Wanna Get Ficced?

I DO NOT REQUIRE VAGINAS TO ENJOY COMIC BOOKS.

I don't care if those vaginas are on characters or on writers or on artists. Vaginas do not need to be involved for me to enjoy comic books.

There's been a minor run of angry people who are taking issue with Gail Simone being the only female writer on the big relaunch. The fact that DC tried to get more female writers/artists and were turned down? WHO CARES?! THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH VAGINAS IN THE ROOM.

I love Simone's work. I also love Tomasi's, Bedard's, Snyder's, Cornell's, Giffen's, Johns's, Azzarello's, Jurgen's, and a shit ton of others. I don't love their work because they have penises. I love their work because it's entertaining, well-written, and enjoyable. Fuck, I thought Sean McKeever was a chick until just recently. I have no basis for thinking this, by the way; I just thought the person writing a kick ass Nomad and Black Widow was probably a chick. Which is not a fair assumption to make. But I made it.

It comes down to this: If you flip this argument from "we need more vaginas in the room" to "we need more penises in the room," you'd call that sexism, right? Because it FUCKING IS.

Yes, it's too bad DC couldn't pull in some more talented writers and artists who happened to be female, but you know what? I FAIL TO GIVE A FUCK. BECAUSE A VAGINA IS NOT MANDATORY FOR ME TO ENJOY COMICS.

And really, can't we all just get along and agree that Judd Winick is a hack and will ruin Catwoman? Not because he has a penis but because he's a fucking hack?

If you've kept up with my comic ramblings in the past, you know that I have a love/hate relationship with Judd Winick. I liked his run on "Outsiders" and "Titans", and I wanted to ship him a shit in a hat for what he did to "Green Arrow/Black Canary". looking2dastars mentioned to me at one point that Winick pretty much craps all over canon like a particularly stupid untrained dog, and I had mentioned that it would explain why I liked him on "Oustiders" and "Titans". My knowledge of the teams in those books isn't as strong as my knowledge of other DC superheroes, so I didn't notice if Winick mucked about with backstory because I didn't know the backstory.

And now Winick's on "Batman", and I've gone with the flow. He's done some really good character moments with Dick taking on the cowl, and the story overall has been entertaining.

I should have known something was about to go horribly wrong.

( Spoilers for Batman #691 )

Seriously, one kick in the junk is all I'm asking. I'll donate to charity to do it.