I just don’t understand how people can be so blind/insensitive/vile. (I’m glad they cut most of the comments… I can’t imagine what the REALLY horrendous posts were… or really don’t want to.)

The first bit is highly inappropriate by fans to make towards a creator. Whether one thinks its sexism or not isn’t the point for me. It assumes a knowledge, relationship or connection with a creator that isn’t there.

I totally agree with this.

The resulting comic was guilty of the same sort of blinkered, strawman-burning approach that it was supposed to be decrying.

Amusing that this happened at the same time as The Rally To Restore Sanity.

Re: the DC one-shots — I did not read the Oracle one, although it may have the mitigating factor that, from what I can tell, ALL the Bruce Wayne one-shots are structured so as to make everybody else’s story about Bruce. Though it might be interesting to compare, say, the Commissioner Gordon issue to the one about his daughter.

The Lois issue was more baffling. I don’t know whether editorial was more responsible for that, or Wilson for not having a more up-to-date idea about how Lois has been portrayed in comics (in which case somebody in editorial should still have been able to clue her in). The essence of it is that Lois is worried she has never done anything for herself and is only seen as Superman’s girlfriend, and she’s jealous of a doctor/supermom she meets and sad that she hasn’t accomplished as much with her life. Which, if Lois is supposed to actually be a prize-winning reporter for reasons that have nothing to do with Clark or Superman (putting aside whether you think she has the kind of personality to display such an inferiority complex to near-strangers), doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.

DOING THE EXACT SAME THING.

*sigh*

I’d still like to check out the Lois story, as its written by the lady who wrote the incredible Cairo GN and whose Air and Vixen series were very good. From the review you point to, it seems the reviewer was disappointed to see Lois express doubt because she’s a strong female character.

Being strong doesn’t mean you can’t question yourself at times. Also I think in terms of recent Superman stories, I haven’t read them but; the general impression I get is that Superman’s left her for first New Krypton and now to take a stroll across America alone. So I think it makes story sense for her to ask him “Do you still need me?”

The Oracle part I totally agree with though. There was no need for Batman to be responsible for Barbara becoming Oracle. At least not in the way that the scene that site showed it as. If he was inspiration, it would seem more appropriate to be one out of anger because he and the Joker had a big laugh after he did that to her.

Oracle – yes, I’d agree entirely, Lois Lane? Not so much…