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Old 02-09-2022, 09:41 AM #1
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Exclamation DC Comics releases special covers for Hispanic Heritage Month, and it backfires



DC Comics released covers for some books to honor Hispanic Heritage
Month, but the ham-fisted effort backfired on the company very quickly.

Twitter users began complaining that the Hispanic Heritage covers appeared
to simply show some superheroes with Hispanic foods like tacos and tamales.

"DC Comics really said Hispanic heritage means putting tacos in their
characters hands and that's it. This is just weird all around," responded one
critic.

".@DCComics wants you to know Mexican superheroes go around doing 'hero
things' while carrying a bag of tamales," tweeted another critic.

"What the actual ******* @DCComics how incredibly insulting. My culture is
more than freaken tacos and being a server. #racist," replied another
detractor.

The covers showed the Green Lantern character with a bag of tamales
floating out into space, another character grabbing plates from a fried
plantain shop, and Blue Beetle jumping on rooftops in the city with more
Hispanic food.

It gets worse ...
The furor worsened when one of the creators involved said that DC Comics
appeared to have edited his contribution in order to add tamales. Jorge
Molina said that he drew up the image as an homage to Jorge Gonzalez
Camarena, a respected Mexican muralist.

"Due to some legal issues, this cover was not suppose to see the light of day
(it’s unfinished, you’ll notice both the Mexican flag in incomplete and GL
chest logo is missing)," he explained. "How this image got promoted by DC is
a mystery to me, don’t know if it was a mistake or in the end they decided
to go for it."

The adapted cover that was published by DC Comics replaced the lantern in
the character's hand and added a bag full of tamales.



https://www.theblaze.com/news/dc-com...tamales-insult
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Why didn't they go the whole hog and portray them as illegal immigrants or taking part in a drug cartel?

At least be imaginative and reference Mexico's heritage. Make them be Aztecs!
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Why didn't they go the whole hog and portray them as illegal immigrants or taking part in a drug cartel?

At least be imaginative and reference Mexico's heritage. Make them be Aztecs!
or brands just top trying to be woke twats for likes
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or brands just top trying to be woke twats for likes
And maybe Clinton's should stop promoting various "x Day"s to sell cards.

They're only variant covers, which means it's a different and non-indicative of contents design. They get snapped up by collectors and speculative buyers, so it's about as capitalistic as it is woke.
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And maybe Clinton's should stop promoting various "x Day"s to sell cards.

They're only variant covers, which means it's a different and non-indicative of contents design. They get snapped up by collectors and speculative buyers, so it's about as capitalistic as it is woke.
I guess if they get tons of stick then to collectors then its worth snapping them up

Cant wait for the collard greens and rice and peas special editions for MLK day
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I guess if they get tons of stick then to collectors then its worth snapping them up

Cant wait for the collard greens and rice and peas special editions for MLK day
The Pride ones were generally okay. Worst that can be said about them is they're a bit cutesy, but this one is awesome:
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Look at this woke twat from a couple of years ago

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Look at this woke twat from a couple of years ago

You must be the world's biggest Trump fan, you have a picture of him for every occasion
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Remembering stuff that has happened is fake news?
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What? Who mentioned fake news?
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I wasn't being serious.
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it looks like trump is sitting at one of his little tables again there
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Yes he was
one of a kind as a President


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["What the actual ******* @DCComics how incredibly insulting. My culture is
more than freaken tacos and being a server. #racist," replied another
detractor.]


The Failed on the Latinos
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The Blaze is a far Right joke of a web site full of conspiracy theories and misinformation. Next.
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The Blaze is a far Right joke of a web site full of conspiracy theories and misinformation. Next.
That they may be, but as someone who's literally in the DC Comics online fandom ... People were pissed off.
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