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I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.   

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Separate Orbits
Yael Mermelstein
Progress: 119/427pages
BATMAN #53 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman53, TomKingBatman53
BATMAN #54 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
MattWagnerBatman54, TomKingBatman54
BATMAN #52 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman52, TomKingBatman52
BATMAN #51 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman51, TomKingBatman51
Infinity Wars: Iron Hammer (2018) #1 (of 2)
Al Ewing, Humberto Ramos
Champions (2019-) #4
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente
SUICIDE SQUAD #46 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSS46, RobWilliamsSS46
SUICIDE SQUAD #45 ((SINK ATLANTIS)) ((DC REBIRTH )) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSuicideSquad45, RobWilliamsSuicideSquad45
Champions (2019-) #3
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente

Conflicted

The Authority Vol. 2 (Hardback) - Common - Frank Quitely and Various by Mark Millar

 

So conflicted.  I loved the hell Millar put these characters through, but I have a hard time getting into The Authority in general.   (I love Midnighter, and I’m not crazy about almost anyone else.   Well, I mean, I love Apollo but I’m not sure if I could count him.  I’m not sure I’d love him if he wasn’t dating Midnighter, and I love him for his devotion and loyalty to Midnighter, and I tolerate him more than the others because he means more Midnighter for me, and because I’m more tolerant of scenes with the main reason I came to this.)
 
So… those blog posts I read about how homophobic and misogynist the things Millar puts the women and gay characters through compared to what happens to Jack Hawksmoor?   Absolutely.   But to be fair, I expected this before reading the blogs.   The truth is that in Kick-Ass, at least some of the women characters tend to get off easier than the menfolk.   So I don’t believe Millar is a complete asshole about this, and I do know he likes to get down, dirty, and just plain brutal when playing with characters, whether they be straight, gay, men, or women.   I wasn’t shocked by that, by the high levels of machismo even when considering comic books oftentimes ooze machismo, or all the penis jokes.   Millar is also known for being the Howard Stern of comic books.   I feel like no one else would have made the ‘a beating is a quite night for Rhianna’ joke in Kick-Ass 2.   He’s offensive, and he’s unapologetic about it.   I also get the feeling he loves tormenting all his characters in the worst possible way, so the lines might have gotten a little blurred.  I also feel like he doesn’t give a fuck about offending anyone, and he’s in a position where he can afford that luxury.   
 
It’s a fine line, sometimes, between being fearless and tasteful.   And sometimes I like reading authors who are flat out offensive.   Millar is one of those: he makes me laugh, I love a lot of his ideas - but I’m aware of the fact that he’s got no filter, he says things to shock, and that I’ll probably be offended by some of the content.   The pluses are worth it for me, and I don’t see any reason not to call him out on this.   That being said, I’m going to love his work unapologetically.   The only reason this is lower starred is that I’m just not into this group: I wasn’t crazy about volume one, which was written by another writer.  I like more of the flair that Millar brought to this volume, but I was still really bored by so much of this.