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So Peter David got into some trouble


Jerome Miller

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http://www.comicsbeat.com/rromani-representation-peter-david-apologizes-and-roma-pop-responds-with-a-statement-and-goals/

 

I do believe that we need to see more cases of "social disruption activism" at comic book conventions.  I'd love to see a Brian Bendis panel end with Bendis fleeing into the Green Room as angry feminists are screaming at him for killing She-Hulk in Civil War II #1 (and then screaming at Joe Quesada at bringing her back as 'grim 'n' gritty'), or a G. Willow Wilson autograph signing be cancelled because feminist Muslims and secular Muslims are staging a sit-in to protest the fact that Kamala has yet to travel to the Middle East to combat the subjugation of Muslim women by their husbands and fight against Honor Rape and Genital Mutilation. Or protests at panels whenever a white guy writes Miles Morales or Black Panther. Or Adam Hughes or Frank Cho getting into a screaming match with fans in Artists Alley upset over Cho/Hughes/J. Scott Campbell's objectifying of women ("Why the fuck don't you sell lithographs of Wonder Woman in a pants suit working in an office? Or Power Woman in modest clothes posing with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders?!!??  Or posters of Kate Kane getting married to another woman and adopting a child?!!??  You disgusting sexist PIG!!!!")

Unfortunately, aside from PAD losing his temper and very, very poor choice of words, Vicente Rodriguez comes across poorly as well for 1) hijacking a panel that was already aimed at a underrepresented minority in Gay/Lesbian/Transgender characters, and 2) claiming that Magneto, who has been shown committing acts of genocide on a fairly regular basis over the years, as a positive Roma character.  Neither PAD or Rodriguez came off very well here, even though we do need to see more examples of activism at conventions.

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PAD, as someone who's been pretty progressive as a writer, especially relatively in decades past, really did come off horribly. Weirdly enough, though, in a world of "Trigger warnings," it was pretty obvious that the guy was triggered in the moment due to a past experience. That said, as someone was worldly and cosmopolitanism and one who has a potent creative voice in at least one aspect of pop culture, you think that he would have more thoroughly examined the experiences he had decades ago, since they obviously so thoroughly led to him stereotyping and having racist sentiment towards an entire people. You think he, as much as anyone, would have examined his own feelings over the years and had more perspective. His ultimate apology showed that he was attempting to really examine things now, so there's that, at least. But it was a pretty embarrassing situation all around. The sort of thing you'd expect out of a John Byrne, not a Peter David.

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