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in the 1980s, gary brodsky, son of longtime marvel comics executive sol brodsky, started solson publications. solson specialized in black and white books with even more ludicrous premises than most comics, stuff like reagan’s raiders and the bushido blade of zatoichi walrus, but that wasn’t the end of it .
solson publications was a new york - based black - and - white comic book publisher active in the 1980s. the company was founded by gary brodsky, son of long - time marvel comics executive sol brodsky; the name of the company was derived from brodsky' s name :
sol' s son
- solson .
template: infobox company solson publications was a new york - based black - and - white comic book publisher active in the 1980s. the company was founded by gary brodsky, son of long - time marvel comics executive sol brodsky; the name of the company was derived from brodsky' s name :
sol' s son
= solson .
_ slogan = just remember solson means great fun. | foundation = 1986 | founder = gary brodsky | defunct
when comics aficionados get together to discuss the worst publishers of the century, the millennium, or all time, solson is always prominently mentioned. and from a publisher whose output included
was about as successful as the rest of the solson comics line. it lasted three issues, all published in 1987, and has since been seen mostly in
best of the worst
retrospectives .
the person ultimately responsible for solson publications was a gary brodsky who seemed to think it cute to explain in the company name that his father was sol brodsky. rich buckler was somehow involved also. i had previously enjoyed his run on the fantastic four and it was no doubt his name on the cover that prompted me to pick up these books (out of the bargain bin) 20 years ago. was the advertised third issue ever published? even these two books are missing from the gcd comic database .
ps: as a side - line solson also had an “exotic pet catalog” as well as their far from exotic comics. i presume this advert for “live man - eating piranhas” is for real. sure makes the old adverts for “sea monkeys” seem tame .
r reagan' s raiders (1987) rich buckler' s secrets of drawing comics (1986) rock heads (1986) s samurai funnies featuring... (1986) santeria: the religion (1990) scream (1999) solson christmas special (1986) sultry teenage super foxes (1987) t teenage mutant ninja turtles authorized martial arts training manual (1986) teenage mutant ninja turtles teach karate vol. 1 (1987) thunder (1987 )
you see, brodsky is an mra. while he failed miserably at comics, he has made a killing consulting with pathetic men on how to get laid more often. however, that propensity for ubermench dickishness came out in solson books as well, most notably with titles like sultry teenage super foxes, a book about scantily clan women living on an air force base with their high - ranking fathers and, despite having many conversations, still can’t pass the bechdel test because they used an alchemy machine to give themselves superpowers for the express purpose of attracting the hot, young airmen .
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), this one stood out from the crowd — so stupefyingly awful in both concept and execution that it turned completely' round the bend to become an object of numb fascination. it' s a toss - up which was the company' s least defensible product — the live, man - eating piranhas they sold by mail through ads in their comics, or
work among the rice paddies and sand dunes of america' s most hated enemies. this was accomplished by means of a technological marvel invented by a professor cashchaser, that gave the raiders the bodies of young men (and instantly instilled commando training too, apparently) .
the stories were just packed with the visceral thrills of seeing america' s main man in action. and that' s not all! they were also packed with amazingly dumb, campy references to ron' s film career. this comic book version of reagan seemed to have trouble distinguishing between movies and reality — which, of course, many political pundits would have thought made it true to life, if they' d been aware of the comic' s existence .
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and what the heck rick buckler was doing with the logo was beyond anyones understand. maybe he helped finace the operation or something .
could this company have produced the world’s worst comic books? ? perhaps. amongst the couple of dozen black and white comics they issued in 1986 / 1987 lots of their books had the words “ninja” and “samurai” in the title which is always a bad sign. one series called “reagan’s raiders” featured the then president reagan as a kind of sgt fury costumed character! !
thought it would tick all the boxes. alas it is let down by two things. the art and the story! ! a government scientist displays his latest invention. a machine that can transform matter. he demonstrates by turning a dog turd into a gold bar! by an enormous leap of the imagination four teenage girls somehow deduce from this that the machine can transform them into super heroes. they sneak back at night and achieve their goal, albeit destroying the machine (and the surrounding area) in the process. then the story gets really silly with russian agents and alien vampires and …. . oh …. i really can’t be bothered to use up any more brain cells thinking about it……………
remember - every dime you pay writers and artists comes out of your pocket! that' s money you could use for hookers and cocaine! don' t let these artsy - fartsy prima donnas ruin your bottom line! get those new artists who are
willing to work for cut rate
- in other words, people without any clue of what their work is worth. sooner or later they' ll wise up, but a new crop of
talent
shows up at the bus station every day! and if you have strong creative concepts, the sky' s the limit !
let' s see - ninjas! more ninjas! a daring new concept - ninjas! and of course the training manual on how to be a teenage mutant ninja turtle! oh, and here' s something daringly new and different... a samurai walrus. i dunno about that one. seems kind of freaky. how many ninjas are in it? reassure me, disembodied head of gary brodsky !
sultry teenage super foxes and the floating, genial, strangely reassuring head of gary brodsky? sign me up! sign me up for all your comic book publishing and shameless narcissistic personality disorders, gary! i want to publish my own comics and worry about artists and writers somewhere down the line! i want my own disembodied head dispensing wisdom at random, gazing serenely from comic book racks across the nation! i want to flood the industry with hundreds of crappy ripoff comics sold to greedy small - time operators convinced they' ve got the next hot must - have double - bag item! and... i want the t - shirt !
t. h. u. n. d. e. r. (1987) — planned four - issue series starring the t. h. u. n. d. e. r. agents which was never completed. one issue published; a second issue was almost done .
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i’ve been mulling this over for a little while now, and i think i have an idea of what’s going on with the team dickwolves thing: these people think they’re funny .
now, i’m going to put up an ad here for sultry teenage super foxes, and i want you to pay attention to what the disembodied mra head is saying .
you see, gary brodsky and his publishing house aren’t incredibly sexist. they have personality. in fact, they’re the only comic publisher who does .
seriously, that’s an excellent question. those who freaked out about not being able to buy shirts that said “team dickwolves, ” where dickwolves = rapists (so much so that @ teamrape was created on twitter just to harass people who don’t like rapists), were basically saying that they want to walk around proclaiming their allegiance to rapists. not to the idea of rape or the thought that rape is somehow a joke, but within the context of that shirt, of actual rapists .
lisa also pointed out that while it’s nice that they’re identifying themselves so that they can be avoided, it might not be worth the triggering on people who can’t really handle walking around with people loudly proclaiming their support of non - consensual sex .
the funny thing is, these are the same people who likely react to concepts like schrodinger’s rapist by claiming how sexist it is to assume all men are rapists. i’d be curious to know if it’s ok to assume that the people walking around with t - shirts claiming support for rapists might be, or if that would be sexist as well ?
alex lifschitz has an amazing piece on the nature of apologies and why it’s so important that we continue to be vocal about why it’s a good thing to not sell shirts that say, essentially, that the wearer supports rapists, and not some action that further embroils you in controversy .
outright identifying as “a dick” or getting angry with a critic does not unshackle mike from the personal responsibility of tempering his outbursts, like some discoursal equivalent of the stand your ground law. he doesn’t get to be a dick anymore if penny arcade want to be perceived as a positive industry force. his thumb - fingered morality has become the trough feed of tens of thousands of up - and comers in the game industry. and as long as he spews it, he will have high - minded, conscience - stricken people to be his personal pains - in - the - ass until he gives things a second thought .
do i think mike cares about the comfort of people at his conference? yeah, i do. but apparently, his desire for everyone at pax to feel safe does not outpace his lack of understanding regarding why anyone would feel unsafe in the first place, nor his improvised intertwining and decoupling of his identity with his station in game culture to more effectively skirt the accusation du jour .
the problem with mike and with brodsky and with the people who really, really want shirts that say “team rapist” is that they sincerely think that rape can be funny. they think that merely stating an absurdity (because obviously none of them are racist or sexist) is funny, like they’re the monty pythons of rape jokes .
now, i’ve studied comedy for most of my life and i can assure you that even if there was some way to tell that you weren’t a rapist just by looking at you, it’s still not funny just to misidentify something. remember when prince harry thought that it would be hilarious to wear a swastika armband to a halloween party? i have less of a reason to think that prince harry is a nazi sympathizer than i do to think you’re a rapist, and it still isn’t funny .
absurdist comedy is really difficult, and it’s more than just putting a sign on a chair that says “cat” and calling it a day. it’s more than drawing not very smart, underaged girls fighting crime for the sole purpose of getting men’s attention. it’s more than walking around proudly proclaiming your love of rape because everybody should know that you don’t actually love rape .
as the old showbiz saying goes, “ dying is easy. comedy is hard. ” so, let me be perfectly clear: you’re not funny. i know you’ll dismiss me as some feminist killjoy, but saying that you support rapists is simply not funny .
so don’t feel sad that you can’t proclaim to everybody who sees you how awesome you think rape is. instead, think of it as an opportunity to not be a giant douche while simultaneously not telling the world that you think sex with unwilling partners is just the bestest. you’re welcome .
” no - rape - in - jokes - ever perspective (with which i can’t agree) ” ty @ mcfrontalot. u get it. rape can be funny! a wolf made of dicks is funny
@ lalalaurax we’re not literal # dickwolves. we just support preserving them. and also fighting morons who need 2 grow a sense of humor
it was no specific event, so much as a combination of a number of things. i started seeing how expectations for women were not only drastically different from those for men, but other contradictory. i got a chance to see the pain that systems that don’t trust women or infantilize them can cause .
i also saw a lot of ideas that i liked. the idea of seeing more women in media that are smart and individual sounded cool and interesting. the thought that we could see video games with a different perspective from the one i had gotten used to, that comic books might handle issues that are uniquely female and therefore not covered to death before then, that we could have more television characters like zoe washburn, elyse keaton, or rory and lorelei gilmore was really exciting .
after a while i realized that the best description for somebody opposed to the things i kept seeing and supportive of the things i liked was “feminist, ” specifically, “liberal feminist. ”
you’d think it would be obvious that if you go around proclaiming that you supports rape and finds it funny that very few people would like you. but i guess these particular misogynists are a special kind of stupid .
and of course, gabe apologized (kind of) for the dickwolves… again… here’s why i say “no. i don’t accept that apology. ”
does gabe’s apology actually make a difference? at some point are words, even eloquent ones, no longer enough? we all screw up, and genuine apologies (and changes in behavior) can maybe mitigate that. but if there’s a pattern of behavior, followed by doubling down, and then much later an apology only when it’s gotten out of hand or it becomes too much of an issue, that’s not remorse. that’s just concern for money / power lost. at some point after so many examples, you don’t just get to apologise and get the benefit of doubt when you say “we don’t want to hurt anyone. ” intent’s not magic, and in this case there’s not even evidence of good intent. so yay. gabe apologized. call me again in a few years after he’s not only failed to repeat the same sort of willfully hurtful behavior, but has actually done something positive to help, not just the bare minimum of failing to be a complete piece of shit .
the thing is, we all make hurtful mistakes sometimes. i know that i will make hurtful mistakes. where i hope that i differ from gabe is in a willingness to be open enough to apologize when it happens (as opposed to weeks / months later and only after a huge backlash), and also to have enough “credit” as a good person to have that apology accepted, so that i can learn, move on and do better in the future. the credit i’m talking about is a reputation that can be based only on what i do beforehand, the kind of person i choose to be. my choice is whether to squander that, or build it up. to be an asshole, and then have my apology looked upon as the self - serving apology of an asshole, or to be a good person and have my apology be looked at as a good person who made a mistake .
even that reasoning sounds terribly self - serving and cost / benefitty, which isn’t my intent. my point is: we are so much better when we strive for empathy and self - reflection. no one’s perfect, but that’s a fact of life, not an excuse to engage in assholery .
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solson publications was a new york-based black-and-white comic book publisher active in the 1980s . the company was founded by gary brodsky , son of long-time marvel comics executive sol brodsky ; the name of the company was derived from brodsky 's name : " sol 's son " = solson . solson christmas special : samurai santa featured dc comics co-publisher and wildstorm founder jim lee 's professional debut as an inker . 
solson publications was a new york-based black-and-white comic book publisher active in the 1980s. the company was founded by gary brodsky, son of long-time marvel comics executive sol brodsky; the name of the company was derived from brodsky's name: " sol's son " = solson. solson christmas special: samurai santa featured dc comics co-publisher and wildstorm founder jim lee's professional debut as an inker.
solson publications was a new york-based black-and-white comic book publisher active in the 1980s. the company was founded by gary brodsky, son of long-time marvel comics executive sol brodsky; the name of the company was derived from brodsky's name: " sol's son " = solson. solson christmas special: samurai santa featured dc comics co-publisher and wildstorm founder jim lee's professional debut as an inker.