>“She’s not a white person. She’s not an African-American. She’s a person of color from the South Pacific, of Polynesian descent,” Romita explained in the interview. “I adore Tahiti — I went there on many vacations — so I threw in the tattoos and I threw in the look. Anything to be different. And I was scrambling to do different stuff, and the editors and Dan liked the idea.”
>“We didn’t do the standard fare and fill all the diversity and PC gaps,” Romita Jr. insisted. “We just tried to do something slightly different.”
>Romita believes that The Silencer could be a first for comics. “I don’t know how many character of South Pacific descent are in comics, but I’d like to think she’s the first one,” he said.
>But in the interview, Romita continued to hammer home the point that just because he’s co-created a character who happens to be a woman of color, he would definitely not like to be considered “PC.”
>“The thought is that this woman is strong after what she’s been through, and she becomes a mother and a wife. She’s a bad-ass, but now she wants to concentrate on her family,” Romita explained. “I admire that for the idea, because that’s how you empower people — that’s how you empower a female character — is doing the thing that people think is not strong. Well, wait a minute! What’s wrong with being a mother and a wife? What’s wrong with being a father and a husband?”
>“So doing things converse to PC, I find fascinating,” Romita continued, before revealing his true aspirations. “As a matter of fact, I want to be the most un-PC person in all of comics. Let’s piss everybody off.”
A lesbian conservative that says "Nigga nigga nigga".
Also likes to shoot white people?
Brandon Martinez
>literally who
Luis Powell
It's probably gonna be shit because JRjr is a shit artist nowadays. I think he raises an odd issue with all this. He has an assumption and to a degree is probably right about how a lot of ethnic and sexual diversity is just about ticking boxes and feeling good about how they're not a straight white male. However by calling out that he did it, sort of makes him the other side of that coin, and crowing that he's not PC without it at all being a question that was raised.
Also I'm sure there are several comic characters from New Zealand.
Aaron Ramirez
he's only on it for 3 issues anyway
Parker Parker
I always forget that people don't read comics here.
Henry Reed
This is so funny because it seems like he really doesn't want to be considered one of those damned PC SJWs but everything he says here sounds pretty cool to a hardcore leftist like me.
Jordan Watson
he was great on All-Star Batman and The Last Crusade
Julian Ramirez
Maybe you arent a hardcore leftist
Nicholas Morgan
I know, right? In his attempt to piss off what he perceives as "PC" he accidentally created an feminist character?
Nolan Miller
I hate the word "person of color" I want to murder the person who invented it
Liam White
Ok. But will it be any good?
James Hill
It's JRJR and DC Comics, so...no.
Carter Rogers
>unironically using the term "Person Of Color" No need to read any further.
Connor Parker
The previews seemed alright.
Kevin Sanchez
Probably not, they're all Marvel knock-offs. Only one that sounds interesting is Terrifics and I'm only in to see what they're doing with Plas and Tom Strong
Zachary Evans
Name some. I’m from NZ so I’m curious
Easton Cox
it´s just more sjw shit and he is lying
Angel Nguyen
>this is what americans think hardcore leftism is You guys are so fucking clueless.
Chase Moore
>>“We didn’t do the standard fare and fill all the diversity and PC gaps,” Romita Jr. insisted. “We just tried to do something slightly different.” This whole line was advertised as new line of diverse characters. You don't have to pretend it's not intentional, just do good work and all will be ok. Unless you care about spergs kvetching at mere sight of something that intends to be visually different than overly muscular white people transported straight from the early 90s.
Nathan Martin
Anything left of Reagan is communism to Americans.
Michael Anderson
>Well, wait a minute! What’s wrong with being a mother and a wife? It restricts a woman's potential imo.
Noah Jenkins
It's her life and her choice to do what she wants.
Aaron Lopez
>Polynesian Why are Polynesian drawn as black? They look more like darker Asians than blacks.
Bentley Cox
More like doubles it, #momstrong.
Blake Lopez
You really think the Uso brothers look more like dark skinned Asians than Black? Lol ok
Justin Myers
>politically incorrect >uses the term ‘person of color’
Gabriel Thomas
for real, what's wrong with saying brown?
Carter Morris
Kiwi Black
Leo Baker
You think Django Fett, Taika Waititi, and Kamekona from Hawaii Five-0 look more like blacks than dark skinned Asians?
Jackson Lee
Too vague.
Joseph Brown
lmao he made her even more diverse, nibba has gone more PC than PC. no polynesians will be reading this comic
Nolan Garcia
person of color is even more vague and unpractical for a description. what I meant is, does it have a negative connotation? why?
Adam Torres
And "person of color" isn't?
Adrian Garcia
>I created a woman of colour as a main character. >I'm not PC though guy, really, I like to piss off those sissy liberals!
People who go out of their way to piss other off like this are such weenies. Seriously, if you want to make a PoC female character, just do it. You don't need to make everything you do some kind of crusade. Be cool John.
Xavier Harris
White people especially in America are terrified of doing anything that might upset blacks because everytime they're the least bit offended they will resort to violence. Unfortunately everything upsets them did you hear about what happened to H&M?
James Carter
Bump
Aiden Sanchez
Everything you said is true and the reason everyone walks in egg shells around blacks and kisses their asses except the H&M thing wasn’t in America
Nathaniel Thompson
THATS RACIST! GO BACK TO Sup Forums
Henry Ortiz
Wtf man? You're not supposed to say that
Lincoln Sanders
We just need to accelerate the adoption of Pocs as a slur then they'll abandon it
Alexander Campbell
Have you hugged your mother lately, user?
Joseph Morris
>really, I like to piss off those sissy liberals!
He's not saying that though. He's saying he's not trying create a character based on a diversity checklist. Sure he may just talking out his ass regardless, but at least attack him accordingly.
Jonathan Collins
She is weak, like all the rest.
Lucas Gomez
I'm not saying that Romita is a hardcore leftist, dumbass. Just that his idea of a TOTALLY-NOT-PC-CHARACTER is actually totally fine.
Camden Ramirez
>django fett dude
Gabriel Miller
Enjoy thinking about suicide whenever you're awake and alone when you're 37 and husbandless and childless.
Ayden Edwards
The point is to create two camps. White and everyone who's not white. White, apparently, isn't a colour so they're trying to lump anyone who isn't white into a group that can collectively fight against "white hegemony" or whatever the fucking buzzword of choice they've got lined up.
Xavier Ward
The camps have always exist user, it's always been whites and non-whites in america.
Levi Sanders
Are you married user?
Julian Fisher
But far more ugly.
Dominic Russell
To be fair, you will commit suicide even if you are a mother.
Jordan Lewis
>nowadays JRjr was never good.
Jeremiah Jackson
Is this supposed to be someone of importance?
Isaac Ramirez
I read comics, still, fucking who?
Hunter Martinez
I can't wait for a comic about the altar ego from "The Wall".
I wonder if he'll report to Mr. Worm?
Evan Ramirez
>I read comics but don't recognize the name Romita Kill yourself
Luke Lopez
No, but I want to be. I used to be very self-destructive around high school and post-high school and the path of hedonism and momentary and fleeting satisfaction has led me to nothing but ruin. Nobody mentally sound wants to be alone and without children, a family. Spending time with my little niece brought me to tears. I can't believe so many of us have said the words "I'll never have children." I even laughed at people who said these things yet claimed having children was the best choice they'd ever made. Hits you like a goddamn train at one point. You can't escape biology, I guess.
Jonathan Young
>because everytime they're the least bit offended they will resort to violence
I know, like the people who created modern day peaceful protesting and boycotting are all(45.3 million+ population in the US*1/30 of the population) a bunch of Violent joka's! XD
Ryder Harris
>wants to be "the most un-PC" >wants to piss everybody off >uses the term "person of color"
Luis Russell
My god they've finally figured out we exist. Listen up islandbros it's gonna be Blue Hawaii all over again.
Landon Moore
I kind of get what he's trying to say. Everything is so politicized and the lines are so stark now that you literally can't have a non-white character without people assuming you're making some kind of political statement, and vice versa. Everyone just wants to shitstorm and ascribe politics to every fucking action and it's gross.
Jayden Wood
Thanks for bringing some much needed humanity to this board, user. It's taxing to only read edgelord autists sperging about this or that in comics and other such trivialities.
>t. am happily married with a baby on the way
Gavin Gomez
>firstworldrealizations
congratulations on being born into societies with safety nets that ket you have those experiences
Camden Fisher
Not having kids because I have shitty genes. Plan on fostering and adopting instead. I'm not really marriage material though, not really the type of person people want to look at for too long.
I'm terribly lonely but just wanting something doesn't mean you should have it.
Andrew Clark
Anyone who says ''person of color'' unironically should be shot.
Lucas Reed
>people who said these things yet claimed having children was the best choice they'd ever made. That was me. I broke up with women because they wanted kids and I didn't, then I met the right woman and we're about to have our fourth kid. Nothing makes me happier than being 'Dad'.
Adrian Hernandez
>old guy thinks being married with children is considered un-PC these days Why are comics pros so behind the times?
James Sanders
I don't see the difference with the apparently racist term "colored" desu
Carson Hughes
He hangs around with the SJW crowd. He forgets that outside that bubble, no one thinks like that.
Landon Perez
Why do women need to feel “empowered”? Why do they feel the need to ruin comics, for something that if they cant do without the aid of a fictional character shows they are infantile cowardly people?
Carter Kelly
>giving any shits what Jr Jr thinks about something
Chase Bailey
...
Leo Ramirez
Try reading some comics older than you are.
Alexander Smith
Are there any non-PC comics out nowadays? Or is every single book infected with SJW, muh woman power, fat people memes
Ian Allen
No, they are out there you just have to look
Josiah Ross
Name some. I've looked, hard
Benjamin Jackson
fukitor
Chase Nelson
>Person of Color
America was a mistake
Anthony Garcia
liberals are not leftists
i highly doubt you're leftist
Caleb Wilson
fukitor and some webcomic people like shadman I can’t think of anyone else right now
Grayson Cox
>no one mentally sound wants to be alone without children, a family
and the scores of fucked up and dysfunctional families say otherwise. keep talking like all parents are normal or are good parents
>he accidentally created an feminist character? Until there's an issue of her shooting men who spread their legs on trains, while also disabling sexist airconditioners, she ain't a feminist character
Michael Robinson
Checking them out now. Thanks for the recommendations!
Daniel Rodriguez
Holy fuck I hate Europeans.
Ethan Jenkins
hey guess what.
i grew up in georgia and texas. the eurofag is right.
now shut the fuck up and read karl marx
Mason Perry
oh so he isn't some no-name schmuck? cuz he sounds like a dumbass in this interview he is somehow edgy and pandering at the same time
Gavin Morales
The dog killed her for the insurance money
Robert Johnson
>I don't read comic books but here's my hot opinion
Connor Wilson
I agree, but you should still kill yourself for not knowing the name Romita.
Jayden Johnson
Is this the female version of a lonely loser? Except the incels don't have the good graces of killing themselves without being drama queens.
Eli Wilson
I'll only check this out for Dan Abnett, his Titans is shit but his Aquaman is A+ and I've liked most of his work.
Logan Taylor
HAHA LOL WHAT'S A KUBERT WHAT'S A KIRBY HAHA I DON'T READ COMICS BUT I STILL POST HERE BTFO NERDS
Jaxson Watson
Nah. It's a modern feminist
Liam Perez
Not that user, but Kirby?
Jackson Nelson
>As a matter of fact, I want to be the most un-PC person in all of comics. Let’s piss everybody off.”