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Title: Superman vs Baghdad Sniper Post by: TELLE on March 14, 2007, 09:01:23 AM Click this link to see and read about one of the most bizarre Superman-related images ever:
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php?article_id=10921 Title: Re: Superman vs Baghdad Sniper Post by: nightwing on March 14, 2007, 03:26:00 PM Pathetic.
Title: Re: Superman vs Baghdad Sniper Post by: Uncle Mxy on March 15, 2007, 07:57:37 AM With super-senses and super-speed, he flies a million miles away and engages in ethnic cleansing with his heat vision before the infidel kryptonite bullets get an inch away from the barrel. "Burn", the jihadi Superman said, just after praying to Rao, the one true god.
... Yeah, I gotta go with nightwing on this one. At least if you're going to do a perverse mockery (e.g. Ennis' "The Pro"), be at least somewhat funny. Title: Re: Superman vs Baghdad Sniper Post by: crispy snax on March 16, 2007, 07:07:47 AM pathetic, and strangely disturbing...
people complain about modern comics being bad... but this is kinda... yeah Title: Re: Superman vs Baghdad Sniper Post by: Super Monkey on March 16, 2007, 04:37:57 PM I almost feel like closing this thread and deleting it since I rather not give this type of crap any publicity.
What do you guys think? Title: Re: Superman vs Baghdad Sniper Post by: crispy snax on March 16, 2007, 05:59:52 PM i think your new id pic is kinda freaky :o
but i say leave it up, im not one for censorship. Title: Re: Superman vs Baghdad Sniper Post by: TELLE on March 16, 2007, 08:19:18 PM sure, I'd much rather have a discussion about why it should be closed, I guess. For instance, is the message so potent that innocent superman fans will be instantly persuaded to the minority socialist opinions of an Argentine cartoonist? Is he that good? Or is it more important to highlight something that you feel strongly about and give counter-arguments. In other words, is it better to ignore the "crap" in the world or mitigate against it?
I posted the link because I'm fascinated by all uses of Superman as a nationalist superhero and symbol of the U.S. For my part, while I probably share many of the cartoonist's views on U.S. foreign policy, I would stop long before making Iraqi snipers into heroic figures. I see this sort of thing being compared to the comics of Frank Miller by future students. Title: Re: Superman vs Baghdad Sniper Post by: jamespup on March 16, 2007, 08:25:09 PM Why do I share many of the cartoonist's views on U.S. foreign policy, as Telle said?
Because we're supposed to be the GOOD GUYS. Title: Re: Superman vs Baghdad Sniper Post by: Super Monkey on March 16, 2007, 10:21:51 PM Why Superman why not Uncle Sam?
oh yeah, Johns beat him to to, but still ;) Title: Re: Superman vs Baghdad Sniper Post by: DBN on March 16, 2007, 11:45:43 PM My take is that the artist, an extreme leftist, is just as bad as those on the extreme right who believe in their own propaganda.
Moreover, the use of Superman as a national symbol is rather ignorant. Superman, while based in the United States, has always saved the world and the people in it reguardless of their beliefs. |