Today at ComicsAlliance, I’m once again cracking jokes about something I genuinely enjoy.
This time around, it’s the newly released X-Men: Misfits
Still, most of my enjoyment came from the sheer over-the-top extremity of the the shojo-inspired sensibilities, which is why I’ve thrown the spotlight onto the Seven Most Hilariously Sparkly Moments in the book.
Seriously: You will not believe the Hellfire Club.
Wh… wh… wha
Is the one in the middle a girl? I think I see breasts.
And a skirt. That’s got to be Kitty, torn between the cool Iceman and the hot Pyro.
Seeing that final panel of the Hellfire Club, I feel like one of the ninjas who first witnessed Dan McNinja’s: awestruck by its radness and purity.
If this comic ever touches an X-Men comic drawn by Rob Liefeld, they will mutually annihilate.
I for one hope that this becomes a trend of turning all US comics to a Shojo manga style. The early Fantastic Four romance triangle between an anatomically impossible man and a guy who only wears a speedo is all set for shojo-ization. And I’m sure that Chris would be all over a shojo Batman book.
Anime? HOCK PTOOEY
the dinner scene:
in the middle of the table, is that a FONDUE pot??
… well, now they’ve gone too far!
I’m with ‘Just Some Guy’ a Fantastic Four Shojo Manga would be absolutely great. Especially when it get’s around to GIANT SHOJO GALACTUS!
Also, Isn’t Namor ALREADY Shojo?
The ten-pack abs offended my artistic senses until I remembered all those people are mutants.
Does shogo piss off so many americomics fans because they freak out at guys in comics getting treated like they’re only used to women getting treated like? (as perve objects first characters second).
No, I just think shojo looks like sparkly vomit. I’m not especially fond of the over-objectification of women either.
@Earlofthercs, I think it’s because American sci-fi has trained them to associate gigantic eyes, pointy chins and spindly torso with UFO aliens.
(Insert anal probe joke here.)
((Hur hur…”insert”))
Earlofthercs, I think it’s because shojo typically comes down to romance comics. It also doesn’t help the art style goes for the impressionistic in a way that many fans of American comics don’t like.
Marvel and Shojo?? That’s like mixing, well…
…Popeye and Anime.
That was pretty great, bookrats.
On ComicsAlliance, Primewax had this to say:
I outright hated it because of just that. I hate shojo and I love the X-Men, so this was like an abomination to me.
So, to clarify: He loves the X-Men, but hates overly melodramatic romance comics with sparkly, exaggerated art.
Got it.
Metz77 Says:
No, I just think shojo looks like sparkly vomit. I’m not especially fond of the over-objectification of women either.
Wait… wait… Shoujo is over-objectifing women? I think something just snapped in my brain.
“Wait… wait… Shoujo is over-objectifing women? I think something just snapped in my brain.”
No, Earlofthercs was suggesting the reason that men didn’t like shojo was that they only liked to see women objectified, not men. I was pointing out that not all men like to see women objectified.
@Metz77
Gotcha, I was like “OMGWTFBBQ?? How is Shoujo objectifying women??”. Especially compared to western superhero comics.
This is great. But why are Angel and Longshot in the Hellfire Club?
Excellent alternative suggestions. Just checking.
That was hilarious.
You know what’s weird, though? I have a keychain of that cover that I got for free at NYCC 2009. So…a whole year ago. Did it really take that long for it to come out? (P.S. I also have a keychain of the feyest Wolverine ever (i.e. the manga version) I think Marvel was promoting the whole manga line at the time.)
“Misfits” just got a new meaning..
I have only been vaguely aware of this but now I MUST HAVE IT.
“This is great. But why are Angel and Longshot in the Hellfire Club?”
‘cos they’re hot, duh!