Harry Potter isn’t the only major sci-fi release to hit bookstores. The buzz is building on Troy CLE’s “The Marvelous World” series, set to launch May 2007. The book has attracted such big names as Malcolm Jamal-Warner, illustrator Daryl Mandryk, formerly of EA Sports and now at Propaganda Games, and Joe DiVelario, of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” fame.[...] Thanks to lawmummy for providing this nice story on Digg (more than 677 Diggs).
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eliotmat: The first description of the main character in this article is that he loves listening to hip-hop. I’m already not interested.In all fairness I wouldn’t have been interested in Harry Potter if the first thing J.K. Rowling had to say about Harry was “He loves his ipod and video games.”
I also really don’t like characters that are forced into being black. Just make a character that is natural without the bullshit pop-culture elements then it won’t matter what color you slap on to him or her.
Medusausi: Wow. These comments are just amazing. I guess it’s hard to analyze other’s work critically when your own esteem seems to be sinking to the bottom of the barrel.
csrster: I think it’s interesting that Rowling put token black and asian characters in the Potter books from the start but it took her until volume five to add a token jewish minor character in Anthony Goldstein.
har0ld: “because white kids don’t listen to hip hop and identify with black culture…
have you looked at a Billboard best sellers chart lately?
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=The+Billboard+Hot+100I don’t buy the argument.”
Because you don’t understand the concept of majority and minority and behaviors attached to it.
Anyways if Harry Potter was a black kid, I could have been a big fanboy like so many people in the world.
jamelt: The people on digg are pretty damn racist, I think I’m through with digg.
wizatrix: He would destroy whitey
Sazime: He and Ron’s brothers would have broom-jacked a couple of members of Slitherin, and, uh…
Too soon?
ThisIsBob: White boys can’t jump and black kids can’t fly, and that’s just the way it is.
DyslexicDan: “Louis’ fictional world takes off in a whirlwind of fantasy, science fiction, hip-hop, gaming, race cars and Anime.”
Is there anything else this book can capitalize on?
CodyBrown: I don’t care who designed it, that cover looks horrible.
dafragsta: Hooper X: For years in this industry, whenever an African American character, hero or villain, is introduced USUALLY by my white artist names. They got SLAPPED with racist names that singled them out as Negros! Now–my book, “White-Hating Coon”, don’t have any of that bullshit. The hero’s name is Maleequa and he’s descended from the black tribe that established the first society on the planet while all you European motherfuckers were all hiding out in caves ‘n shit, terrified of the sun. He’s a strong role-model that a young black reader can look up to. ‘Cause I’m here to tell ya: the chickens are coming home to roost, y’all. The black man is no longer going to be playing the minstrel in the medium of comics and sci-fi fantasy. We’re keeping it real! And we’re going to get respect by any means necessary.
Holden: Ah, c’mon, that’s a bunch of horseshit! Lando Calrissian was a black guy, y’know, he got to fly the Millenium Falcon! What’s the matter with you!
Hooper: Who said that?
Holden: (standing up) I did. Lando Calrissian is a positive role-model in the realm of science fiction fantasy.
Hooper: Hey, FUCK Lando Calrissian! Uncle-Tom niggah, heh. It’s always some white boy got to invoke the holy trilogy. Bust this! Those movies are about how the white man keeps the brother-man down–even in a galaxy far far away. Check this shit. You got cracker farmboy Luke Skywalker, Nazi posterboy, blond hair, blue eyes. Then you got Darth Vader, blackest brother in the galaxy. Nubian god!
Banky: What’s a nubian?
Hooper: Shut the fuck up! Now. Vader, he’s a spiritual brother, down with the force and all that good shit. Then this cracker Skywalker gets his hands on a lightsaber, and the boy decides HE’S gonna run the whole fucking universe! Gets a whole KLAN of whites together and they go bust up Vader’s hood, the Death Star! Now what the fuck do you call that?
Banky: Intergalatic civil war?
Hooper: Gentrification!! They gonna drive out the black element to make the galaxy quote-unquote safe for white folks! In Jedi’s the most insulting installment when Vader’s beautiful black visage is SULLIED when he pulls off his mask to reveal a feeble, crusty old white man! They trying to tell us that deep inside, we all wants to be WHITE!!!
Banky: Well, isn’t that true?
SOULEVENT: well, both of you are full of shit…
my asian sarcasm at the end was a referrence to the South Park episode with the Chinese people talking shit about Americans in general…I used it because of the other joke I made about Harry Potter not needing a broom….(maybe your to slow or stupid to have picked up on that)
I wasnt being racist….graduating hogwarts, having sex at unbelievably young ages, getting harassed for stealing a car, having a high dollar contract… Give me a break you idiotic asshat…I cannot imagine either of you are black, and if you are you must be the only ones you know. I imagine your the AL SHARPTON variety of people offended at Jokes right?
But be offended, pretend to KNOW I was being a racist…yes Im such a racist I make jokes about the music being better and complement African American penises….
Now, I might sound even more like a dick by defending my post and being forced to use a TRUE bigotry I have against stupid people LIKE YOURSELF…but thats the chance I willing to take to make sure and anyone else knows, YOU ARE WRONG.
Of course, if Harry Potter were either one of you he would probably still be hunkered down under the stairs stuffing envelopes for the RNC waiting for some brainbuther to come take em away to a fascist bootcamp.
Sometimes a joke is just a joke, your the ones who decided to make it about your PHONY ass outrage.
SOULEVENT: I imagine if Harry Potter were black, he woulda got beat the fuck down just for being with Ron when they stole Rons dads flying car.
If Harry Potter were black, he def. be getting some of Herminey…even if he was 8 (friggin RABBITS).
If Harry Potter were black, he would NEVER graduate from Hogwarts.
If Haryy Potter were black, he wouldnt been taking no shit from those shitty guardians.
If Harry Potter were black, he could grow some BOMB ass Chronic.
If Harry Potter were black, he’d have a 45 million dollar Quiddich Contract w/ whatever company makes Snitches.
If Harry Potter were black, he’d tell Valdemor “FUCK YO CURSE, N___”
If Harry Potter were black, the music for the movie would be better.
If Harry Potter were black, he’d be really pissed about the flavor of the Black Jelly Beans.
If Harry Potter were black, HE wouldnt need a Broom for Quidditch (YUK YUK YUK)
just some random off the top of my head…no offense my Ebony Brothers, dassa why I maka jok about yoo massssive penis, so you no get mad at my no graduate joky. Heh, PEACE, LOVE, LAUGHTER?
Jammer: Uh, Malcolm Jamal-Warner is nowhere near a “big name”. “Has-been” I will accept, however.
ahsanfarhan22: his scar would most likely to come from cops rather than lord voldy
