It sounds like DC is being defensive pointing out the comic is not targeted at 7 year olds.
That's probably the best approach from a company point of view. If they come out and admit they've made a mistake, they are undercutting their own writers, artists, and everyone who bought the book. They've got to stand by the product, whichever way they really feel. Their best approach would be to make changes in future issues.
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From: Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, September 28, 2011 8:45 am
To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]>
First off, I added Shag's comment from the other thread below.
Now then: Thanks for the responses, Michael and Shag. Like I said I
don't know much about Starfire. Reading the article about the little
girl's distaste with the new take on her was very insightful. But I
think Shag makes a good point as well, that maybe this will be a
character arc for Starfire.
I did want to say that I thought Wonder Woman was an excellent book
starring a female hero, but the horror elements of the book make it
fairly inappropriate for a 7 year old girl.
Check out these tweets from DC this morning:
@DCComics: We've heard what's being said about Starfire today and we
appreciate the dialogue on this topic.
@DCComics: We encourage people to pay attention to the ratings when
picking out any books to read themselves or for their children.
Thoughts?
>Shag said:
I agree with Bailey that Starfire was a sexpot from the start, but
toned down compared to this version. I also really liked the 7 year
old girl's interpretation of the new Starfire. Great article.
Now for a little devil's advocate... it's only been one issue. They
had 20 pages to explore several different characters. It's possible
they will develop Starfire further in the next couple issues.
On Sep 27, 6:48 pm, Michael Bailey <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, Julia Newmar was fairly spectacular no matter what she dressed like.
> She could wear a burlap sack and I'd be down with that.
>
> As for Starfire, the character was a sexpot from the beginning. She wasn't
> a hyper cosplay sex addict but she had a huge rack and liked getting naked.
> She was also a well developed character that had a sense of honor and was a
> true warrior. So she might have been scanitly clad but she had a
> personality too. The Teen Titans animated series wasn't terrible but after
> seeing the first episode I felt like someone took my favorite mom and pop
> pizza place and turned it into a Chuck E Cheese.
>
> Having said that I agree with the sentiment from that cartoon even if I
> think it is misrepresenting Starfire just a tad.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Also, let me state that I do not like "amnesia sex addict" Starfire or
> > "hyper cosplay sex addict" Catwoman. The Starfire I like is from the
> > cartoon, and the Catwoman I like is played by Julie Newmar.
>
> > Julie Newmar was sexy as all get out as Catwoman and we didn't need
> > tight closeups of her boobs and butt.
>
> > On Sep 27, 4:53 pm, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > I was going to post the Shortpacked! comic that is embedded in the
> > > article.
>
> > > Don't tear me down over this, but wasn't the animated Starfire about
> > > 180 degrees away from how Starfire has pretty much always been
> > > portrayed in the comics? Wasn't she always depicted as a sexpot
> > > dating back to her debut? I have never read New Teen Titans but I
> > > seem to remember hearing a hew and cry from the old school Titans fans
> > > that animated Starfire was "wrong." So maybe I am way off base; if so
> > > I would love to hear more about her.
>
> > > Don't get me wrong: I LIKE animated Starfire. I like all of the
> > > animated Teen Titans -- the only incarnation of the team I have ever
> > > liked. And I would love to see THAT Starfire in the mainstream DCU.
> > > But is her being a sexpot really a "change" in the status quo for her?
>
> > > On Sep 27, 4:32 pm, james.pel...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > > Great read and I tear up for the kid...
> > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
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> > > > From: Edward Crosby <[email protected]>
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> > > > Sender: [email protected]
> > > > Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:23:07
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> > > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] A 7-year-old girl responds to DC C
> > > > omics’ sexed-up reboot of Starfire - io9
>
> > > > I thought I would include the ladies over at Girls Gone Geek in this
> > > > just in case they didn't see the post here on our listserv.
> > > > Saw this earlier today on G+ as shared by Felicia Day. Very much an
> > > > eye-opener.
>
> > > >http://on.io9.com/r9aDTt
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