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Since I get to see Captain Marvel tonight I thought I'd write a bit why this character has resonated with me from the moment I got to know her.
Back in 2013 I had read a whole bunch of comics but not really Marvel/DC/American indie fare. The notable exception to this was Sandman, but I got to to it by way of liking Gaiman's novels, not via a comic book path. I liked the superhero movies in general, but hadn't made the effort to look up comics. What got me interested was seeing edits from the 2012-> Captain Marvel comic, with images and quotes that resonated with me. The title of this post is one of those, it's from the first Captain Marvel issue Kelly Sue DeConnick wrote. I picked the book up, and since then I've read not only a lot of Captain Marvel but other superhero comics too (although I'm currently not keeping up bc I find it exhausting that there are major events every year after which it's always a sort of fresh start, which doesn't really serve building characters), and it also lead me to read indie comics, many of which I love a whole lot more than the superhero fare. Anyway.
I was hooked from the first pages, where Carol and Steve beat the Absorbing Man while sassing at each other, and it just got better and more my thing from there. I loved that the book showed Carol's life beyond her superheroics, the balance of life she had to find. I loved the emphasis it placed on friendships between women, and how her group consisted of superheroes and regular people, and also had people significantly older and younger than her. It resonated with me how she was in a steady place in her life and yet struggling to find a meaning, that she still wanted more and needed to find joy and passion to what she did again. How she needed to reconcile the new and old and what it all meant for her. I loved how she was kind and heroic, but complex and flawed. How like any human being, her characteristics sometimes helped, sometimes hindered her. She was stubborn and angry and compassionate, she was sometimes right and sometimes wrong, but always striving for better. She was allowed to be confident in her abilities. All of this and more, balanced with fun and humor, punching dinosaurs and a cat turned out to be an alien.
I loved the Captain Marvel comics when Kelly Sue DeConnick wrote them (after that I've been less impressed with how Marvel handled her), and I'm eager to see the movie. I don't expect the movie to be everything I just listed, I don't expect it to be perfect, but from what I've seen I'm confident I'll have a good time with it. I like how the marketing has focused on her power without overtly trying to make her appealing to straight men, I like her fight me attitude, I liked to hear that her most important relationship is with her friend Maria (I'm all about ride or die friendships). And Goose!
So, tonight I'll put on my Captain Marvel sneakers despite the fact it snowed again and they're probably not the ideal footwear, and go have a good time.
Back in 2013 I had read a whole bunch of comics but not really Marvel/DC/American indie fare. The notable exception to this was Sandman, but I got to to it by way of liking Gaiman's novels, not via a comic book path. I liked the superhero movies in general, but hadn't made the effort to look up comics. What got me interested was seeing edits from the 2012-> Captain Marvel comic, with images and quotes that resonated with me. The title of this post is one of those, it's from the first Captain Marvel issue Kelly Sue DeConnick wrote. I picked the book up, and since then I've read not only a lot of Captain Marvel but other superhero comics too (although I'm currently not keeping up bc I find it exhausting that there are major events every year after which it's always a sort of fresh start, which doesn't really serve building characters), and it also lead me to read indie comics, many of which I love a whole lot more than the superhero fare. Anyway.
I was hooked from the first pages, where Carol and Steve beat the Absorbing Man while sassing at each other, and it just got better and more my thing from there. I loved that the book showed Carol's life beyond her superheroics, the balance of life she had to find. I loved the emphasis it placed on friendships between women, and how her group consisted of superheroes and regular people, and also had people significantly older and younger than her. It resonated with me how she was in a steady place in her life and yet struggling to find a meaning, that she still wanted more and needed to find joy and passion to what she did again. How she needed to reconcile the new and old and what it all meant for her. I loved how she was kind and heroic, but complex and flawed. How like any human being, her characteristics sometimes helped, sometimes hindered her. She was stubborn and angry and compassionate, she was sometimes right and sometimes wrong, but always striving for better. She was allowed to be confident in her abilities. All of this and more, balanced with fun and humor, punching dinosaurs and a cat turned out to be an alien.
I loved the Captain Marvel comics when Kelly Sue DeConnick wrote them (after that I've been less impressed with how Marvel handled her), and I'm eager to see the movie. I don't expect the movie to be everything I just listed, I don't expect it to be perfect, but from what I've seen I'm confident I'll have a good time with it. I like how the marketing has focused on her power without overtly trying to make her appealing to straight men, I like her fight me attitude, I liked to hear that her most important relationship is with her friend Maria (I'm all about ride or die friendships). And Goose!
So, tonight I'll put on my Captain Marvel sneakers despite the fact it snowed again and they're probably not the ideal footwear, and go have a good time.
