The work comes off like other nonsensical comics produced by DC Comics and other “comics writers”, as it tries to be “inclusive” with a grossly obese heroine to appeal to overweight females so insecure about themselves they need fat fictional characters to feel validated.ĭC Comics’ “Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero” is another such pandering comic, which describes the protagonist as a “social activist who is also trying to find their identity”, – DC Comics said the book is a “coming-of-age tale about perseverance, heroism, and finding your voice to make change in your community”. And “Mandy must finally make a choice: give up before the battle has even begun, or step into the unknown and risk everything.” Finally, the press release concludes by describing the book as “a story about mother-daughter relationships, embracing where you come from while finding your own identity, and learning to be unafraid of failing, if it was even failing in the first place.” With things on the upswing, it’s someone from Starfire’s past that disrupts it. Clair seems to like Mandy for being Mandy, not the daughter of Starfire.” The press release states, “Their friendship develops into something more and a self-confidence unknown to Mandy begins to bloom. However, things take a turn when Mandy is partnered with Clair for a school project. is that she has “plans of moving to France to escape the family spotlight and not go to college.” It reads, “And while Mandy usually avoids spending too much time with her alien mother, she’s been particularly quiet as she’s keeping one major secret from her: Mandy walked out of her S.A.T.” And the reason she skipped out on the S.A.T. She also tries to avoid spending time with her mother, and when she’s not doing that the press release implies that one of the main conflicts of the book is the fact that she walked out of her S.A.T. In the usual pandering fashion, it is said that Mandy is an “outcast” and is “constantly trying to get out from under the shadow of her bright, bubbly, scantily clad, and famous mother” – going so far as to dye her orange hair black and “spends her days at school avoiding Teen Titans superfans and trying to hide her feelings for the gorgeous, popular, and perfect Claire.”Ī more thorough description of the series: The comic (targeted at “young adults”) tells of the chaotic high school life of 17-year-old Mandy Koriand’r, the daughter of the innocent Starfire, a super hero likely most well-known from Teen Titans. DC Comics are seemingly not done when it comes to embarrassing beloved super heroes and their respective franchises as a new work, entitled “I Am Not Starfire”, thrusts a fat and gay daughter of Starfire into the lead role.
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