Mini discussion on the DCblackout as a black woman. If you don’t want to hear the honest opinion from the POV of a black woman please scroll
Do I wish I was represented in comics more? Yes. Yes I do. Do I know why we’re not mainstream like other heroes like Batman and Wonder Woman? Yes! Yes I do.
It’s because when we do get comics with Black leads. WE DO NOT READ THEM even in the black community. So why are we still complaining when what do get, we still dismiss? Absolute Green Lantern? Least talked about of the absolute universe, always in stock at comic stores. We have been given these mini series as little taste tests of what COULD be.
But guess what? They do not sell. And why would DC spend the money and resources to lose money on a comic? If we actually wanted to get these black characters back into the mainline comics PLEASE GO BUY BACK ISSUES! TPB’S! ANYTHING. they will see that people want these characters back.
We’ve seen it with the revival of Blade with marvel. He came back. People learned his name through marvel rivals and Deadpool and Wolverine, realized woah this guy is a badass let me go check out his old runs. Now he’s got a dc collab with supergirl, and he’s going to have a comic with moon knight coming out in July.
If you don’t get what I’m saying. People need to be recommending the comic runs with the black characters that we want to see make a comeback.
I really want people to realize these decisions ultimately are decided by the people who comics are catered to. Comics thst get longer series are the ones that we talk about. That sell. The ones that get cancelled and cut short are the ones that are going negative. Ones that readers ignore. So if we want to see more representation we have to make it clear we want it and also SUPPORT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
Because I can guarantee a lot of these people participating in this blackout haven’t purchased an issue with a black main character. And haven’t even thought about it. They just saw a social justice movement and hopped on the bandwagon. It’s truly a psychological concept of the bandwagon fallacy which I can see in how people are approaching this topic.
In the end. Yes we should be getting more representation. But also we have to do our part as consumers to make it clear that we are interested in reading these stories by going back and reading what has already been given to us. DC won’t give us a whole new mainline series just because people are talking about wanting one. You need to actually prove it. Go out and read absolute Green Lantern. Go pick up the old Mr. Terrific run. Recommend these to your friends.
TDLR: this boycott actively did more harm to the black comic community than good
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