Posted by
Icarus on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:26:16 PM
A classic American hero is being shoved through the politically correct meat grinder.
I noticed this gem in an interview with Sgt. Rock cover artist
Billy Tucci at Newsarama.com:
"Since this will be the first time in years that the leader of Easy
Company has graced a mainstream comic cover, editor Mike Marts and
myself felt we needed to go “classic” for the first issue. Unable to
have our favorite top kick dragging on a cigarette, we figured to go
with Rock’s traditional sharp-eyed scowl." emphasis added
Say what?!? Someone is restricting the artists? Telling them what they can and cannot create and publish? Quick, call the
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund!
But don't think that Tucci is going all soft and new-age-y on the venerable WWII hero.
"[Sgt. Rock is] ...
solidly built and tough as nails, Superman he’s not, but a real man, an
American bad**s you know will whip the p_iss out of any other around
him. A hero whom men will follow into hell and know he’ll bring them
out the other side with the devil’s pitchfork as a trophy."
He's just not able to do any of that with a cigarette in his mouth.