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Post by thwhtguardian on Sept 23, 2021 17:05:41 GMT -5
Back when Immortal Hulk #43 was first released I tried to give Bennett the benefit of the doubt when he said that "Jewery" was an unfortunate misspelling and I didn't think too much that it was accompanied by the Star of David because the jeweler I went to for my wife's wedding band and various other gifts over the years is adorned with a similar gold Star of David on the front window...but since then it's become harder, with clearly homophobic comments made on social media and now there is a pretty terrible and anti-Semitic political cartoon that has come to light I had made the decision that after Hulk was done I'd do my best not to give him any of my money.
The thing is, if he had kept his down after this latest controversy there is the possibility he could have gotten work at one of the smaller publishers as there certainly are a lot of people that probably would have supported his works as they can personally separate the art from the views of the artist...but instead he's chosen to remove any and all doubt about his feelings by joining Arkhaven comics...you know the comic publishing company proudly making books for white supremacists BY white supremacists. I think even the most forgiving readers will blanch at that...and even those who don't are going to have a hard time buying his books as Diamond doesn't carry Arkhaven and most comic shops refuse to buy them on their own either so with this choice Bennett has pretty much lost almost every reader out there thus dooming any real hope at a career...and if he really is a terrible person as his views would suggest then it sounds like justice.
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 13, 2021 15:54:31 GMT -5
Why does everything have to become about politics these days?
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 13, 2021 17:00:58 GMT -5
Why does everything have to become about politics these days? ...this isn't a politics thing, it's very much that he has some incredibly ugly views. Homophobia is bad. Period. Antisemitism is bad. Period. Racism is bad. Period. These are not points that are open to discussion.
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 13, 2021 17:03:03 GMT -5
Why does everything have to become about politics these days? ...this isn't a politics thing, it's very much that he has some incredibly ugly views. Homophobia is bad. Period. Antisemitism is bad. Period. Racism is bad. Period. These are not points that are open to discussion. What's his art like?
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 13, 2021 17:08:03 GMT -5
...this isn't a politics thing, it's very much that he has some incredibly ugly views. Homophobia is bad. Period. Antisemitism is bad. Period. Racism is bad. Period. These are not points that are open to discussion. What's his art like? Doesn't matter, if you're a terrible person then you're a terrible person and deserve to face consequences because of that.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 13, 2021 17:13:09 GMT -5
Why does everything have to become about politics these days? Anti-Semitism is inherently political.
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 13, 2021 17:20:44 GMT -5
Doesn't matter, if you're a terrible person then you're a terrible person and deserve to face consequences because of that. I don't care what kind of a person he is. I can't judge him because I don't know him. I don't much care about the private lives of any comics writer or artist. I care about whether or not I like their work. And Bennett is partly responsible for one of my favourite books of the last few years, so I'll happily buy any future project he's on, if the premise interests me.
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Post by Crimebuster on Oct 13, 2021 17:39:27 GMT -5
Why does everything have to become about politics these days? It became about politics because he literally made it about politics. He inserted stuff in the art and used the platform provided to him by being a marvel artist to make political statements on Twitter. I'm sure there are other artists who think the same as this guy. But I don't know because they leave it out of the work. If he had done the same, this wouldn't have happened. It's 100% on him.
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 13, 2021 17:42:43 GMT -5
Why does everything have to become about politics these days? It became about politics because he literally made it about politics. He inserted stuff in the art and used the platform provided to him by being a marvel artist to make political statements on Twitter. I'm sure there are other artists who think the same as this guy. But I don't know because they leave it out of the work. If he had done the same, this wouldn't have happened. It's 100% on him. Since I have no interest in Twitter, I wouldn't know. But I like his art.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2021 17:49:51 GMT -5
It became about politics because he literally made it about politics. He inserted stuff in the art and used the platform provided to him by being a marvel artist to make political statements on Twitter. I'm sure there are other artists who think the same as this guy. But I don't know because they leave it out of the work. If he had done the same, this wouldn't have happened. It's 100% on him. Since I have no interest in Twitter, I wouldn't know. But I like his art. you're supporting a Grade-A asshole by purchasing anything he's involved with.
but hey. . it doesn't affect you, right? so you do what you wanna do.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2021 17:52:01 GMT -5
and here. . since you aren't aware of the individual's Anti-Semitism:
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 13, 2021 17:53:18 GMT -5
Since I have no interest in Twitter, I wouldn't know. But I like his art. you're supporting a Grade-A asshole by purchasing anything he's involved with.
but hey. . it doesn't affect you, right? so you do what you wanna do.
Thanks. I will. I'm tired of being told who I should support and what I should care about. I care about comics, and the characters. That's it.
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 13, 2021 17:56:28 GMT -5
and here. . since you aren't aware of the individual's Anti-Semitism:
I'm not really sure what I'm looking at or why I should care. It's just a picture of someone on horseback chasing down some weirdo monsters.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 13, 2021 18:17:15 GMT -5
Doesn't matter, if you're a terrible person then you're a terrible person and deserve to face consequences because of that. I don't care what kind of a person he is. I can't judge him because I don't know him. I don't much care about the private lives of any comics writer or artist. I care about whether or not I like their work. And Bennett is partly responsible for one of my favourite books of the last few years, so I'll happily buy any future project he's on, if the premise interests me. It's not some private secret...it's stuff that he posted on his public social media and in one case included in his actual published work. It's all right there for the whole world to see and it's unequivocally terrible. It's not possible to be antisemitic and a good person and when you make that public there are going to be consequences no matter how talented you are and deservedly so.
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 13, 2021 18:19:01 GMT -5
I don't care what kind of a person he is. I can't judge him because I don't know him. I don't much care about the private lives of any comics writer or artist. I care about whether or not I like their work. And Bennett is partly responsible for one of my favourite books of the last few years, so I'll happily buy any future project he's on, if the premise interests me. It's not some private secret...it's stuff that he posted on his public social media and in one case included in his actual published work. It's all right there for the whole world to see and it's unequivocally terrible. It's not possible to be antisemitic and a good person and when you make that public there are going to be consequences no matter how talented you are and deservedly so. Not everyone follows social media. Or cares about it.
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