I don't know what's up with the art in "Green Arrow"
Except for the obviousness of some of the artist's inspirations.
But it's DIALOG I have come to complain about, not the art (which is interesting, if inconsistent).
Look; I get it. You want to show that Green Arrow is a street-level hero, a man of The People. Fine. This, however, is not the way to do that.
Oliver Queen is a billionaire. A member of the Scottish peerage. And the inventor of a metric crap-ton of REALLY weird arrows.
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| Never forget the Plastic Cat Arrow. Ever. |
What's more, as has been recently established (AND reaffirmed by the new History of the DC Universe), Ollie and Roy used to LIVE IN THE 1940s. Those goofy golden age adventures? They happened; they happened to THEM. And the two guys in those stories didn't talk like street punks. It's quite simply inconsistent characterization.
I get why some writers simply can't let go of Ollie's Liberal Crusader schtick; it's an easy and comparatively unique hook.
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| I am amazed by how many people take these versions of Hal and Ollie as "definitive". Those of Us Who Remember know that it lasted exactly seven issues and was quite unpopular, which is why it got cancelled. |
But havin' Ollie droppin' his gs 'n' his "ands" smacks of Vibe using an exaggerated version of his accent when in character to throw of bad guys as to his real identity. It's an apparent affection that writer and readers can easily forget IS an affection.
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| Squash THAT, I say! |
I think Green Arrow deserves at least THAT much!
1 comment:
They want to make him sound like a YouTube personality. And I get that there's a perception that, if Ollie is progressive, he'll have things in common with people who talk progressive. But there's one major difference between Ollie and them, namely, that Ollie actually goes out there and puts himself at risk. Being trendy has got to matter a whole lot less when you're worried about being canceled in a very final way. If anything, I'd expect him to get frustrated with people who are content to judge from the safety of their YouTube channels but don't actually do much.
Also, maybe it's just me, but I imagine that actually dealing with street-level crime would change your outlook such that you wouldn't believe in simple coloring-book models that assign all the blame on some convenient target. A poor man beats his wife; can you blame the system? Maybe in some ways, but in the end it was the man who beat her.
- HJF1
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