so why not go for the whole shabang and accuse him of sexism as well? I keed! I keed! Actually, I want to defend Johns. Kinda.
The following solicit came out today:
GREEN LANTERN #57
Written by GEOFF JOHNS
Art and cover by DOUG MAHNKE & CHRISTIAN ALAMY
1:10 White Lantern Variant cover by RYAN SOOK, FERNANDO PASARIN & JOEL GOMEZ
BRIGHTEST DAY continues as what readers have been asking for finally arrives: a male Star Sapphire in the form of the Predator. But how is this entity unlike the others? And what does it want with Carol Ferris? Meanwhile, the White Lantern is defended by an unlikely hero…
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale AUGUST 25 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US
Geoff Johns has recieved some negative feedback for portraying the Star Sapphires, avatars of love, as exclusively females. However from the looks of this solicitation’s portrayal it doesn’t look like the first male Star Sapphire is going to quiet the critics. Frankly, I find his ridiculously cartoonish portrayal of love more offfensive or even that unbelievably skanky Carol Ferris constume but I digress. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: DC Comics, Feminism, Gender, Psychoanalysis, Carol Ferris, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Love, The Predator
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