Comments on: Are Robinson and Henderson part of comic book history?

By: david brothers

david brothers — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:39:02 +0000

Teen Titans, as a franchise, is in pretty dire straits. Considering her track record, I'm cautiously optimistic about Henderson writing Teen Titans.

Thanks for the link, JK!

By: Richard Pachter

Richard Pachter — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:40:39 +0000

I'm jazzed about it.

"Diversity" has bad connotations but in reality, it's the way of the world.

By: MR

MR — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:32:42 +0000

Fans are skeptical of TV writers jumping to comics -- and with good reason.

Because of how shows are created, there is never any guarantee that a person credited with "writing" an episode even wrote a single word of what ended up onscreen.

Worse, this is ESPECIALLY true of female and minority writers -- and there is a very long and drawn out reason for why this is so (mostly involving the fact that they are generally free to the production company through pseudo-affirmative action processes) -- but we'll skip all of this for now because...

Both of these women (African-American or not) have been working for a VERY LONG TIME in Hollywood. And the simple truth is you do not survive in TV or Film for as long as they both have without being damn good at your job. Or at least, y'know, competent.

So, I say, how about we just let them both be exactly what they are -- WRITERS -- and see what they can do?

By: Kiel Phegley

Kiel Phegley — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:11:50 +0000

Robinson's "D.E.B.S." short film killed me the first time I saw it, and I've been meaning to check out the feature for a long time but haven't had the chance (I know, I know...I need to get NetfFlix). Still, I'd love to see some of the voice she brought to that work show up on the page in the Web ongoing. It's not as though the character has such a strongly developed history that there are some kind of rules as to how that series should go.

By: Adam Kirby

Adam Kirby — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:28:09 +0000

A Teen Titans written by the person that wrote The Fresh Prince is a Teen Titans I want to read.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:02:03 +0000

Diversity is awesome and all but they won't be around long if the comics don't turn out well and/or sell well. I'm withholding judgment, everyone deserves some fair shake.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:51:12 +0000

I can't believe more people don't see the significance in this. The comic industry is a white male-dominated world. Two black females working there is huge, whether they're good or not. I hope they do great, but even if they don't, I'm glad they have the chance to do something.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:22:14 +0000

But will they write GOOD comics? Because I'm sure they'll be SO proud to be a pair of black women writing comics if they turn out to be bad.
And if they're good then still, so what? That just means there's two more good comics coming out that month.