>>91253098 Diversity is not the reason Marvel sales are tanking. If that were true, DC would be in the same boat, but they're not. I mean, its main Green Lanterns book is a buddy cop story about a Muslim man falsely accused of terrorism, and an agoraphobic Latina woman living with anxiety. And it's actually great. Cyborg has a legitimately good solo book right now, and the majority of the book concerns black characters living in Detroit. But more importantly, the authors of these characters are taking their time to flesh out these stories, and not rushing them into any events or line-wide crossovers. Meanwhile, Riri Williams spun out of Civil War II, an ungodly trainwreck of an event that fans almost universally reviled. That crossover left a bad taste in everyone's mouths, and considering that like Civil War II, Riri's comic is also written by Bendis, it's not surprising people aren't very receptive. Similarly, the Miles Morales book is also written by Bendis (and similarly shoved into Civil War II without much of a reason for him being there). But what I think is the most important about these characters that Marvel is screwing up, is that they have no idea of the concept of patience. Kamala Khan was a superhero for all of three weeks before she was asked to join the Avengers, and then suddenly became a massive player in the Marvel Universe. That doesn't feel natural, it feels like a character that's being pushed on us. After all, Kamala was supposed to be a fangirl at heart. Suddenly being the celebrity is a jarring shift. The only reason it's worked out is because her writer, G. Willow Wilson, is actually good at her job, and has kept Kamala's solo book on an even keel.
Fuck Marvel. They'll go ahead and blame the market, they'll blame DC comics, they'll blame their fans for not wanting diversity, but they never blame themselves for writing bad stories.
