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    Female Force: The Poorly Illustrated, Incomplete Adventures Of Oprah Winfrey

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    Image of randomnessish randomnessish
    11/27/09

    In reply to Female Force: The Poorly Illustrated, Incomplete Adventures Of Oprah Winfrey
    What, no Mecha-Oprah, who will bring the coexisting orbs of Peace and Destruction to the world, creating the human race anew??
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    Image of LadyBossyBoots LadyBossyBoots
    11/27/09

    In reply to Female Force: The Poorly Illustrated, Incomplete Adventures Of Oprah Winfrey
    I work myself into a swivet about these comics (I buy youth/teen comics for a library system).

    I applaud the concept. Graphic biographies of strong modern women are something that are needed.

    However, everything about these comics is awful! The writing, the artwork, EVERYTHING.

    So do I buy a book that doesn't meet my standards because I want to encourage the attempt? Or, do I not buy them, which reinforces the idea that there's no market for "girl comics"?

    These are the dilemmas that haunt my days.
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    applejuice promoted this comment LadyBossyBoots was starred LadyBossyBoots was unstarred
    Image of applejuice applejuice
    11/27/09

    @LadyBossyBoots: Eh, If it were me I would just buy them. There's worse stuff out there and there has got to be some kind of merit in making them available to girls - even if it is just so that they get to see the concept of them.

    And as you said, it also encourages the publishers to make more in this vein (hopefully better!).

    I'd see if I could get away without buying the Sarah Palin one though. ;)
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    Image of applejuice applejuice
    11/27/09

    @LadyBossyBoots: And thinking about it, I don't think I would have thought they were bad when I was younger. Maybe being older my tastes are more sophisticated, but looking at it again - I think as a kid I probably would have liked it.
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    Image of LadyBossyBoots LadyBossyBoots
    11/27/09

    @applejuice: Surprisingly, I've found that kids are a LOT pickier about artwork than adults are. Particularly girls who read manga, who would seem to be the primary audience for these books.

    The Female Force comics tick me off for just this reason (among others). It's like they haven't done any research into their audience, and don't bother trying.
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    Image of applejuice applejuice
    11/29/09

    @LadyBossyBoots: Yeah, I know what you mean. Also, weren't there any women around to illustrate them? (I mean, assuming it was a man as the picture depicts.)
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    11/27/09

    In reply to Female Force: The Poorly Illustrated, Incomplete Adventures Of Oprah Winfrey
    Actually, that childhood sexual abuse vignette is extraordinarily well done for a comic. The cage imagery was probably intentional and definitely works for the subject. I also like the formless nothingness silhouetted in the doorway.

    Why does black and white line drawn 3 year old Oprah look so much less horrifying than full color 3 year old Oprah?
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/27/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: I agree. It's actually very tastefully done. They don't over exploit it but don't shy away from it.
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    Image of JessickerFletcher JessickerFletcher
    11/27/09

    In reply to Female Force: The Poorly Illustrated, Incomplete Adventures Of Oprah Winfrey

    I've made a few changes. I think they were necessary.
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    Image of galtor galtor
    11/27/09

    In reply to Female Force: The Poorly Illustrated, Incomplete Adventures Of Oprah Winfrey
    I wonder if this will have the same 'fictive reality' as the Stephanie Meyer one did.
    [www.comicsalliance.com]
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    Zombie Ms. Skittles promoted this comment galtor was starred galtor was unstarred
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    11/27/09


    @galtor: Oh my god, thank you for this:
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    Image of galtor galtor
    11/27/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: I do what I can :-)
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    Image of Ailatan Ailatan
    11/27/09

    In reply to Female Force: The Poorly Illustrated, Incomplete Adventures Of Oprah Winfrey
    why did illustration Oprah get ill advised cosmetic surgery?

    ps.: every time I write Oprah, I want to add an "e" Operah
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    Image of GreyEminence GreyEminence
    11/27/09

    @Ailatan: I'll see your "Operah", and raise you "typing ration when I mean ratio EVERY SINGLE TIME"
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    Image of marciax3 marciax3
    11/27/09

    In reply to Female Force: The Poorly Illustrated, Incomplete Adventures Of Oprah Winfrey
    Drawings by Napoleon Dynamite. Diction by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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    Image of AgainWithFeeling AgainWithFeeling
    11/27/09

    @marciax3: Copy-editing by Lindsay Lohan.
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    Image of sayah sayah
    11/27/09

    In reply to Female Force: The Poorly Illustrated, Incomplete Adventures Of Oprah Winfrey

    The illustrator certainly has a style. I was right, Oprah DOES look like Stephenie.
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    Image of FrannyR FrannyR
    11/27/09

    @sayah: And Stephanie looks like Julianna Margulies. I have no idea who the woman on the cover of the Oprah-comic is, though
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/27/09

    @sayah: Oh God... we got that one in at work and it's hideous.

    Let me give you the run down:
    Stephenie was DIFFERENT. She wasn't as stylish, rich, or pretty as the OTHER GIRLS, who totally laughed at her, but inside her was a brilliant writer who grew up to show THEM ALL.
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    Image of sayah sayah
    11/27/09

    @Sunshineyness: you might say she grew up to be a beautiful Swan.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    11/05/09

    In reply to Twilight: Unbound In Online Video Comic
    Somewhere, somebody has to have a video of Buffy kicking sparkling vampire ass and I want to see it. #stepheniemeyercomicbook
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    Image of hovy hovy
    11/05/09

    @Lymed: Ask and thy shall receive. #stepheniemeyercomicbook
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    11/05/09

    @hovy: Thanks. I really needed that. #stepheniemeyercomicbook
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    Image of Ultraprison! Ultraprison!
    08/14/09

    In reply to Collector Objects To Archie & Veronica's Marriage
    How did neither girl ever straight0up take him to the cleaners for openly two-timing both of them?

    That said... could they move to Utah, convert, and have a plural marriage? Cheryl could be his third wife.
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    Image of SaintNora SaintNora
    08/14/09

    In reply to Collector Objects To Archie & Veronica's Marriage
    So I just this minute realized that in the awesome movie "Heathers", Veronica Sawyer's old best friend was Betty Finn. As in Betty and Veronica and Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.

    whoa.
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    Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith promoted this comment Edited by SaintNora at 08/14/09 12:44 PM SaintNora was starred SaintNora was unstarred
    Image of LindyLou LindyLou
    08/14/09

    In reply to Collector Objects To Archie & Veronica's Marriage
    For some reason my orthodontist's office was well-stocked with Archie comics, which was the only good thing about having braces. I always hated Veronica for being so rich and snobby, while I liked Betty for being more down to earth and kind. I would have been very disappointed to read of the impending nuptials while waiting for another torturous appointment.
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    Image of KaneBaker KaneBaker
    08/14/09

    In reply to Collector Objects To Archie & Veronica's Marriage
    For a second I thought i was reading the onion.
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    Image of IvyArbor IvyArbor
    08/14/09

    In reply to Collector Objects To Archie & Veronica's Marriage
    I would probably be more angry about this turn of events in the Archie Comics world if I weren't so busy trying to figure out a disguise to wear to the comic book store...
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    Katxyz promoted this comment Edited by IvyArbor at 08/14/09 10:43 AM IvyArbor was starred IvyArbor was unstarred
    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    08/14/09

    In reply to Collector Objects To Archie & Veronica's Marriage
    Is Reggie (i.e. Jeremy Piven) finally going to go to therapy for his sex addiction?
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