We’ve come a long way. When we see something demeaning from BET, McDonald’s or, well, BET, there is a forum to call attention to it and try to initiate some sort of change. But imagine being bombarded with stuff like this old Lois Lane comic every day. It’s just amazing to think about a time when such racism permeated every aspect of people’s lives.
With that being said, this is pretty fucking ridiculous. As you can tell from the cover, Lois Lane wanted to embark on a one-day experiment to see what life would be if she were Black. So she apparently hopped in a race-changing contraption of some sort and came out with an all-important afro and thicker thighs. I wonder if Supes tried to laser vision the invention when she came out so the process couldn’t be reversed because once you go Black…
Here’s my gift to you: an easy alley-hoop for you fools to go crazy on the comments. Knock yourselves out.
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Wow.
Margot Kidder and Erica Durance were/are cute but just think we could have had Pam Grier and Alicia Keys.
*gets his Horseshack on*
“oooh! oooh! oooh! oooh!”
nevamind… this one’s way too easy. tho i will say that’s it’s amusing that, from the neck down, she looks no different–still semi-flat, pseudo curvy… like all the women in comics from that era.
and like maggie gyllenhall and the current crop of superhero girlfriends/heroines in the Hollywood movies nowadays.
tho if you wanna talk racism in animation/nothing tops the brazen consistency of the old Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny, etc stuff… they were beyond blatant.
What’s worse is the pages they left out. I happen to have one here:
*Jimmy and Superman are in a bar waiting for Lois*
Jimmy: Hey Superman?
Superman: Yes, Jimmy.
Jimmy: Got a question for ya’.
Superman: Shoot
Jimmy: Now that Lois is one of them there “Lawanda’s”, I was wondering: Which tastes better—black coochie or kryptonite cookies?
Superman: Oh, Jimmy, you know I don’t eat no kryptonite.
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Oh yeah. That mammy, Aunt Jemina ass sharecropper from Tom & Jerry was terrible.
“Thomas, git on in here and eat ya suppa babay…”
Muthafuckin’ Cornbread Earl huntin’ Bugs Bunny with those big ass lips.
“I’s a huntin’ some rabbit fo massa…”
Salami…salami…bologna…
“tho if you wanna talk racism in animation/nothing tops the brazen consistency of the old Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny, etc stuff… they were beyond blatant.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGD6nYQpc6c
And a reference to a controversial Swedish sex documentary in the title, too; no less. “Superman” was going through an interesting phase in that period, huh?
*After Luthor gets away yet again, Lois (and her new attitude) offers Sup some words of encouragement.*
Lois: Superman, superman, superman… So, you can fly… you can stop bullets… See thru anything. You strong as hell… but you still weak in bed.
Superman: But Lois?!
Lois: what tha hell kinda supaman is you? And don’t think them trfilin’ glasses is foolin’ anybody but them whitefolk at the job, Clark! That why Lex always sneakin’ up on you—he can see yo clown ass comin’ from 5 miles away!
Superman: Lois?! I just—
Lois: But Lois what?! Your broke ass need to by a costume that can fool folks. Dye your hair blonde–put on a rubber nose. Buy a sweater and some jeans or something different. Switch it up.
Superman: Lois appearance isn’t everything.
Lois: I know Superman—with your brokeass. Speaking of which, how the hell you gon’ let the DailyPlanet pimp you like that–$10 a week plus a byline? The janitors make more than you Clark! You oughta be SuperHoe.
Superman (starts crying): I save people and i’m not a hoe. I’m not a hoe!
Lois: and blue tights? red boots? a cape? no wonder your attention-needin’ ass stay gettin’ in fights. Lex told me that “S” must stand for Sissy. I’m startin’ to believe him after that weak featherweight stroke you showed me last night.
But that’s okay Clarkie-poo… I found me a new man—Black Panther, baby! He got his own house–he got a kingdom in Africa… He got the game on lock, baby! And in the bedroom, we don’t call him “CatDaddy” for nothin!
*Lois harlem-shakes infront of a stunned Superman for affect*
if you eva get tired of snappin’ flix, maybe CatDaddy can give u a job workin’ on our new estate.
*dead @ Lois doin’ the harlem shake*
@Amp: Warner Bros had this one cartoon where a hunter is going to Africa to hunt a looney bird. As the hunter is traveling across Africa they start saying he is in Dark Africa, the screen gets a little darker. When the cartoon said he was in DArkest Africa, the screen was completely black. As Ice Cube, BDK, and Chuck D said Burn Hollywood Burn
b. canseco is already gearing up for another comment trophy in ’09. damn, i’m crying over here.
I don’t see what’s the big deal about this comics topic. Bryant Gumbal has been using this machine for 40+ years. I do like how Supes is checking out Lois with back. He’s thinking to himself don’t need x-ray vision to see dat. LOL
thats some fucked up shit fam..
Sorry to go off topic, it is the comments section after all, but LeBron James has been called for a traveling violation….in an actual game. After traveling twice and not getting called for them on game winners in the playoffs against the Wiz he gets called for the tying lay up in the regular season, good enough… or baby steps heh. Caron Butler put it best when saying “there is a god.”
It wasn’t until the mid-nineties that television stations like TNT, TBS, USA, local stations,etc. stopped airing the politically INcorrect versions.
By then the damage had been done.
I remember all this ish. Especially [salami, salami, bologna] from an episode of Popeye that was supposed to be about Aladdin.
Bugs in front of a firing squad whistling Dixie, then the firing squad turn into “darkies” singing along.
To think in the early nineties I was rocking the Looney Tune t-shirts from the korean sweat shops with Bugs & company dressed up like gangstas.
Speaking of Dixie, this past fall a rival high school football team marching band had the nerve to play Dixie @ our home game. They lost severely.
Maybe five black players on the team. Deep south ish.
LOL @ Canseco
@ ARon, yeah, this season I’ve actually seen a few travel calls. It’s been shocking. But of course there are some really bad no calls too, I remember someone taking 6 steps up to the 3pt line after catching an outlet, and they didn’t call anything.
They call traveling every once in awhile, but it’s just like calling double dribbles and carries. If everyone does it – then there’s no competive advantage.
As for those Looney Tune shirts – I’m pretty sure there were days in middle school when those and 2pac shirts were what everybody except the teacher had on.
Bugs in front of a firing squad whistling Dixie, then the firing squad turn into “darkies” singing along.
To think in the early nineties I was rocking the Looney Tune t-shirts from the korean sweat shops with Bugs & company dressed up like gangstas.
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Distinctly remember both of those.
sigh…. on first glance, this nonsense immediately reminded me of that ’80′s movie “Soul Man” where C. Thomas Howell’s character dressed up in blackface to win a scholarship to Harvard. The sad part is that James Earl Jones co-signed off on it…… get that check, James
http://cacb.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/lois-lane-i-am-curious-black/
That’s a link to the issue in full. Kind of interesting that something that would have been considered a fairly progressive anti-racism story when it was published in 1970 looks like racism to us today.
LMAO at Kent changing to Superman to keep an eye on her in LIttle Africa “just in case”
It’s not so much that a travel was called it’s that it was called on LBJ. If you’re a Wiz fan you know what the bullshit is. It’s similar to the infamous Tom Brady tuck against my Oakland Raiders, yes I’m a fan. Just sweet revenge no matter how irrelevant the game is.
My immediate reaction was that the issue was probably some ground-breaking act of integrative tolerance back then. Either way, both black & white Lois could get it…
“That’s a link to the issue in full. Kind of interesting that something that would have been considered a fairly progressive anti-racism story when it was published in 1970 looks like racism to us today.”
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Ah, look…somebody posts up the actual issue instead of just the cover so we don’t start giving knee-jerk responses over a comic from the days where you could get ten new ones for a buck. Thanks. (Dang that was a long time ago…man I want them days back for real…$3-4 for a comic? Thank you internet for keeping me from paying that for every comic I read.)
And Black Panther over Superman? Pfft…you could have the fake power of a kingdom or the real power of super strength, invulnerability, FLIGHT, laser vision, X-Ray vision (make that work when you looking at chicks and that’d be my favorite one) and all kinds of other stuff…take your pick.
Oh BTW…I think what’s more racist than this is the comic where they make Superman black and suddenly dude takes over the world. What…a black Supes can’t be a superhero too? He gotta be a tyrant? Ain’t that about a bitch…. Don’t believe me? Look up Tangent: Superman’s Reign.
Wow I’m messing with white girls and superman was messing with black girls lol
wtf?!?!?
umm….yeah.
and that’s why…..Marvel >>>>>> DC
Erica Durance would get it…
Speaking of DC, anybody own that Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe? I played it a couple of times over the weekend and it was fun, but I’m wondering if it gets old after a few plays. Trying to get a few opinions before I drop that $60 on it.
Canseco is MOS DEF that dude
I need to connect with you fam…put some visuals to your writing
Str8 Classic. Lois harlem shakes…lmao
As always…RMF!!!
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